If you want to ignore that directory here are a few ideas:

RewriteRule ^foldertobeignored/.*$ - [PT] (placed in the root .htaccess file)


or

just put “mod_rewrite off” in a .htaccess file placed in the folder you want to ignore.

I am sure that there are many other ways to do it…

Than you are at the right place! With Irfan View you can do this with a few clicks! Let me show you how it’s done.

1. First of all, you need IrfanView, a cool, free (for personal use), piece of software that will make your live easier.

2. Open IrfanView and in the File menu you will find Batch Conversion.

(soon)

You can use S3 for backup or you can host files for your website there (like Twitter does which stores there images).

Setting up and account is easy but Amazon does not provide any tools to upload your files. So on the market there are many 3rd party clients which will help you use S3.

(soon)

As I had no idea what process was using my file I’ve googled and I’ve found a neat free program called Process Explorer.

There with just a simple search I’ve found that my file was used by whatever.exe. Killed the process and deleted the file. Simple and easy.

Here you can read more about it: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

Here is a quick example:

Because I work on many computers (one at work, one at home and a laptop) I need to have some files always with me and sometimes somebody else is editing them.

I’ve tried so far using Google Docs for documents and it works great. But I need more than this.

So I’ve decided to give Dropbox a try. As much as I hate the idea of downloading and using a software to backup and sync my files I’ve decided to give it a try.

Downloading, installing and creating an account it’s very easy. Also sharing files is also easy.

Dropbox will automatically create a folder called “Dropbox” in “My Documents” but you can change the that easily.

After you add some files or create a folder (or paste some files there) it will instantly connect to the Dropbox server (or if you prefer cloud) and will start copying the files there.

Depending on your location and your internet connection the upload / download speed may vary. I’ve reached about 150-200kBps at upload.

A neat feature is that if you are syncing with a computer in a local network (for instance you arrived at home and you want to sync with your desktop) the speed will be much faster (the feature is called “LAN sync”).

Also you should know that Dropbox is using Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3).

In a nutshell:

+ easy to use and install

+ the first 2GB of storage are FREE

+ the files are stored online so you can access your files from a computer that does not have Dropbox installed.

+ fast enough at detecting when files change

+ no file size limit (when using the Dropbox software).

+ transmission via SSL, files encrypted with AES-256

- depending on  your location the speed may seem slow

- must use a master Dropbox folder for all syncing

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echo getcwd();

?>

The output will be something like: /home/johndoe/public_html

Kompozer

It’s a great tool for editing HTML files, even if you don’t have much experience with HTML. The rendering engine is Gecko so your page will look in Kompozer just as it would look in Firefox.

I’ve opene quite a few old projects and they were displayed without any problems.

One big minus is that you can’t edit pages that contain PHP code – once you save it in Kompozer, the PHP code will dissappear.