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Great packs, thanks for share it, but i can't find what i'm looking for. I'm looking for an extension for Firefox 3 that can be used to export and/or import my Firefox bookmarks into several file formats like HTML, XML or CSV, this extension can be to able to select one or a group of bookmarks, one folder or a group of folders, or all the bookmarks content. I'm interested in this kind of extension because the built in option that comes with Firefox sucks, it only allows to export/import all the bookmarks in html format. Do you know an extension for this task? Best regards, Add: A couple of days ago i found an extension for Firefox 3 that do this, it is named OPML Support. This Firefox extension allows to export/import the Firefox Bookmarks, Livemarks or both to an OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) file, which is a simple XML file format. If you need more information relating to this extension visit the following topic Opml Support Plugin For Firefox, OPML import/export functionality that i just post.

Ok, thanks for the information about Clutsy, and BTW i speak spanish .Best regards,

I completely agree with you, my mistake was don't put that must use quotes with that kind of texts. Best regards,

Ok and you are welcome, now relating to your problem, do you find the solution to it??? if not, you can do the following: Download and install the MySql Connector/NET:MySQL Connector/NET can be downloaded from MySql Connector/NET. Download to your hard disk the zip file which includes the installer and unzip it. Then to start the installation process simply double click that file. Finally make a complete installation on the default folder or to any folder that you wish. Start Visual Basic and create a new project and a new form, you can use the default settings or make any change that you want. Add References:Before you begin using Connector/NET with Visual Basic, we need to add a reference to our project. By adding a reference, we are telling to Visual Basic where to find MySQL Connector/NET to access the objects and methods of Connector/NET. To add a reference to your project, choose Add Reference... (Add Reference...) from the Project menu (Project). Choose the Browse tab (Browse) and locate the folder where your installation of Connector / NET is located. Finally select the file MySql.Data.dll and the Connector / NET will be added to your project. Save your form and project, and then complete your form as you wish. To use a Connection object, first you need to define it as MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection or you can use the Imports sentence. If you add Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient at the top of the source code, you can be able to refer the Connector/NET object as MySqlConnection. After this add and instantiate a MySqlConnection object as you do with any other object in Visual Basic, and replace the Connection string posted above with the following: ConnectionString = "server=localhost;" & _ "user id=UserName;" & _ "password=Password;" & _ "database=DatabaseName" If you have any problem please let me know. Best regards,

Well, i don't use VB for a long time, but tell me the reason because you don't use ado.net? i guess that it could help you to do this. I think that another way will be by creating a DSN and then use it on your connection string, to do this you need to download the odbc driver for MySql or the MySql Connector/NET. BTW, looking at your code i see that you are using the strings for Access or Office, try this one instead: MySQLConnectionString = "Server=myServer;" & _ "Database=myDatabase;" & _ "Uid=myUserID;" & _ "Pwd=myPassword;" & _ "Connect Timeout=30;" Some resources that may help: Using MySQL With .NET/C#/Visual Basic/Powershell Define and Store MySQL ADO Connection String in VB.NET 2005. Beginning MYSQL 5 with Visual Studio.NET 2005 (pdf) VBMySQL.com website. Check out the articles section of the last one, there are lots of tutorials and articles. Best regards,

I believe that the information given is useful even though it was copied.Best regards,

I think that PHP and ASP.net will work fine to do this job, only one thing, as far as i know, ASP.net only works with windows machines, it does not work on any other operating system like linux or freebsd, so take in mind this when you choose your hosting. Best regards,

You are welcome, and Yes, this application is free. Best regards,

Well it is a pity, in my case i don't have any problem with this software, all features of it works perfectly. Do you try this newer version??? Best regards, PS: what means clutsy????

I agree with you, this freeware is an excelent option if you don't want to deal with the Windows Add/Remove Programs applet. I don't know which version you have installed but the latest release of Revo Uninstaller is version 1.80 and includes the following tools and utilities: Uninstaller Hunter Mode Auto Start Manager Windows Tools Manager Junk Files Cleaner Browsers History Cleaner Office History Cleaner Windows History Cleaner Unrecoverable Delete Tool Evidence Remover If you want to give it a try download the latest release of Revo Uninstaller One more thing, a Portable version is available too, and you can download the Portable version of Revo Uninstaller here. Best regards,

The Total Validator desktop tool is an easy to use desktop version of the online Total Validator service, which allows you to perform five different validations on your web pages in one go, rather than using several tools to achieve the same thing. To use it, you simply enter in a URL for the Starting Page or select a local web page using the Browse button, next choose which validations you wish to perform from the options available, and then hit the Validate button to start the validation process, if you want you can use the Cancel button to stop the validation process at any time, but, note that this may sometimes take a short while to respond when validating remote broken links. At the end of the process your default browser should be launched displaying the results of the validation. The five validations available are: True HTML validation against the W3C Markup Specifications or ISO/IEC definition using the published DTDs (2.0, 3.2, 4.0, 4.01, ISO/IEC, XHTML 1.0 and 1.1). Accessibility validation against the W3C WAI Accessibility Guidelines and US Section 508 Standard A spell checker that checks the content of your pages against American, British, French, Italian, German or Spanish dictionaries. A broken links validator that checks for broken hypertext links. Screenshots in 32 different browsers on Windows, Linux and OS/X (Pro tool only) This tool comes in four diferent versions: Basic desktop tool : Can validate local pages, intranets, or other hidden pages, fast response and local results, may be launched from the Firefox extension for one click validation, allow to select which browser identification to use when checking websites. Advanced desktop tool: This version as you guess Includes all the features of the Basic version, but, additionaly you can validate an entire site rather than just one page at a time, unlimited number of pages, skip multiple areas of your website, save results to a folder, and most the other options available on the advanced page of the online service. Pro desktop tool: The Pro tool is currently unavailable for new users whilst a replacement is being developed, that will become available by mid-2009. Some additional features included in this version are: Generation of Screenshots of your web pages in different browsers/OS including Apple Mac, authenticated access to password protected areas also authenticated access through NTLM/SOCK/HTTP proxy servers, command line support to automate your site's validation. Firefox extension: Provides one-click validation, simply browse to any page you want to validate and then click on the 'TV' icon in the browser status bar. All of the options available with the online service are available with the extension through a series of tabbed pages on the options dialog. The recommended system requirements for the Basic, Advanced and Pro versions of the Total Validator desktop tool are: 1Ghz Pentium IV (or equivalent) 256MB of RAM 15MB of free disk space (65MB with Java) 800x600 display with more than 256 colours Windows (2000,2003,XP,Vista), Mac OS/X 10.4+, Linux Java 1.5 or higher Visit the Total Validator Downloads page to get your copy Best regards,

The folks at WebAssist.com recently has published a series of some semi-technical training resources called Roadmap Series, Your guide to Web success, according to the information published these are intented to help everyone involved on building websites to do it faster. Until now, five editions have been published by Webassist as part of the Roadmap Series, and yes, all of them are free and ready to download in Pdf format. If you are in a hurry you can download them directly from the links that i post below or if you have some time you can download them from the Webassist website. For me the second option is better and i recommend to use it because at the WebAssist website you can find not only this documents, also there are some other useful resources. The Roadmap Series published until now are: CSS The How and the Why: Search Engine Optimization: The Basics: Styling Forms with CSS : Website Hosting 101: Planning your site: Adjusting Layout Styles: Diagnostic CSS Styling: JavaScript Improvements in Modern Web Browsers: Dynamic Image Watermarks: Streamline your web development with Firebug: Best regards,Edit: Added items 6,7,8,9 and 10.

Excelent information Quatrux, some time ago i had try to do something similar with bad results, i never can made it to work. When i have some spare time i will try again, i hope now it works. Best regards,

You are welcome, relating your question about how safe the iframe is and is it easyly blocked, well, firrst of all only to say that i'm not an expert in security, saying that in my opinion it is safe enough because you control it and i don't know if you can block it as you can do with Javascript, images or CSS, so, in the following week i will try to search about it if i have some spare time, sorry. I don't think that your site will look less trustworthy if you decide to use iframes in yours, i know what you say about sites that use iframes to sneak malware onto your machine but as far as i know many sites with good and strong reputation use iframes very well, two sites that i know that uses iframes are GMail and Hotmail and both of them are very trustworthy. For more information try the following Google search about Iframe Security. After performing this search i found an excellent page named The Spanner - Iframes security summary that summarizes in a very simple way why Iframes are considered a security risk. But, as i say before, if you decide to use iframes in your site in the correct way and dont try to perform any ilegal activity use it. Best regards,

You're welcome and thanks for the comments, i think that it is one of the best ways to help others in this times.Best regards,

Sometime ago i found and use another webserver that you can use on a USB stick or even on your camera's flash drive, it is called The Uniform Server. The Uniform Server is a free product that you can use on the go because no installation is required to use it, and also it is an Open Source Project. The Uniform Server is a WAMP package that allows to run a web server on Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows ME or Windows NT or Windows 2000 or Windows XP with the TCP/IP protocol installed correctly. You can use The Uniform Server as a production/live server or as a test server for your applications. There are also a miniServer Line of it that are smaller versions of the Uniform Server to make a more portable and mobile server environment on the GO, are fully secure and use the architecture of The Uniform Server for portability purposes. Some of the products included in The Uniform Server Packages are: Apache Httpd Server. GoPear. MySQL. PHP Hypertext Proccessor. phpMyAdmin. phpMyBackupPro. ActiveState ActivePerl. Also this web server has some additional plugins available that you can download and use, including: AWStats, to view your server's statistics. Quick 'n Easy FTP Server, an easy to use FTP server. PHP 4, a PHP downgrader that downgrades your PHP to version 4.X.X. UniTray, run and control the server from your tray icon. Resin 3, a Java Servlet for running JSP pages and serving java online. SlimFTPd, another FTP server. Tomcat 5, another Java Servlet for running JSP pages and serving java online. Error Pages, some additional shtml pages along with a .htaccess to run the error pages for Apache. I think that this is another option that deserves a try. BTW, The Uniform Server works very fine when i run and test it, but the only problem i had with it was related with the port 80, so if you use this port first disable the program or whatever it is that is using it. Best regards,

I want to share with everybody an article that i just read at the SEO-News website named Search Engines and the Art of Niche Marketing by Chris Brown that shows five excellent tips to improve your niche web page in a very simple and direct way that anyone can follow. The five tips included in the Search Engines and the Art of Niche Marketing article are: One Page, One Subject: If you have a page that covers multiple subjects then split it up the content onto different pages, each keyworded to their own niche. The Smaller the Niche, the Higher the Rank: Be very specific, the more comprehensively a subject is covered, the smaller the niche you need to target. Don't Contaminate Your Content: Be very specific and don't try to cover a second subject or multiple subjects on the same page because this will reduce the relevancy of the page. Let Google Do Their Job: Google's job is to bring the best information to the top of the results page, so be very specific on your page content and let Google do their job. Your Readers Will Help You Develop Your Site: Make sure your contact information is easy to find, doing so your readers can get in touch with more information and questions. You can read a Printer Friendly Version of this article at Search Engines and the Art of Niche Marketing. Best regards,

I think that you have some options to do this, in this moment came to my mind the following ways to achieve this: You can use a simple HTML page with FRAMES or with IFRAMES tags. You can use a combination of PHP, HTML and Javascript -AJAX-, in this case you can use a HTML DIV tag as a container for your comments system. You can use the include(), include_once(), require() or require_once() PHP functions to include the comments system page. I think that the most easy way to do this is by using an iframe at the bottom of any page, like: <iframe src="message-board-page.php" scrolling="auto" name="comments"></iframe> Best regards,

I just view page of the codeproject.com website, and for me it is a simple forum software package like the one used here at Xisto but in Threaded mode. So, you can use for example: phpBB SMF Invision Board Or any other similar package. Best regards,

When you say that you are working your project with a college management system do you mean that you are using Moodle? If i'm wrong please give us more information about the tool you are using. Moodle is a very popular free Open Source Course Management System used not only by educators also it is used by anyone who needs to manage and promote learning. You can use this free tool to create online learning sites for your students, and can be used for example by small schools with hundreds of students or by big institutions with thousands of students. With Moodle you can manage all the information related to your Teachers, Students, Courses or Administrators and comes with modules like Assignments, Lessons or Quizzes. Aditionally you can install lots of other modules and plugins like Forums, Wikis, Databases, Blogs, Chats, Work shops, etc. for your learning website. Moodle is a free web application that can be installed on any computer that can run PHP, and can support an SQL type database like MySQL or Oracle. Moodle can be run on Windows, Mac and many flavors of linux. A Course Management System (CMS) is also know as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). BTW, I agree with jlhaslip. Best regards,

Well in my case it happens again, myCents get negative, but i'm not sure if my earnings had been deducted , so, again i want to see what happens after submit this post.Best regards,

I completely agree with Atomic0, with Google Sites you can build a site as simple as editing a document. In my opinion this service can be very useful for small companies that don't have or have minimum technology resources or money to build it's own intranet easy and fast, for a family or group of friends to share videos, photos, documents, etc. as Atomic0 said. Also, the Google Sites service is one of the services that are included with the Google Apps service which i use for a while with good results i can say. The other services included with the Google Apps Standard Edition service are: Start Page. Email. Chat. Calendar. Web Pages. Docs. Best regards,

Last tuesday the Gmail Labs engineers add another excellent feature to Gmail called Offline Gmail. This feature as you guess will let all Gmail users to access their inboxes when they are offline, simply by open their web browser and go to gmail.com to get their mail just as usual. Also, you can use all Gmail's features when you are offline. To use this feature, first you must enable it in the Labs Tab under your Gmail Settings and save your changes, after that click on the Offline link located at the upper right area of your account just next to your username, easy and simple. To work, Offline Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail and store it on your pc, as long as you are connected this cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers, if you go offline, then Gmail automaticaly switches to offline mode, and uses this local cache stored on your machine instead of the data sent across the network, and allowing you for example to read your messages or to label some of them as usual. BTW, take in mind that this feature like all the features offered by the Gmail Labs Team are experimental and may change or disappear at any time, so use it at your own risk. Aditionally, consider how much space you are using before you go offline. You can read the complete story at New in Labs: Offline Gmail under The Offical Gmail Blog. Best regards,

@http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, nice job and thanks for sharing it. And BTW, I completely agree with Atomic0, the code posted is fine and ready to use. Best regards,

I don't completely agree with FirefoxRocks, because despite the fact that hidden fields can be useful at the same time can be exploited by an attacker. If used, it is best to use them in forms with the POST method and do the validation on the server side. @magiccode9: your code is fine, but i recommend to do a quick search on the forums because i know that there are a lot of topics related to this subject. For example these are some topics that can be helpful: PHP Tutorial: Form Verification and Simple Validation. Safety. Magic Quotes And $_FILES. @Bermuntas: you are welcome. Best regards,