After traversing directories and files it is easy to forget the exact path you may be working in. To see this in unix or Linux, use Continue Reading

If you use WhatCounts email marketing in behalf of your domain name, it is a good idea to add these to ensure email deliverability, as publishing these in your SPF record tells recipient email servers that WhatCounts is authorized to send email in behalf of your domain name. You will need Continue Reading

Have you ever installed packages from one repository only to wish you had just stuck with the vendor’s original repositories? I had problems myself with package conflicts between RPMForge and CentOS Updates repository, mainly, because I forgot to use the “yum-priorities” plugin at the time. I’ve since learned and corrected that, and in the process wanted to get rid of any rpmforge installed packages for the sake of stability.

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This guide is for how to automatically remove www from a domain name, or multiple domain names.
If you want to add WWW, read this guide titled Automatically redirect non-www requests to www for all URLs and All Domains.

The below code will enable you to remove WWW for one domain, multiple domains, or all domains. It is generic enough that you just install it in your domains root folder for a singular domain, or the parent folder above multiple domain names if you want it to apply to all domains hosted in child folders (for shared hosting scenarios).

Insert the below code into a text file. Save the file as htaccess.txt, and upload it to your domains folder. Once there, rename it to “.htaccess” without quotes. If you need help on this, read the applicable instructions in my other post Automatically redirect non-www requests to www for all URLs and All Domains.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

Windows XP comes with Windows Messenger, the integrated version of what’s known as MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger. If you’ve ever tried to uninstall it, or delete it’s folder, you’ve noticed that it magically reappears and will not stay gone.

There is a way to remove it for good. Here’s the instructions to do this very simply in under 30 seconds.

Go to your Start Menu, Start, and then Run and then type in:
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