Admin Reports

Well it has been a while since I added any articles to the site. Before I get on with the article let me first announce that Admin Reports has opened a forum for you to get help with your Windows Server problems.

You can find the forum at Windows Server Forums

Password protecting websites, directories and files on Windows 2003 Servers is very easy. It only takes a couple clicks and it’s done. For users to access the protected areas they’ll need to have an account on the server. There are ways to avoid this by using Passport authorization, but for this article we’ll use Integrated Windows authentication.

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I’d like to take the time to promote a new community that I just opened. Just BS – The Ultimate Chat Forum is a community for people to engage in intelligent conversations and debates.
I know this has nothing to with server administration and maintenance. However, it is a place for server or forum admins to kick back and relax after a day of dealing with server issues.
Why not stop by Just BS – The Ultimate Chat Forum today and have a look around. You might enjoy what you see.

If you run a site you know that you need traffic to make it successful. I am sure you’ve heard of Dmoz. It is the largest human edited directory and the data is open content. This means that you can download the rdf dump and use it on your site. Many sites including Google use the data.

If you get your site listed in Dmoz you’ll get a back link on all those sites. Last estimate was over 100,000 sites use the data. That can be a good thing to have your link on 100,000 sites.
That is where Dmoz Resurce Zone comes into play. Dmoz Resurce Zone is a forum run by the editors of Dmoz.

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If one goes to a webmasters forum, one would invariably come across threads from forum administrator on how bad their forum are performing, that no one wants to join them and old members are leaving or not posting as regularly as they used to.

While there are several reasons behind the sudden fall of a forum, I am going to discuss some of these issues in this two part article and tell you if your forum is destined to be a failure.

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There is much discussion surrounding Google PageRank, what it means, and how to improve it. With the advent of the Google toolbar, anyone willing to perform a short, free software installation can easily view the PageRank of any page on the Internet. But what does this all mean?

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