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Firefox's equivalent of temporary internet files are called firefox cache Files. This describes how to find you firefox cache files in Windows.

The HTTP 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code which means that the web browser was able to communicate with the server while the server could not find or return what was requested. Instead of an error message, you may wish to redirect your visitors to your site's homepage with .htaccess.

SmartSection is a great module for content management that can be used in XOOPS, XOOPS Cube or ImpressCMS. Unfortunately, it shows the module name "SmartSection" in your page title. This has negative impact on the ranking of your site in search engine ranking for relevant keywords. Read how to get rid of the module name in the title tag.

Create a 301 and a 302 redirect in .htaccess

Redirect a webpage to another webpage in JavaScript

This redirect is recognised by the most important search engines as a 301-redirect.

Managing your files is one of the key tasks of your computer. This explains how to use Ubuntu's file manager Nautilus.

Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” is the first commercial Linux distribution to support Sun’s OpenJDK. Unfortunately, the performance of Sun's OpenJDK is not as good as Sun Java JRE. These explains how to replace it.

The users of your website prefer URLs like www.example.com/beach-resorts.html to URLs like www.example.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1. Rewriting a URL in a way that it becomes descriptive will probably improve your ranking in search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN. This howto describes how to rewrite URLs for SmartSection 2.13, a content management module for XOOPS, XOOPS Cube and ImpressCMS.

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 a webpage on www.example.com/index.php shows the same content as www.example.com/ , you may consider a redirect in order to improve your site's ranking in search engines. The aim of this howto is to redirect this page.

WF Downloads is a module for XOOPS, XOOPS Cube and ImpressCMS used to set up a downloads section on websites. Unfortunately, its templates generate a hidden text link. Hidden text links are links that are invisible or hardly visible 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 WF Downloads 3.2.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 don't like your default media player in Ubuntu, make Ubuntu choose another media player like VLC media player, MPlayer or XMMS when you open a file.

Convert foreign currencies with Google.

A default installation of Ubuntu checks for updates once a day. Read how to change the frequency at which Ubuntu checks for updates.

If several people share a computer, you may wish to assign a maximum disk space usage. This howto only works if you have administrator privileges.

Did you move a file on your website? Redirect a file to its new location with PHP so that your visitors can find it.

Tiny screens, slow internet connections: using a mobile web browser for normal websites is often difficult. Google offers a solution.

The print button and the pdf button in the XOOPS module Smartsection allow the visitor to print your articles to pdf or to paper. However, these buttons are also a source of "double content" which may affact your search engine ranking in a negative way. Read how to remove those buttons...

Since Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), Compiz Fusion is part of Ubuntu. Many people have seen the rotating cube with a workspace on its sides... here is how to get that rocking cube!

Print the content of your screen to a .png, .gif .bmp or .jpg file

Wine is a Windows compatibility layer for Linux. With Wine you can run many Windows programs on Linux. Read how to install Wine in Ubuntu...

Ubuntu's equivalent to temporary internet files are the firefox cache files. Read how the find these.

Unfortunately, PDFCreator and PrimoPDF do not work for Windows Vista yet. Here are some free alternatives: FreePDF and CutePDF!