If you open a web page in say, Firefox, click ‘print’ and use a PDF driver like PrimoPDF, PDF995 or anything else, you will find that the hyperlinks are not clickable.
This is quite annoying. I recently download a book (in HTML format) from Project Gutenberg. The clickable Table of Contents are really great. But I prefer converting it to PDF and reading it there (for many reasons).
What’s the solution? Simple… I opened the HTML file in OpenOffice Writer/Web (sweb.exe). I used the PDF Export option to write the PDF file. And you’re all set! The hyperlinks would work great.
At least, I can now enjoy reading those books. I hope this solves your problem.
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When I ask this, I’m not talking about applications you create and put up for download. I’m talking about the snippets that you post on your blog or website.
Surprisingly, many simply copy and paste scripts they have created on their website for users to use without any appropriate copyright or license information. This is mostly because we often create scripts for ourselves, and adding license information is the last thing we do, if at all we do it.
I don’t know about the legal mumbo jumbos in the United States. But it’s always safe to declare that you’re releasing your snippet “as-is”, and you’re not responsible for any damage arising from it, etc.
Also, potential users of your script/snippet might want to know it’s licensing terms for various reasons.
It’s good to release your script under an open source license or under Creative Commons (any flavour of it). This way, your works can be adapted by others for their own need.
By making your small snippets open source, you also contribute to the open source community. Your snippet might become a part of a vital tool, or a larger project. It also helps gather creative minds to improve upon your ideas.
Anyway, I do not imply that closed-source software is bad. You may release proprietary software. However, if you’re releasing a small script or snippet for others to use freely, consider one of the open source licenses.
Who knows? Your contribution might become a thing to be proud of in the future.
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January 20th, 2010 · Wordpress
When you try to upload a file through WordPress, you get the following error:
Unable to create directory /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/uploads. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
To solve this:
- Go to Miscellaneous Settings in your admin panel
- The “Store uploads in this folder” will probably have the complete path to your upload folder. Change this to the default value of “wp-content/uploads”. The default value is also mentioned to the right of the same option’s box.
- Hit save, and try uploading again. This solved the problem for me.
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Note: I’ll soon be releasing a GUI tool for doing this same task, for those who don’t have Perl installed and would like to have a no-brainer solution.
All right. Many people like to create nifty little PHP Redirects for outgoing affiliate links, or any other kind of link. People have no knowledge about PHP are not comfortable editing a PHP file (even though it’s just one line) because they may mess up on certain things.
I was quite surprised to find some software being sold that does this “PHP Generation.” Well, not really surprised at the software being sold, since not everyone is a programmer, but rather, the limited capability of the software.
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There is more than one way to do it. However, there is one and only one way that gets the job done better than all others. Damn. Has Python won?
There are many ways to solve a problem. We share our own views in online communities, learn new methods and use the one that suits us the most.
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December 28th, 2009 · Wordpress
The previous theme I had was pretty graphic intensive for no reason, and required around 60 HTTP Requests. So, instead of an eye-candy theme, I settled for Cutline Theme. It’s simple, it’s great, and my blog loads much faster.
Also, it’s very pleasing on the eyes. The layout looks simple and the content looks inviting. I’ll be doing some custom modifications to the CSS to give it a more unique look.
Anyways, if you’re looking for a good minimalistic theme for your blog, Cutline is a great choice. Look at my blog’s footer for a link to it.
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November 29th, 2009 · Perl, Python
You might have already seen a lot of Perl vs Python stuff. So I’m telling you in advance that I’ve too have read them all, and what you’re going to read here would be completely different than what you already have.
Firstly, let me start by saying that Perl and Python are great languages. But they have their own differences, which is precisely why we have two different languages. If they were the same, why have two different languages at all?
The people who are biased against a language are the one who try to write Python in Perl or Perl in Python. They want Perl to work like Python or vice versa. And if you’re intelligent enough, you’ll quickly understand that there is no point in having them both work in the exact same way. [Read more →]
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November 19th, 2009 · Guitar
For those who don’t know what Learn and Master Guitar is, It’s an excellent video guitar course. For details, you might want to check up their website here.
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The best way to nurture your origami skills and amaze others (and yourself) at the same time is to learn new artworks to build in origami. The more you learn, the more you make. I can already see an origami museum coming up in your mind.
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If you visit Microsoft®’s Expression Studio Upgrade Page, you will no longer find an upgrade option for Office users. I bet I just saw one hours ago, and now it has disappeared.
I was first surprised to see Expression Design 3 included with Expression Web 3. And Web 3’s upgrade pricing was $79. Getting both Web and Design at $79 was looking quite nice to me, and for those not able to afford Photoshop’s steep price. But when I checked the upgrade page with joy once again, the option for Office customers was gone.
Well. What do you guys have to say about that?
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