Software

by Marcel Feenstra |

A few years ago, I needed a Content Management System (CMS) for my site Voor Beginners and its English counterpart For Beginners. One of the requirements was, that the CMS should use "search engine friendly" URLs. This is fairly easy to accomplish with Linux and Apache; however, another requirement was that the CMS should run on the Windows platform... In this article, I will show how you can "simulate" the effects of .htaccess and mod_rewrite using Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) and classic ASP.

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by christian cadieux |

This document describe an approach to SQL queries of hierarchical data using ancestor tables. Multiple inheritance are allowed but cycles are not allowed for this approach to work.

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by migurski | CVS, the Concurrent Versions System, is the developer’s magic bullet - it provides a centralized system for tracking changes, synchronizing edits from multiple contributors, and keeping numerous drafts of a project from getting out of hand. Read More »

by dilipt | This article will step you through one of the leading SOAP implementations -- PEAR::SOAP, its installation, and then detail an example 'Hello World' SOAP application using PEAR::SOAP. PEAR::SOAP is an implementation that is based on SOAPx4 and offers a basic, yet very useful way of developing SOAP clients and servers with PHP. Read More »

by zurb | I've tried a few site metrics/site analysis/usability tools, and found one I like. Instead of divorcing the data from the site, it actually (gasp!) puts the data in context, and in a pretty unique interface... Read More »

by wb38 | Macromedia has announced a new client-side content management tool called Contribute, that easily allows web developers to maintain the control they need while providing content editors the freedom to make changes to web content without assistance. Read More »

by ppk | Now that the world has been enriched by both Netscape 7 Preview Release and Mozilla 1.0 Final, many people have lost track of all Netzilla/Moscape releases. So it's time for an overview of the many names of this browser. Read More »

by schaapy | Joining a mailing list for the first time can be rather difficult to get used to. Aaron Schaap points out a few useful tips. Read More »

by DevilM | The word scalability has long been used in software development circles to describe the capacity of a system to handle increasing load or demand. Today the word scalability is used more to describe the capacity of a software development team to handle increasing production requirements than the applications they produce. Read More »

by AlanL | One way to speed up your browsing experience is to make use of your hosts file. By adding a few lines to this file you can increase your browsing speed and get rid of some of those annoying popup ads. Read More »