News aggregation built into your browser!
If you’re using the latest version of Firefox (at the time of writing PR1), you might have noticed a small graphic labelled RSS in the bottom right hand corner of your browser.
A Live Bookmark
A Live Bookmark
You probably already know that RSS stands for “Rich Site Summary” (or “Really Simple Syndication”) [...]
Category Archives: Articles
What are Live Bookmarks?
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What is phpinfo?
phpinfo is one of the most handy functions a PHP programmer needs to know about, especially when it comes time to debugging! As the name says, phpinfo displays information about PHP.
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Testing if Perl is Working
Checking if Perl is working for the shell-deprived.
Perl is a very popular language and a common question I here from those that are new to open source web development in general is “Why isn’t my Perl script working?” or “How do I know if I have Perl installed/working?”.
There are lots of ways you can tell [...]
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Creating Your Own Custom 404 Error Pages
We’ve all seen the dreaded 404 error page as shown below.
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Preventing Orphaned SSH Sessions
If you run servers offering SSH connections (you are using SSH right? If not, stop reading this immediately and go and learn about it), you may have noticed annoying sessions showing as active when you know that they aren’t. Some people call them orphaned, disconnected or leftover sessions. Since some Unix installations by default, either [...]
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Specifying a default Favicon in Apache
If you didn’t already know, I love Apache. Defining a favicon is a nice detail to add to your site, you already know that. But did you know you can specify a default favicon on your Apache web server that can span across virtual hosts? Of course this would be overridden if a site chooses [...]
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Blocking IP Addresses in Apache
A common question I see being asked on various lists is “How do I block an IP address from accessing my site?”
This should *not* be treated as a robust security measure, there are many ways this could be bypassed. Use at your own risk.
Copy and paste the text below into a file and name it [...]
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Install Movable Type in 60 seconds!
For those that don’t know, Movable Type is a blogging tool that you can use on your own server. It has a very large user base and is quite popular. There are already stacks of “Install Guides” around, however if you’re impatient here’s the one and only, “Install Movable Type in 60 seconds!”
(this worked on [...]
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Password-less SSH
This article describes how you go about setting up SSH access without the need of manually entering your password (thus the title; Password-less SSH, or Passwordless SSH to some people). This may or may not be a good idea. It’s up to you to research the security implications of setting something like this up, however [...]
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Creating Live Bookmarks For Your Site
Add Live Bookmarks To Your Site!
This article describes what you need to know if you’d like to enable Live Bookmarks on your site. If you’re not sure what Live Bookmarks are, they’re one of the latest features built into the Firefox web browser (check out my previous article “What are Live Bookmarks?” for more information) [...]
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