How to backup CuteFTP

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In the past I’ve had issues using CuteFTP’s Import / Export feature to migrate my FTP site list, in particular, loosing password information. This tutorial teaches you how to export or backup your CuteFTP Site Manager and keep your passwords and connection data intact.

Notice: Before we go any further…

This is the process i use when i need to quickly transfer my FTP connection data over to a new machine or if for some reason i need to reinstall CuteFTP (CuteFTP 7 & 8).  Whether it is the ‘right way’ I’m not sure, but it works for me. I take NO responsiblity for any mishaps you may have following this process. Just be careful and if your not sure, leave it.

CSS Browser Hacksl

Here we’re going to have a look at a few CSS browser hacks which you can use in those horrible situations where the page looks perfect in all browsers apart for one (IE6 cough!).

• @import
• <!–[if IE]>
• IE 6 Only Hack
• IE 7 Only Hack
• Firefox Only Hack
• Breaking CSS validation
• To Hack or not to Hack?…

@import

@import is used to link an external stylesheet from within a stylesheet/CSS. Earlier version 4 browsers (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4) do not understand this rule and therefore ignore it.

301 redirect htaccess tutorial

In this tutorial we look implementing 301 redirects using htaccess and cover the following:

• What do we mean by 301?
• RewriteEngine on
• Quick & Simple redirects
• Redirects using RewriteRule
• RewriteConditions
• What if I’m hosted on a Windows/IIS Server?
• Useful Resources

Before we go any further lets cover a few important points to bare in mind before starting:

• htacccess is a configuration file for Linux Apache servers and not traditonally available on an IIS/Windows server (using Windows/IIS?)

Robots.txt Tutorial

IMPORTANT: be very careful when playing about with your robots.txt, its very easy to block off your entire site without realising!…

Covered in this post:

• What is a robots.txt file?
• When should i use Robots.txt?
• How does it all work?
• Googlebot and My Robots.txt
• The X-Robots-Tag HTTP header

What is a Robots.txt?

A Robots.txt is a file used by  webmaster  to advise spiders and bots (e.g. googlebot)  where in the website they are allowed to crawl. The robots.txt is stored in a website’s root folder, for example:  http://www.domain.com/robots.txt

enabling php short tag tutorial

In this tutorial we look at how you enable short tags in PHP. Short Tags or short_open_tag as it is know in PHP.ini allows you the option to use short style opening tags for PHP code blocks e.g. <? instead of <?php.

To enable this feature on your server open PHP.ini file (this should be somewhere in your PHP install folder e.g.  /bin/php/phpx.x.x/php.ini) and change the short_open_tag setting to:

short_open_tag=On

mySQL SELECT WHERE date = today

The Quick answer is:

SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE DATE(myDate) = DATE(NOW())

I was tearing my hair out trying to figure this the other morning and its really quite simple. I thought i may have use a day month year match or possibly use PHP but thankfully the guys at MySQL included this nice DATE() function which means you don’t have to worry about the hours, minutes and seconds being different. Simples!
MySQL DATE / TIME Functions

The functions used in thie MySQL query are: