I wanted to upgrade our XSOLive.com demo site to Sharepoint 2010 for months but never found time to mess with it. Then something got messed up on the server and fixing it was more work than upgrading. A lot more work, as it turned out. Moving the database was much less effort than I expected. […]

These are the steps I used to get a usable URL and create the code I needed for the batch file, in only a few minutes - using Excel. Open directory.asp in a browser. View source. Copy the section with the URLs. Paste into Excel The code will look like this: <li><a href="/folder/page1.asp">Page Title</a></li> <li><a […]

I use this code (saved in a .asp page) to create the directly listing of all HTM and ASP pages in a folder. I also used this on my websites (as an include in other pages) to display a directory of all pages in a specific folder. It's configured to list the newest pages first, […]

I'm moving my sites into WordPress and need to verify the redirects are correct. With more than 2000 pages to check, it would take forever if I had to click on each link and open them in a browser. Instead, I used a batch file. Two batch files actually, one for IE and one for […]

Adding another domain (UPN suffixes) to your active directory is simple: Start the Active Directory Domain and Trusts MMC then right-click on Active Directory Domain and Trusts in the left pane (*not* on your domain name). Choose Properties and type in the UPN suffix (@domain.com) you want to use. When you are creating a new […]

It's nice to have a 'back to top' link throughout a webpage but its a pain to code each link.... better is a floating icon/link that remains at the bottom right corner of the browser window. It's also easy to add to pages - in my experience, you can insert it anywhere in the code, […]

It always annoyed me that hovering over images on my sites often caused the text on the page to jump down.  It finally annoyed me enough to take the time to look into it (and I was doing some other CSS work on the site at the same time. :))   Anyway, its caused by using a background […]

When the desktop icons gets messed up, you probably don't need to reinstall the programs (or Windows!) - you just need to reset the iconcache file. It's a fairly easily process too - easier than reinstalling the applications. Close all Windows Explorer windows that are open. It's highly recommended that you close all Windows, especially […]

How to remove the protected storage provider key in Windows XP when your passwords won't save.