Archive for May, 2008

Connect to the Linksys RV082 VPN from mac OSX

May 14, 2008 13 Comments

I recently purchased a new iMac running OS X 10.5 for my home office. I'm running Parallels so I can develop code in Visual Studio.net and SQL, and graphic design work we're now doing in the Mac environment. I ran into an issue when I wanted to connect to my office router, a linksys RV082. ...

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Installation Order: SQL and Visual Studio

May 12, 2008 1 Comment

When building a new dev environment, there's an issue when you try to install Visual Studio followed by SQL Server because Visual Studio will install SQL Express if SQL server is not there. It causes some problems, so:  The preferred order of installation is: SQL Server 2005 VS 2005 Thanks to this page for details: ...

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Are you backing up your data?

Most people know they should back up their data, but not everyone does. If you’re one of those people,...

5 Easy Choices For a Better Website.

Are you planning to design or redesign your website soon? If so, then here are a few tips that...

How to enable site maps in Waypoint

Sitemaps are simple XML files that Google and other search engines use to find the content in your website....

5 reasons you should learn how to use HTML

HTML is the backbone of everything online. Everyone should know how to read it and write it! OK, well...

How to Link Facebook to Twitter

Posting to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media sites is a great way to interact with your customers....

Visual Studio Environment Tips

This week I had to send my iMac in for repair. Normally I program using Windows Server 2008 running...

Fixing IIS7 Maximum Upload Size

If you have your Waypoint site hosted with Twin Harbor and you need to increase the maximum file upload...

What is an SSL Certificate?

You may have heard about SSL Certificates, also called secure certificates, or SSL Certs for short. But what are...

OSX Lion Removes Functionality

In my previous post I thought I had found a way to maintain some of the functionality that we...

Assign Applications to “Spaces” in OSX Lion

I was a happy user of Spaces in OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard. You could assign certain applications to certain...