In the Finder, drag the following file to the menu bar:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu

You'll see a handy pulldown menu appear, which can be used to open the cd tray or eject any optical device. No more bashing F12.

I love this shit:

server.error-handler-404 = "/index.php"

This saves considerable time, and it's recursive:

svn add --force *

In a shell, cd to the directory from which you'd like to serve the site, and rename or delete any '.htaccess' or 'index.php' files, and any directories called 'images' or 'files', that may be there.

Checkout the current code:

svn co http://svn.textpattern.com/current/ .

(Note the dot at the end). To complete the installation, just load http://thesiteurl/textpattern/ in a browser, fill in your database info, and when presented with the config.php block, copy it, go back to the shell client and:

nano textpattern/config.php

Paste in the code block, save and exit (ctrl-x, then y, then return).

Back to the browser, click through, add personal details, and that, as they say, is it.

Whenever you want to update to the latest code, cd to the same directory and:

svn update

...and the latest code will be seamlessly integrated with your installation.

Here's how to get to a quick secure shell login. On your computer (replace all values in CAPS of course):

cd ~
ssh-keygen -t dsa

(just hit return at any prompts, even if it asks for a password). Then:

scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub YOURUSER@YOURSERVER.textdrive.com:~/.ssh/authorized_keys

And put in the password for your account when prompted. Next, add the following to ~/.ssh/config:

Host SOMESHORTCUT
Port 22
User YOURUSER
Hostname YOURSERVER.textdrive.com
KeepAlive yes                                                                   

Restart the local shell, and then whenever you want to login to your server, just type:

ssh SOMESHORTCUT

...and you'll zip right in.

We keep error reporting off for safety reasons, but if you're baffled as to why something's not working, you can temporarily view errors by popping this into your script:

ini_set("display_errors","1");
ERROR_REPORTING(E_ALL);

And fer pete's sake remember to remove it afterwards.