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Importing and Exporting Large Wordpress Blogs

Wordpress created the import and export admin functions to make the task of moving posts, comments and categories between blogs relatively simple. No longer did one have to be a database expert to cleanly transfer content from one blog to another, while creating backups of written content became a trivial exercise with Wordpress’ custom XML files. While the import and export functions work fine...

SQL for SAS Programmers - Part 1 - Extracting Data

The first part of this tutorial deals with using the PROC SQL statement to perform basic data extraction. Screenshots of the code and output are included. Readers who wish to follow along on their own systems or copy the code can download the files provided below (right click and select “save as” or “save link as”): (download) SAS Code for Tutorial Part 1 (download) SAS Data:...

SQL for SAS Programmers - Introduction

What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language and was designed for development and maintenance within a Database Management System (DBMS). A DBMS consists of one or more tables of data, typically joined in a hierarchical fashion, and a series of programs for organizing the data. Typical tasks performed with SQL code include the following: Retrieve (or query) data from one or more data tables ...

Setting up Email for Bell Sympatico’s new SMTP Server

Identifying the Problem Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook or another email client gives frequent errors when trying to send mail through Bell Sympatico’s SMTP server. For Thunderbird users, the error message reads as follows: Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: unable to connect to SMTP server smtphm.sympatico.ca via STARTTLS since it doesn’t offer STARTTLS in EHLO...

Cuil Runnings Part 2

Part 1 of Cuil Runnings described the self-proclaimed Google-beating search engine and summarized industry’s initial response after launch. Their reception was … frosty, to say the least. Was the response justified? Several tests were performed using common search types to determine whether Cuil is fit to replace Google on discerning desktops. Test 1: Music Group For engineers, these ex-Googlers...

Cuil Runnings Part 1

Cuil (pronounced “cool”) is the creation of Google alumni Anna Patterson, who is working in conjunction with her husband (former IBM employee Tom Costello) and two other ex Google engineers. Patterson’s last major search engine effort was purchased by the mighty Google in 2004. Costello’s previous efforts include a 1990’s search engine called Xift and IBM’s WebFountain technology. Monier...

Amiga Demos 102: Desert Dream

Who are the Demo Writers? The typical demogroup consists of coders, musicians and graphics artists (sometimes referred to as graphicians). Some prominent scene figures (e.g. Laxity/Kefrens) perform multiple roles. Many legendary demogroups, like Razor 1911 and Fairlight, have roots in software piracy. In fact, the demo scene itself evolved out of the game piracy scene, where cracking groups tagged...

Amiga Demos 101: State of the Art

What is a Demo? A “demo” (short for demonstration) is a multimedia presentation designed to show off both the graphical capabilities of the computer and prowess of the programmer. The Commodore Amiga was a popular platform for demo creators due to its advanced (for the time) and standardized hardware (as opposed to a PC, which comes shipped with many possible hardware configurations). Most demos...

Tutorial: Adding Hotlink Protection to Wordpress

What is Hotlinking? Hotlinking (also known as inline linking, piggybacking, leeching and bandwidth theft) refers to when one site links directly to an object on a second site. Typically, the object is a picture that can then be displayed on the linking site without the owner having to copy the actual file from the second site. How Hotlinking can Affect your Wordpress Blog Hotlinking not only allows...

Fixing the CPanel HotLink Error in Wordpress

Identifying the Problem Using CPanel, you turn on Hotlink protection to prevent outside hot linking to your files from unauthorized sites. Enabling Hotlink protection causes a 404 error for previously-working Wordpress URL’s (more…)