Category Archives: Tutorials

Handy Tip for Browsing the Web on a Slow Internet Connection

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Todd J

If you are using a slow internet connection from a laptop or desktop computer, try this trick to use the lightweight “mobile” version of many popular websites.  These sites are designed for small screens and lower-bandwidth smart phones, but they’re quite functional and perfect for computers with slow internet connections.  Just follow these steps: You need to use the Firefox web browser.  Download Firefox here (it’s free) and install it if you don’t already have it.  This may take a while if you have a slow connection. You’re using Firefox to view this page now, right?  Good… Click here, then click the + Add to Firefox button.  Proceed through the steps to download and install the User Agent Switcher Firefox extension, then restart Firefox. In your Firefox menu, go to Tools -> Default User Agent -> and select iPhone 3.0 That’s it.  Test it out by going to CNN.  You should be automatically redirected to CNN’s lightweight, mobile site – the address is http://m.cnn.com/.  This should work for the “major” websites like Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook, etc. To turn this behavior off, go to Tools -> iPhone 3.0 -> and select Default User Agent.  You can easily switch between mobile and full versions of websites by changing this setting. This can be useful any time you are using a slow internet connection including • using a dial-up internet connection • using a slow public wi-fi access point at a coffee shop, hotel, airport, etc • using internet tethering through … Continue reading →

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Publishing Your Site with Microsoft Frontpage 2000

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Todd J

While our webfarm servers do not have Frontpage Extensions installed, it is possible to publish a site created with Microsoft FrontPage 2000 via FTP.  For relatively simple websites, this can be an easy way to manage your own content without having to write any HTML.FrontPage 2000  “How do I turn off Front-Page Extensions?” This is most likely the most important step in using Front-Page on the SWCP Web-Farm. This should also be the first step in editing, or designing your sites. To do this: On the Tools menu, and click Page Options. In the Page OptionsCompatibility tab. Under Servers drop down list, click to clear Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions. “How do I upload the pages?” 1. From the file menu at the top of FrontPage, Click File and then select Publish Web 2. A new pop-up screen will appear. Click on the Options button. 3. On this screen enter your FTP address and folder path. (Ex: ftp://ftp.swcp.com/users/<Username>/public_html/(YourDomain.com)/ )  * Replace <Username> with your SWCP username and replace (YourDomain.com) with your actual domain, suppressing the ‘http://www” 4. On the same screen select your options as shown below. Once you have verified everything is correct, click on the Publish button. 5. A message will appear alerting you to the fact that the server does not support FrontPage extensions. Click OK. 6. Click Publish a second time. 7. It is now time to enter your account Username and Password This information … Continue reading →

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