Questions tagged [web]
Questions about software that utilizes the web. Questions about software that runs off the web belong in Web Applications.
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DynDNS for VPN: Disable delivery of login page for the web on FRITZ!Box
I want to access my home network from the internet using WireGuard. My router, a FRITZ!Box, has it built-in, so its easy to activate. As I do not have a fixed IP, I use my domain and dynDNS; sending ...
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Does Google Fonts have dynamic subsetting?
Adobe Fonts seems to offer dynamic subsetting, which also updates on user input. Does Google Fonts have anything similar? I only found this unofficial solution on Github.
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How can I get 'Tileiconifier' to FIND Microsoft Edge PWAs/Progressive Web Apps?
I'm using the app called: 'Tileiconifier' to further customize the size of the app icons in the start menu, but the problem is within 'Tileiconifier' I can't find ANY of the websites that I have ...
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Whitelist certain urls for my network
i have a network with several hosts (not more than 10) and I want to allow access to certain URLs that means whitelisting certain URLs and dropping the rest for certain hosts. For example I want the ...
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Cannot find Plesk Server operating system version
Plesk screenshot:
I'm hosting a website using Plesk 18.0.58, and I can't seem to find the server OS version no matter where i accessed. Does anyone know how? Attached is the Plesk screenshot that I ...
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How to sync Surfingkeys settings
What's the best way to sync Surfingkeys settings?
I've found Surfingkeys to be the best vim shortcut key extension for all browsers. It works amazing on every one that I've tried. However, it claims ...
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All Firefox Traffic routing through SOCKS-Proxy?
I would like to route all my Firefox-browsers traffic through a proxy server. I already setup a Dante-Proxy (SOCKS) and configured the paramters in about:config to use it:
"network.proxy.type&...
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Surfingkeys browser extension has enabled, disabled, and lurk mode. How do I add a list of websites in surfingkeys to browse in the lurk mode?
Lurk mode is better than disabling suringkeys altogether. For example, Gmail website has list of abundant shortcuts, but still it's better to have surfingkeys' shortcuts as yourbackup. In lurkmode you ...
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How to stop all web-workers? They're draining my battery
A great many websites leave "web workers" running in the background even after you've left their website and closed the browser tab.
I'm told that the only way to kill them all is to clear ...
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Difference between hypertext, hyperlink and hypermedia?
I have searched for the differences, but it has left me more confused than before.
From what I understand so far, hypertext is a text that can link to another resource and hyperlink is the actual link ...
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HTTPs + proxy = VPN?
I've watched several videos about comparing proxies and vpn, and I'm still wondering some questions about their difference. As I know, VPN creates a secure tunnel with the client using the protocol (...
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With Office 365 Excel Online, Edge iPadoS 17.1.1, how to reference this Workbook from separate Workbook? [closed]
I need help to reference separate Workbook using Excel 365 Home Online on ipadOS 17.1.1.
Following steps worked for Windows desktop but not in with Office 365 Excel Online.
open two instances of ...
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How can I send a message on a webpage, which requires reCAPTCHA, without being able to see a reCAPTCHA box
For places where reCAPTCHA service isn't available, e.g. reCAPTCHA box is not shown in mainland China, the problem could lead to
CAPTCHA
The reCAPTCHA was invalid. Go back and try it again.
Is there ...
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Unable to change geolocation through VPN is it advisable to consider changing the IP address?
Unable to change geolocation through VPN; is it advisable to consider changing the IP address?
Lately, I've been experiencing difficulties in altering my geolocation through a VPN. I use a NordVPN ...
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Intermittent connection issues to a particular website
I am facing connection issues with a website. All of them seem to be connected:
The website host name: napi.kotaksecurities.com (using https)
telnet napi.kotaksecurities.com 443: fails sometimes, ...
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Can you go to a website by typing the IP address into the address bar?
As I'm learning about networks and DNS servers and what not... I'm curious, can you go to a website by typing the IP address into the address bar?
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How to make Firefox prefer images to HTML?
Sometimes when you follow an image URL, it will take you to a web page containing the image instead of only showing the image. Then, when you you right click and select Open Image in New Tab, it will ...
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How to use Docker FFMPEG and HLS on my website
I want to use a Docker container to convert an mkv video to an HLS "video". This is my command for it:
docker run --rm \
-v /mnt:/config \
linuxserver/ffmpeg \
-i "/config/test....
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Port forwarding on an Airtel router GPON
I have an Airtel router on which I wish to port forward my laptop's IPv4 which is 192.168.1.5.
The problem is the external IP I get is 122.168.65.76 and whenever I enter the external IP from my LAN I ...
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Outlook email forwarding not working
Exactly as reported here, which is locked and cannot be replied. Hence asking it here instead.
Outlook.com forwarding setting disappears. I re-establish forwarding setting, it keeps disappearing. ...
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Is there a way to view Bing images without the feed?
I want to load bing.com/images without having a bunch of images pop up. A blank screen like Google. And without logging in. I don't want to just have uBlock hide them, I want it so they don't have to ...
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open chrome window every time it closes
How can I make it so that every time the chrome window is closed when it is open and closed, it will open again.
I have this code
@ECHO OFF
:inicio
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cls
START chrome.exe --...
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How do you block uploads to webpages? [closed]
In the following blog http://blog.wfilterngf.com/?p=225 , there's an option to prevent upload to web pages.
Similar to that, if I were to write a program that blocks uploads to all web pages, what ...
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Web page saving
I want to save a web page as a HTML document, that I can have access to this web page with all subsites forever, because the web page will close by the end of this year. So the web page won’t exist ...
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Syntax error on line 164 Apache24/conf/httpd.conf Cannot load modules/mod_rewrite.so into server: %1 is not a valid Win32 application
I am trying to run Apache using httpd.exe under command prompt administration privileges, but it pops up with the error message stated above does anyone know a solution?
I am expecting a solution to ...
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Cant connect to some websites
Info
Recently, some websites that I connect to just doesnt work
Currently, the websites that dont work are:
youtube.com
twitter.com
When connecting to them, I get 1 of 3 errors:
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How do I auto refresh Google Chrome page on error?
Is it possible to auto reload the page, when there is a network error?
For example when the server is down, ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT page is visible. Can I automatize the reload in these cases?
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How to stop websites telling me "Found the internet!" or "Your internet connection has been restored"?
I have yet to find out how to disable this new web 2.0+ irritant. What business is it of the website vendor, whether it thinks my computer is having trouble with the internet or not?
I've tried to ...
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Why website copy tools like Cyotek WebCopy and HTTrack cannot find files that search engines like Google can?
I would like to keep the target website private, but here are some details:
It's a personal (as in single-author) public documentation / portfolio / blog sort of website
It seems to be hosted using ...
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If Vivaldi is using Chromium (Chrome's engine), why do various things still not work? [closed]
After painfully switching from Firefox a few years ago, when Mozilla finally nailed the last nail into the privacy and user-respecting coffin, I carefully went through every single web browser and ...
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How come Invoke-WebRequest returns only my IP Address?
I ran the cmdlet on the site ifconfig.me:
Invoke-WebRequest ifconfig.me
For the content, I only got my IP address.
Why don't I get the other HTML content on the page, such as the user agent fields, ...
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Is there any way to activate IntelliSense for TypeScript files in github.dev?
This morning I came across github.dev.
It looks very promising, but what I'd really like to use it for is TypeScript with active IntelliSense.
I can see that github.dev can create new .ts files.
But, ...
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How to always open in Responsive Design Mode?
How to make Mozila Firefox always open Youtube site in Responsive Design Mode?
So that i don't have to always press Ctrl+Shift+M.
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Can one visit a website outside VPN when connected to VPN?
I know too little of even the basics...
When working remotely, I connect with my work computer (Windows 10) via my own router/ISP to the work network via VPN (using Cisco AnyConnect - there's a 2FA ...
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www subdomain pings the correct IP address, but directs to the wrong site
I am in the midst of publishing a new site. When I navigate to the address https://peeltx.com the correct site comes up. When I navigate to https://www.peeltx.com I am directed to a site hosted by the ...
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Are the number of available web-domains limited?
If there is a finite number of IPv4-addresses does that mean that there is also a finite number of web-domains ?
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How to make Tor Browser reload a page every minute automatically, and why don't all browsers have this?
Vivaldi has a feature that lets you right-click a tab and select "Periodic reload" and a number of minutes to auto-reload it. This is crucial for idiotic websites which automatically kick ...
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Can a web application detect browser proxy settings?
Can a website or web application detect whether or not proxy settings have been specified in the browser?
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What user-agent "BBBike" is?
I've observed loads of robots.txt where a user-agent called "BBBike" is blocked. I'm curious what the story behind it is. Does anyone know? Or maybe it's just something happened in the, we ...
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How to prevent stupid websites from breaking the "scroll wheel mode"?
The only website from which I can order groceries is doing something incredibly annoying. Example: https://www.mat.se/search.html
Somehow, they have managed (deliberately or through incompetence) to ...
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Why do different sites report Vivaldi's user-agent as different strings?
Site
Reported UA
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+user+agent&ia=answer
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.81 Safari/537.36 ...
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Excel for Web Data Validation List Not Working with FILTER() function
I am using a combination of a data validation list - which contains zip codes - and the =FILTER() function to try and create a drop down list of zip codes for the user to search from.
When I remove ...
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Mozilla Firefox : activate reader view by default whenever possible [duplicate]
I really enjoy Mozilla Firefox's Reader Mode, however it requires clicking on the button everytime I open a new page. Is it possible to specify that I want Reader Mode to be active by default whenever ...
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Can a website in itself be dangerous?
I do understand that there is a risk of phishing, and that it downloads files that may cause harm when opened. But is there any risk of something bad happening when I simply open a website? In that ...
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Receiving incorrect TLS certificate from website
This is a strange issue that (so far) is specific only to plex.tv website. I am seeing this same problem from various devices on my network. Ultimately, simply trying to access https://plex.tv in my ...
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How can I get Chrome Password Manager, LastPass, etc to remind me to use "Sign in with Google" and not username+password?
Background:
Lots of sites have their own user registration systems and require you to login with a good ol' fashioned Username and Password, which password managers today handle (mostly) fine:
For ...
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How to open links in a new tab?
I am used to open links in a new tab by clicking scroll on my mouse. Starting from middle 2020 more and more websites are blocking this: when I click scroll wheel on something, I get a circle with ...
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Identifying culprit for Firefox malfunction
In my site I have some free (public domain, or with permission) ebooks, that can be read online with epub.js. It used to work fine in Firefox, but now I realize when I try to turn pages, a new copy of ...
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LAMP Stack refresh rate is poor
I'm using LAMP on Linux(Debian). Earlier I used WAMP on Windows. Whenever I saved the PHP file and tested on the browser, it immediately takes effect. However, in Linux, the LAMP takes too much time ...
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Nginx try_files doesn't work inside server block
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
server {
root /websites;
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
# don't work
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