Archive for July, 2008

Unzipping a tar.gz file in linux

Author: TrueStarTE

28 Jul

How to unzip a tar.gz file from the linux command line:

So you’ve downloaded a tar.gz file from some place or the other on the web, but you have an issue. You do not know how to uzip this file. Here is the procedure you need to follow to unzip it:

Unzipping the file:

To unzip a tar.gz file from the command line in linux, complete the following steps in the order presented:

1. Open a “Terminal Window” or “Command Console” or the command line. (in CentOS 4.5 click on “Applications” in the menu bar, point to “System Tools” and click on “Terminal”).

2. Login as the root user (type su press enter and type in your password)

3. Go to the directory that the tar.gz file is located in. Use the command “cd” (the letter “c” followed by the letter “d” without quotation marks) followed by the directory you wish to go to. For instance if you are in the “home” directory and you wish to go to a directory/folder that is in the home directory called “testdirectory”, you would type the command “cd testdirectory” (without quotes) that will put you in the “testdirectory” directory. The point being that whatever commands you execute at the command line at this point will affect the files in that (“testdirectory” in this case) directory specifically unless you specify otherwise.

4. Type the command “tar -zxvf [filename]” (that is tar -zxvf followed by the name of the file you want to unzip). This will unzip the file and put it in a new directory (within the same directory) in the unzipped format.

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Adding a “Favicon” to your Website

Author: TrueStarTE

11 Jul

Favicon?

I’m sure by now most of you have noticed the “favicons” located in the address bar of your browser or in your favorites/bookmarks links:

*Adding a “Favicon” to your website is actually a pretty simple process. Follow the instructions below to add a favicon to your site.

Adding the Favicon:

1. Create your favicon.

To create your favicon (a 16×16 pixel .ico image), you may create one, or select an image of your choice and edit it with a graphics design/editing program like Adobe Photoshop/CS3, the GIMP, or some free services (here for instance) offered by numerous websites on the net.

2. Upload the favicon to the directory/folder in which your website’s index page (website’s home page) is located.

3. Add the following line of text between the <head> tags (<head> and </head> respectively) of your index page:

Note:

[make sure that your favicon/icon is called "favicon.ico" (wihout the qoutes) or whatever the name of your favicon/image is. The browser will try to load (as the favicon) whatever image name you put after "href=" ]. Please note that this image does NOT have to be a “.ico” image. You may also use such images as a non-compressed/compressed PNG or a GIF. All browsers may not support PNGs or GIFs however.

Also:

If you are having issues with this showing up in your browser, such as Firefox, Opera, K-Meleon, or any other browser, you may wish to put a “?” (question mark without quotes) after the URL as shown below:

4. Publish/Post your edited index page.

5. Refresh your browser by pressing f5 on your keyboard or by pressing and holding the “Ctrl” key and momentarily pressing “R” on your keyboard.

This completes the implementation of the favicon.

Note: You may wish to check whether your favicon is showing up on a different computer/different browser to avoid issues with it not showing up. Also note that on a Linux/Unix server, you must make sure that all your text matches exactly ( Characters/letters are case-sensitive on Linux/Unix servers.)

* This refers to adding a favicon to your unix-based server and may be different given your situation and Server Operating System.

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