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It took me a while to find out how to get Google SketchUp 6 running with Wine on Ubuntu. The reason is that you have to install OpenGL first and you have to resolve a bug. In fact, the installation procedure wasn't that difficult, but you simply need to know what to do. Here is a simple howto for installing Google SketchUp 6 with Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

SmartSection is one of the best articles management modules for XOOPS, XOOPS Cube and ImpressCMS. It can be used for a weblog, a news section or for static content. It has some great SEO features. Unfortunately, its templates generate a hidden text link. Hidden text links are links that are invisible for human beings but visible for search engines. These can get a site removed from Google's index (source). Even if your site is not removed from Google's index, hidden text links may give search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN a wrong idea of the content of your site, leading to less relevant traffic. Finally, hidden text link may lower your pagerank. Read how to remove the hidden text link from SmartSection 2.13.

SmartSection is a popular content management module for XOOPS, XOOPS Cube and ImpressCMS. If you want to create a copy of SmartSection 2.13, you can use the manual found in the file clone_info.txt which you receive when you download and extract SmartSection. Unfortunately, this is not an option of you can't run commands on your server. Here is a way to clone SmartSection manually.

If you want to switch to another language in Open Office Writer or if you want to use more than one languages within one Open Office document, you may have a difficult time finding out how to do it - especially if you are used to Microsoft Word as the procedure is slightly different.

Quickly check what version of Ubuntu is running on a computer.

Are you concerned about your privacy? Or does anything embarrassing pop up when you Google your name? Read how to remove yourself from Google.

If you create a website for the mobile web, it is likely to be viewed one a mobile phone. Enable users to call numbers by clicking on a hyperlink.

If your website is down, you can ping your site to see if the problem is your server.

If you changed the keyboard layout from QWERTY to AZERTY in Ubuntu, your login screen may still use the QWERTY keyboard layout. Read how to change that to AZERTY.

Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform browser, providing support for various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This howto describes how speed up Firefox by enabling HTTP pipelining which can dramatically improve Firefox's networking performance on all three operating systems as it allows HTTP requests to be issued simultaneously instead of sequentially,

Does it help anybody? No, only people with a broadband connection. Does this speed come at a price? Yes, some websites have problems with it, that is why HTTP pipelining is not enabled by default. However, in most other cases it is a great way to speed up your internet speed.

In addition to HTTP pipelining, Firefox can be speeded up by lowering the delay between receiving data from a website and displaying it.

If one of the tabs in Google Chrome has a problem, you don't have to close the browser to stop that problem. You simply close that tab. Of course you can simply click on the cross on a tab to close it, but you can also do it from the task manager.

If you are concerned about your privacy or your image on the internet, you would like to know when people mention your name online. Read how to receive an alert each time somebody uses your name.

Create a list of definitions in xHTML with the dl, dt and dd tags.

If your website is down, you can ping your site to see if the problem is your server. Ubuntu uses the MyTraceRoute tool. Read how to do it.

The national cocktail of Brazil is called Caipirinha. Read how to make a Caipirinha!

Make a list of installed packages and use this list to restore or clone your Ubuntu installation This works best within the same distribution, so from Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon or from Ubuntu Hardy Heron to Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

Convert a length in inches to a length in centimetres (cm; American spelling: centimeters).

Download and install Google Earth in Ubuntu

Convert a temperature in Fahrenheit to a temperature in Celcius.

Create a .html file that contains the specifications of your hardware in Ubuntu Linux.

In XOOPS, a template set is a set of html files which govern the design and layout of a site at module level. The design and layout of the entire site is governed by the theme. This describes how to edit templates.

Convert a length in centimetres (cm; American spelling: centimeters) to a length in inches.

Tell crawlers from search engines like Google, Yahoo, or MSN ("robots") which directories can or cannot be crawled.

Convert a temperature in Celcius to Fahrenheit.

Create an icon on the system-tray that lets you toggle between Compiz and the ordinary window manager Metacity. This is handy when you use applications that are incompatible with Compiz Fusion as it allows you to switch off Compiz in a few seconds.

Return to a previous configuration by restoring to a backup of xorg.conf .

Before you install a new version of Google Earth, you need to uninstall the previous one.

Move a XOOPS site to another folder. For example, if a XOOPS site that you created in a folder is ready, you may wish to move it to the root of your site.

Move from desktop to desktop fast.

SmartPartner is an advanced Partners Management System for XOOPS, XOOPS Cube and ImpressCMS. It enables you to create a listing of partner websites. It is a great module, but unfortunately, its templates generate a hidden text link. Hidden text links are links that are invisible for human beings but visible for search engines. These can get a site removed from Google's index (source). Even if your site is not removed from Google's index, hidden text links may give search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN a wrong idea of the content of your site, leading to less relevant traffic. Finally, hidden text link may lower your pagerank. The good news is that these hidden links can easily be removed! Read how to remove the hidden text link from SmartPartner 1.02.