blogger to b2evo

by prettyscripts on 2010-02-09 10:55:24 • Leave a comment »

bookmarkb2evolution

detail instruction on how to export data from blogger and import into b2evolution.

i haven't tried it yet but this link will be handy when i need to.

Tags: b2evo, blogger, export, import

firefox: redirects to ask.com when url not found

by prettyscripts on 2010-02-06 00:35:00 • Leave a comment »

firefox

this problem suddenly happened. typed in the wrong url. the expected behavior is to dipslay an error page. sometimes it goes to google's search result page. but several attempts today leads to ask dot com.

i dont' like this. in addition, it's not my preferred search engine. since when this was changed?

if you try find any related settings in options, you can't find it. i tried that.

this needs to be fixed via about:config. look for keyword.URL and change the value to

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=

the value can also be changed to your preferred search engine. read this.

Tags: firefox, not found

windows: enable ping

by prettyscripts on 2010-01-20 12:32:27 • Leave a comment »

networkwindows

by default windows disables ping. for easier user support sometimes it's easier if this utility is enabled. this can be turned on via windows firewall.

winXP

  • control panel > windows firewall
  • click advanced tab
  • in ICMP box, click settings...
  • check Allow incoming echo request

Tags: firewall, ping, windows

b2evo: takes a long time to load

by prettyscripts on 2010-01-18 12:14:45 • Leave a comment »

phpb2evolution

since upgraded to V3, it seems to take forever to load any pages. this seems to happen on websites that's hosted on an internal server without internet access. i don't know if this is the case but i guess it's trying to access some external site and is waiting for timeout.

the fix

edit conf/_basic_config.php. add this line:

$allow_evo_stats = false;

the website now loads instantly.

Tags: b2evo, load, slow

PuTTY: import and export settings

by prettyscripts on 2009-12-18 01:42:52 • Leave a comment »

tool

putty does not offer functions to import and export settings. settings are saved in the registry and are imported and exported manually.

export

  1. open registry
  2. locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham
  3. file > export, save the file
  4. copy this file to destinated machine

import

  1. open registry
  2. file > import. look for the saved file from above.

Tags: export, import, putty, telnet