Publishing websites using Jekyll

Jekyll is a static site generator. It generates static HTML pages from content written in Mark Down or HTML. Its different from other website publishing tools in that it does not use a database.

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Getting /etc/rc.local file to work on Debian 9 (Stretch)

Debian Stretch uses the rc.local service for executing commands on system startup. To use this service we need to run the following commands:

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Making HTTP POST requests from Google Chrome

The Google Chrome developers toolbox is a useful tool that can be used to test HTTP POST requests. For example we may want to replay HTTP requests for testing APIS or debugging web pages.

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Using substr_compare function to find out if a file exists in a folder

The substr_compare function is a useful function that can be used to check if a given string occurs at the end of a larger string.

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Installing latest version of Php

PHP is a popular programming language commonly used for building web based applications. Most Linux distributions provide PHP out of the box. However the version of PHP in most cases is not the current stable version.

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