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I had been trying to edit the hosts file on vista but always receives a message saying no privilege. I didn’t even recall setting up an admin user during vista installation. Finally found a solution on the Internet: http://www.maximumpcguides.com/edit-the-windows-vista-hosts-file/ Open Notepad with Administrative privileges by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then right-click Notepad and […]

I prepared a list of customers to send holiday card to then needed to print them out. Spent some time figure out things since this is the first time I used Mail Merge. Here are the steps that worked for me: Exported customer’s list from Quickbooks into an Excel file Cleaned up Excel file to […]

Please consult the original documentation for examples and more information. Usage Example: $format = “‘l M j, y \a\t g:iA'”; date($format, strtotime($date_str) Result: “Thursday Nov 29, 07 at 2:09PM” Format Character Description Example returned values Hour H 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 00 through 23 G 24-hour format of an hour without […]

Last week, I spent some time customizing a Pligg installation. After reading many pages of code to familiarize myself with the process, I decided to share my findings in hopes that it will be helpful to some others who also need to customize the look of a Pligg site. This was my first time installing […]