Jan242010

SSH/Joomla secure web rights with chmod

Hi,

2 easy commands to secure your Joomla site:

cd /var/www/somewebdir/
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Jan242010

Open new tabs in far right

Fix New Open Link in New Tab Behavior in Firefox 3.6

New to Firefox 3.6, when you are on a page, and you want to open a link in a new tab – rather than opening the link in the far right of the tab bar, Firefox will now open the link right next to the tab you are in.  Now, while this might be convenient for some, it is a feature I don’t really need.  So here is how you can disable the new “Insert Related Tab After Current” tweak in Firefox 3.6.

Make New Tab Pages Open in the Far Right of the Tab Bar

  • Type about:config in the address bar. Then, if needed click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button.
  • Next, in the filter box – type in:
    • tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent
  • Right-click that about:config entry, and select “Toggle”

This will convert Firefox back to loading opening a new tab from a web page on the far right of the tab bar, rather than right next to the tab you opened it from.

To switch back, follow these same steps and toggle the “false” back to “true”.

This should help those of you out there who do not like this new feature to Firefox 3.6, or are just not ready to switch how you open a page in a new tab just yet.

Source: http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2010/01/22/firefox-3-6-fix-open-new-tabs-in-far-right/

Jan172010

Change your voicemail pickup time

It is very frustrating when you want to pick up the phone and you voicemail is faster than you. There is a way to change the delay of your voicemail:

Press: **61*0031624|phonenumber|*11*|delay-in-sec-max-30|# and then your dial button.

Jan122010

Migrate my Joomla 1.0.15 to 1.5.x

Yes, I know… My Joomla site is very old. In this article I will write down all my migration steps. The best practise is to create a development environment. I download and install a Debian 5.0 (lenny) OS and installed all the common LAMP, SSH, Samba, PHPMyadmin & ImageMagick  packages. Then:

  1. I Copy the content of my site to my development environment
  2. Edit the joomla configuration.php file and change my physical paths
  3. Upload my database
  4. Check all my joomla modules
  5. set 777 permisions for easy testing ;)
  6. I know from earlier testing that mine Joomla template is not compatible with 1.5. So I download and install Artisteer 2 to create a new template. This software works so easy I created the template with my girlfriend ;) (download torrent)
  7. My Biggest concern is the community builder component and the forum. This are the most important modules so I will upgrade them first.
  8. Backup administrator/components/com_comprofiler/ue_config.php, remove the CB module and reinstall the latest versions. (note: latest CB have 1.5.10 native support)
  9. My Fireboard version is aleady to the latest version (1.0.5 RC2) :D
  10. Now I will install the migrator tools and follow the 5 migration steps @ http://docs.joomla.org/Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable
  11. I have installed the migrator and the fireboard ETL’s. After that I create A SQL Dump. Now I must create a new 1.5 install and import everything.
  12. Note: You can now download your SQL dump file and upload it into your Joomla! 1.5 installation to continue the process. Don’t forget to select migration and use the prefix ‘jos_’ (this migrator rewrites your prefix to jos_ even if the sites prefix is different).
  13. I found a small community builder howto @ http://www.alledia.com/blog/joomla-15/migrating-to-joomla-15/
  14. * Step 1: Export the Community Builder database tables from 1.0
    * Step 2: Download administrator / components / com_profiler / ue_config.php
    * Step 3: Install CB on the 1.5 site:
    * Step 4: Delete the CBt database tables on 1.5 and import the old tables from 1.0
    * Step 5: Upload the old ue_config.php to administrator / components / com_profiler / ue_config.php
  15. For expose I can install the latest version. The copy the ../components/com_expose/expose/img and xml folders to the new site. That as very easy :)
  16. For the CB Profile pictures I copy images/comprofiler to the new site.
  17. .. to be continued

Template fix:

Extensions > Module manager > Top Menu (or any other menu, e.g. Main Menu) > click to Edit this module > select Position = user3. Save the configuration and go to the frontpage. You should see your Artisteer style applied to the menu items.

And first assign another default template and then your template

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5252382/Artisteer_2.3.0.23023___Crack_Loader___VirusFree___Working
Jan122010

Nice Debian sudo Quote

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

Dec302009

[HP] Notebook Enable Bluetooth

I have an Compaq nx7400 notebook. This notebook only have Windows XP/Vista drivers on the HP site. But when you want to activate bleutooth it isn’t working because you need the HP Wireless Assistant to enable the bluetooth radio.

You can find the a Windows 7 compatible HP Wireless Assistant over here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-76368-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3999409&os=4062&lang=en

You can find the windows 7 compatible Bleutooth drivers over here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=ob-76382-1&lang=en&cc=us&idx=3&mode=4

Dec262009

[Wii] Disable Update check Wii

Hi,

Here you can find the starfall homebrew application. With this software you can skip the  required Wii update’s in games.

Download

  1. Extract the app in SD\APPS\
  2. Start HBC
  3. Start the starfall
  4. Press multiple times on B+1 (NOT B+2)
  5. Disable the update check
  6. Have fun!

When you have 4.0, 4.1 or 4.2 you can use startpatch if you use 3.4 or 3.6 you must upgrade or downgrade your Wii Firmware.

Dec232009

[CCleaner] New version!

There is a new Crap Cleaner version released. You can download it here so you don’t have to install something on your pc.

Dec232009

[Hyves] WordPress Plugin Works!

Hi,

To create a connection between your Hyves and your wordpress blog follow this steps:

  1. Create an hyves API key @ http://www.hyves.nl/api/ (in detail)
  2. Install the WP-Hyves plugin in your WordPress
  3. Insert the API keys in the plugin

After your published a post in WP  you can publish it to hyves:

Have fun!

Thomas

    Dec232009

    [Hyves] WP-Hyves Plugin

    Hi,

    I found a WordPress plugin for my Hyves. All my blog posts must be added automatically now to hyves.

    Hope it works!!

    Thomas