How to enable Telnet feature in Windows 7

Telnet client is a tool useful for network trouble shooting. However, Telnet client is not install in Windows 7 by default. To install Telnet client in Windows 7, follow the following procedures:

1. Select "Programs And Features" from Control Panel
2. Select "Turn Windows features on or off"
3. Check Telnet Client
4. Hit OK

With this setting, you should be able to use Telnet client on your command - Cmd.

phpMyAdmin: You probably tried to upload too large file

Sometimes when importing database into MySQL, you may face with the error message of "You probably tried to upload too large file. Please refer to documentation for ways to workaround this limit."

To resolved this issue in phpMyAdmin, you will need to increase the limit parameters in php.ini. For example, in my test site:

max_execution_time = 120 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds (def. 30)
max_input_time = 180 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data (def. 60)
memory_limit = 128M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (def. 128mb)
upload_max_filesize = 128M ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. (def. 2mb)
post_max_size = 16M ; (def. 8mb)

phpMyAdmin: #1153 got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes

Sometimes when importing database into MySQL, you may face with the error message of "#1153 got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes"

To resolved this issue in phpMyAdmin, simply increased max_allowed_packet to 16MB in MySQL configuration file: my.ini. For example:

#max_allowed_packet = 1M
max_allowed_packet = 2M

Where is database password set in Joomla! Configuration

If you happen to change the MySQL database password of Joomla, you will need to update this password information into the var $password in configuration.php in the root of your Joomla! website.

var $password = 'new password';

Bluehost Joomla: Could not instantiate mail function

User of Joomla site hosted in Bluehost may face the issue of "Could not instantiate mail function" if Joomla is not configured properly.

To overcome this problem, under Joomla Global Configuration, PHP Mail Settings, SMTP username and password information are required in order for email to function properly in Bluehost hosting environment.

To create SMTP account, simply login to Buehost Control Panel, select Email Account from Mail setting.

Joomla! Installation Problem -- Strict Standards: ... cache.php on line 420

After installing the Joomla! version 1.7 on xampp, the following messages was generated on my site:

Strict Standards: Accessing static property JCache::$_handler as non static in D:\xampp\htdocs\joomla\libraries\joomla\cache\cache.php on line 420

Following was solution posted on Joomla! Forum:

Open Joomla admin
go to global configuration and server
please change error reporting to SIMPLE (instead of none, as mentioned there).

It solved the issue so far. See more info on the discussion on this issue on Joomla Forum.

Google Chrome YouTube Video Downloader - FastestTube Extension

Many users access You Tube from Chrome and they want to download the video using the same Chrome browser.

Fastest Tube is a Google Chrome Extension for downloading You Tube videos. It is a very comfortable extension which has lot of customizing options in downloading videos from You Tube. The extension adds a simple drop-down below the You Tube videos enabling you to select and download the video in any format you want.

To download a video, click on the Download button which will automatically appear below every YouTube video once the extension is installed, and select your desired size and format to begin the downloading process.

This extension is available at FastestTube site.

Google Chrome IE Tab Multi (Enhance) Extension

There are websites in the Internet only compatible with Internet Explorer (IE) browser. If you want to access these sites on Google Chrome without separately open it using IE, you can install a third-party add-on that runs IE in a tab inside your Google Chrome Web browser. These add-ons only work with Windows, because they embed the Internet Explorer software on your system inside a tab.

Chrome IE Tab Multi Extension for Google Chrome Browser is a Google Chrome Extension. This extension does the best job of mimicking IE. It adds a Multi-Tab type IE inside Chrome, IE Address bar, Open current url in Chrome new tab, Open current url in Chrome new window, Open current url in new IE, Open current url in opened IE and Support menu shortcut. It also supports ActiveX controls, and can remember which sites you prefer to use in IE mode.