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How to install IIS on windows 7 or Vista
If you are a developer and you are using Windows 7, installing IIS (internet information server) would be the first thing you would like to do. Installing IIS is just installing one of the Windows component but the steps involved are sometimes hard to find, since its not installed by default. So let
Read Full PostDrag an element,image etc using javascript,html,css
Hey fellas, Today I am going to show you how you can make an element draggable or moveable on your webpage. This webpage element can be either image, div or even input box. We are going to use simple Javascript, CSS and HTML for this purpose. You can see a working demo on this page and can save t
Read Full PostHow to get current location in iPhone safari or firefox browser
Hey people, Planning to update your application to a new level. Or thinking to add some new features to your current website. Well whatever you plan, do not forget to make it more intelligent. YES ! You can make your website more intelligent by making it enable to detect current location of the v
Read Full PostShow Google talk status on your website
Hey People, Always wondered what could be the API which lets you interact with Google Talk ? Well I guess there isn’t one yet other than just creating bots. But what if you want to show the current Google Talk or GTalk status on your website or want it to use somewhere else like updating on twi
Read Full PostAlternative to overflow:hidden for wrapping divs
I bet, you might have struggle a lot to get this simple solution if you are here via google search. There are instances when two divs in parallel have dynamic content and it becomes difficult to keep their height equal. One of the hack is using overflow:hidden, which might not be valid in some cases
Read Full PostTransfer database from one host to other using mysqldump and shell
Transferring your blog or web site from one host to another can sometimes be very cumbersome if not troublesome. There may be instances when you get stuck at few points and one of the major loop hole is to transfer data from one host to another. Most of us use browser based user friendly phpmyadmin
Read Full PostTreat any file as PHP in Netbeans
You love coding in Netbeans and you find it pretty uneasy when it does not function the way you want it to. That was the same with me when I started development in drupal and I was unable to associate the .module as PHP in my favorite editor Netbeans. However with little play around with options
Read Full PostHow to get mac address of WLAN in Nokia phones
Hey Folks, Wonder how do you get your handset’s physical address (or MAC address) ? Yeah it is needed at times, I used it to add it in my internet modem’s allow list. MAC is nothing but the physical address of wireless LAN card which is present in your mobile phone and one cannot change it. I
Read Full PostChoose which mails to download for offline use in gmail
Most of us use the Google’s offline feature to read emails. This is a life saver when you got no access to network. This feature works when you have Google Gears extension installed for your browser. You can also use applications like Google Reader in the offline mode to read the RSS feeds when yo
Read Full PostChm (Compiled Help) files not opening in Microsoft Vista or XP
You have downloaded a help file or manual and instead of helping you , it made you search on - “how to open a chm file?” . Well certainly this problem is faced by many and usually we assume that the downloaded file is corrupted or is incomplete. Apparently there can be several other reasons too.
Read Full PostAjax powered city state Dropdown
Hey Geeks, Many of you have already gone through a simple javascript example script, which lets you swap elements from two select boxes. I posted this blog post few months back. In this post I am going to show you, how you can use ajax to populate a dropdown, on the basis of value selected i
Read Full PostHow to add widget to blogger
Hey Folks, Web 2.0 is pretty fancy with sparkling widgets, modules, plugins all around. Undoubtedly most of us are happy Wordpress users, but there are some people who still want to use their blogger account and continue to blog there. They face trouble getting latest widgets, as not many develo
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