Archive for March, 2010

Adding (embedding) YouTube videos to website content or blog post

Adding (embedding) YouTube video clips to the content of your website or blog post can be a little tricky. Here is the way to do it.
Visit YouTube and find the video clip, that you wish to add (embed). Find the URL field. Click the Customize button. It looks like a star. Choose your preferred settings, [...]

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Making websites or blog posts printer friendly

ontent management system (CMS) websites, themes and blog posts are designed for screens. They look nice on your screen. If you try to print, you will find, that it does not look well. They are not designed for print.
A quick way to make a website or a blog post printer friendly is to use an [...]

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Monitoring bandwidth with RRDtool and SNMP

onitoring is an important component of providing a reliable and professional service. One primary and common type of monitoring is historic monitoring. It is used for recording long-term uptime, usage and performance statistics.
This example will use RRDtool and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) on a FreeBSD operating system to monitor the network traffic on a [...]

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Secure online backup and restore with Tarsnap

ata has become a critical part of any environment. In order to be able to restore data in the event of loss or changes, system administrators need to backup data.
When choosing a backup and restore method, it is a good idea to think of reasons and requirements for restores. Typical reasons for restores are written [...]

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Setting margins for printing in Evolution Mail for Ubuntu

he default margins for printing in the Evolution Mail client for the Ubuntu operating system is close to the edges of the paper per default. This is the procedure for setting the margins.
Open Evolution Mail. Click File. Click “Page Setup…”. Set the value of “Format for” to the printer in question. Set the value of [...]

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