Installing Apache and PHP on your PC

So you want to install web server on your own computer and have downloaded
Apache and PHP. Please read

Installing
Web Server on your PC first, if in doubt.

Installing Apache web server

Installing Apache is a no-brainer. It is just as you install any other software.
Run the set-up, feed the information in each step and click finish to install.
It is a 4-5 step installation and wouldn’t take much time to get installed.
Be sure not install it as a Windows Sevice (default option).

After installation, fire-up your favorite browser. Type in http://localhost
or http://127.0.0.1 (both refer top the local server) in the
address bar and press enter. You’ll see a welcome page stating that your
installation was successful. If it doesn’t show up, go to Start->Programs->Apache
HTTP Sever->Control Apache Sever->START.

Installing PHP

Installation of PHP is too, straightforward but to integrate and configure
it to work with Apache is a bit cumbersome for a Windows user. Windows users
are more accustomed to GUI for configuring software whereas Apache and PHP like
most other Linux (UNIX) software requires manual configuration through configuration
files which needs to be edited.

PHP comes as a zip file as well as a MSI installation package. I don’t
know how it is to install PHP through MSI package; I myself did it with the
zip one. For the zip file you just have to unzip the package in a root folder
like C:/PHP, D:/PHP. It is recommended to unzip the package in a root folder
and not inside folders like C:/Program Files/PHP, which are deep inside root.

[Update: You may download the MSI
package of PHP instead of the ZIP one which would do all the set-up and
configuration itself and you would have to do otherwise]

That’s it for this post, in the nest post I’m going to outline
the method of configuring Apache and PHP.

[Update: Read the next article Configuring
Apache Web Server and PHP]

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How to Hide Your Post Date Time and or Author

There are some reason for bloger to hide Post date, time and author. May be they want to see their blog looks clear or everything. Now I will show you the trick to "hide your post date, time and or author". the mothods is very simple, just find the code that I pointed to you and delete it. You can chose which part want to delete, date only, time only, author only or it all. Ok, if you decided to do it lets begin the hack.

1. Login to blogger the go to "Layout --> Edit HTML"
2. Click on the "Download Full Template" to back up your template first.
3. Check on the "Expand Widget Templates" check box.

Hide Post Date
find this code and delete it.
<data:post.dateHeader/>.

Hide Post Time
find this code and delete it.
 <span class=post-timestamp>
<b:if cond=data:top.showTimestamp>
<data:top.timestampLabel/>
<b:if cond=data:post.url>
<a class=timestamp-link expr:href=data:post.url rel=bookmark
title=permanent link><abbr class=published
expr:title=data:post.timestampISO8601><data:post.timestamp/></abbr></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>.

Hide Post Author
find this code and delete it.
 <span class=post-author vcard>
<b:if cond=data:top.showAuthor>
<data:top.authorLabel/>
<span class=fn><data:post.author/></span>
</b:if>
</span>
.

5. Save your editting

Good Luck ............

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Why FAT Doesnt Belong In Your Flash Drives

I have been moving all my wifes applications over from her Windows XP desktop to a Windows 7 notebook.  One of the applications that she uses regularly is OpenLP, which is an open source presentation management system intended for church worship services.  We needed to export the song library that she has built over the years.  Some of them songs are not in the default library because they are new; some are there because they are songs that she has written.  OpenLP has an export facility, and it exported in XML format.  When I tried to copy all these XML files to a flash drive, it kept refusing to do so -- complaining that the file or directory name could not be created. 

Okay, I started to see a pattern: filenames with periods in them.  But some did not fit that pattern at all.  However, I was able to copy the files over the network from the desktop to the new notebook without trouble, and then import them into OpenLP.  Why?

I am guessing that it is because FAT32 (which is what the flash drive that I picked up off the coffee table used) has some filename limitation that is generally the case over our network.  I have not tried this on an NTFS flash drive, but I suspect that the problem would go away.

The more time that I spent with this Toshiba Portege R500, the more impressed I am with what a marvelous combination of size and speed it provides.  Compared to a tablet, it is just a little larger, and just a little heavier -- and for $100, it is hard to argue against it.

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Solution for your Parallel Parking Woes

Admit it. One of the problems when you first learned to drive was parking (Also, hanging for manual vehicles). Sweat running down your head and sweaty palms mark your steering wheel as you park. We all went through that phase before but maybe not anymore. Automobile manufacturers, particularly the high end ones developed a parking assist system to assist anyone having a hard time parking. I haven't tried one so I can't say if it's really accurate and effective. A year ago, I first heard this feature come out in the Mercedes Benz B class series. Today, more and more models, even the not so high end ones has this feature too!

Here are some videos from different manufacturers like Benz, BMW, Audi, Ford and even Kia!

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Choosing Your Wedding Suppliers

Because there are a lot of friends who are getting married soon, they have been asking around how to pick the right supplier for the wedding. There is actually no right or wrong here but its more on choosing the suppliers that you are comfortable working with and suppliers who you really trust. It is important that you have a good working relationship to be able to fully entrust them your wedding.

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