Tag Archives: web
WordPress Update Error: Maximum Execution Time
WordPress 3.1 was released only a couple days ago, and millions of people who use this awesome software are updating their systems. Some of these people who use the automatic update tool may get the following error message: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in http://www.mysite.com/wp-includes/class-http.php on […]
Block Internet Explorer 8 Delete Browsing History
A client recently told me about an employee of theirs who routinely deletes the browsing history in Internet Explorer 8, and the owner wanted to know how to block this ability. It wasn’t immediately known whether the owner wanted the ability to track the employee’s browsing history or if the […]
Posted in: Web Browsers
Tagged: cookies, delete, disable, Group Policy, history, inPrivate, Internet Explorer, web, web browser
Block Visitors From Viewing Directory Indexes
Adding blank index.htm files to all your website directories in effort to keep nosy visitors from viewing all the files in a directory is an annoying chore. You have to check each directory and upload an extra file per directory, so you end up wasting time. Fortunately, there is an […]
Posted in: Web Development
Tagged: .htaccess, 403, code, directory, disable, folder, index, message, permission, syntax, web, web development
Quick Q & A: 2
Here are some quick answers to questions I’ve received from comments, emails, and search queries. You can find Part 1 of this segment in the Quick Q & A category. How much physical RAM can I add to my Windows 7 computer? The amount of RAM (and type of RAM […]
Posted in: Malware Protection, Quick Q & A, Web Browsers, Windows
Tagged: Chrome, download, email, Feeling Lucky, Firefox, Google, malware, motherboard, operating system, Quick Q & A, RAM, Task Manager, web, web browser, Windows 7
Permanently Disable Google Instant
Google Instant is a feature added to the Google search engine on September 8, 2010 which produces search results as you type your query. It is supposed to save you time because it anticipates your query. Here’s what the Google Instant page has to say: Our key technical insight was […]
Posted in: Web Browsers
Tagged: Adblock Plus, add-on, Chrome, cookies, Firefox, Google, Instant, JavaScript, search, search engine, web
WordPress.com Stats Plugin
Since the day after I started my blog until yesterday (a span of 3 weeks), the WordPress.com Stats plug-in has not worked for me. I wasn’t sure why but I didn’t make it a priority because I’ve setup Google Analytics to track visitor trends and site referrals. I was fixing […]
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