If you are looking for a freelance web designer or programmer and you are looking to keep your cost down then a service like oDesk is the perfect solution (there are many other benefits as well but I’m not going to be covering them here). I recently had experience with the oDesk web platform and found it very easy for hiring a web professional.  Overall, the odesk.com interface is intuitive and streamlined and you will not have a ...

There are many times when you go down to the datacenter to drop off a server and you forget to enable the “REMOTE DESKTOP” option. Here is a handy little tool that will save you either a trip back to the datacenter or a remote hands ticket if you don’t have KVM access to a server. Find out more about this life saving tool...

You read the title right.  The good old FP Extensions are not dead yet.  If you are like me then you probably have a love and hate relationship with this long time friend. This post will show you how to install FrontPage server extensions on IIS7. I also recommend purchasing the following books if you wish to master IIS7. Amazon.com Widgets Although not technically supported by Microsoft anymore they will play a key role in IIS7 as many...

This post is broken up into 3 different Categories for a better reading experience. I. How to install IIS7 and CGI on Windows 2008. II. How to install and configure PHP on IIS7. III. How to configure IIS7 to accept PHP requests. I also recommend you purchase the following books if you wish to master IIS7 administration. I. Install IIS7 and CGI. 1. Install IIS7 on Windows 2008  and be sure to add the CGI role. 2. If you’ve already...

In Windows 2008 Server IIS 7 is now a server role 1. Fire up the Server Manager under Start –> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Server Manager 2.Right-click on Role from the left panel and select Add Roles from the contextual menu.   3. From the Add Roles Wizard, check the Web Server (IIS ) checkbox then click next.   4. Select the required role services for your application or for the action you are trying to...