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Contus Magento – Database Tables to Migrate

Moving over to a new Contus website and need to transfer all data to one of their new installations? Here are a few table groups: Admins: admin_role, admin_rule, admin_user Catalog Products, entities and more: catalog_ – all tables Sales: sales_ – all tables Order Coupon Codes: ordercustomer Newsletter subscribers: newsletter_ – all tables Referral/Affiliate System: advert_ [...]

Finding the Right CMS Solution

Finding the right CMS is something that needs to be done right the first time. There is nothing that will be more important to a company than the choice of content management system (CMS). A company director will need to know what the company needs to effectively choose the right software to effectively manage daily business activities. Review some helpful tips below to help a company make its selection.

HTTP Error 500 Internal Server Error

Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol that is used to transfer data on the World Wide Web. It works on the request-response model i.e. a client, typically a web browser, makes a request to a server, which is hosting the web application, responds to the client with relevant details.

The first line of the response contains a status code and description. HTTP Error 500 Internal server error is one such error or status message that the server sends when it is unable to retrieve the page or perform an activity that the browser has requested.

Generating ASP.NET Images on the Fly

ASP.NET is a highly efficient framework by Microsoft, primary used for interactive web and app development. It is quite easy to generate dynamic graphics with the ASP.NET framework even on the fly. With classic ASP (Active Server Pages), on the other hand, it had been a tedious task to produce images. The .NET framework has [...]

How to Open CakePHP Files in Dreamweaver

Thanks to James Fairhurst on this. I primarily use Adobe Dreamweaver to create and code all of my websites, mainly because of the code highlighting and the way I organise my sites in separate folders. I realise that there are loads of text editors out there but Dreamweaver is what I’m comfortable with and it [...]

Drupal – Restore Your Password for 6 and 7

“Help!!! I need the admin password for a Drupal site!!!” Some people who get a Drupal site to test from their end don’t get password access. Here are a couple of ways to change a password. Drupal 6 and 7 Update the email field for the admin user (user 1) in the “users” table. Unlike [...]

Rent a CMS Powered Website for Cheap With Website Tenants

Oh, the drama. The headache. The way that a website project that starts off so well goes to hell in a flash because the consultant you hired half-finished your website and never returned. Once the consultant does get back to you, he demands more money out of you that you simply don’t have, since you’re [...]

4 Different “Web Guy” Roles

What is a “web guy?” This is a loaded question that I get all-too-many times. After hearing other small business owners’ frustrations about one designer not knowing Javascript for website purposes, and a web programmer not knowing how to use Flash, I decided that it was necessary to lay out some different “web guy” roles [...]

DHTML Dropdown Over Flash Issue: Hiding Behind

Solution for a DropDown Menu hiding behind Flash: <param name=wmode value=”transparent”> Also, don’t forget the embed tag for netscape (although who uses it anymore), “transparent.”

How to View Your Website Mobile Theme On Your Desktop Browser

This is how to view your website mobile theme on your desktop browser. This in essence will make the website “think” you’re using a mobile browser to view the site. It’s a very simple Firefox plugin called the User Agent Switcher. After installing the plugin and restarting your Firefox, go to “Tools -> Default User [...]