Blog Tag: How to

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Blog | 27 February 2019

Building a flexible, animated timeline in WordPress

Displaying a brief history of BrightMinded.
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Blog | 25 November 2015

Accessibility for front-end developers

Most front-end developers understand what accessibility is, and why it’s a good idea, but for many of us it’s an area filled with confusion and conflicting advice. I want to show how accessibility doesn’t have to be complex, and that by building it in from the start we can build better experiences for our users.
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Tutorial | 19 July 2014

How to? Apache Rewrite Rules: Pass-through

This is our first video on Apache Rewrite Rules. The first rule we quickly show is the PASS THROUGH.
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Tutorial | 01 September 2013

How to? JAR signing using openssl certificates

This is a quick and to the point video on how to sign a Java ARchive (JAR) file using an openssl self-signed certificate.
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Tutorial | 13 April 2013

How to? SSL basics

A quick and dirty explanation of SSL from the point of view of the SSL handshake and a quick look at Self-Signed Certificates and what they are for.
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Tutorial | 10 March 2013

How to? An example of SSH tunnelling

In this video we show an example of SSH tunnelling that may be useful in real life.
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Tutorial | 25 November 2011

How to? Connecting to a remote database using SSH tunnelling

In this video our CTO, Cristiano, shows you a neat trick called SSH tunnelling in the context of connecting to a remote database.
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Tutorial | 05 November 2011

How to? Installing an SSL certificate on Apache (Part 3 of 3)

This is the third of a three-part video where we show how to install an SSL certificate onto an Apache webserver.
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Tutorial | 05 November 2011

How to? Installing an SSL certificate on Apache (Part 2 of 3)

This is the second of a three-part video where we show how to install an SSL certificate onto an Apache webserver.
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Tutorial | 05 November 2011

How to? Installing an SSL certificate on Apache (Part 1 of 3)

This is the first of a three-part video where we show how to install an SSL certificate onto an Apache webserver.
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Tutorial | 19 October 2011

How to? Creating a self-signed certificate

This short video shows how to create a self-signed certificate using the openssl command tools.
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