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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

As of 2006, UCLA.edu has a RSS Feeds & Podcast Directory to promote and encourage syndication...

Web Development Standards - Best Practices

For better or for worse, everyone developing web sites at UCLA abides by different rules. For tho...

Problems with Moodle non-UCLA Special Cases

This is a list of the problems that we are currently aware of with special case enrollments in Mo...

How to view DBDesigner4 documents in Mac OS X

Unfortunately, DBDesigner4 is written in Delphi, which is practically Windows-only, so there is n...

How to share a file among multiple courses in Moodle?

There are two ways to do it: Place them in the “site files” area. It looks like only the administ...

Microsoft Outlook doesn't connect or isn't sending and receiving

Symptom:You have an active internet connection (test by opening a webpage) and Outlook is fully f...

How do Forums (aka Discussion Boards) function in Moodle?

Forums are divided into two main categories: General forums and Learning forums (forums for speci...

How can I search/replace strings in MySQL?

MySQL lets you replace all occurrences of a character or string of characters in a table with som...

In Unix, what do I do when a file I want to edit in vi says "Line too long"?

In Unix, when the vi editor says “line too long” it’s usually because it was copied up from a Mac...

What is ResearchBuzz?

“ResearchBuzz is designed to cover the world of Internet research. To that end this site provides...

What's an easy way to set up a WAMP test environment?

Many popular Content Management Systems (CMS) run in a php/mysql environment. Their dynamic natu...

What is Haskell?

I just heard about this functional programming language named Haskell on this Ruby on Rails Podca...

How can I get standard cross browser font-sizes?

A short while ago I was overjoyed to rediscover an article that I lost track of long ago. I read ...

How to add and use a discussion board in Moodle

How to add and use a discussion board (aka Forum) in a Moodle class site.How to add a discussion ...

How to add a link to a Moodle class site

How to add links to outside web sites from within a Moodle class website: First, go to either the...

I have Windows XP, how can I restore my computer to a previous configuration?

You can use a feature called �System Restore� to restore your Windows XP PC to a previous wor...

How do I make a Windows XP PC automatically login?

If you want to have a Windows XP automatically log in (on a domain or not), you can use the Tweak...

How can I check/verify that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is up-to-date for Daylight Savings Time

As the root user, enter the following at the command line:$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007Yo...

Telnet to a mail server ; testing, relaying, etc...

In Windows go to “Start”, and click on “Run”. Then type “cmd”. This will pop up a Dos window. On ...

How do I remove the icons in Plone?

This will allow you to remove the navigation icons that appear in Plone’s navigation portlet. go ...