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  • Setting up a Godaddy certificate in IIS

    Godaddy’s documentation completely misses the create certificate request process in IIS. This for myself resulted in the SSL certificate disappearing each time I would look in the certificates section after adding it.

    Manually install an SSL certificate on my IIS 10 server | SSL Certificates – GoDaddy Help CA

    Creating the Request

    • Click on your Start Menu, then click Run.
    • In the prompt, type inetmgr and click OK to launch the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
    • Under the Connections panel on the left, click on your Server Name.
    • In the main panel under the IIS section, double click on Server Certificates.
    • Under the Actions panel on the right, click Create Certificate Request.
    • Fill out the Distinguished Name Properties
    • Next, set the Cryptographic Service Provider Properties. Use the drop-down menus to select “Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider” as the cryptographic service provider, and a bit length of “2048”
    • The specify a file name & path for your certificate request

    Adding the Key to the Certificate

    • Next open the certificate request in notepad and copy the CSR.
    • Then go back go to Godaddy click through to certificate details page for your cert.
    • You should find a “Manage Certificate” section at the bottom where you can paste your certificate request.
    • Then click “Add Change” and “Submit All Changes”

    Now you can download the certificate for IIS only this time it will contain your machines key.

    • Back in IIS in the main panel, double click on Server Certificates.
    • Under the Actions panel on the right, click Complete Certificate Request.
    • On the new window, click … to browse, find your previously uploaded primary certificate file and click Open. Don’t worry about the file type if it’s not a .cer file type the open dialog is defaulted to.
    • Add a Friendly name to easily identify this certificate in the future.
    • In the certificate store option, select Web Hosting or Personal and click OK.
  • Multiple Projects under the same Solution in Visual Studio

    Multiple Projects under the same Solution in Visual Studio

    Not sure why this was so hard to find but in Visual Studio it’s fairly easy to add multiple projects under the same solution.

    Open whichever solution you want to be the main & in solution explorer right click it then select Add > New Project or Existing Project.

    Then in Properties you can specify multiple startup projects & choose their priory & startup options.

  • Nuget NU1108

    Even with all the namespacing hierarchy goodness now a days to stay out of naming conflicts. Nuget will present you with this unassuming error when you have your project folder named the same as the nuget package.

    error NU1108: Cycle detected

    Learned this first hand when trying to install Piranha CMS in a .net core project folder named piranha. The best work around is by using a unique project name.

  • SQL Server Management Studio Reset Settings

    SQL Server Management Studio Reset Settings

    If you have totally messed up your user settings in SSMS. You’ll find it’s not as easy as deleting your user settings file:

    C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio

    After deleting SSMS will restore the previous settings from somewhere in the application. The best way to reset them totally is to run reset setting from a command prompt. First find ssms.exe mine was in:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE

    Then run:

    .\ssms.exe /resetsettings

    That’s it SSMS will boot up with a fresh user settings file.

  • What its like being a new mom

    In September I became a new mom to a sweet beautiful little girl. She is our world and we so happy to have her in our life. I am very lucky to be a stay at home mom. It has been better for her and me too. I am the mom that will call and check up on her when someone is baby sitting for me. With my anxiety its better for me to be with her. If you want to or need to go back to work after having a baby your stronger then me and I think your amazing.

    One thing my husband and I have learned is you don’t need everything for the baby at first. We though we need a bassinet and we bought on on Facebook and it worked for a very short time until my daughter stated to hate it. We did get a changing table and a changing pad. We bought our changing at IKEA and it was cheaper then what you can find at target, walmart, and Amazon. If your wanting a pack and play get one with the bassinet insert. We bought one after our daughter turn four months and I let her play in it and she has fun because I put some of her toys in.

    My crib was a gift from my father in law which was very sweet of him. The one thing i wouldn’t buy used is a mattress. You don’t know if the former owner has bed bugs or not. We made the choice to cloth diaper and found it cheaper then using disposable diapers when we are home. We looked at how much it would cost a year with using just disposable diapers. Its not easy using cloth but baby girl likes them better. I use disposable diapers when I go places. When I do buy diapers, wipes, and formula I go to Sam’s club.

  • How to save with a baby

    I will say this first I am not a mommy, but I am an infant teacher. As an infant teacher I have used a lot of different brands of wipes, diapers, and butt paste. Let’s be honest diaper cream is just butt paste. I am going to start with diaper cream Aka butt paste.

    The honest co diaper cream is okay, it’s will not work on a diaper rash. This cream is good for a health bum. I saw first hand with a little one with a bad diaper rash. It took her mom and I working together and using the right cream to get their little bottom healed. If you are wanting more green products try the seventh generation with coconut oil works. It was the burts bee was diaper cream that healed their bottom. There are some rashes that get bad enough or are yeast infections that your babies doctor has to give an rx cream. Don’t feel like your a bad parent our bodies are different and so is our skin. Hands down the best cream is the a & d ointment is the best. The only problem I have with this cream was teachers that just got a new tattoo and used a child’s cream for their own use. I don’t have a tattoo or I am not planning one.

    Your Girl L

  • Saving Data on Android

    Saving Data on Android

    With just a few settings you can save an substantial amount of mobile data on your Android device

    Youtube

    Changing these 2 settings will help lower the data usage of Youtube greatly.

    Turn on
    Profile -> Settings -> General -> Limit mobile data usage.

    Turn off
    Profile -> Settings -> Autoplay -> Autoplay next video

    Facebook

    Turn on Profile -> Settings ->Data Saver

  • Changing the Control & Command Keys in Ubuntu

    Changing the Control & Command Keys in Ubuntu

    You can map the Ctrl to the Win / Super key besides the Command key in Gnome easily:

    1. Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
    2. Open the Layouts tab
    3. Click the options… button
    4. Open the Alt/Win key behavior
    5. select Ctrl is mapped to Win and the usual Ctrl keys