Apache Tomcat: Download, Install and Configure

 Tomcat is a free, open-source servlet/JSP engine that was developed by the Jakarta Project at the Apache Software Foundation and it is the official reference implementation of the servlet/JSP specification set forth by Sun. Tomcat is one of the most popular servlet/JSP engines available for Java web application development. It can be...

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Changing tomcat's default port

Tomcat's default port is 8080(default port for most browsers is 80). Sometimes you may encounter port conflicts when two applications try to share the same port. If this happens with Tomcat, you will have to change the Tomcat's default port to a different one depending on the availability of that port. If a port is causing an error in a web application, you will often see a "Page can not be displayed" error message(but bear in...

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Hey, I'm on Twitter!

I just created my Twitter account few minutes ago and now going to study how it works. I wanted to find out what all this hype about and why it has become a great threat to Facebook. Plenty of my friends are already on Twitter and I wanted to get connected with them too. When I joined Facebook, I was not that interested about it and I hardly had time to log into my account due to the busy schedule at my university but now I can't...

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Dear mom

A mother enters her daughter's bedroom and sees a letter over the bed. With the worst premonition, she reads it, with trembling hands. Dear mom, It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm telling you that I have eloped with my new boyfriend. I found real passion and he is so nice, even with all his piercings and tattoos, and I love riding on the back of his big motorcycle. But it's not only that mom, I'm pregnant and Dillon...

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Something about "Paid Surveys"

Paid Surveys have been one of the most popular and proven ways to earn some extra cash. Many people around the world are involved in these programs and I too have been using them for quite a while now. I'm sure you have heard of such programs and probably some of you might already be involved in those programs. For those of you who have not yet come across the term Paid Surveys, I'll give you a brief introduction of the system...

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Adding Subtitles to a Movie

Have you ever wanted to watch a movie with subtitles on?Sometimes, the pronunciation is a little too ambiguous and hard to follow. So in such cases, it's better to have subtitles... Don't you think so?well, adding subtitles to a movie is so easy and it only takes 5 minutes(at most)!Here I will explain you how to accomplish it.But first you...

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Free JavaScript Hosting for Your Blog

Today, I'm going to introduce you to a really useful website that provides some very valuable services for bloggers for no cost. Nowadays, I see many blogs use some cool animations on their headers and Home Pages. Check this blog, this blog or this blog to see what I mean. Usually, these animations are done using JavaScript codes. So you will have to embed these JavaScript codes to your XML blogger template. But doing that is...

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How to add your own blog icon to your blog

The icon that appears next to the URL of a blog is called a Favicon. Have you seen blogs that have a different logo(other than the Google's default blogger logo) in the address bar? That adds some professionalism to your blog and says to the world that you know something more than what the average blogger knows. Take a look at the URL of...

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Privacy Policy

At mindrising.blogspot.com, I understand that privacy of your personal information is of great importance to you. Thus, I am committed to safeguarding your privacy while online at this blog. The following discloses how I gather and disseminate information on this blog. This information is not sold to third parties or used in any form for any illegal activity. Links This blog contains links to other websites/blogs and be aware...

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About me

My name is Phoenixand. Although I'm not a geek or nerdy, I'm a bit of a tech savvy person. Currently I'm studying for my B.Sc (better known as "BS" in some countries) degree. Computer Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Plant Science are the subjects that I'm following. I'm familiar with a number of programming and markup languages and technologies(PHP, JavaScript, XML, J2EE, J2SE, AJAX, SEO, UML and the list goes on... ;-) !!!)...

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Another Busy Day :-(

Phew... I wish I could end this misery and start on what I truly love doing...yep, I'm talking about programming and lots of it... ;-) (the misery was something else).Today I was asked to conduct a "Kuppi" for some of my fellow students on Java!!!Gosh I have piles of other notes to study and I haven't even touched some of them :-(But what ever the reason, you can't turn down a request(well... that was virtually a "plea") asking...

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A Busy Day Of Work

Today was the last academic day of the first semester of the 3rd year of my degree program. I was quite relieved to see the end of this semester as I haven't prepared well for the exams and I wanted to see the back of the session and start a new beginning next time.We had to submit 2 assignments today; one for chemistry and the other one for information technology. I did the chemistry assignment with the help of some other students...

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