Hello, What web server are you using?

Posted by leepeng on July 3, 2009

When new clients approach us for website revamp and indicate that they want to keep the existing hosting, the first thing we normally like to check with them is the server the website is running. We develops websites in PHP5 and ASP.NET 2 so this information is quite useful for us.

However the most answer is “I don’t know”.

So we need to find a way check this information.

Firefox has a cool add-ons call HTTP Header which helps us in this area.

There is a small bug in the current version which showed Japanese.

You will notice that this add-on can help you to know the web server type (apache / IIS) and the application server (PHP 5, ASP.NET 2).

These information are actually embeded in the HTTP header and our browser does not show them. This ad-on do no magic but to show whatever existing information to us.

Anyway, if you are not Firefox user, start using Firefox now. You will be happy always

Please, Firefox has Built in Spellcheck!

Posted by leepeng on January 14, 2009

Many times I’ve received requests to build spell check for websites. Mainly on the backend CMS or some web-based systems.

My reply is always the same.

“Please install and use Firefox 2 or 3. Everything is catered for.” WAIT! There is more to read… read on »

Upgrade Your IE6… You Can Save the World!!

Posted by leepeng on

We developed a website and tested it on Firefox, IE7, Safari, Opera and Chrome. After delivery, the client said that some functions were not working on their browser. We checked and found out that the entire organisation is still using IE6. So we advised them to upgrade their browser.

Shortly afterwards, the IT executive called and gave us a comment: “Your should make sure your website is BACKWARD COMPATIBLE! No way we gonna to upgrade our browser!” WAIT! There is more to read… read on »