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Citrix Program Neighborhood This application has failed to start because WINHTTP.dll was not found
After installing this version of the client on a Windows XP workstation that has no Microsoft Service Packs installed, an error message might appear when launching Program Neighborhood, indicating that the file Winhttp.dll was not found. This application has failed to start because WINHTTP.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. To resolve this issue, install Microsoft Service Pack 1 or later for Windows XP Workstation. … Read entire article »
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Change your Ubuntu server from a dynamic to static IP address
To allow your Ubuntu server to work with a static IP, you need to amend a couple of files. If you have Webmin installed, its much easier to do this in the network interface section of the System settings. However details below are how to do this from the command ssh terminal prompt. Edit your interface file sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces Change it to look the same as the following – obviously amending it to have your relevant network details in. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 Press shift ZZ to save the file once amended. Amend DNS settings We need to add in the DNS settings by editing the resolv.conf file: sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf On the line nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx replace the x with the IP of your name server. Remove DHCP client This will remove the now … Read entire article »
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WordPress landing page template 12 for 10 offer
No more bad WordPress Landing Pages Now you can quickly and easily create great looking sales letters and squeeze pages inside your favourite themes. For a limited time only, you can get the entire set of 12 WordPress Landing Page Templates plus all the bonuses for the AMAZING price of just $47.00. You can use them as many times as you want in all your sites for this one great price. Click here for more details and to get this offer How Do the Templates Work? The templates allow you to use your favorite WordPress theme for your overall website look and feel while creating individual pages with a different look and feel. These templates are perfect for special offers, affiliate promotions, joint venture offers, email signup pages or squeeze pages, product sales letters, etc. Click here for … Read entire article »
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WordPress Smart YouTube Plugin
This is an excellent must have plug-in for your WordPress blog. Download the plug-in by searching for it via your WordPress dashboard or download directly and upload to your site – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/ Its so easy for you or other members to add YouTube videos to your blog Find the video link on youtube.com that you want to post and copy the link from the address bar “as follows below” and paste into your post. e.g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5p6YJwO2I Once pasted just add a V to the http part as follows- httpV://www.youtube.com/…….. Examples @ – http://www.britishblueshorthair.com … Read entire article »
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Uploading a plugin to WordPress SVN using Tortoise
Adding your plugin to WordPress WordPress will host your plugin for others to download. There are many benefits to using the SVN (or subversion as it is short for) Repository some of which are: Its not your bandwidth you are using on a popular plugin You can push an update out to those who have it installed already very easily Before you can do anything though, you have to submit your plugin to wordpress for them to approve it and create you an area in the repository. To submit it to WordPress you need to visit: {++++} http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add/ and log in and add it. Once you have done that WordPress normally take a couple of days to get back to you with the approval link and your repository information. Once you have that you are ready to begin. I’ve found the … Read entire article »
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25% off WP-Member WordPress membership software
{++++} 25% off WordPress Membership Plugin **Offer runs out soon so hurry!** wp-Member Dashboard This is the main dashboard for wp-Member. Installing wp-Member will not change your standard wordpress dashboard, instead it has its own dashboard so that it can provide you with the latest details including the latest wordpress and wp-Member versions with download links. Customizing Registration Screen This is the screen you will see when customizing your registration process. You can create any fields you want and make them required or … Read entire article »
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PHP Motion install errors on Ubuntu
On installing PHPMotion on an Ubuntu webserver there are a couple of things you need to take into account to fix errors. If your VPS or server is running the 64bit edition of Ubuntu then you need to make sure you download the correct version of the PHP loaders and upload them to your phpmotion/phpshield via binary upload. The 64 bit loaders can be found here: http://phpshield.com/loaders/phpshield.loaders.linux-64.zip If you are getting a similar error to this: {++++} extension_dir does not exists /usr/lib/php/extensions/20060613 then you need to make sure the file phpshield.5.2.lin is copied to the location of your extension_dir and the below line is put in your php.ini file at the bottom: extension=phpshield.5.2.lin Once it is in, restart Apache. … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 8.04 Nagios Install
Nagios server monitoring is one of the best – if not the best open source server, switch and router monitoring platforms I’ve used. Best of all, because it is open source, it is free. I’ve documented here the method I used to get Nagios 3. Introduction If you follow these instructions the plan is you’ll end up with: Nagios and the plugins will be installed underneath /usr/local/nagios Nagios will be configured to monitor a few aspects of your local system (CPU load, disk usage, etc.) The Nagios web interface will be accessible at http://localhost/nagios/ or at http://yourWANip/nagios/ Before you start You’ll need to have a command line editor – I recommend Putty for this. Its easier to be logged on as root but if you are not, use the sudo command before typing a command. I’ve put … Read entire article »
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Hello Facebook Friends!
February 26th, 2010 | Add a Comment
For those of you who have received a Facebook invite and been kind enough to visit I really appreciate it. I hope to get my Google ranking up from page 3 to page 1 with these efforts. Please register on the right hand side and if you wish to leave any comments you are able to once registered. Please feel free to pass on my link to yuor friends too. I will cover any required topics IT wise on the site with requests via the contact form should you need anything. But try turning it off and back on again first…. Many thanks. Martin. … Read entire article »
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