Internet How-Tos
How To: Create a default (catch all) email account in cPanel
The problem with using only default email as a catchall email account can be summarized in four letters - S P A M. It's a good idea to re-route emails to a default/catchall account. This tutorial shows you how to create a default email address and re-route emails using cPanel.
How To: Redirect email using cPanel
Let's say that you're in a hurry and just don't have time to set up email accounts and you're comfortable using your current email address. Well, here's what you can do. You can redirect your domain email to your current email address. This tutorial will show you how to forward email using cPanel. Redirect email using cPanel.
How To: Manage site files with File Manager and cPanel
Now that you've set up your email accounts for your new domain, how do you get your website files to your server? One way is to simply use Cpanel's File Manager.
How To: Change your account password in cPanel
Let's begin your journey into cPanel. Today, we'll start with something easy. The tutorial below will teach you how to change your password. It is good practice to change your cPanel password every few months or as soon as you think your password's been compromised.
How To: Manage WebMail in cPanel
Once you have set up your email accounts, the easiest way to access your email messages will be via Cpanel's Webmail feature. The great thing about Cpanel's webmail is that you don't have to worry about finding email software to work with and you can skip having to set up POP email access etc. cPanel, provides several different webmail programs you can use to read and manage your email. The following screencast tutorial will take you through SquirrelMail. Manage WebMail in cPanel.
How To: Publish an iWeb '08 website with MobileMe
Ready to publish your site on the web? If you created your website in iWeb, then it will be easy! This tutorial shows you how to publish your iWeb site with MobileMe. You will need a MobileMe account.
How To: Use Google Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist is a German word that literally translates to something like "spirit of the times." In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to use Google Zeitgeist, which gives you a snapshot of what other people are searching for on the web. For a complete walkthrough, watch this friendly tutorial.
How To: Resize text in your web browser
If you are finding it difficult to read certain text when viewing a web site you can scale it up and down to suit your needs. However, by default, many web browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer and Firefox) do not make it obvious that you can do this; effectively, they hide these useful controls. In this helpful video tutorial, you'll learn how to find these constrols and change the display size of the text on most any web page.
How To: Share videos on Runnerspace
This video is meant to show you, the user, how to upload your videos to, and share your videos on, Runnerspace.com, the online running community. In this tutorial, you'll find instructions on uploading a video and connecting it to a group, event or a custom folder on your profile page. Watch this video tutorial for step-by-step walkthrough of Runnerspace.com's video uploading process. Share videos on Runnerspace.
How To: Create a free email account with Yahoo! Mail
Looking to create an additional, or perhaps even your first, email account but aren't quite sure what to do? In this how-to video, Digital Coordinator Hiwot will guide you, step by step, through the process of creating an account at Yahoo! Mail.
How To: Use the UCSC Genome Browser
In this video tutorial series, you'll find instructions for using the UCSC Genome Browser. More specifically, this video addresses (1) getting DNA sequences, (2) using annotation tracks, (3) locating intron-exon boundaries, and (4) searching with BLAT. For further detail about any or all of the above topics, and to get started using the UCSC Genome Browser yourself, take a look! Use the UCSC Genome Browser - Part 1 of 4.
How To: Work with multiple calendars in MobileMe Calendar
If you work with MobileMe Calendar, you can create individual calendars to help you keep track of what's going on in your life. Let's say you've just started a new book club and you want to create a new calendar for it: just click on the plus sign in the lower-left corner, then click "New Calendar"; next, give it a new title such as "Book Club." Now, with your new calendar selected, when you enter the kickoff meeting for Sunday afternoon, that event will be added to the book club calendar. To...
How To: Install Moodle on your server with a web browser
Interested in teaching an online course using your own server but can't quite figure out how to install everything you'll need? This video demonstrates how to install Moodle, the free, open source course management utility, to your server via the Webmin interface. For step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Install Eclipse and the CFEclipse ColdFusion plug-in
Want to write ColdFusion within Eclipse? If so, you're in luck: In this video tutorial, will walk you through the installation process for both both Eclipse and CFEclipse, a plug-in ColdFusion IDE for Eclipse. To learn more about installing CFEclipse CFML plugin, press play!
How To: Use the CFEclipse plug-in ColdFusion IDE for Eclipse
Want to write ColdFusion within Eclipse? If so, you're in luck: In this three-part video tutorial series, you'll learn how to set up and use CFEclipse, a plug-in ColdFusion IDE for Eclipse. To learn more about the CFEclipse CFML plugin, press play.
How To: Use the Mac OS X automator to download Internet files
Grabbing things off the Internet is common procedure for most internauts. This tutorial demonstrates a neat hack for the Automator Mac OS X application. To get started using Automator to scrape mp3s or other content from web pages, take alook.
How To: Install VNC remotely on a Windows XP PC
In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to install VNC, or Virtual Network Computing, remotely onto a Windows machine for GUI access. This tutorial assumes you know how to start a session and get into active command line access in a remote Windows PC. For step-by-step instructions, press play.
How To: Use Automator and RSS to create podcasts automatically
Would you like to have news read to you? Or simply wish you could have a podcast that covered whatever you please? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Apple OS X Automator and RSS to create your own podcasts, automatically, without writing a line of code. For step-by-step instructions, take a look at this great how-to.
How To: Bypass flash player region checks
Many flash movie players will disallow content to be shown to you if they determine that you're not in the correct region. This video tutorial presents a simple solution. (NB: While this works for the time being, it won't work forever, and so you'd be well served to take advantage of this while you can.)
How To: Use the table browser in DreamCoder for PostgreSQL
If you're new to DreamCoder for PostgreSQL, one of the very first features with which you'll want to acquaint yourself is the data table browser, which will permit you to display entries in a given PostgreSQL database. For a detailed walkthrough of this feature, take a look at this video tutorial.
How To: Backup your PostgreSQL database server with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for PostgreSQL, one of the very first features you should acquaint yourself with is the export data process, which will permit you to backup your PostgreSQL databases with ease. For step by step instructions, consult this how-to.
How To: Connect to PostgreSQL database server with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for PostgreSQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to accomplish is to connect to a remote PostgreSQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to establish a connection between a given PostgreSQL database and the DreamCoder for PostgreSQL, take a look!
How To: Monitor your Oracle database server with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for Oracle, one of the first things you may want to know how to do is to monitor a remote Oracle database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to monitor a given Oracle database remotely via DreamCoder for Oracle, take a look!
How To: Use the data table browser in DreamCoder for Oracle
If you're new to DreamCoder for Oracle, one of the very first features with which you'll want to acquaint yourself is the data table browser, which will permit you to display entries in a given Oracle database. For a detailed walkthrough of this feature, take a look at this video tutorial.
How To: Change master-detail settings in Oracle in DreamCoder
While editing databases with DreamCoder for Oracle, you may find that you want to manipulate master-detail. This minute-long how-to video will walk you through the process in DreamCoder for Oracle. Take a look.
How To: Backup your Oracle database server in DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for Oracle, one of the very first features you should acquaint yourself with is the export data process, which will permit you to backup your Oracle databases with ease. For step by step instructions, consult this how-to.
How To: Build complex SQL queries with DreamCoder for Oracle
If you're new to DreamCoder for Oracle, one of the things you may want to know how to do is to is write complex SQL queries. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to use the DreamCoder for Oracle Query Builder, press play!
How To: Build an Oracle database from SQL in DreamCoder
Working with Oracle, odds are you may, on occasion, need to build an Oracle database from MySQL. Happily, this DreamCoder tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to build an Oracle database from MySQL data, take a look!
How To: Connect to an Oracle database with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for Oracle, one of the very first things you'll almost certainly want to know how to connect to a remote Oracle database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to establish a connection between a given Oracle database and the DreamCoder for Oracle, take a look!
How To: Synchronize two MySQL databases with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to do is synchronize two remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. If you need to synchronize databases with DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Build complex SQL queries with DreamCoder for MySQL
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the things you may want to know how to do is write complex SQL queries. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to use the DreamCoder Query Builder, press play!
How To: Create a stored procedure in MySQL with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the things you may want to know how to do is create a stored procedure in a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. For detailed instructions, press play!
How To: Monitor your MySQL database server via DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to do is to monitor a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to monitor a given MySQL database remotely via DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Backup a MySQL database with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the very first things you may want to do is know how to backup a given MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the backup process. Take a look!
How To: Export data from a MySQL database with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to do is export data from a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To get started exporting MySQL data with DreamCoder, take a look!
How To: Import data to a MySQL database with DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to accomplish is how to import data to a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. Take a look!
How To: Connect to a MySQL database using DreamCoder via SSH
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to accomplish is to connect to a remote MySQL database securely via SSH tunneling. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to establish a secure connection between a given MySQL database and the DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Transfer data between 2 MySQL databases in DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the things you may want to know how to accomplish is how to exchange information between two remote MySQL databases. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to transfer data between two MySQL databases simultaneously within DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Connect to a MySQL database using DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to accomplish is to connect to a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to establish a connection between a given MySQL database and the DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Install the PHP5 GD Library for Moodle
Interested in teaching an online course using your own server but can't quite figure out how to install everything you'll need? This video demonstrates how to sinstall the PHP GD Library for Moodle, the free, open source course management utility, via SSH. For exhaustive, step-by-step instructions, take a look.