Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Artisteer 4 - export to HTML

When exporting to HTML, (now: Website Template) why do I get all this cms stuff like: commented, visited etc under the article? Is there a way to get rid of it while working on a project "inside" Artisteer? I do not mean to use the template for a cms. I need to create a basic HTML site.

Found the solution on Artisteer forum:
Under content tab, metadata section select post icons.
Select one of the items and then remove checkmark from under display

Monday, July 30, 2012

How to determine the quality of your internet connection

To determine the quality of a xDSL connection there is something more that should be taken into consideration more than the Speed (Download and upload)

Friday, July 27, 2012

Free partition manager

I just expanded the disk of a Windows XP virtual machine from VMWare.
Now I have to expand the disk from Windows.

Blogger Search Gadget does not work

Hi
I added the "Search" gadget to my blog, and it doesn't work ....

Thursday, July 26, 2012

How to disable UAC in Windows 7 and Vista

UAC has the purpose to increase the security of your system. It asks confirmation every time a program installation wants to make a change to your system.
What if you are administrators of you PC and you know what you are doing? Windows requires anyway a confirmation at every installation, something like this:

Boring!
To remove these messages:

How to enable Telnet on Windows 7

I use telnet quite often and the first thing I notice after switching to Windows 7 is that by default telnet is disabled on Windows 7.
Quick way to enable Telnet:

Android 4 and Lotus Traveler

Tomorrow I will order for my new Samsung Galaxy S3 but I was quite worried: will Android 4 work with Lotus Traveler?

Lotus Notes Undocumented functions

Dear IBM
   Thank you for letting us know that there are some interesting "undocumented functions", as you state here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21101582
-- @AdminDelegateMailFile
-- @ExpandNameList
-- @FindFreeResource
-- @LocationGetInfo
-- @command [PKCS12ImportCertsToNAB]

@LocationGetInfo - undocumented Lotus Notes Formula

Some time ago I found this undocumented  formula that I liked quite a lot: @LocationGetInfo
I discovered that it is used in some default templates from IBM and there is no reference in the Help.

How to manage alerts in Sametime

As default when someone chat with you via Sametime the chat windows pops up and get the focus.
If you are doing something else (writing an email, surfing the internet etc.) it's quite disturbing!
To disable sametime from bringing to the front the chat windows:

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

CheckPoint Secure Client Installation

I have checkpoint firewall in my company. Excellent Firewall!
How can I connect install the CheckPoint Secure Client?

IP Phone 3CX - Moving Settings

I just re-installed my PC.
I use 3CX as soft phone connected to our company IP PBX.
How can I move my settings from the old PC to the new one?

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Lotus Notes instant correction

A interesting feature of my Lotus Notes client: instant correction.
While you are writting, if you wish an helper to correct common typing errors, capitalize first letter of every sentence or correct two initial capitals do the following:

Desktop Organizer

Hi
I need to organize my icons on my desktop.
Everytime I connect the beemer my desktop I get creazy to re-organize my desktop.
Solution?

Skype for BlackBerry

I have a Bold 9700 and an Italian Mobile Phone Operator.
NO WAY TO GET A SKYPE FOR MY BLACKBERRY !!!!
Available for certain models in UK ... Australia ... US .... and the rest of the world?
Why?
Skype doesn't like BlackBerry?
RIM doesn't like Skype?
Disappointing.
Another reason to dismiss my BlackBerry ....
I love BlackBerry, but I cannot find the few apps I need.
My next choice: Android or iPhone ...

I'll see ...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Artisteer for Joomla Templates

I purchased Artisteer, I built my first Joomla web site ( http://www.bigbenschool.it/ )  and I an so happy I purchased it!
Easy, cheap and flexible.
I made it a couple of years ago. Since then I improved my knowledge and practice in Web Designing.
Anyway I keep on using Artisteer.
My vote: 10/10






Android VS iPhone, Lotus Traveler vs. BES

I need to change my phone.
I have a BlackBerry and I love it!
We have Lotus Domino at work. I installed a BES (Black Berry Server) Express and I have my mobile perfectly synchronized with mails and calendar.

Many other colleagues have iPhone and Android, so we installed Lotus Traveler.

Now the dilemma: do I still need to support and maintain a dedicated server for Black Berry phones or should we all move to Lotus Traveler?

With traveler you can connect iPhone, Android, Nokia S26 and Win Mobile.
With BES you can connect only BlackBerry mobiles.

With traveler I don't need to have a dedicated server only for mobiles. I installed one domino that manges web sites, traveler, mails etc.
To install BES I needed a new server, with a domino and the BES package installed.
The cost was not a problem: I made a virtual machine on our ESX structure, domino Lic. wasn't a problem because we purchased a CED licence from IBM and BES Express is free.

It is anyway and extra server that requires my attention, backup and care.

What shall I do?
We are renewing our contract with Vodafone and I have the possibility to change all our mobiles with a new iPhone or Samsung (Android) almost for free (few €/month)

My boss told me I have to switch off BES before the end of the year. He think it is not reasonable to keep 2 server with the same service (email push to mobile phones) and I do fully agree.

My question now is:

iPHONE or ANDROID ????


I havn't use any of them before and now the choice is hard.
If you search the internet you'll get opposite opinions.
- iPHONE is smart ! .. Android is Great!
- Android works well ... iPhone works better!


I'm confused.
If I had to make a quick choice I would say ANDROID:
- I am a developer
- I love free apps (and it seams that for Android you can get more than iPhone)
- I like Samsung mobiles

.. Let me think about ...

Ghost your Home PC for Free

I needed to ghost my PC to:
1. Change Hard Drive to a bigger one
2. Install 3 identical PC for my colleagues that work with the same programs
3. Manage the disaster recovery of an old PC

How to get a specific record from a table using DLookUP

Hei!
I love DLookUP!

I did not know that with a simple function like this you can retrieve a record from a table with a simple command.

Easier to do that to say:

 My application: I need to create a profile table containing local settings for the DB.
1. I create the table named "local_settings"with the following fields:
- key
- version
- <other fields>

2. Created a record where:
key = "localsettings"
version = version of the database
<other fields>

Now .... If you need to get the DB version or any other data from this table DLookUp makes it easy:

version = DLookup("verison", "local_settings", "[key] = 'localsettings'")

that is:

DLookup("FieldName" , "TableName" , "Criteria = 'xxxx'")

PS. Criteria you can use variables.
The result is the first record matching the criteria

So ... if you don't want to use many rows of scripting .... that's the solution!
ciao ciao

How can I know if my mail server IP is in a black list?

Some useful websites:

http://rbl-check.org/

Seems good. It's in German so I appreciate Google Translator for that!

http://multirbl.valli.org/

I like this. Seems more complete.

I also subscribed to www.rblmon.com/
It's free and you get a regular notification mail informing if you get listed somewhere.

Honestly I have to say that these instruments cannot guarantee that your mail server is 100% BL Free .... but it's a good start :-)


If there is any news I'll let you know!


Why do I Like DropBox?

I have these needs:

1. Share with my friends some Pics and Docs
2. I need a secure place to save my files in case my PC get broken
3. I need to have some docs always with me.

Solution?
www.dropbox.com

My BlackBerry Loves DropBox!



Trend Micro RBL+

Help!!! another black list!

To be removed I send a message from this web page:

https://ers.trendmicro.com/

I entered my IP in "IP Reputation Lookup" and send the request of removal.
I got a confirmation mail from Trend Micro, hope is enough!


88.blocklist.zap

Last Week we changed our ISP provider, co our mail server now has a different IP.

Today I realized that this IP is black listed in 88.blocklist.zap!

What should I do?
This is what I have done:

1.I told my ISP provider. It's his responsibility to assure that IPs are ok!
On the other hand, how can I know if this IP was used by other customers in the past and they were spamming???

2. I sent an email to delist@frontbridge.com asking to be removed from the list..
I got a confirmation message.

In less that 2 hours Microsoft removed my IP from the Black List.

88.blocklist.zap is by default used by Exchange. If your IP is listed there becomes a pain!!!


Microsoft Teams doesn't open

 Hello! My Microsoft Teams stop working! Searching .... I found this solution that worked: Delete the content of: C:\Users\<profile>\A...