tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85166490031859244482024-02-21T08:57:56.571+11:00Www.WebsiteAdministrator.com.au's webmaster's BlogWhere does one get a good cheap bargain deal on a web site or a home page for any online business or project with real SEO help or administration help when it is needed the most.
Why, at Www.WebsiteAdministrator.com.au of course!AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-82828371190069832322013-07-17T16:15:00.001+10:002013-07-17T16:16:29.107+10:00My FaceBook Like Button script has Stopped Working<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you found that your FaceBook Like Button script has Stopped Working over the last few days?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I spent a little time today to research and work out a fix so that it will work properly for those of you who use HTML4 Strict or find your code is not validating correctly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you do not want the auto PHP code, this is the <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/FaceBook-Like-Button-with-Strict-W3C-Validation.html">facebook like button fix</a> for you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you do use php to insert your like code, this is the <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/How-to-auto-add-FaceBook-Like-Button-code-with-php.html">facebook like button fix</a> for you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, that should keep our pages going for a while!</span></span></div>
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AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-41534744560712267282012-12-04T00:23:00.001+11:002012-12-04T00:23:30.805+11:00Matching Font Colors with Background Colors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I happened upon <a href="http://www.uniqueshoppingcarts.com/tools/shoppingCartColorPicker_A-Z.php">the best color tool for matching font colors in web pages</a>. There are a lot of great tools around but this one is nice and easy and gives hundreds of live and useful examples.</div>
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Enter you background color in use and scroll through a bunch of colors and the hex definitions which makes finding suitable colors to use a breeze. No more distorted fonts on the page!</div>
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Great for help in deciding on color schemes too!</div>
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AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-16341599624924917462012-09-24T13:38:00.000+10:002012-09-24T13:38:47.399+10:00microdata<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm trying to get an understanding of why webmasters are being asked to include microdata on their pages.<br />
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random thought... <br />
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If I have a video shop that is listed in google maps, and my official website of the same address has an item on a page called "dvds4sale.html" and one of the shopping cart linked items is "matrix reloaded" at a price of "75 cents", how is it that a search engine needs me to further qualify that this is a dvd title for sale from a legitimate business? Does this sound like a fantastic search engine that uses a capable logical algorithm with which to define their first 50 or 500 serps?<br />
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I am sure most of the free thinking techs that google, microsoft etc. employ have an IQ over 75 [maybe not at microsoft - lighten up, that's a joke], so I guess this is part of another game that is about to unfold to push away from the have-nots.</div>
AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-76325101651244124952012-09-24T13:13:00.000+10:002012-09-24T13:13:38.385+10:00shopping cart code<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been busy playing with php shopping cart code as of late to insert into small business pages. Custom built stuff so it can be easily personalized to suit your needs. Includes a backend so that you can add your products etc. 5 year US hosting deal is $995 including website seo and design etc. Let me know if your interested.</div>
AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-50513451339283565432011-10-30T22:03:00.000+11:002011-10-30T22:03:08.626+11:00Installing PHP 5.3.5, PHP 5.3.6, PHP 5.3.7 or PHP 5.3.8 on Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><b>Which PHP Version do I install on Windows? PHP 5.3.5, PHP 5.3.6, PHP 5.3.7 or PHP 5.3.8?</b><br />
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So you have decided to install PHP into a windows operating system with Apache because it is the best http web server around. The bigger the number the better it should be right?<br />
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Not so.<br />
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And luckily for you, we have created an <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536.html">easy how to install php for windows</a> walk through guide for you. But before you jump ahead, first ask yourself if you are installing Apache downloaded from the apache website. If so, then make sure you use the PHP 5.3.5 guide when you arrive at the PHP install guide destination.<br />
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If you are using (or are willing to use) the apache version compiled at Apache Lounge, then use PHP 5.3.8 or PHP 5.3.6. The newer version is the most up to date version.<br />
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PHP 5.3.7 is buggy which is why PHP 5.3.8 was released so soon after it.<br />
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Although the install guide says it is for PHP 5.3.6, it actually points to the PHP 5.3.8 version (or the 5.3.6 version if you prefer) and will guide you through the install process and help you to troubleshoot any issues you may encounter.<br />
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<b>Should I install PHP 5.4</b><br />
Only install PHP 5.4 if you understand that it is still in Beta. That means that this version is still in testing mode and may change before an official production version becomes available for general public release. <br />
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If you are setting up a test computer for your online website. It is best to install the same version that you have on your website. How to find this out is also covered in the guide link above.<br />
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So i hand coded an old school html website with a little help from dreamweaver, ultraedit, htmltidy and a few other bits from here and there.<br />
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I use alexa as a benchmark site and statcounter for collating statistics. <br />
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I stopped pushing the seo optimization on that website a few months ago when it ranked under 250,000. The momentum still carried it to under 200,000 where it has been hanging for a few months now. It should start to back away soon until i get i get the time to be serious with it and push the site higher again in earnest.<br />
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So, what have I learned that I am willing to share with you?<br />
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What I found is that inbound links and pagerank are not high priority (though the inbound links total have now jumped in the last couple of months). Nor is the "look" of the website too important.<br />
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Content is just as important as you may have thought.<br />
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Also, there are a lot of people who claim to be expert at seo but they mostly talk about improving ad placement, how to make your ads more effective or how to buy cheaper ad placement. Well, this all can and does help drive in more hits whether you are a top 100,000 site or not. But for those of you that want higher page ranking in the first place should look at the seo course I have made available for you online.<br />
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If you don't know how to do it, hire me, I am cheaper than you might think. You can also ask me to evaluate your website too.<br />
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I will not guarantee that I can place you into the top 200,000. But for 99% of you, I will be able to get your website to freely attract many more hits.<br />
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Well, that's about all the rambling I will do for now. I hadn't posted in a little while and there is plans for some interesting stuff to soon start to appear. So stay tuned.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-5376658419002433802011-06-30T08:45:00.006+10:002011-07-05T23:00:38.549+10:00The fb_xd_Fragment and the FaceBook Like button<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><b>The fb_xd_Fragment</b><br />
This is bit of code can appear sometimes in facebook's link back to your site from the facebook <b><i>like </i></b>button. However, it's not you, it's them that are creating the extra work for you.<br />
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Some sites recommend you correct this in google, bing and yahoo webmaster tools etc. Probably the smarter thing to do is to first ensure you use correctly the canonical link rel tag. View our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/SEO-Search-Engine-Optimization/07-10-Which-Meta-Tags-are-most-important-to-the-SEO.html">How to use the link rel canonical tag.</a><br />
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If you are using apache, you might want to include some code to get around any blank page issue. The following code and the above link are also on our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/FaceBook-Like-Button-Apache-Fb_xd_Fragment-fix.html">web page that discusses the fb_xd_Fragment</a><br />
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This is the apache code we recommend at this time:<br />
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RewriteEngine ON<br />
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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .*fb_xd_fragment.*<br />
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/$1? [R=301,L]<br />
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This either drops enough of the offending code or removes it completely from the browser link (use your own www address). So this seems to do the job but should probably be modified a little further. Feel free to add your work-arounds to this post.<br />
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Follow up on the above fb_xd_fragment note: <br />
The above code seems to have correctly resolved the issue i was facing on my host. To follow the error, i was using statcounter's landing page url. The landing page is now correct in my reports. No reference to the fb_xd_fragment is reported in the landing page data anymore, just the correct url.<br />
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We have penned an article on this exact manifestation in our two page <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/flash-super-cookie-the-local-shared-object.html">introduction to the LSO Cookie</a> article. The Lso is a flash cookie that can stalk you for years and years without you ever knowing it. You have to be online and visit adobe's website to set the preferences for how it interacts with you. And Microsoft has now developed their own version of this type of cookie and use it in their Silverlight software (The Microsoft version of <b><i>Flash</i></b>). Visit our link above for more data.<br />
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And today I thought i might expand the subject with some facts that were gathered by some people kicking around some study campuses around Berkley in the summer of 2009 and who threw together an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">interesting pilot study on the subject of cookies</a> in general [click on of the four buttons to download the 2mb .pdf file]. <br />
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Now, we all take what we want from a study. But here is some of the data:<br />
Inspecting cookies set from a list of the top 100 websites, it was found that 54 of these laid 157 LSOs which resulted in a total of 281 flash cookies. And during that same course of study, 98 of these sites set a total of 3,602 HTTP cookies.<br />
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The study went on to find that some of the LSO cookies and HTTP cookies had the exact same identifiers stored in variables which of course means you can match the exact same visiting computer. They also found that some of these cookies re-spawned after deletion. Read the study your self for more data.<br />
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But what does this tell you? It can only mean that cookie cutting is essential to an excellent seo result. No?<br />
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Now, this is a little sneaky and underhanded because it means the owner of the ad can draw in clients with out having to pay the adsense publisher one red cent for the service of building up his website and doing the work to allow the displaying of the ad. <br />
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<b>What can the adsense publisher do about sites that display phone numbers in their ad?</b><br />
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Google gives the adsense publisher a tool to sort them out. It is called the <b>Competitive Ad Filter.</b> You'll find it in your <b>adsense setup page</b>. From there, you simply select the <b>Competitive Ad Filter</b> and add the url of the offending site into this list provided and that will ban them from covertly trying to get advertising on your site for free. <br />
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And the best way to do this is to fully block their site by entering the domain name without the www part of the address. for example, you would enter www.example.com/deals as simply <b>example.com</b> <br />
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Google aussie does it too for their $75 adwords starter kit freebie, but i let that one slide. But the other two that I found today, let's just say you'll not see those businesses advertise on my websites anymore. <br />
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I am sure some might say "But these are display ads!" to which i would say "Prove it". There isn't a way to tell at the moment, and as display ads can be as little as 50 cents per 1,000 views, i don't think the lost revenue will be much missed by most. That might explain why some click ads don't convert. But I am certainly not convinced this is true for many of these that are starting to surface.<br />
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That'll learn 'em!<br />
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There is a solution to this problem which lies in fixing the Windows registry keys. We have updated our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536_pg7.html">Php 5.3.5 and Php 5.3.6 troubleshooting guides</a> to assist those in need of a method to break the endless chain.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-4191505377924602792011-06-14T18:19:00.001+10:002011-06-14T18:53:05.941+10:00Installing Guide for Apache 2.2.19 in Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Looking for a guide for installing apache 2.2.19 in Microsoft Windows?<br />
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WAS has now published their <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_apache2219.html">online apache 2.2.19 walk-through guide</a> to step you through the process. The 2.2.17 guide is now archived but still available through the same above link. This is a great release from the guys over at the foundation and comes with an improved httpd.conf file which is much for friendly for those looking at installing ssl on their servers.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-45818199061125076382011-05-28T13:45:00.003+10:002011-06-14T18:44:07.888+10:00The War of the Roses, a now single man's guide to the subject of separation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Ok, so this entry has little to do with websites or seo, but i'd still like to share this tale.<br />
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In 1989, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito put their creative energies into their third film together, namely "The War of the Roses" movie. Danny DeVito always seems to be able to add that "it" factor to a movie and this one is no exception. (Danny plays "shorty" in Get Shorty which is one of my all time favorite movies to watch). <br />
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Anyway, movies can be a great way to impart pearls of wisdom and The War of the Roses has one of the best lines of wisdom you ever did want to hear (for a man separating from a woman). Danny looks, Michael in the eye and advises him just how easy it is to settle things with Kathleen "Give her what ever she wants, when it comes to women, there are no degrees of winning, just degrees of losing!"<br />
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Of course a stubborn Michael decides that there are degrees of winning and so we have a movie.<br />
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A few years rolled by and I now had a couple of kids in tow and a few spare hours to whittle away and the darnedest thing happened, i discovered a little book with the same name as this movie: "The War or the Roses" by Warren Adler. So I found myself on that winter's evening by the heat of the fire and tearing through the pages of this well written book.<br />
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And what do you know, my favorite line wasn't anywhere to be found in there. It was simply the genius addition of the script re-writers. Oh well, it still made for a great read and of course the movie adaption isn't always completely devoted to the original printed source, but both are well worth a little time out to entertain yourself with. And if you enjoyed either, you will enjoy the other.<br />
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<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1931304564&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00005QFES&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0792833279&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
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<b>error: Check username and password </b><br />
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This is MySql waiting for the magic password which will allow mediawiki to access the database.<br />
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So, when asked to insert your database password in mediawiki, make sure you use the database password you used when you first installed and setup your MySql.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-34790219572565229072011-04-19T03:24:00.024+10:002011-06-14T18:45:42.225+10:00Why does Php 5.3 need or require Apache VC9?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #cccccc;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pre Php5.3.6</span> </b></div>If you are looking to install <b>Php 5.3</b> with official <b>Apache Http Server 2.2.17</b> software on a <b>Windows Operating System</b> (XP SP3 or later), you can happily install and use Php version 5.3.5 or earlier. Our install guides cover apache VC6 compatible download and install for <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php533.html">Php versions 5.3.3</a> onwards. You can select the version you wish to install from top or side menu selections. Our 5.3.5 guide carries an updated troubleshooter and other more contemporary data. This includes a discourse on VC6 and VC9 which is further expanded upon in the 5.3.6 guide.<br />
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<div style="color: #cccccc;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Post Php5.3.5 </span> </b></div>The only reason your Php installation would need or require Apache VC9 is if you were determined to install Php 5.3.6 (or a newer version of Php) on a Windows Computer that <b><i>is</i></b> serving the web or you plan to use this exact setup to serve your web pages on the internet in the future. The Php-Windows team (<i>for Apache software</i>) is currently using a VC9 Apache compiled resource for their own further development of Php-Apache on Windows software. This is a specific Windows thing and is further covered in our 5.3.6 guide.<br />
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<div style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What Web Server</b></span></div>So the main question to resolve here is <b><i>what operating system are you running on your web server</i></b>? If you have a web host, this information will be detailed in the configuration notes you were given when you signed up for your hosting package. If not, send an email to tech support and ask them what server software configuration you are using to host your website. <br />
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My website is run on Unix.. Therefore my server side software is Unix-Apache-Php and suffers from none of the limitations of a Windows-Apache-Php setup.<br />
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My work system is MicroSoft. So my website testing software setup is going to remain VC6 simply because this is the only software the Apache Website lists as an approved Windows-Apache download. Would I ever switch to a MicroSoft as a website server? Never!<br />
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<div style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What are my options</b></span></div>But some of you might use windows as a website server and so this question might be more dear to you than it is to me. And this raises <b><i>four</i></b> potential paths of action for you.<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Do nothing, (use Php 5.3.5 or earlier).</li>
<li>Change to a Php endorsed VC9 version of Apache software</li>
<li>Wait for an Apache Software Foundation endorsed VC9 version of software </li>
<li>Switch to a Unix/Linux or other operating system using the Apache HTTP Server that does not suffer from this ongoing issue.</li>
</ul>Of course, in many cases, we can transfer your site and setup a hosting website package for you from as little as $100/yr* on a unix server if you want to look at the last option.<br />
<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00492CMTW&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0048EKJ6O&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004USQPG6&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-69053650723453707332011-04-15T14:02:00.005+10:002011-06-14T18:46:12.389+10:00Re-installing MySql 5.1 notes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Using our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_mysql51.html">MySql 5.1 install guide</a> helps to get you up and running fast. We might include a 5.5 / 5.6 update at some point but i thought this note on re-installing might be of use to those who encounter reinstalling issues.<br />
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These notes are in reference to installing an established third party software program on apache-windows.<br />
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The Most important part of MySql setup is to record your username/passwords when you first setup MySql. Nothing can test or use the database without this (i would still ignore all VC9 versions until after you get it all working, there are still things that are not VC9 compatible and this side-steps any potential issue. Php 5.3.6 for windows is only moderately open source because not all of the files required to compile the windows source code are easily accessible at this time. So, this means not all can easily compile their own VC6 version yet either).<br />
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Your error appears to be that you did not include the correct username password for MySql. And because MySql was not removed properly (not your fault), MySql was not re-installed properly, so just having the right user/pass might not have fixed the problem anyway. <br />
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Yes, use windows add-remove first and then you will also need to remove the left over files/folders for both 5.5. and/or 5.1 manually. You will find that these folders still exist. Delete them if there is nothing in your database or move them somewhere else for now if there is anything in them you think you might need later. You can also do a <i>full search</i> for <b>my.ini</b> to make sure the ini file is gone or moved. I would probably re-boot after these steps just to be sure there is no lingering configuration data in memory.<br />
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When you get rid of MySql completely, it will re-install like a first time installation. Yes, the custom setup guide displays the windows in a different in order. This gives more control to the installation process and is better to use.<br />
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You can also ignore extra developer options in fig. 04, no-one needs these for normal database use. Only useful for developers.<br />
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<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003YOSXR6&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0010SEMW8&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=websitadminis-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001FOPVTA&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-34100295652087004852011-04-12T23:53:00.001+10:002011-06-14T18:47:01.126+10:00HTML5 and target=blank detractors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Notes to page coders from our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/target-blank.html">target=blank</a> article <br />
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"...And to your target=blank detractors say only this... Like any program, a website too will only ever be as efficient as the mind that codes it and though they may be unaware of the <i>principles of least astonishment</i>, it doesn't mean you are. And furthermore, like it or not, this domain shall forever be overrun with the literates of any contemporary time. So think freely and code as you wish for you will be damned if you do and damned if you don't. Which only leaves you the guarantee of being damned. But you kinda knew that coming into this game didn't you?..."<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-HTML5-Voices-That-Matter/dp/0321687299?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Introducing HTML5</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0321687299" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-HTML5-Minutes/dp/0672333333?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">HTML5 in 10 Minutes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0672333333" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/HTML5-Dummies-Quick-Reference-Computer/dp/1118012526?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">HTML5 for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1118012526" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-15205315621883096662011-04-08T10:06:00.004+10:002011-06-14T18:47:33.211+10:00Content Genius For Hire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">One of the facets of the websiteadministratorcomau website is to have an easy <i>point</i> and <i>click</i> <b>job finder</b> tool for those that are seeking work on websites. I singled out the core countries that were hitting on the site and posted links into various <b>job boards</b> which should return <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/jobs/find-website-administrator-jobs-index.html">a great resource of jobs that are current in the area</a>.<br />
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But i gotta admit, when it comes to content of a website, many techies have no idea. <b>Hint:</b> Brush up on some grammar and have fun with the language. Especially if you would like to offer seo.<br />
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And i too enjoy a good play with words now and again and sometimes i will write something that is just way cool and i end up going 'gee, that is way cool', and that above link is an example of some my content genius that is for hire.<br />
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I actually pulled my first ever website article from the site because it might have been just a little too much along this same line and a little too confronting, no matter how true it was (is). Occasionally on the site, you'll find these sudden bursts of literary prowess ebbing forth that may very well signal an epiphany in another.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-26895261556737103972011-04-07T17:43:00.005+10:002011-06-14T18:52:09.949+10:00adding adsense to make sense<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">The scope of the internet has begun an earnest change. And i wanna throw in my two sense on <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=adsense" target="_blank">adsense</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></i> for the honest webmasters. Many of which do not know that there are many that aren't. But you can tell a genuine site from a false site. The real ones are not simply disguised adverts. False pages often have little or have no attempt at providing real and resourceful information.<br />
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Now, Adsense is a great way for webmasters to fetch a little return on the hard work they do for providing the rest of us with information and we all love these hard working webmasters for just that reason. And most of the time, there is little that these honest workers ask for in return. Because let's face it, many of these informative sites are not motivated to sell, sell, sell and so they are not found by the keywords that are buy, buy, buy and so they do not attract those that surf the internet through ads. And many are happy just to have been able to enlighten you with some shared data they have gathered in their travels.<br />
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But we love many of these free to use sites and tend to <b><i>overlook</i></b> that they put in a lot of time to ensure we have access to information when we need it most.<br />
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But <b><i>there is something we can do for them</i></b> to make their day a little cheerier for their good deeds. And that is to take note of any ads that appear on their web sites and click on some of them now and again that <b><i>are of interest to you</i></b>. And i don't mean click and not view the link at the other end. Have a look at what is on offer because some of these sites are by the small struggling business that does hope to get a lead from their ads.<br />
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And i am <b><i>not</i></b> saying to start clicking ads on this page (especially if they are of no interest to you). I am saying, as you browse through the web, and when you find yourself on these smaller sites with ads from those <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=small%20businesses" target="_blank">smaller businesses</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></i> that can only afford to advertise on these smaller sites, give them both a thought. You might even find something that is a real treat to you.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-70660712020698448552011-04-07T12:57:00.015+10:002011-10-30T22:15:58.479+11:00Official VC9 Apache downloads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">An interesting question came up today regarding where on the Apache site does one get the official VC9 build.<br />
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Most that ask this question would be new Http Server Setup users looking to install VC9 Php 5.3.6 or VC9 Php 5.3.8 with VC9 Apache 2.2.17 or Apache 2.2.19. <br />
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Now that query actually had me stumped because i am pretty sure our latest <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536.html">Php 5.3.6 install guide</a> pretty much answers this question with solutions quite adequately.<br />
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But here was this question from a purely apache point of view. And our <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_apache2217.html">Apache 2.2.17 install guide</a> or <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_apache2219.html">Apache 2.2.19 install guide</a> is pretty darn good too. But yes, it didn't quite answer this fully. So I have made an amendment to the apache install guide which now includes a link so that you can check in case this ever changes, but for now, <b>the only official Apache for Windows downloads are the VC6 version downloads</b>. <br />
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You can also download official apache 2.2.17 / apache 2.2.19 through our apache install guide or access non-official Apache VC9 versions through our newer php install guides. <br />
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And by official we mean the <b>x86 32 bit</b> binaries as provided by willing Apache Software Foundation community members and are available for download from the official apache website.<br />
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And this means that if you want to use <b>official</b> Apache software, you should look to install <b>Php Version 5.3.5</b> (or earlier) as Php, with malice aforethought, <b><i>did not release</i></b> a 5.3.6 VC6 update with this or any other new release. See our newer PHP guides to learn where to download the VC9 Versions which work with the newer PHP releases.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Get Apache HTTP Server 2.2 Docs</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apache-HTTP-Server-Official-Documentation/dp/1596821914?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Apache HTTP Server 2.2 Official Documentation Volume I</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1596821914" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Server Administration<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apache-HTTP-Server-Official-Documentation/dp/1596821922?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Apache HTTP Server 2.2 Official Documentation Volume II</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1596821922" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Security and Server Programs <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apache-HTTP-Server-Official-Documentation/dp/1596821930?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Apache HTTP Server 2.2 Official Documentation Volume III</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1596821930" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Modules A-H <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apache-HTTP-Server-Official-Documentation/dp/1596821949?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Apache HTTP Server 2.2 Official Documentation Volume IV</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1596821949" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Modules I-V </div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-67688705183829238822011-04-05T16:32:00.002+10:002011-06-14T18:52:09.949+10:00Affiliate Website Support and Commssion Junction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Affiliate Website Support is something that larger affiliate sites should take note of.<br />
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Commission Junction is one of those larger affiliate network sites which webmasters can join a link to products and services that are more applicable to your web page rather than leave it to the advertising gods and gurus to randomly select products that compete for your business rather than compliment your business. Ah, but they seem to have lost a bit of marketing nous at the moment.<br />
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Lo and behold, the websiteadministrator site has been officially forewarned that due to no paying hits over x amount of time, they plan to cancel the affiliate status. This doesn't particularly bother me as what is the point of my promoting someone else's website if it is not returning a commission as planned. Though sometimes it is not about money, but rather support. And i don't use them exclusively, in fact i much rather prefer <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=232145&u=467828&m=47&urllink=&afftrack=">Share-a-Sale</a>. And you should try and find a products that better compliment your pages so that sales do occur in an orderly manner. There have been many visitors from my site to Commission Junction, so in my view, it is the marketers inability to close the sale, not my inability to provide a warm lead.<br />
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But this is not the point, there are two sad sides to marketing reach with his behavior.<br />
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<b>One</b> is that if you have a small website that does not get a lot of hits, this is one network you should make sure you <b>do not join</b>. I quite like the idea of smaller websites being able to set up a web page, link in some affiliate products (because of the reasons above) and let the owner go off and do his thing til the cows come home. More than likely, over the next ten years or so, he will sell a product here or there and that is great for all. And the product gets free promotion for years and years. That saves a bundle in advertising costs for the product.<br />
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<b>Two</b> is, that if you are a smaller business promoting your products through affiliates, you lose all these prospective clients til the cows come home and all that free advertising that goes along with it. There are more sites have much less hits than our site, so to me, Commission Junction has proven beyond doubt that it is not really interested in supporting small business to become big business. That's just imho.<br />
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Perhaps clickbank is the better solution. They also pay much a higher commission with a much greater range of products on offer.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-131248621605594252011-04-04T12:53:00.008+10:002011-06-14T18:39:05.185+10:00Stuart Townsend to star in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit with Saiorse Ronan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">For middle-earth fans... <br />
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<b>Stuart Townsend</b> (<b>XIII</b>) to star in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Peter%20Jackson" target="_blank">Peter Jackson</a></i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b>'s <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=The%20Hobbit" target="_blank">The Hobbit</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></i> with <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=lovely%20bones" target="_blank">Saiorse Ronan</a></i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b> (<b>The Lovely Bones</b>). Well, this is what the guys at theonering.net were hoping for a few days ago (link to article: <i>www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/04/01/43183-key-roles-filled-by-stuart-townsend-saiorse-ronan-for-the-hobbit/</i> ) and so began a little media frenzy, until they posted the corrections in <span style="color: red;">red</span>.<br />
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Oh, you want real news on <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=websitadminis-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=stuart%20townsend" target="_blank">Stuart</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=websitadminis-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></i>? Try here: <i>www.stuarttownsend.org</i> <br />
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The <b>middle-earth</b> page was originally intended to feature Saiorse Ronan's "The Hobbit" role and is now corrected and posted 2nd 04 2011 (link to article: www.theonering.net/torwp/). Peter Jackson's Part I rendition of <b>The Hobbit</b> is slated for a 2012 release. Also to star is that Melbourne lady who attended Hawthorn's MLC and went onto better things (Blanchette).<br />
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So i was plying with php again today and figured this to be a simple way out, there may be other ways, but this one works just fine (<a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/PHP-Tips-Date-Ordinal-Numbers-and-Truncating-Zeros.html">Here is a live working demo</a> of this with the same code to copy and paste if you prefer to see it in action too.)<br />
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First we work out what we want to display eg. this is my favorite:<br />
<?php echo date('l, dS F Y'); ?><br />
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And that takes care of most of it, except for the first nine days of the month where we get 01st, 02nd, 08th etc. and that makes us feel pretty ordinary about our ordinals.<br />
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So, second, lets lop off those zeros. Explode and using ltrim on the 2nd variable in our new explode array fixes that if we tell it to expunge any 0s. Then ltrim will go into action and fix our 01st-09th days and so...<br />
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<?php<br />
$BlitDate = explode(" ", date('l, dS F Y'));<br />
$BlitDate[1]= ltrim($BlitDate[1], "0");<br />
echo "$BlitDate[0] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[1] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[2] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[3] ";<br />
?><br />
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You can run an <b>if</b> instruction if you want to only run ltrim on the first several days of the month like so..<br />
<?php<br />
$BlitDate = explode(" ", date('l, dS F Y'));<br />
if ( $BlitDate[1] < 10 ) {$BlitDate[1]= ltrim($BlitDate[1], "0");<br />
}<br />
echo "$BlitDate[0] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[1] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[2] ";<br />
echo "$BlitDate[3] ";<br />
?> <br />
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they both smell of roses and you're all fixed up and ready to go again!</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-59666223333442133752011-04-02T00:05:00.003+11:002011-06-14T18:52:09.951+10:00Php Code tip. Displaying your server location by exploding time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">I was playing with some php code earlier today and wondering if i could write a little piece of lazy code to write the local location of my server instead of having to type the city/town and country each time. And then i remembered the timezone gave almost exactly what i want. <br />
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You know, this bit of code:<br />
<?php echo date('e'); ?><br />
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except it is backwards and can have up to three fields all with a pedantic / in the middle, so i thought ok, how about i strip out the slash and reverse the order. Close enough.<br />
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<?php<br />
$zones = explode("/", date('e')); <br />
echo "$zones[2] ";<br />
echo "$zones[1] ";<br />
echo "$zones[0] ";<br />
?><br />
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and then i thought, oh yeah, that works. But i can't be bothered with it anymore. Maybe some else is looking for it. And there it is</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-80349000706973611292011-03-31T12:41:00.002+11:002011-06-14T18:52:09.952+10:00step guide to installing php 5.3.6 on apache windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">If you are looking for a step by <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536.html">step guide to installing php5.3.6 on your computer</a> then take a look at our newest walk-through for setting up your php5.3 on apache. It is near complete now and pretty much ready to roll.<br />
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This version is also a nice easy install for the threadsafe module setup option. A little config editing on the other two set up types but still very simple no matter which way you plan to use it. I added some resource notes about VC9 apache for those who wanna play with that too. This Php release addresses over 60 bugs etc. when compared against the 5.3.5 version.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516649003185924448.post-16147895060342318052011-03-30T03:49:00.003+11:002011-06-14T18:52:09.952+10:00php 5.3.6 threadsafe cgi install: The requested URL /PHP/php-cgi.exe/ ... .php was not found on this server.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Ok, so having a little more fun with php5.3.6 installs and i must say it is nice to see the windows install file go so smoothly, you can now <i>nearly</i> install the php module with next, next, next...<br />
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Now, with the threadsafe cgi install, you might encounter a <i>The requested URL /PHP/php-cgi.exe/ ... .php was not found on this server</i> error, and again this is pointed out in the <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536_pg7.html">php 5.3 troubleshooter</a> (scroll down a coupla lines till you get to <b>Other common PHP 5.3 setup errors</b>). <br />
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This is probably only because some extra data is not in your .htaccess file but i found i needed to add this line into the <b><i>middle</i></b> of the php added data at the very end of the httpd.conf file: <b>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php</b><br />
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The <a href="http://www.websiteadministrator.com.au/articles/install_guides/installing_php536_pg6.html">copy paste code for that entire bracket is here</a> if that makes it easier (see the <b>light blue font</b> under <b>change 2</b> near the top of the page). Check that <b><i>your path data</i></b> is correct and that it is in the coRRect CaSe.<br />
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This same point might also resolve similar issues encountered by those using the nts install.</div>AussieAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18045148943529543944noreply@blogger.com0