Custom Mac Dock
If you ever get tired of the white, glossy dock that comes pre-installed with OS X, or are looking for that extra little touch to match your icon set, you can install different designs a custom Mac dock (tested in Snow Leapard and Lion).
- Go to finder, and press ⌘+Shift+G.
- In the 'go to folder' box, type /System/Library/CoreServices
- Right click on Dock.app and select Show Package Contents.
- Navigate to Contents > Resources.
Back up all the files you see in the Resources folder so you have a copy of the default dock, and then replace it with all the files in the zip file. I didn’t design this dock from scratch, but I mixed and matched a lot of different dock styles that I found online and ended up with this custom mac dock that looks amazing. It's black, sleek, with a matte finish, and includes a nice strip of reflective gloss. For the open app icons it is a subtle blue glowing LED.
Search Within Files
Are you ever modifying a theme or plugin, and you want to find one simple element inside someone else’s code, but can’t be bothered sifting through hundreds if not trillions of files doing "find" to search for that one little bit of text? This command will solve that problem - It allows you to search within files on your server, as opposed to searching just the filenames which is the default on most FTP programs.
Say are modifying a Wordpress gallery plugin to display a caption underneath where it's outputting a title. After using Firebug to find that the title is called "portfolio_title," you look through a few obvious files in the plugin folder and can't seem to find where it's located.
First you need to SSH into your server as root via something like Terminal for OS X, or PuTTY for Windows. Replace the example IP below with your actual server IP. Use domaintools.com to find the IP of your server if you don't already know it.
ssh root@208.28.14.187
After you enter your password, you need to run the following command. When you enter your password, you likely won't see the cursor moving, this is normal. Replace the * wildcard below with the name of the cPanel account. Also replace xyz with whatever folder you are searching in.
find /home/*/public_html/xyz/ -exec grep -l "portfolio_title" {} \; | xargs grep "portfolio_title"
Alternatively, you can just leave the * in the command and have it search through all accounts.
View CommentsNew Look for EFX
Welcome to the new EFX.
We decided that with multiple international offices opening up, and our main focus moving from catering primarily the east coast to all over the world, we would completely revamp our image, our goals, and the look and feel of our infrastructure and site. Our new brand still retains 'east coast' in its official name, because it's a part of our golden past that has brought us to where we are today, but we now emphasize the EFX - the part that defines what we can do for you. It's what sets us apart from the thousands of other agencies out there. 10 years into this, and we have defined a strong standard and have established ourselves as an industry leader who sets examples for others to follow for years to come.
Our company has rapidly grown in the last 24 months to an international agency with new offices opening in great places such as UAE. We have refined every aspect of our process, relentlessly sifting through every aspect with a fine-tooth comb to help you where it counts: more revenue from your websites, more attention from the public, and more positive reviews and loyal customers.
Our team includes 3 new featured and full-time web developers that we are excited to bring on board, as well as 2 new designers who have joined our team of experts who deliver drop-dead gorgeous work. Every time.
I encourage you to browse around our new site and learn a bit more about what we can do for you. We around the offices are looking forward to hearing from you and I can't wait to see what unfolds!
Kind regards,
Travis Skindzier
President, and chief technical officer
