How to get random hex values (color values) in python:
rand_color = "#" + str(random.randint(0, 16777215))
Creating a database user and giving them full rights to a database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES
ON db_name.*
TO 'db_user'@'localhost'
IDENTIFIED BY 'the_password!'
WITH GRANT OPTION;
When you manage a bunch of similar devices, it’s nice to generate consistent configurations quickly. I built a config file generator last week which you embed the variables in plain text such as “$hostname.” Then a web form is generated based off those embedded variables and a find and replace is done on the config text. The app has been up and running for a about a week and has made our deployment of new gear at sites a snap.
I wanted to add some candy to it. So now what happens is when you enter values into form fields the configuration file is generated in “real time” in front of your own two eyeballs.
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We wanted to write a small “about us” blurb on the website without having to create a whole page. This content would probably be less than 3 paragraphs, but it’s an important 3 paragraphs. I figured out a way to “slide” a div section up over the main content. Jquery makes this super easy, here is a demo and if you want to make some elements a bit “shinier” here is the code:
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function($) {
$('#content').hide();
$('#about_section').click(function(){
$('#main_content').slideToggle();
$(this).parent().next().slideDown();
$('#content').toggle();
return false;
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body style="width:600px; ">
<div id="main_content">
<h1>Mary Had a Little Lamb</h1>
<p>Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
whose fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
and everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.
</p>
</div>
<div id="about_section" style="background-color:#E7E7DA; border-top:thick solid #000;">
<b><a href="#">About this story</a></b>
<div id="content">
<p>"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an English language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin. </p>
</div>
</div><!-- colophon -->
</body>
</html>