Merry Christmas 2018  

December 21st, 2018

Merry Christmas from the team at Digital Mosaic. Our gift to you this year is the gift of fun! Give our festive game a try here.

Bitnami App on Google Cloud (Debian) Enable PHP Short Tags  

May 25th, 2017

Where do you start in the case that you have uploaded a custom theme to a Bitnami application (hosted on Google Cloud) and you have a fatal error that you cannot identify? The error logs might be a good idea however these reveal nothing. The only clue is a completely blank/white page. Does your theme use php short tags?  <? instead […]

How to manage services with Bitnami apps on Google Cloud (Debian)  

May 18th, 2017

Run the follow commands in your SSH terminal to manage your services in a Bitnami/Google Cloud (Debian) environment:   Start sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start apache Stop sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop apache Restart sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

Set Bitnami App Domain  

May 11th, 2017

The below snippet will allow you to set the URL for your Bitnami application. Using your SSH terminal, change the domain on the end of the snippet to what you require. sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig –machine_hostname my-shop.com

Remove Bitnami Banner  

May 4th, 2017

Easily remove the Bitnami banner by executing the following code in your SSH terminal. sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig –disable_banner 1

DM Christmas 2015

Digital Mosaic Christmas Card 2015  

December 23rd, 2015

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year 2016.

PHP Frameworks – Laravell V’s Zend  

August 12th, 2015

In computer programming, frameworks are software based abstractions that supply functionality for developers to add user-written code if required and provide application specific software. However there are different types of frameworks that are analogous with various coding languages. PHP, originally an acronym for Personal Homepage that evolved to Hypertext Preprocessor, is a coding language that has many different frameworks – including […]

Fontastic Typefaces  

May 15th, 2015

The work of graphic designers often requires the use of fonts. These typefaces not only combine artistry with legibility but also convey meaning behind messages that are not just image based. A free service that provides an abundance of these fonts includes Google Fonts, with a selection of 650 different font families. However, not all fonts complement each other and […]

Website Trends 2015: Super Synaesthesia  

April 28th, 2015

Digital art is becoming more stimulating by appealing to all the senses. The personification of concepts ascribe emotional attributes to inanimate products or brands, in an endless stream of possibilities that enhances their visual entertainment factor. Human computer interfacing is now evolving to incorporate all of the senses by manifesting a playground design for mega dataflow, a fully immersive experience […]