Category Archives: Internet related

HTML password protected

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Password protecting a website (or a sub directory within a website) can be done easily thanks to two special files called .htaccess and .htpasswd First, in the directory that you want to be protected, copy and paste the following code … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird hangs forever when “Copying message to Sent folder”

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

I set up a new account under Thunderbird with an IMAP in-going and SMTP out-going. All mails and folders are correclty imported from the server. I received new mails can delete them (it is updated on the server). So everything … Continue reading →

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PHP: how to initialise a user directory

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

In the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, change the Userdir to public_html <IfModule mod_userdir.c> UserDir public_html </IfModule> and uncomment the section “Directory”

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Convert documents into PDF with conv2pdf

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Sometimes, you want to convert a document into a PDF and there is no such options in you preferred software. For instance, in OpenOffice you have the save option as PDF, so there is no problem here. However, in some … Continue reading →

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HTML and CSS: differences between Class and ID

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

In HTML language, an ID identifies a specific element within a page and must be unique, whereas CLASS marks an element as members of a group and can be used multiple times. The question is why not always using Class … Continue reading →

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Fedora 14, slow network

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

One common reason for having a slow network under Firefox with a Fedora distribution is related to iptables. Many proposed solution can be found on the web and suggest to deactivate the Ipv6 option in Firefox. This is done by … Continue reading →

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HTML: how to insert HTML code in a verbatim tag <pre>

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

One issue with verbatim tag in HTML (<pre>) is that any HTML code included within the special characters < and > will be interpreted as HTML code despite the usage of a verbatim environment. So, if you include HTML code … Continue reading →

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