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    tool to convert pdfs?

    anyone know of a good tool (free or paid) to convert pdfs to html? From my experience (and from reading others' experiences) the majority of them aren't very good, including adobe's products like acrobat. thanks in advance.
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    php5

    I hired a programmer to make a site using php version 4. My host won't be supporting php4 for much longer. Anyways, I've tested how the site would be on php 5 and it doesn't work. An error message is seen. My question is ... how difficult/time consuming is it to upgrade a site to make it...
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    computer monitors

    is there a company that specializes in dual/triple panel monitors? i'm talking about the sick looking ones that might hatch onto your wall or come with some unique stand
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    cleaning code

    does anyone know of a program to clean microsoft word generated html code? when you click save as web page is produces some code that is pretty messy. i would also like to know if there is a way to convert it to xhtml thank you
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    want to add a comments section

    a friend of mine has a very basic, not-for-profit web site and he wants to put a comment area up on the front page. what is the easiest way to do something like this without getting technical? thanks
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    Good Books for XHTML/CSS?

    I'm a web developer who only knows HTML and am looking to expand my knowledge with xhtml and css. I'm pretty old-school because I still use tables and my html doesn't validate, etc. My sites look great but the code is crap. Can someone point me to a book that would be good for me? Something...
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    Best FTP program?

    What does everyone use here for ftp? I still use a VERY old version of cuteftp... I've been stuck on it of years. I'm looking for something that is free and easy to use. Thanks!
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    wordpress hack

    anyone know what the wordpress hack is called for when only the owner of the web site is able to make a reply to a comment? i've been searching this forever now.
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    questions about vbulleting

    I am thinking about buying a vBulletin license. I have a few questions though: - I want guests to be able to post on the message board without having to register. In fact, I want to disable the registration process completely. This way anyone can post without registering and creating a...
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    staying organized?

    how do you organize all your usernames, passwords, etc.?? i probably have over 100 but i need to find a better way to manage it all.
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    want to start investing

    i'm 25 and want to start investing in the stock market. i have zero experience/knowledge in this and am looking for someone to point me in the right direction to start. any good books/reads would be great, but something that can actually get me started doing things not just reading about it.
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    big webmaster boards

    apart from WF, does anyone know of some other boards when people can hire the services of other webmasters (trading post) (i'm not talking about sites like rentacoder,getafreelancer). i just want the links to some BIG sites out there that let you do this (and don't charge you $10 like...
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    hosting history lookup

    anyone know of a site that lets you look up a domain's hosting history (i.e. tells you that site's past hosts?) theres domaintools.com but they charge too much for this.
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    is this possible to do?

    I'm about to launch a new site (a redesign of my old site), and I want to keep parts of the old site online. There are a lot of files for the old site. My question is... can I some how store these in a separate folder or directory without changing their path on the stie in anyway? I realize...
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    how to find out where an old site was hosted?

    is there a site you can go to in order to find out where a site used to be hosted? like maybe a site where you enter the domain name and it would come up with the name of the hosting company ,whether it is hosted there now or was hosted there before. thanks.
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    best newsletter script?

    what is the best free newsletter script out there? anyone have experience with phplist.com : Homepage : home?
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    site with changing PR?

    i'm working on a webmaster directory that tracks PR. i want to test it. is there some kind of site whose PR changes all the time via a fake pr script or something like that?
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    best way to prevent form spam?

    whats the best way to prevent spammers from filling crap into my forms without annoying my visitors?
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    thinking about going back to school

    Hey... I've been thinking about going back to school to learn php and mysql, and get a certification for it. I went to an employment agency today and was in the IT sector.. there's hardly any web work for people that just know html and css like myself. She even said that the employers there...
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    help quickly

    In shell I deleted a folder on my web site called "pictures". So I went rm -rf pictures to do this. Now, I can't upload anything to my site, I can't restore it! I get the error message in FTP "550 Can't change directory to ..." Please help ASAP