http://www.opencarolina.com the Southern command of the open source revolution Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:16:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is not a Microsoft bashing blog, so when the folks from Redmond put out something good we are all over it. If you haven't had a chance to use Microsoft SharedView, you might want to try it out. It is a free application but it is still in beta. ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/29/microsft-sharedview/ Set a root password if none exists $ mysqladmin -u root password <new_password> Login to MySQL $ mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 16 to server version: 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/28/create-a-new-mysql-database-from-the-command-line/ Just a tip to all you aspiring web designers, please use lower case when creating web pages. I just had to clean up a bunch of HTML with a mix of UPPER and lower case tag names and it was not fun. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) had to ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/27/xhtml-validation-tip/ Configuration sudo apt-get install obexftp obexpushd gnome-bluetooth bluez-utils sudo pico /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf change passkey from the default "1234" to your own passkey sudo pico /etc/rc.local Add the following on the line before "exit 0" hciconfig hci0 inqmode 0 Restart the system Sending Files from an Ubuntu PC to Another Device The easiest way to send files from your PC to ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/26/bluetooth-file-transfer-on-ubuntu/ Connecting to an Oracle 8 database using PHP4 is no simple task. Before calling me a moron for not using the most recent versions of these applications, you should know that I was attempting to create a mock production environment so I could deploy this solution on an existing server. ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/24/connecting-to-an-oracle-8-database-using-php4-is-not-for-mere-mortals/ Are your hideous WordPress URLs frightening away your readers? Here is how to tame those unruly URLs: Create a .htaccess file in your main wordpress folder (the same one as index.php) Make the .htaccess file writeable chmod 777 .htaccess Ensure mod-rewrite is enabled for Apache2 (/etc/apache2/mods-enabled). There should be a symlink to ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/23/making-wordpress-urls-pretty/ I only do this like once every six months, so I have not memorized the man page. Here is how to extract a tar.gz file from the Linux command line. tar zxf important.tar.gz http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/22/extract-a-targz-file-from-the-command-line/ The header picture on this website changes based on the time of day. You can change your website photo automagically throughout the day too. It isn't very hard with a few photos and a bit of PHP. This is similar to what Google does on their customized home pages. <?php // This ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/21/php-photo-changer/ So you have to design a MySQL database for your incredible new application. What tool do you use to do the initial diagramming? Pencil/Paper, whiteboard, Microsoft Visio? Well the folks at MySQL would like you to consider a visual database design tool called MySQL Workbench. The first release candidate showed up ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/20/mysql-workbench/ Maybe you want to add PayPal, some cool Google map, or vacation pics from flickr but Joomla is being a jerk and stripping out your custom code. Here is what to do: Switch off the TinyMCE editor and write raw HTML (Site > User Manager > click on the user you ... http://www.opencarolina.com/2008/03/19/need-to-put-some-html-on-a-joomla-website/