Q. Can somebody explain the WHM Hostname feature? I am a bit at loss here as the instructions in WHM say that I should use a hostname that I “will not be using for any account”. Does that mean that I should not use my regular domain name?
E.g. if the server’s main website will be example.com (i.e. I will need a example.com account, won’t I?), should I use a random hostname that has not DNS registry? Or should I use something like host.example.com?

Ans: You will want to use the suggested format, such as

When you set this hostname, plan for expansion incase you add more servers in the future. So might not be such a great idea.

EDIT: And in answer to the “my domain name” thing, you will want to use the main domain on the box. For example, we have pfXX.abc123.com, with X representing the server number.

We’ve got a great article on the Adobe Developer Center: Captioning Flash video with Captionate and the captioning-supported FLVPlayback component skins

by Michael Jordan, who added support for caWe’ve got a great article on the Adobe Developer Center: Captioning Flash video with Captionate and the captioning-supported FLVPlayback component skins

by Michael Jordan, who added support for captioning to the set of ActionScript 2.0 FLVPlayback video component skins. This is an eight-page article, and by page three you’ll have captions.  Pages four through eight provide more in-depth information for developers who want to make additional modifications to the user interface.

The beauty of the skins is that they complement the built-in ActionScript 3.0 FLVPlaybackCaptioning component that comes with Flash CS3 and allow authors who want to publish video files to support Flash Player 8 to add captions with ease, and provide an accessible interface to control the video for keyboard and screen reader users at the same time.

The Library of Congress is using the skins for their online exhibition on the MacDowell Colony, but they aren’t using Captionate - they have a DFXP XML file from MAGpie.  These skins also support external caption data in DFXP.  We have our list of caption vendors who create DFXP caption files, including Caption Colorado, Automatic Sync Technologies, the Media Access Group at WGBH for developers who don’t want to caption video themself.

As always, I’m interested in any feedback on the skins or the article, but first go check out the MacDowell Colony videos!