Here is a problem experienced recently... and a solution!

 

Using Plesk 8.6.0 for Windows, I removed an SSL certificate from a domain and then added a new one back. When I went to Server > IP Addresses > 208.109.105.22, I saw the message:

 

Warning: The Plesk database is corrupt. Please launch the Reconfigurator utility to fix it

 

I also did NOT see the new certificate I had added in the combobox of certificates.

 

I launched Reconfigurator and ran all the fixes, but the problem still persisted. I rebooted the server a number of times and that did not help.

 

This problem has been reported by three other users in the thread The Plesk database is corrupt.

 

There is a Plesk Knowledge Base article about exactly this problem titled [FIX] Plesk database corruption warning on IP address management page. 

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Vickie and I had a nice Christmas dinner with Laura and her boyfriend Jim. We feasted on lasagne (both traditional and vegan), sautéed spinach and garlic and a loaf of braided bread (that Laura braided) made with stone-ground wheat flour and topped with sesame seeds. The green casserole dish (for the veggie lasagne) was a Christmas present from Sarah and Jarett that was put to immediate use!

If you are using a DotNetNuke skin that has set the body background color to a dark color (e.g. black), then when you use the FCK HTML Editor, select an image and then Browse Server, the popup window inherits the skin body color.

To fix this kind of problem, right-click on the problem window, View Source and see what CSS file might be specific to this popup. Then edit this CSS file with a different background color.

For example, I found "/Providers/HtmlEditorProviders/Fck/FCKtemplates/imageBrowser/Default/Styles.css" and added the lines:

/* customization for skin with black background */
body
{
    background-color: White;
}

This solved the problem!

 

I had a fabulous 49th birthday celebration last night. Dinner at The Teapot Japanese restaurant in Northampton with Vickie, Joe and Libby. A surprise birthday cake, Beatles t-shirt and then... 1964 The Tribute

Here's a video montage of the evening (a free service of Amimoto.com):

When doing a backup on a new server where I restored Plesk domains from an old server, I tried to do my first manual backup via the Plesk 8.6 control panel. I receieved the error message:

Invalid syntax on line 1.



I also tried doing a backup from the command prompt with the command:

domain_bu --backup --domain-name=CompanionSoftware.com --dump-file=C:\Temp\BackupCompanionSoftware.com.bak

Once again, I got the error message:

Backup process has failed for domain 'CompanionSoftware.com' Invalid syntax on line 1.

I couldn't find any help for this problem on Google or the Plesk support knowledgebase. However, I appear to have stumbled upon the problem and a solution. In the folder:

C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\Backup

I found a 0-byte file named "certificate". Since a 0-byte file contains no information (other than its existence),...

Joe was really using his head during yesterday's game against Holyoke Catholic. This photograph appeared in the Springfield Republican newspaper and online at MassLive.com.

 

(Thanks to Jeanne for letting me know about this!)

On DNNStuff.com site, there's a great article (with source code) IMC Example (DotNetNuke Intermodule Communication) that demonstrates how to implement IModuleCommunicator and IModuleListener interfaces in DNN using two simple modules, one that sends text and one that receives it. It is great to have simple, working code to explain a concept like this. (Note: You'll have to register (for free) on the DNNStuff.com site before you can view the article.)

 

I would like to offer one suggestion for an improvement…

 

IMC works great unless you check "Supports Partial Rendering" (i.e. AJAX) for the sender and receiver controls. This is desirable to have one module update the other without the entire page refreshing.

 

A few simple changes to Receiver.ascx.vb (steps 1-3) and ImcExample.dnn (step 4) will enable AJAX rendering to work:

 

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I thought that the article Five Myths About Nuclear Energy by Kristin Shrader-Frechette was very well presented and enlightening. For the past few years, I have been considering whether or not we should consider increased use of nuclear energy as one of our ways to reduce our dependence on oil. However it is becoming clear that not only is nuclear power still dangerous (e.g. nuclear plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks and we still don't know how to safely dispose of the radioactive waste), it is also not cost-effective (with wind turbines producing energy at less than 1/2 the cost of nuclear - with none of the safety issues of nuclear).

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