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Dreamweaver Code Completion Mods

Posted by rpsears on Tuesday, February 9th 2010   
9
Feb

Once again we will be discussing Dreamweaver and how to enhance its abilities. Let’s review a couple of handy features that Dreamweaver offers for developers. Code Coloring in Dreamweaver will turn certain pieces of code into specific colors (see figure 1 below).

These colors can be user defined by using the preferences within Dreamweaver. In a Windows environment, these can be found in Edit and then Preferences and then Code Coloring and choose the type of code you want to redefine and click on Edit Coloring Scheme.

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Filed under: How-To

Connecting Excel to MySQL: Query Wizard

Posted by rpsears on Monday, February 8th 2010   
8
Feb

Welcome to part two of this two part series covering how to use Excel with a MySQL database. Part one of this series can be found here:

Connecting Excel to MySQL – Part I

In this post we are going to use a tool that is built into Excel. It’s called Microsoft Query Wizard and it will allow you to customize the data that you retrieve from any MySQL database. We don’t always need an exact replica of the Database in our spreadsheet. Sometimes we need specific pieces of data and that’s what the Microsoft Query Manager does best.

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Filed under: Office Tips

Add Trash Can Icon to Your Desktop in Ubuntu

Posted by lkaufman on Sunday, February 7th 2010   
7
Feb

If you are a long-time Windows user who has recently moved to Linux, you may want the familiar trash can on your desktop like you had in Windows. The Trash icon is available in Ubuntu, but it is not visible by default.

Adding the Trash icon in Gnome

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Filed under: Linux Tips

Troubleshoot an Incomplete Search in Windows 7

Posted by bcarigtan on Saturday, February 6th 2010   
6
Feb

Windows 7’ search capability is a very handy tool.  I used to access files and folders by browsing them in Explorer, but traversing a tree of directories is not very efficient if you need to access only a single file. The search capability on the Start panel is only as good as your indexed files.

Windows uses the index to perform very fast searches of the most common files on your computer. By default, all of the most common files on your computer are indexed.

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Filed under: Windows 7

Configure Dreamweaver to Suit Your Needs

Posted by Aseem on Friday, February 5th 2010   
5
Feb

Dreamweaver is the Swiss Army knife of web development. It offers features that cater to the seasoned web developer and web designer.  It also caters to the beginner. But, have you ever wanted to modify Dreamweaver to fit the needs of specific projects?

For example, the Dreamweaver code hints are missing the PHP oci_ functions. Also, when you create a new PHP page, it is auto filled with HTML. If you wanted an HTML page, you would have created a new HTML page.

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Filed under: How-To

Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7

Posted by Aseem on Thursday, February 4th 2010   
4
Feb

Internet Explorer 8 has its fair share of annoyances. If you have absolutely had all you can take of its constant lockups, there is a way to uninstall it without having to revert to an older version.

If Chrome and Firefox are enough to meet your browsing needs, then uninstall the pesky program. Just be warned: there are many places on Microsoft.com where Internet Explorer is needed for updates or downloads.

Open Control Panel by clicking on the start menu and selecting it.

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