Restoring Files from Broken OS using Debian

If you no longer can boot into your Operating System and need to recover your files an easy way to go about this is using a Linux Live CD. There are GUI and Text Live CD’s but in this tutorial we will be using a Text Live CD by Debian. Right below is the video demonstrating how to do this. Or if you want you can just read how to do right under the video.

Creating Dynamic PHP RSS Feed

If you have any type of website that updates content fairly often, such as a blog or a forum having a RSS Feed is a good idea. But if your website is custom coded, or uses a CMS that doesn’t have an RSS Feed you may just forget about it because it seems too “difficult” or not worth the time. I have to tell you it is worth the time and only takes a few minutes to get working correctly.

Cleaning up URL's to Share and Protect Privacy

Cleaning up URL’s to send to friends, tweet about, or share on various networking sites is a great idea. Below I will show you how to clean up some popular website URL’s. Before that though why should you clean up your URL’s? Well they can contain information you don’t want to share with other people. For instance Amazon keeps search terms saved in the URL when you visit product pages.

HTML5 Uploading with Progress Bar

With new web technologies such as CSS3, HTML5 and JavaScript updates the new web possibilities are endless. One thing that a lot of sites incorporated now are the ability to drag and drop files to upload them. Below is how to create a simple AJAX file upload with progress bar.

First we have the HTML webpage, this can be nearly everything since we are using the body tag to capture the files.

CMD Alternatives and Managers

CMD or known as Command Prompt allows you to enter text commands in a console for Windows operating systems. CMD can also be referred to as “DOS”, shell, console, and terminal but those terms usually have a better meaning elsewhere.

Using CMD for a single task is usually fine, but when you have multiple commands prompts open for watching working with MySQL, development, many console programs you need a better alternative. Below I compiled a list of the best CMD Alternatives that I have used and why they are good and bad. Also included in the list is CMD so you can compare the programs directly to what you are replacing.