Most of the time you can just click the folder name in the address bar to go up one folder.  But sometimes, like when you’re in folder on your desktop, you have to manually edit the location in the address bar.  Kind of a pain.

I figured it was some setting that I had to modify rather than using the default, but never bothered to look for it.  After some searching, I found two ways around this problem.  I prefer the first. 

1.  It’s so simple.  Use ALT + Up Arrow.  Genius.  ;)  This shortcut didn’t exist in previous versions of Windows.

2.  Go to MavisApps and download the Mavis Up Button for Vista.  ($4.95 with a 5 day trial.)  I didn’t give this a try as option 1 is sufficient, but if you do, let me know how it turns out.

Also let me lay down this disclaimer: I’m not a website designer. I can do simple HTML, simple image manipulation, I know just enough to be dangerous about ASP and PHP (and that’s not much), and I can create easy-to-use and functional websites.

If you’re unfortunate enough to be a GoDaddy customer, you may have encountered this issue. I created a simple ASP contact form to use on a site I was designing for a friend. It’s very simple — just a name, email address, and text area for comments. No required fields. I’ve used this form in the past with no problems. Alas, it didn’t work. With the internet at my fingertips, I encountered various other people with this problem, and not just because something was wrong with the code, but because GoDaddy uses CDO.Message rather than CDONTS. Not only that, but you also need the SMTP server information in order to use it, which they don’t publicly address anywhere.

GoDaddy support says to use their own special gdform.asp (or gdform.php depending on your package), which also seems to require you “activate” it using your hosting control panel. I didn’t have access to this (I only had FTP access) so I had to find an alternative.

Finally, with the help of this post, I was able get it working. I modified the code slightly to redirect to a thank you page.

Use the code below to create your own. Copy the code into your contact.htm (or whatever you’re using) and customize the form, copy the code for the contact.asp page and modify the redirect (or remove it if you like) to the page you’d like to send them to after the form is submitted.

Contact.htm

<form name=”email” action=”contact.asp” method=post>
<p>Name:<br />
<input type=”text” name=”name” size=”25″ /></p>
<p>Email address:<br />
<input type=”text” name=”name” size=”25″ /></p>
<p>Questions, comments?<br />
<textarea rows=”10″ cols=”60″ name=”comments”></textarea></p>
<input type=”submit” value=”Send” /></p>
</form>

Contact.asp

<% @ Language=”VBSCRIPT” %>

<% If Request.ServerVariables(”REQUEST_METHOD”) = “POST” Then
‘*
‘* Send Email
‘*
Dim strBOD
strBOD = “Name: ” & Request.Form(”name”) & vbCrLf _
& “Email: ” & Request.Form(”email”) & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
& Request.Form(”comments”)
Dim objCFG
Set objCFG = Server.CreateObject(”CDO.Configuration”)
objCFG.Fields.Item(aCDO & “sendusing”) = 2
objCFG.Fields.Item(aCDO & “smtpserver”) = “relay-hosting.secureserver.net”
objCFG.Fields.Item(aCDO & “smtpserverport”) = 25
objCFG.Fields.Update
Dim objCDO
Set objCDO = Server.CreateObject(”CDO.Message”)
objCDO.Configuration = objCFG
objCDO.From = Request.Form(”email”)
objCDO.To = “inquiries@yourwebsitehere.ca”
objCDO.Subject = “Website inquiry”
objCDO.TextBody = strBOD
objCDO.Send
Response.Redirect “thanks.shtml”
Set objCDO = Nothing
Set objCFG = Nothing
End If

%>

To move the transaction logs in Exchange 2000 or 2003:

1. In Exchange System Manager, expand the appropriate Exchange server object, right-click the storage group you want, and then click Properties.
2. On the General tab, specify a new location for the files. For example, if the E:\ drive will contain only log files for this storage group, in Transaction log location, click Browse, and then choose the E:\ drive.

To move the database file for a mailbox store in Exchange 2000 or 2003:

1. In Exchange System Manager, expand the Exchange server object on which the store resides, expand the appropriate storage group container, right-click the mailbox store object you want, and then click Properties.
2. Specify new file locations on the Database tab of the Properties dialog box.

To move the transaction logs in in Exchange 2007:

1. Start the Exchange Management Console on the server on which the storage group is located.
2. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
3. In the result pane, click the Mailbox server that contains the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
4. In the work pane, click the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
5. In the action pane, click Move Storage Group Path. The Move Storage Group Path wizard appears.
6. On the Introduction page, the Log files path box displays the location where your log files are currently stored. Click Browse to specify a location to which to move these files..
7. Click Move. A warning appears that all databases in the storage group must be temporarily dismounted, which will make them inaccessible to any user. To continue, click Yes.
8. On the Completion page, confirm whether the log file path was changed successfully. A status of Completed indicates that the wizard completed the task successfully. A status of Failed indicates that the task was not completed. If the task fails, review the summary for an explanation, and then click Back to make any configuration changes. Click Finish to complete the Move Storage Group Path wizard.

To move the database file for a mailbox store in Exchange 2007:

1. Start the Exchange Management Console on the server on which the storage group is located.
2. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
3. In the results pane, expand the appropriate storage group container, right-click the mailbox database object you want, and then click Move Database Path. The Move Database Path wizard appears.
4. On the Introduction page, the Database files path box displays the location where your database files are currently stored. Click Browse to specify a location to which to move these files.
5. Click Move.
6. On the Completion page, confirm whether the database file path was changed successfully. A status of Completed indicates that the wizard completed the task successfully. A status of Failed indicates that the task was not completed. If the task fails, review the summary for an explanation, and then click Back to make any configuration changes. Click Finish to complete the Move Database Path wizard.

Please note that moving the database or log file will temporarily unmount the information store, making mail inaccessible for users with mailboxes in the store.

Well, the good news is, you can turn it off.  The bad news is, if you’re not technically savvy at all, I wouldn’t recommend it.  A general rule of thumb I would say is if you know what C:\windows\system32 is (and don’t say “a folder”), you can probably go ahead and turn it off.

1.  Open Control Panel.

2.  Open the Security Center.

3.  Click “Change the way Security Center alerts me” (on the left)

4.  Click “Don’t notify me and don’t display the icon (not recommended)

Instead, do this:

While you’re in the Wordpress post editor, hover your cursor over the buttons to see the labels.  Click on the button labeled “Show/Hide Advanced Toolbar”.  You can also press Alt+Shift+V (Firefox) or Alt+V (IE) to show the Advanced Toolbar.  This will add some extra functionality, like buttons to undo and format your font, to your toolbar.  You will then see a button labeled “Paste from Word”.  When you click it, a small window will pop open and you can paste your text there and click “Insert”.  This will insert the text into your post and remove the unnecessary formatting.

Please note that if you are copying an image, it may not show up and the code may not format properly for the image.  Other non-image formatting should be fine.

There are a few items I like to have at my disposal when working in Word and Excel. The Print Preview command is very nice and convenient, as well as the “Switch Window” command when working in Excel (when Alt-Tab won’t do). Here’s how you do it.

Click on the small down arrow to the right of the quick access toolbar. You’ll see a menu. You can easily add one of the most common items by choosing one from the list. If you don’t see the one you need, click “More Commands”.

Now you can select anything from the left box, click Add, and it will add it to the right box. The right box lists all the items in your quick access toolbar. If you still don’t see what you’re looking for, open the drop-down menu under “Choose commands from:”, and you can select “All Commands”. (Example)

You can also rearrange your quick access toolbar and place the shortcuts in the order you choose by selecting an item from the right window, and then clicking the up or down arrow (on the right) to move it.Once you’re done, click OK. That’s it!

This blog is the new version of my notes, so everyone can benefit.  Basic questions, advanced issues, general annoyances and how to fix them, all right here!