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One-stop Ruby on Rails packages
You want Ruby on Rails, and you want it now. The trouble is, you don’t have Apache or MySQL on your home computer. You could install and configure those huge programs, but you’re not trying to turn your desktop into a full web server. You could put Ruby on Rai...
Google Guidelines for Webmasters
Google offers tips and guidelines for webmasters and web developers in their Webmaster Help Center. Sitemaps, robots.txt, improving ranking, adding or removing sites from the index, etc.
How do I count the number of times a word or phrase occurs in a string?
Assuming that you don’t have a built-in function that does this in one shot…Here is a trick for quickly (i.e. using minimal typing effort) counting the number of times a string occurs in a larger string:Below is some pseudocode for searching for a string calle...
How do I reset a user's password in Mac OS X?
If a user forgets their password in Mac OS X, you can use the install disc to reset ANY of the user account passwords.Boot from the install disc (or any install disc with a version higher than the installed OS X version) by having the disc in the drive and hol...
My hard disk is dying! How do I make an emergency backup?
Disaster has struck and your hard disk is in its final death throes. No problem, you made a backup last night, right? Of course you did… but a pipe burst and you lost your backup tapes?Assuming that you’re trying to backup a UNIX or Linux system:(if it’s Windo...
Security Testing your Apache Configuration with Nikto
Is your Apache configuration secure? This is a helpful article to help you find out.http://www.howtoforge.org/apache_security_testing_with_nikto
My webserver has died! How do I bring it back online in a hurry?
The obvious answer to this is to restore your backup onto a spare server. Or if it’s just a drive failure, the answer would be to restore your backup onto your spare drive. But since you’re reading this instead of restoring your backup, let’s assume that the s...
How do I add or remove a page/website/etc from Google's index!
add:http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397remove:http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35301
Moving from Hummingbird v8 to V9? Got some errors?
Some errors have popped up when trying to access models once you upgraded to version 9 of Bi/Query Hummingbird.()()()()Upgraded from 8.x to version 9.0.1, and now when trying to connect to any model getting error: Connection Error – MS ODBC SQL Driver login ...
Dell Laptop Battery Recall
If you have a Dell laptop model: Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810 Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705 Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90 XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M17...
Is it possible to delete threads from the Lists Archives
This was a question I post to Bruin Online Lists Admin.Here is the response:Unfortunately there is no way to delete threads in your mailing list archives. Is there a particular reason you want to do this?If all you want to do is prevent individuals from being ...
Does UCLA offer online sexual harassment training?
Yes!The UCLA Sexual Harassment Prevention Office offers online workshops. Please follow the link:Sexual Harassment TrainingThis is especially important if you are a supervisor. As a supervisor you must complete two hours of training every two years.
Remove WinXP Printer Notifications
See below if you’re tired of the pop-up balloon everytime you print. Remove WinXP Printer Notifications ** 1. Click on Start, select Run from the Start Menu.2. Type in “regedit”.3. Browse to the key HKCU\Printers\Settings and find the key “EnableBalloonNotif...
Preventing SSH Dictionary Attacks With DenyHosts
From the tutorial:“In this HowTo I will show how to install and configure DenyHosts. DenyHosts is a tool that observes login attempts to SSH, and if it finds failed login attempts again and again from the same IP address, DenyHosts blocks further login attempt...
How to add new slots in Plone
This document describes how to add an additional portlet slot to the two that exist already (left and right).http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/add-slots
How to prevent "hotlinking" of your images on a web site
From the tutorial:“Hotlinking” is a form of bandwidth theft. Basically, when creating a web page it is easy to link to a file (such as an image or a video) that exists on a remote (completely separate) site. Each time the web page is accessed, the file is retr...
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005
By Jakob Nielsen:http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
What is the Cisco VPN Client error message "Required VPN subsystem not available"
When starting up the VPN client software, I get the following error message: “Required VPN subsystem not available”. Why?There are several possible reasons why this happened; most likely tied to the Cisco VPN Service. A lot of times I’ve seen this happen beca...