While Joomla is an incredibly useful tool to manage website content, it does have its quirks. If you are a newbie, you will surely run into some problems. One of the most common questions asked about first installing Joomla 1.5 is, “How can I remove the text on the home page that reads, ‘Welcome to the [...]
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In one of our current projects, we are building .Net Class Libraries that will be integrated into an ASP.Net web site.
The most laborious task occurs after every major change to a Class Library — we need to run a command line script that registers that DLL with the OS. Unfortunately, the folder that the DLL [...]
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Often we find ourselves having to rebuild a development server. Sometimes, converting a server from the Windows operating system to the Linux operating system can be a bit tricky, especially if the GRUB bootloader is installed.
Here’s how to get rid of it.
Boot your server/computer with your bootable Windows CD. Get through all the messages until you get to the [...]
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How it’s used:
Enter a line in your .htaccess file similar to the following:
DirectoryIndex example.php
Special Notes: This works with the Apache Web Server and does not work with IIS. When editing the .htaccess file in a text editor, make sure “text wrapping” or “wrap text” is turned off. Using “text wrapping” or “wrap text” will cause [...]
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In one of our recent posts, we wrote about the importance of using URL rewriting. In the post we demonstrated URL rewriting using Apache, Linux, and htaccess. While Apache is a very popular and stable web server, it is important to consider using Microsoft’s web server — IIS (Internet Information Services).
To accomplish URL rewriting in [...]
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