Category Archives: HOWTOs

CentOS 5.1 Network Install Instructions

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Tony Bhimani

This is a simple guide to installing CentOS 5.1 via Network Install (netinstall). You can save yourself a lot of time by doing a network install and only installing the base packages rather than downloading a 3.6GB DVD ISO or … Continue reading →

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Searching for fields in unknown MySQL tables

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Tony Bhimani

A friend emailed me weeks ago asking if there is a SQL SELECT statement to search for fields in a database if the table names are unknown. As far as I knew there wasn’t and suggested creating a script to … Continue reading →

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Hotlink Protection with Apache mod_rewrite and .htaccess

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Tony Bhimani

So you have people linking to files on your site and it’s eating up all your bandwidth. You want it to stop but you’re not sure how. If you’re using Apache for your web server, you can use .htaccess to … Continue reading →

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Custom SquirrelMail Login Pages for Virtual Hosts mini-HOWTO

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Tony Bhimani

Originally posted on August 8, 2006 9:57 PM This little tutorial will show you how to create custom SquirrelMail login pages for many virtual hosts, or in plain English, you have one copy of SquirrelMail and host many web sites … Continue reading →

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Google Sitemaps mini-HOWTO

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Tony Bhimani

Originally posted on August 3, 2006 3:08 PM This mini howto is for information on getting started with Google Sitemaps. Using Google Sitemaps isn’t difficult, but I felt like writing a simple walkthrough for everyone just in case they might … Continue reading →

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