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Setting up and installing phpBB3
phpBB version 3 is one of the most configurable and functional – yet more importantly free – pieces of forum software on the market today. It is a highly efficient forum board which can be suited and styled to fit the themes of any website out there today. I’m going to discuss the easy way to get one of these forums installed and underway. Deciding the location Where you install your forum is entirely up to you. … Read entire article »
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Free JP2 JPEG 2000 plugin converter for Adobe Photoshop
If you need a converter for JP2 JPEG-2000 then you can get one from this site: http://www.fnordware.com/j2k/ They offer a free plugin for photoshop and adobe after effects. … Read entire article »
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Linux file permissions explained
People who can access Linux files and folders if allowed, can fall into 3 specific categories: Owner – User who created the file/folder Group – Specific Group of Users Public – Anyone else They can have none, some or all of the permissions below: r – Read permission. Whether the file may be read. w – Write permission. Whether the file may be written to or modified. x – Execute permission. Whether the file may be executed. Permissions are given in groups of … Read entire article »
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Where is the start menu folder in Windows Server 2008?
Previously On Server 2003 the Shared start menu folder was here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu Now In Windows Server 2008 is now resides here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs User profiles The User profile directories are now here: C:\Users With the shared one being here: C:\Users\Public Hope this helps you find it. … Read entire article »
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Webmasterserve – UK webmaster forum
I had to post a blog about this site I am a recently a member of as I’m a big fan of this site for hints, tips and discussions on all things web master related. For search engine optimisation and discussions about running a website it is one of the first places I go to for assistance. The people on this site are very friendly and helpful and is a gem amongst some of the … Read entire article »
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Clickheat heatmap to see where visitors click most on your site
We all want to get more clicks on our ads to gain revenue for the site but what is the best way to find out where to place the adverts so they perform their best? One simple way to do this is to use a Heatmap. Heatmaps are a piece of code that reports where people are clicking on your pages and much like a thermal camera, displays darker red colours in the hot spots … Read entire article »
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Arfooo – Free directory script
While doing some investigation about setting up a directory I found this really useful and best of all free directory script. It’s a product called Arfooo – three ooo’s – and does all the relevant basic tools that I can think of for a directory script. It features advertising plugins so that you can place banner ads, and adverts in between your classifieds. It features a payment gateway able to handle paypal and subscription features. As for … Read entire article »
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andthenhost.com offer cheap WordPress, Joomla and phpBB hosting starting from £1.49 per month. Packages feature: Windows or Linux hosting 20Gb webspace and 100Gb bandwidth for £4.99 per month. iPhone on the move control panel – Manage your domain while out and about! Better still – with voucher code APRIL25 you get a further 25% off the Linux Gold and Windows Gold Package Offer expires April 1st so hurry!!! … Read entire article »
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Install Webmin on Ubuntu server 9.10
SSH onto your server Get the latest version (1.510 to date) wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.510_all.deb Extract and install the package dpkg –install webmin_1.510_all.deb It may error on a few dependencies so to overcome those install these apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl … Read entire article »
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How to turn off Data Execution Prevention DEP in Windows Server 2008
The way to turn off DEP in Windows 2008 is to go to Start > Run > cmd and in the command prompt type bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff and then reboot the server. To turn it back on go to Start > Run > cmd and in the command prompt type bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOn and then reboot the server. … Read entire article »
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Complete list of 321 Social Bookmark and Directory links
A complied list of 321 directories, social networking and bookmark sites for you to submit to. Yours for £1.50 - Instantly available download after successful payment. … Read entire article »
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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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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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Outlook 2003 – Command is not available. See the program documentation about how to use this extension
When in Outlook 2003 and you are trying to set your out of office assistant, click the menu item gives the error message: command is not available. See the program documentation about how to use this extension To get around this you need to do the following in Outlook: Go to Help > About > Disabled Items Click on Addin: outex.dll (outex.dll) to highlight it and then click Enable Restart outlook and all will be good. … Read entire article »
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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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