How to put online the Apache 2.4 Server

If you find yourself googling in order to make your new local server work online, you’ve come to the right place. Most Web Server packages today (WAMP, XAMPP or Uniform Server) are configured to work with the “old” Apache 2.2 version and have a major flaw. Since 2.4, Apache has dropped the directive “Allow” in favour of the new directive “Require”.

Therefore, in order to make your aliases work and also to put your Apache Server configuration online, you must edit the configuration file and make two changes:
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  Posted in: PHP | September 4, 2012
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Exit from an Android application

Normally, Android applications do not need an “Exit” button because they have a different lifecycle than, let’s say, a Windows application. To exit an application in Android, the user needs to press the home button and that’s it, but the application is not really closed, it’s sent to the background (the user can no longer see it) and the Android system will manage it’s state from there on, closing it only if the system needs more resources. But what if you really want to provide an “Exit” function to the user ? This article presents some of the choices you have available. Read the rest of this entry »

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  Posted in: Java, Programming, Software Development | August 3, 2012
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Showing keyboard automatically in Android dialogs

Having the Android soft-input keyboard pop-up when a Dialog window is shown is not so straight forward as one would think. After exploring different solutions found on the web (with no success) I managed to create a solution of my own. This article is mainly a tutorial that will help you achieve the above task. Read the rest of this entry »

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  Posted in: Java, Programming, Software Development | August 2, 2012
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Request Elevated Privileges in Windows Vista and 7 where UAC is enabled

This article explains how to request elevated privileges for windows applications running under Windows Vista or 7, where UAC is enabled.

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  Posted in: Microsoft.NET, Microsoft.NET, Programming | June 22, 2012
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Checkboxes unchecked value

Using checkboxes can become a pain when you want to get a default value for them, usually when they are not checked, because an unchecked checkbox will not be sent to the processing script regardless if it’s sent via POST or GET. The easiest way to deal with this Read the rest of this entry »

  Posted in: HTML/CSS | March 21, 2012
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Meet Ropardo at CeBit 2012

CeBit opens its gates again:
the 6 of March 2012, in Hannover, Germany.

We are a strong and dynamic enterprise with emphasis on the development of IT solutions with the newest technologies for complex business procedures.

We present a new productMANAGED NEARSHORE – Top quality
Software development, Software maintenance and Server maintenance (ITIL)

With this innovative product your costs decrease, avoid problems like language barriers or cultural differences and offer a higher quality for your projects!

We can assign from our German local office, for your special project, consultants and project managers with high proved experience into German projects.

We invite you cordially to meet Ropardo S.R.L. in Hall 6, Booth D46.

We look forward to meet you and wish you a good journey to the fair in Hannover!

  Posted in: News | February 15, 2012
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Installing PyGraphviz on Windows

Django Extensions provides a bunch of management commands for the Django Framework. One of the most handy is the graph_models command. This command creates a visual representation of the Django models existing in the database.
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  Posted in: Java | November 28, 2011
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Convert python object to XML representation

The application I was working on used a Flash slide show. The configuration on the slide show was done from a xml file. The task was to make this configuration manageable from the Django admin.

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  Posted in: Software Development | September 26, 2011
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Liferay Portlet Development

Liferay is a very popular open source social network script that has been programmed in Java and as a result has become a favourite amongst cost conscious Enterprises who are looking to deploy intranet and collaboration solutions.
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  Posted in: News | September 16, 2011
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Norway Road Show 2011 private meeting invitation

Norway Road Show 2011 private meeting invitation (PDF)
Mobile Solutions, Portals, Expert Systems, Software Consulting and Development

Between 12 and 16 September 2011 Ropardo S.R.L is in organized roadshow in Norway where we are looking to meet IT companies – Software house (ISV), Application providers, System integrators that are interested to outsource development and consulting / service maintenance (ITIL).

We are also looking for new opportunities to distribute our own solutions (please visit ropardo.ro) on Norway market.

Ropardo is actively promoting software engineering services using different technologies – Microsoft (.NET, SharePoint), Java (web/client/application servers) and Mobile Apps. (iOS –iPhone/iPad, Android and Windows Phone) all using on our Quality assurance services.
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  Posted in: News, Uncategorized | September 6, 2011
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