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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
n order to stay updated with the latest spam identification rules, it is necessary to update the internal rules of SpamAssassin.
This procedure for SpamAssassin on a FreeBSD operating system will check for updates in rules, and, if available, download and install them.
SpamAssassin provides a silent utility, that downloads and installs the latest rules from a [...]
hinking, that you are above reproach, is not enough to stop your personal data from being used against you by authorities, employers, marketing campaigns, hackers and sick people with or without your permission or authorization.
Personal data can be used for theft of identity, criminal activities, revenge and other critical abuse, that can give you severe [...]
assword protecting a website or part of a website is used to control access.
Which method you use depends on the operating system, web server, language and content management system.
If you use the FreeBSD operating system and the Apache web server, a simple solution is to use the htpasswd utility.
In the following example, two users are [...]
Here are some of our mobile phone pictures from the Open Source Days 2010 conference. Enjoy!
Read the rest of this entry »he content management system WordPress has a built in feature, that can handle pictures. However, this is not a well working feature. Fortunately, WordPress supports the use of plugins, which are extensions for WordPress. You can find many different plugins for WordPress on the homepage of WordPress.
NextGEN Gallery handles pictures much better. It is easy [...]
