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Weather/NewsAccuWeather – detailed current conditions, 15 day forecast, hourly weather updates – ...

Updated 14 years ago by MacKnight, Scott

Digital Literacy Curriculum

UCLA Tech Resources

Note: A major component of the IT2020 vision is for every faculty, staff and student to be a good...

Updated 14 years ago by MacKnight, Scott

Troubleshooting AIS Mainframe Printing

UCLA Tech Resources

For initial setup see: https://kb.ucla.edu/link/634Troubleshooting:To troubleshoot a printing pro...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

In Moodle is teacher the right default role when you want everyone in the site to be able to have full write privileges?

CCLE and Moodle

To clarify the question, what is the minimum role you can assign as a default for a site that wil...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Wiki Resources

Useful Links

wiki are a tool for collaborative editing that is growing in recognition and popularity. Here ar...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

UCLA Phone Directory

UCLA Resources

Ever wonder how to contact a person at UCLA by phone, but all one has is their extension? Add th...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Case-insensitive searching in vi

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

By default, all searches in vi are case-sensitive. To do a case-insensitive search, go into comma...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

The Document Object Model (DOM) and what it's good for

Programming and Web Development

If you develop for the web, you may have heard the term “Document Object Model” or “DOM” thrown a...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

What to do when CSS stylesheets refuse to apply

Programming and Web Development CSS and Web Design

There are a number of common mistakes users make when writing CSS stylesheets that are difficult ...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

What is mysqlshow good for?

Programming and Web Development SQL

mysqlshow is a command-line tool included with standard MySQL distributions, similar to mysqladmi...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Why doesn't mysqlshow work for databases or tables with underscores in their names?

Programming and Web Development SQL

mysqlshow has a tricky feature that interprets SQL wildcard characters (*,?,%,_) as wildcards if ...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

My webserver has died! How do I bring it back online in a hurry?

Programming and Web Development

The obvious answer to this is to restore your backup onto a spare server. Or if it’s just a drive...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Has anyone used SurveyMonkey?

Applications/Software

SurveyMonkey seems like a nice fit for recommending to a prof for his project and I was wondering...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

How do I force an image to reload on a web page?

Programming and Web Development

It’s easy to make an image reload just by refreshing a page in your browser. Reloading just the i...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

The TA for a course is missing from the Gradebook Assistants page. How can they be added?

UCLA Tech Resources

A TA must be associated with the course in the Registrar’s scheduling system. This adjustment can...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Revision Control

Programming and Web Development Git and Version Control

What is Revision Control?Revision control (also called version control or source control) is a me...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

Firefox Add-Ons for Web Developers

Internet and Web Browsers Firefox

Here’s another cool add-onhttp://www.getfirebug.com/firebug is similar to the “web developer” fir...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

PostgreSQL Resources

Programming and Web Development SQL

See Also: Who uses PostgreSQL at UCLA?PostgreSQL official website: http://www.postgresql.orgModif...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike

What is Samba?

Applications/Software

As the front page at samba.org says, “Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides s...

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Course management technology and standards

UCLA Tech Resources

This is a collection of links to course management technology and standards that we’ve come acros...

Updated 14 years ago by Franks, Mike