This blog is an ongoing project by Mike Maddaloni, president of Dunkirk Systems, LLC, to archive the myriad of tech tips and resources he has collected along his 10+ years as a Web developer.
It seems installing an SSL certificate is much more time consuming and laborious than the application process for getting one, including providing all sorts of business documentation to prove who you are!
Some SSL providers offer better instructions than others. When I am looking for information on installing SSL certs, one site typically gives me all the help I need, SSL Shopper. For example, this article on how to use SSL certificates with Exchange 2007 was extremely helpful when I was not getting the support from my “managed” server vendor.
SSL Shopper is an independent SSL comparison site, and not a provider of SSL certs themselves. If you need help installing a cert, in my opinion they are the best place to start. I’d welcome your thoughts if they are helpful for you, or if you have another source of information - please post it in the comments.
Wondering why you can’t do wildcard host header binding in IIS7? I was too, and I dound this great article on wildcard host header binding and subdomains in IIS7 at Dirk.net In short, you need a dedicated IP address for the site if you want to do it. With the shortage of IP addresses, it’s probably not likely for a small Web site. The post also references this forum thread on IIS.net on the topic, with a pretty lame response from someone at Microsoft. Here’s to it being added in the future!
Have you moved away from the Palm OS platform but still want to run your apps on your new device? Then you need to get StyleTap Platform, where you can run your apps on Windows Mobile, Symbian/Nokia or iPhone platforms. You can get a 14-day trial of StyleTap Platform if you want to try before you commit to purchasing it.
This is a list of Flash video stream recorders for capturing video from a Web page. I have not tried all of these myself, but share them in case you have a need for this.
Nokia has a part of their Web site dedicated to mobile codes- both QR and Datamatrix codes. It has a page for creating codes, and one for downloading a reader. The code generation functionality is not the most robust as compared to other sites, but it works. The content is somewhat basic, but for those who have a Nokia device this is a site to be aware of, especially for the native reader download.
Stack Overflow is a free Q&A community for programming questions. I subscribe to their feed and watch for items of interest and ones I may be able to contribute to the answers. If you are a programmer, it’s worth taking a look, and search.
Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility to retrieve the product keys for installed Windows software. They also offer a paid version with more features.
Accessible Captcha is an extension for ExpressionEngine 1.x where instead of showing a graphic and the user has to figure what hidden message is displayed, it displays a question randomly from a admin-defined list. Much more friendly than those hard-to-read images, not to mention the benefit for those who are visually impaired! I use it on all of my EE sites. It is free, but they accept a donation.
resizeMyBrowser allows you to easily resize your browser to predefined sizes. The links listed show pixel sizes and what computer or device it represents.
Ninite is a free service for PC users which allows you to select multiple applications to install on your PC. I have not used this myself as of this posting, but I am going to try it out.
If you have a 64-bit Windows server like Windows 2008 Server and you want to use aspSmartUpload, you need to realize that aspSmartUpload is a 32-bit application. This post talks about using aspSmartUpload on a 64-bit server.
It seems installing an SSL certificate is much more time consuming and laborious than the application process for getting one, including providing all sorts of business documentation to prove who you are!
