The Fascinating History of Irish Pubs

In Lifestyle
May 09th, 2024
Irish pubs have a rich history that dates back centuries. These iconic establishments have long been a central part of Irish culture, serving as gathering places for communities and playing a vital role in social and political life. Read about their fascinating history, and how they became a world-wide cornerstone of the pub scene.

Error connecting Mailchimp to website

In Computers
January 03rd, 2023
What to do when you are having trouble connecting Mailchimp to your website - typically this returns a 406 HTTP status code or sometimes a 404 HTTP status code.

Alpine hack switches dead metabolism back on

In Not really free but worth a look
January 02nd, 2023
Is a slow metabolism the reason for your struggles to lose weight no matter how much you diet and exercise? There's an at-home, simple 10 second test you can do right now to see. It's easy and works every time.  Go to your kitchen and grab 2-3 ice cubes  Grab a glass of water and fill it half full ...and then do this metabolism speed test

Problems when installing WAMP Server

In Development
September 24th, 2019
WAMP server is a great program that allows you to run Apache, MySQL and PHP on a Windows system. Usually you would need to install each of these items separately, which can be quite a task. However, sometimes WAMP can be a little fiddly, especially if you have a previous version of MySQL installed, or you are running IIS (Internet Information Services) which serves web pages and uses port 80 (which Apache needs). This is not a definitive guide on installing WAMP - this is for those who already have it installed and need to start looking at why they can't get all services running.

How to upgrade Fontis Australia to the new Auspost API

In Computers
September 06th, 2016
The Fontis Australia extension adds functionality to Magento stores running in Australia. This includes postage rates which are sourced from the Auspost API. Recently, Auspost changed the URL for their API which affects older versions of the extension. For those Magento installations which are running an older version of Fontis Australia, you will need to make changes to the extension in order to facilitate the new Auspost API. This article steps you through the changes that you need to make.

How To Preserve Husbands

In Health
June 26th, 2015
Husbands, like peaches, will not keep the year around unless they are well preserved. First select him carefully; be sure he is not too green, neither should he be over-ripe. He might look very tempting and mellow in the market but if he is too old he will not stand the test of the preserving process, but will expose his hard stony heart.

How to Treat Head Lice

In Health
June 26th, 2015
Head lice are a human parasite which are spread through coming in contact with someone who is infested. Head lice can be frustrating as you need to be very painstaking in your treatment of it. If you do not eradicate the head lice from the head, they can continue to breed and spread.

How to repair USB ports in Windows XP

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
How to repair USB ports when your system does not recognise a USB device when you plug it in to your system.

Methods of Hair Removal

In Health
June 26th, 2015
Hair removal can be a confusing process when you don't know the options available to you. You can fight the growth of hair on a daily basis, or every few days thanks to various hair removal preparations available. This article demystifies several methods of hair removal, including waxing, epilation and depilatories.

Treating and Preventing Acne

In Health
June 26th, 2015
Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin often caused by the buildup of bacteria in the skin and the inflammatory response. Male hormones may also be a cause of acne as they affect the production of sebum. Most acne treatments applied to the skin focus on reducing sebum, reducing the buildup of dead skin cells and reducing inflammation. 

How to clear the print spool

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
Sometimes when you print a document it sits in the print queue and nothing happens. This may be because the print queue is frozen. You can remedy this by clearing the printer spool.

Compaq Boot Problems

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
If you are having problems starting a laptop, the problem could be a buildup of static electricity, or your system might need a good clean. This article explains how these issues may be resolved.

Restore Dell laptop to factory settings

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
If you need to reformat your Dell laptop and your system did not come with restore disks, you have the option of restoring to original factory setup using files stored on a partition on the system, or you can reformat using a standard windows disk. This article explains how to reformat a Dell laptop when the system did not come with restore disks.

Fix Visual Studio form error

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
When you receive an error in VB stating 'There is no editor available for "C:\Documents and Settings\Steven\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\WindowsApplication1\Form1.vb" Make sure the application for the file type (.vb) is installed', you will need to enter a command at the command prompt to fix this error.

Fixing an IDENTITY_INSERT SQL error

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
'IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF. Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'tablename' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF'. This error occurs when you try to insert a row into a table that has a column that auto-generates an ID. Although most times this is how you want the table to perform, at times you may need to explicitly set the ID of the record you are entering

Answers to annoying DNN problems

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
DotNetNuke is an ASP.net framework similar to PHPNuke. As with all development, there are issues that arise which take a bit of searching for the answer. This page contains a list of problems faced when developing with the DNN framework. 

Magento File Permissions

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
You may receive the Magento error: 'Please check for sufficient write file permissions. Your Magento folder does not have sufficient write permissions, which this web based downloader requires.'. This error does not explain which files have the incorrect permissions, and you can spend a while puddling around trying to get the right permissions set on the right folders. This article lists the folders and permissions that need to be set.

Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
When you try to open Microsoft Outlook you may start getting the error "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window". This may only be happening under one profile; if you log into another profile, you may find that Outlook works fine.

How to remove the SID from magento URLs programatically

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
Magento will append a SID (session ID) to URLs if the url does not match what is set in admin. Thus, if you access the site without the WWW when the Magento config stipulates that WWW is used, you will see this SID. This article explains how to remove the SID from Magento URLs programatically.

How to print from iPad 2 when it is not AirPrint enabled

In Computers
June 26th, 2015
By default, the iPad 2 gives you the ability to print to any AirPrint-enabled printers on your WiFi network. However, if you already have a printer on your network that is not AirPrint-enabled, you can still print to that printer by setting up your Windows computer to run AirPrint. This article shows you how to print to any printer on the local network from an iPad2 that is not AirPrint enabled.