http://www.datacenterhub.com IT Security, Hosting Views and Ramblings Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:31:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I noticed the images in the Modx manager had no thumbnails after getting Modx working on IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003. While the installation script for Modx is excellent, I did not get a warning about the missing GD library. How would one know that the reason the thumbnails ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/12/04/missing-thumbnails-in-php-on-iis-6/ When does it make sense to use a Hosted or managed VOIP PBX systems or build a system in house? If you are new to the concept of a VOIP PBX, here is a nice video which should help you in the process. http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/11/27/hosted-voip-pbx-or-in-house/ I just installed Modx 1.0.0 on IIS 6.0, windows Server 2003 and had a few glitches. I've done several 1.0.0 installs under UNIX and they went without a hitch. These are just my notes for reference, not a "how-to". Prior to starting the install make sure the assets/cache/ Folder for the ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/11/04/installing-modx-on-iis-5-server-2003/ Dave Child at AddedBytes.com created a really cool snippet for Modx 0.9.6.3 called "tweetthis" The tweetthis snippet will return a link to twitter for the user to tweet the current page. The URL is sent through TinyURL automagically and TinyURLs are cached indefinitely to assets/cache/tweetthis.txt. The Link is given the ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/11/03/add-a-%e2%80%9ctweetthis%e2%80%9d-link-to-any-page/ Modx 0.9.X and 1.X have a default keyword manager that you may manually apply to each page but it is rather clunky to use, requiring each keyword entered manually first to the list, then manually applied to each page. An easier way to do this is to create a Template Variable ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/10/28/modx-seo-fine-tuning-adding-global-meta-tags-for-keywords-and-description/ Here are a few more of the tools I use for web site intelligence. I could write an article on each, but that would take away the fun of your discovery of the tools and their ultimate use in your hands- they're not all hammers- and best of all, ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/09/10/more-cool-web-intelligence-tools/ I'll show you how you can start looking up domains on your local windows machine within a few minutes of downloading Cygwin. I have a few associates who have a regular need to do whois queries. Many of them go to popular registrars' websites to look up domains- they are amazed ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/09/02/easy-whois-for-windows/ Gmail is down with error 502 OK Guys, I got the dreaded 502 error on my Gmail account today- funny thing though, my Firefox app still kept delivering screen pops- so I knew all of Gmail was not down. I logged into a server that was 150 miles from my home ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/09/01/gmail-is-down-with-error-502/ I've been asked many times how I've achieved such good search engine optimization results. I have to admit, I have a secret tool I use- it's called Web Position 4 Pro. You can use it to analyze, report, optimize, submit to search engines, and more. No, I'm not an ... http://www.datacenterhub.com/2009/08/27/my-dirty-little-seo-secret/ This is a helpful article for the uninitiated regarding control over not only which pages appear in search results, but also shows some options you can use to control how they appear- read 6 ways to control how and what content appears in search engines http://www.datacenterhub.com/2008/05/13/search-results-how-to-control-how-your-content-appears-and-what-not/