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How To: Install Joomla 1.5 on Windows Server 2003 with IIS6
Installing Joomla on a Windows server can be tricky, on Windows running IIS even more so. Installing Joomla 1.5 in this scenario has caused many frustrations.In this video, we take the process step by step and jump over the hurdles that cause some people to wind up pulling their hair out. If you follow along closely, you will be up and running in no time, and if you haven't already tried to do this, you will wonder why people find it so difficult. There are some prerequisites to the steps in ...
How To: Install Joomla CMS 1.0.13 on Windows 2003 with IIS
If you have been looking for a way to get the popular Joomla Content Management system running on Windows with IIS, you may have run into many problems. In fact, many people spend days trying to get Joomla running on IIS and run into roadblock after roadblock. The problem is getting PHP, MySQL, Joomla and IIS to all play nicely together. As you search for solutions, it is easy to find part of the answer, but rarely do you find it all in one place... until now. In this video tutorial we start ...
How To: Recover a lost Administrator password in Joomla
First things first: You can't actually recover a Joomla administrator password. That's because Joomla uses a one-way MD5 hash that prevents you from doing so. However, it is possible to reset your password.
How To: Install Joomla 1.5 on Windows with an Apache Server
When you try running Apache, Joomla, PHP and MySQL at the same time, you should expect a few hiccups. But there are ways to get them running smoothly and effortlessly together, and this video will outline the process of getting your Joomla Content Management system up and running correctly on Windows.
How To: Bypass the Internet Explorer content advisor
This is a video on how to bypass the content advisor in Internet Explorer without deleting the password.
How To: Make a speaker from a balloon, magnet, and wire
Using a balloon, magnet, and wire, you will see how to make a speaker. The sound quality is impressive, and volume can be increased with stronger magnets.
How To: Reverse a cathode-ray picture tube
Reversing the image on a CRT computer monitor can be a great joke to play on your coworker, if you have the time to play a prank like this. If you have a lot of spare time on your hands, and love to see people miserable, then this is perfect for you. This also works with television sets.
How To: Make your own printed circuit boards on a laserjet
In this video, Make Magazine shows you how to make your own printed circuit board (PCB) using a laserjet printer.
How To: Make a printed circuit board
See how to make a PCB from a schematic in this ten minute video.
How To: Repair a printed circuit board trace
Have a damaged trace on a PCB? Then see how to repair it.
How To: Edit a Media Wiki site
A short tutorial on wiki media, this film shows you how to edit a site that is built on a Media Wiki platform.
How To: Add NES games to your iPod Touch with CUTEFTP
There has been an update with the NES emulator, so you have to put the ROMs in the /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/NES folder, and not the /var/root/Media/ROMs/NES folder.
How To: Detect hidden infra red cameras with your phone or PDA
Concerned about surveillance? Here's how to search for infrared cams in changing room or public toilet.
How To: Build an application on Android for mobile devices
This video tutorial is about Android, and no it's not a robotic creature, it's a software platform and operating system form mobile phones and PDAs. The Android system is based on Linux and was developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. Code is managed in the Java language, but can be written in C also, although C is not officially supported. A lot of the new cell phone and other mobile devices will be running off of Android, so know how to use it.
How To: Set up an iGoogle homepage
Discover how easy and fun it is to set up your iGoogle homepage through this short animated product tour.
How To: Add personalized content to Google Maps
Personalize Google Maps by adding maps and tools from Google and 3rd parties.
How To: Use street view in Google Maps
Street View is a new feature of Google Maps that allows you to quickly and easily view and navigate high-resolution, 360 degree street level images of various cities in the US.
How To: Add places to Google Maps
In Google Maps, you can add any place that does not already appear on the map. From your favorite town square to little-known landmarks, make sure everyone can find the places most important to you.
How To: Build a Google Gadget
A step-by-step guide to building a Google Gadget.
How To: Work with KML in Google
In this hands-on workshop, Googlers Mano Marks and Pamela Fox show how to use tools within Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Spreadsheets to create, import, and edit KML. They also show a quick integration of KML in the Maps API, and briefly mention geo search and indexing. This talk is useful for developers who haven't had a chance to play with the Maps or Earth creation tools yet, and are looking for quick ways to create and share geo-data.
How To: Cool your beer fast
Learn to instantly chill your favorite drink... from 80 degrees to 30 in less then 20 seconds. Cool your beer fast.
How To: Software unlock your iPhone, step by step
This shows you how to use the free software to unlock the iPhone, to work with any GSM Carrier. It is a very detailed, and quirky tutorial, so pay attention.
How To: Make a high-tech spy stethoscope
A stethoscope, often considered the symbol of a doctor's profession, but also used by safe-crackers and auto mechanics to hear sounds that otherwise couldn't be heard. Well, it's time to make a high-tech electronic spy stethoscope with Kip Kay in this gadget video tutorial, for only twenty-five bucks! You can hear and record heartbeats with this spy gadget, or even listen through walls!
How To: Wire a 555 timer chip for PWM
This demonstrates how to wire a 555 timer chip for Pulse Width Modulation. Items used: solderless breadboard, 555 chip, 510 ohm resistor, 100k ohm variable resistor, 1 RGB LED at 20-25ma, wires, and 9v battery. And those vertical lines are what i mean in terms of what you can see only on the camera. You can see the led light of course without the camera.
How To: Solder a resistor to an LED
A basic instruction for electronic enthusiasts. I use an RGB LED and a 510 ohm resistor as I may change from 6 to 9 volts later, but with my LEDs i could go as low as 330 ohms. I sacrifice some brightness for the sake of longer life. To choose your resistor, the value in ohms = voltage of your batteries or power supply / (as in divided by) the amperage that your LED needs to run.
How To: Make your own DIY film projector
Finding a film projector for those who still shoot film, or those who still house film can be tough. They're either sparce or extremely expensive. In this six part tutorial, learn how to make your own DIY homemade film projector for your home without shelling out tons of cash. This presentation is hosted by Dan Mikesell at Pratt Institute.
How To: Make a silicone rubber layer for a multitouch display
This is the edited version of the video that I shoot while preparing the silicone rubber layer for my homemade multitouch display. The original video is nearly two hours long so I speed up it and edited with some useful informations as titles. I hope it may help anyone who's going to prepare a similar compliant surface.
How To: Bypass Websense and other proxies
How to bypass Websense and other web filters in Internet Explorer. Bypass Websense and other proxies.
How To: Make a simple green laser projector
Here's how to make a simple green laser projector using a DC motor, pipes, and epoxy.
How To: Geotag Picasa photos in Google Earth
This video describes how to geotag Picasa photos in Google Earth.
How To: Obtain coordinates in Google Earth
This video describes how you can obtain longitude and latitude coordinates in Google Earth.
How To: Mark locations in Google Earth
This video describes the basics of marking locations in Google Earth.
How To: Hack into encrypted computer data
Xeni visits the offices of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and speaks with Jake Appelbaum and Bill Paul, two of the authors of a security research paper that shows how your computer's memory can be tricked into revealing data you thought was safely encrypted, and out of the reach of others. Hack into encrypted computer data.
How To: Choose the right email list server provider
David Strom shows you how to pick from aong Google Groups, Mailman hosted by EMWD.com, and iContact and how to get started with your own mailing list
How To: Make an almost free multitouch pad
A simple multitouch pad made from a plastic bag, some dyed water, and a camera.
How To: Download Flash FLV files
This tutorial will help you to download FLV (Flash videos) from YouTube, Google Video, MSN Video, and other video sites. Download Flash FLV files.
How To: Turn an ordinary hardback book into a PDA notebook
Check out this video from Make Magazine! Forget the Macbook air, there's a new lightweight portable in town - join our new video Maker (Kip Kay) as he shows you how to turn a modified hardback book in to a PDA powered "laptop" with keyboard. This will make you the cool guy in school. Just wait and see. Everyone will be your friend.
How To: Add a video to a Vimeo channel
A fellow Vimeo user asked if I would show him how to add a video to a Vimeo Channel. Here is a brief tutorial on how to do just that.
How To: Capture audio from any streaming music site
Learn how to capture audio from any music video, friends video, youtube, google video, music.yahoo.com, and mtv.com. It's very easy. You don't need to download any additional programs!
How To: Download mp3s from Google faster than filesharing
Learn how to use Google to download common songs faster than you would with any filesharing software. This is too easy!