Apache Tomcat is a Java Servlet container which can be run as a standalone HTTP server. The instructions below will walk you through installing and getting Tomcat working on your Linux box. I’m doing this on a SuSE Linux server but it should be applicable to other Linux flavors like…
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By default, Facebook will expose most of your info to everyone. To only allow your friends and family to access your most private info, you will need to configure Facebook to limit access. Log into Facebook Click on “Settings->Privacy Settings” on the top-right corner Click on “Profile” Select “Only Friends”…
Leave a CommentTo secure subversion, we just need to create a password file and configure apache to use it for subversion repository access. Open up the apache config file “C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf”. At the end, look for the subversion repository URL location and add the additional text below, starting with “AuthType”: <Location /repos> …
2 CommentsWith EasyEclipse and the PHP Debugger extension, you can debug and step through a PHP call. Installing the PHP Debugger (DBG) Extension Download the PHP Debugger (DBG); specifically the DBG 2.15.5 dbg modules for windows. Unzip the dbg modules to a temporary directory. Copy the relevant php extension file, currently…
1 CommentThe EasyEclipse distribution is a quick and easy packaging of Eclipse with plugins for different purposes. I recommend using EasyEclipse for PHP which comes with PHP edit mode and useful plugins like SubEclipse for subversion source control integration. Download and install the latest version of EasyEclipse for PHP. When you…
Leave a CommentSubversion is a simple and popular source control system. It has the option of running as part of the Apache server. We’ll examine how to quickly get subversion up and running with the Apache server which comes with XAMPP. Download the latest subversion windows archive. Look for a file named…
9 CommentsRather than installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP individually, XAMPP is an integrated development enironment that combines all three (and more) into one easy installation. Download XAMPP and install it into the default “c:\xampp” directory. Set apache and mysql to start as services. Start XAMPP and browse to “http://localhost/” and you…
2 CommentsTo prevent data loss on my Windows desktop, I’ve created automated scripts to backup the data locally and remotely. For both sections below, we will pretend that I want to backup two directories: C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Tax Files C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Photos Backing Up Windows Desktop Locally The best way…
4 CommentsNow that I have my tikiwiki running on a Linux AS4 server and having felt the sting of having to recover it, I have incentive to create an automated daily backup of the mySQL database. I have decided to do the backup using a simple shell script and schedule it…
8 CommentsRecently, I had to rebuild a tikiwiki server (on a Linux machine) with only a mysql database backup image. I quickly found that the backup image of a tikiwiki does not contain the version of the tikiwiki software, which is very necessary; otherwise, the database schema won’t match. Fortunately, I…
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