The Ji Village News

Category: Web

  • Get the documents out of SharePoint database

    I recently helped a client to get the WSS 3.0 documents out, as the client’s SharePoint is broken and we couldn’t get it fixed in short time, but they really want the Word, Excel, and pdf documents out of there. WSS 3.0, Windows SharePoint Services, uses Sql Server for data storage. The Sql Server version…

  • Vimperator: make your Firefox behaves like VI/VIM

    I stumbled into this Firefox gem today: Vimperator. It makes your Firefox behaves like the venerable VI/VIM editor. Warning: if you are not a VI/VIM guy, don’t even try this. It will cause you grief. For VI/VIM aficionados like me, this is almost like the best thing since sliced bread, or, VI. A couple of…

  • Disable simple file sharing in Windows XP

    Simple file sharing means that when you go to a property page of a folder, you will not see the Security and Sharing tabs. This is the default for Windows XP if the machine is not part of a domain. This can be problematic, because you cannot add specific users and groups to access a…

  • Give role authority to upload image files in DNN

    I talked about roles and permissions in DotNetNuke (DNN) in this post. Sometimes you want to grant a role authority so users with that role can upload image files for their documents. Here is how you do it: 1. From the Admin menu, usually at the far right of the horizontal menu bar, pick File…

  • Great Flickr Greasemonkey Scripts

    Update: Flickr changed its interface, so the scripts in step 2 and 3 no longer work. I will update this as I get more information. If you have Flickr account and use Firefox, I found 2 Greasemonkey scripts that are very helpful. They make photo editing so much more easier. They are both focused on…