SecureCRT is a great SSH and telnet terminal client. It’s not free, but for the price, it’s well worth it.
It handles ssh2 very nicely, and has a username system that’s better than PuTTY, in my opinion.
The only thing that I don’t like about it is that it makes a little beep by default […]
In x-cart, we couldn’t upload an image because the form gave us an error. After a lot of troubleshooting, here’s what we found to make the upload script work:
We made sure these folders and their subfolders had ‘write’ (777) permissions set:
1. /templates_c
2. /files
3. /log
Also, we made sure the directory set in […]
Here are some instructions on how to encrypt a file using GPG, the open source version of PGP. It’s assumed that somebody needs you to send them an encrypted file, they’ve given you their public key in a trustworthy manner, and they have the private key. It’s also assumed that you have GPG […]
When I have my headphones on and am listening to music, it’s really annoying to hear that little clicking sound everytime I click on something in Internet Explorer.
If this is annoying to you too, here is how to turn it off:
Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio devices
Click the […]
You can save and restore your iptable rules by using the iptables-save and iptables-restore commands. An example of an iptables-save file is below, and as you see it allows access to http (port 80), https (port 443), smtp and pop3 (ports 110 and 25), ftp (port 21), dns (port 53), mysql (port 3306), ssh […]
After setting up a new site in Plesk and restarting Apache, the site would only display 403 Forbidden errors. The same error occured whether we went to the exclusive IP address or the domain name so we knew that it wasn’t a DNS problem. We checked the logs and it showed that Apache was unable […]
The repair table command in MySQL is useful to repair database indicies when they become corrupt. A prime example of when an index can become corrupt is when the power is shut off unexpectedly to a server. If the power is shut off after a row has been inserted into the table, but […]
X-Cart is an e-commerce package that is written in PHP with the use of Smarty tags for its template system. For about $200, it includes a lot of functionality out of the box, and you can buy prebuilt skins for another $60 or so. For those interested in SEO, there is a module called CDSEO […]
Introduction
Great web design consists of one major primary principle: Content delivery is the objective and it should be presented well. If not, plan to pay for your popularity.
Content is King
Most great agent web sites (5%) have several to many high quality pages and/or UNIQUE tools. Most worthless sites (95%) have several to many worthless […]
I’ve had to deal with several different phone companies over the years as an IT professional. I worked for a retail company as the IT Director for 3 years and each time we opened a new store, we had to set up the Internet connection and phone numbers for that store. I dreaded […]