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Automatically remove certain items in Firefox history?

sittered — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:02:36 -0800

How can I arrange it so that my Firefox history is automatically purged of sites of a certain domain like imdb.com or facebook.com? I don't know much in terms of scripting languages, but I won't rule that out as a possible method. I was thinking in terms of a greasemonkey script or a full-fledged extension, but a script that directly edits the history database file is OK, too.

I use Mac OS X with Firefox 3.0.4.

How to fix a website and make it compatible in firefox AND IE?

bigcheesegump — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:09:18 -0800

I need some help with a CSS/HTML issue as well as an Internet Explorer issue. I created an online portfolio and have been trying to update the design to make it more user-friendly and more aesthetically pleasing. However, I have run into a few road blocks.

This is the new design that I would like to implement. If you are using Firefox, you should see it as I see it. However, if you are using IE, it is a mess. What can I do to stop this? From brief research, it looks like it is an issue using the position:absolute style tag in my css file. Is there a way to make that design work for both IE and Firefox.

Second, if you navigate to this page you will notice a pdf file that is truncated in height. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing this. (The other pdfs on the web site are not configured correctly and I am aware of this)

Any help in figuring out these problems would be appreciated. Thanks!

How would one economically drive up traffic for a new web site?

titans13 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:33:56 -0800

How would one economically drive up traffic for a new web site? Just this week, I launched a web site for a service business. We want to generate nationwide traffic. Meta tags are in place, all is pretty good.

I have started an Adwords campaign with a $300/month budget, and paid the $300 annual Yahoo fee to get listed in their directory. I have already received two solicitations from companies that claim to be able to bump up traffic.

What are the best, most economical ways to do this myself?

Roaming profiles on the internet

aacheson — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:11:46 -0800

What are good, free sites on the internet where I can create a personal profile that allows me to log in and see my internet favorites, possibly store files, that are accessible from anywhere on the net?

Website stats

Tlogmer — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:16:06 -0800

I need a free, easy-to-install program to analyze server logs. The info is there already, tucked away in the www_logs directory, but the host-provided analysis page ("analog reports") is too cluttered and ugly for my client. I tried installing awstats but it wanted me to mess with apache settings, etc, and all I really want is a script that'll go into the logs directory and make everything easy-to-read.