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You are right RGP,As you seem to know, this guy pretended to be related with credit cards companies, impersonating by the way the hotmail's staff company (Microsoft). Neither Microsoft, nor credit cards companies, including Paypal, nor domain resellers, nor hosting providers, and almost any professional or human being appreciate this kind of guys.Here or wherever, police can't investigate every scams just because their resources are limited and that this scams implies international collaboration. This is the only reason, don't believe that you're aloud to do it. You have mediums to act against if you wish so. You can do your own investigation, tell to every web companies involved in this process to pay some attention on that activity and if they want to provide you with some further informations.If you get enough evidences, then yes, you can denounce this miserable to the police station closest to his house. And yes, they can do their own investigation properly and act as we expect them to do so!!

I totally agree with you RGP, Except for barbarians, hunting retards isn't something considered as acceptable...So, let's catch and report this freakies and let the appropriate authorities to do their job.Any advice to do it is most welcome!!(If I catch this guy I'll do a short tutorial )

Ok, RGP, I can see clearly your point. Then, if a stupid guy steal the keys of YOUR house and you find him sited in YOUR living room reviewing YOUR financial statements and private mails, you'll probably tell him:"Cheers my friend!! You are not a criminal!! You are not violating my privacy!! and I know you have only good intentions!! I'll make some coffee for you and then I'll introduce you to my wife!!"... I'm not that cool as YOU are, my friend. I prefer to see this guy where he deserves: IN A JAIL !!

I can forgive a thief if he's acting for some strong reasons, like getting the money urgently for the operation of his child... but never a coward that makes it as a style of life, and smiling like a donkey because he feels smarter than my friend who's 90 years old!! People is not stupid, I encourage everybody to hunt this cowards till the end by all mediums, to report it to the authorities of their countries and make PUBLIC their names!!

Thank you Jhaslip,As a friend of mine, who's 90 years old has been scamed by this kind of guys, I decided to take some action against.I already contacted their webhosting, privacyprotect.org and their domain resseller to report this abuse and activity, with some chance they'll give me their name.I really can't stand with this kind of people, but I know I won't catch them. At least I would like to know which mediums they are using to pay this web services and block them the best I can... Any suggestions?

Hi everybody,I received a strange mail a couple of days ago, from a guy saying he was from hotmail maintenance, saying to follow the instructions as described in the attached PDF.NEVER DO IT, of course.By curiousity I went to the site of the sender: it doesn't exist.I went to the site they say: smsvc.net/msn[dot]com A similar page as the hotmail appears asking your address and passwordIf you also received this mail, make sure to change your password, and check what sensitive infos might be stolen.The whois doesn't give infos about the owner of this site, as it's has a private protection.Does anyone know how to act against them? Black listing this site isn't enough, I would like the owner to be officially known as a THIEF.Thank you

Hi contactskn, I had a great pleasure visiting your website, really pro. I also registered to it. Just for your information, the terms and conditions page gives an error 404... Kind regards

Thanks a lot for your kind and wise words Infotronix. To become a master is quite a huge challenge and an exiting idea. I'll use a website as you suggested, to illustrate my further tutorials step by step, as making things more easy for people helps me to understand better. Your comments, critics and suggestions are really most welcome. I wish you all the best, looking forward to read you soon.

I just registered weboss.tk for free, it was quick and easy. After a quick survey through google to see what people may complain about, I could see that they are quite safe and reliable. But I didn't really understand everything about their prices policy. I guess that it may be safer to pay a few dollars to buy a domain, even .tk, if you plan to spend a lot of time and efforts to develop & promote your website... however, it's a very nice place to start. Thank you again Infotronix

If you loose or break your computer you'll loose all your bookmarks. If your bookmarks are really important for your business you should consider an online bookmarking service. These services are private and accessible only to you with a password from wherever computer you use, with many amazing tools. I didn't try all of them, but most populars are: delicious.com supported by Yahoo diigo.com with free and paid plans, depending on your needs instapaper.com Nice and simple mister-wong.com European leader, with bookmarks represented by a thumbnails of the webpages simpy.com with highlights and notes tools furl.net a powerful tool that archives an html version of the pages you bookmark google.com/bookmarks linked to your google account The most important is to make sure that the import/export of bookmarks in a html format are available and work properly. This way you can update this services directly with the bookmarks stored in your browser (The way Jhaslip said), and vice-versa to avoid possible disasters. It's a strong and easy way to manage your bookmarks. I wish you a lot of fun.

Really, thank you very much Jhaslip,Finally Xubuntu seems more easy to customize and reliable on the long run.

Hello and thank you for this nice advises Infotronix,I never heard about Tokelau domains before (.tk), it seems really great and I would like to adopt one. ;)Which provider do you recommend us?

You are welcome Jhaslip,The classes are made to make development easier and more efficient, I guess that the most important is to feel confortable with whatever method you're using. When I try to recover some codes I did in a fast and dirty way it always becomes a nightmare... I hope that using classes will make me earn some time.If you are interested, I can developp more this subject while I learn more about it, let me know your feelings and thougts using classes Cheers

I installed Xubuntu 12.10 and Lubuntu 12.10 beside the version I'm actually using. Both are fantastic, easy to use and to customize. Lubuntu and Xubuntu look and feel are slightly the same. I did install the applications I use in both distributions, but it's too soon to talk about a first impression. I'll use both and let you know when I'll discard one of them. A difficult choice as they are both excellent.(In Xubuntu, I just had to add the synaptic package manager from the software center, as it wasn't installed by default, and customize the bottom panel)

The purpose of this short tutorial is to show how fast and easy can be to use classes within your PHP code, it may help you to manage and maintain easily your web applications. What we’ll do here is to create a folder which will contain your php classes and a small script that will aloud your pages to load this classes on the fly avoiding repetitive declarations. As example we’ll create two classes, one will manage the post form and variables, the other will display the html headers and footers. Then we’ll simply call them trough a php page. Test environement To run this examples, it’s easier to do it in a WAMP (a full featured web laboratory installed in your computer). This topic assumes that you installed it as shown in this topic: http://forums.xisto.com/topic/78567-optimize-your-virtual-hosts-separate-your-files-from-the-wamp/#entry517983 Otherwise, just make the appropriate changes in the paths used in the examples shown below. Create the myClasses folder This folder will contain all the classes you’ll use in you php code. You can put the myClasses folder wherever you want. For security reasons you should put it outside of the folders publicly accessible, like the top level directory: Test environement Z:\home\yoursite\yourclasses\ Server /home/yoursite/yourclasses/ Create the classloader.php file This file will load automatically the classes stored in the ‘yourclasses’ file when needed. Test environement Z:\home\yoursite\classloader.php Server /home/yoursite/classloader.php Code <?phpfunction __autoload($class){require_once ( '/home/yoursite/yourclasses/'.$class.'.php' );}?> Note: We put this code in a separate file to simplify improvements, like changes of method. You can also add here the session_start, or manage your page compression. The class_test_post.php file In this class you’ll have some functions who will read the infos posted and manage the post form. Test environement Z:\home\yoursite\yourclasses\class_test_post.php Server /home/yoursite/yourclasses/class_test_post.php Code <?php class class_test_post {var $yourname = "";var $yourmusic = "";function __construct(){if(isset($_POST['yourname']) || @$_POST['yourname']<>""){$this->yourname = $_POST['yourname'];$this->yourmusic = $_POST['yourmusic'];}}function display_info(){$string ="";if(isset($_POST['yourname']) || @$_POST['yourname']<>""){$string = "<b>Your name is </b>".$this->yourname." <br /><b>and you like </b>".$this->yourmusic."<hr/>";}else{$string = "Please fill in the form:<hr/>";}return $string;}function display_form(){return <<<DFR<form action="" method="post" >Your name <input name="yourname" value="$this->yourname" /><br/>Your music <input name="yourmusic" value="$this->yourmusic" /><br/><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form"</form>DFR;}}?> Important: You noticed that the class name is the same as its name file without extention. Create the class_test_html.php file This class will simply display the header and footer of the html page. We’ll just pass the page title as variable. Test environement Z:\home\yoursite\yourclasses\class_test_html.php Server /home/yoursite/yourclasses/class_test_html.php Code <?php class class_test_html {static function display_header($pagetitle){return <<<DHD<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>$pagetitle</title></head><body>DHD;}static function display_footer(){return <<<DFT</body></html>DFT;}}?> Note: in case you need some google tips about the ‘<<<DHD’ ending with ‘DHD;’ this notation is called Heredoc. Create the test_post.php file This is the main page that will call and use the classes. Put it in a place accessible from your browser. Test environement Z:\home\yoursite\public_html\yoursite.com\test_post.php Server /home/yoursite/public_html/yoursite.com/test_post.php Code <?phpinclude("/home/yoursite/classloader.php");$post = new class_test_post();$str = class_test_html::display_header("The Title of Your Page");$str .= $post->display_info();$str .= $post->display_form();$str .= class_test_html::display_footer();echo $str;?> Now, you can test it. Some Explanations The first row of this code includes the class loader file. This way you need only one row in each php page you’ll do, with whatever classes you’ll use. If you need to change the way you load classes, or add whatever code to every pages, like statistics, a session manager, or change the path to the class folder, you can do it at once in this file: the class loader. The second row declares a class as an object, ‘$post’ will contain every function and variables enclosed in ‘class_test_post()’. You noticed that the classes have the same name as their file without extension, now you can imagine why... From the third row until the sixth, we just store the contents returned by the classes before displaying it in the seventh row. You noticed that we used two distinct ways to call the classes. Lets say a few words about this. When we declared the $post as a new class_test_post, we did create an entire object that we can use with an arrow to call functions or set/return values. Concerning the class_test_html, as we don’t really need any object, we can call the class functions directly just using the ‘::’ symbol. This is quite practical to store some home made functions, but don’t forget to declare this functions as ‘static’ in the class... Ok, now you see how easy is to work with classes, I hope you liked it

Hello Mrdee,I stopped smoking a few years ago and my body had quite surprising reactions, maybe not so strong as yours, but similar in many ways. The most surprising was the difficult I had to recover my breath, while I was supposed to respire better. I was feeling a big oppression and felt that quitting cigarette would more long as I supposed. So far this symptoms seems related to quitting this bad habit.Then I remembered a short conversation I had with a good friend, about respiration and the benefits of meditation. As I'm too lazy to seat down and do all this things, I just started to do it my own way.Sometimes, during the day, when I wake up, before to sleep, or in whatever occasion, I just relax and try to inspire and expire very slowly and deeply, trying to have my vertebral column as right as possible without forcing. It may seem irrelevant, but I kept this new habit and it's very healthy, relaxing and it doesn't take many time or efforts, except to remember to do it sometimes during the day.This way I started to have a better respiration and concentration, I also started using this simple technique when I was sad, upset, boring, etc. It seems good for almost everything, and when I'm tempted by a cigarette, I just relax and think about how stupid would be to smoke again :)I hope this may help you and that you are fine, best greetings

A good way to avoid wastes of bandwidth is to use the Opera browser. With Opera you can disable the useless flash banners and activate the ones you really want to see (like youtube) just clicking in it, you can also use their 'turbo' which reduce the size of images in web pages before sending them to you. It's easy to install and to use.

Thank you for sharing this nice list Infotronix, The templateworld.com is amazing.

Thank you so much for your great advise Jlhaslip,I'll test Xubuntu 12.10 in a USB key for a couple of weeks.It seems to have a low CPU usage, a nice customizable desktop and it's easy to install and use programs.My first impression is that it's exactly the one I was hardly looking for.(For VLC, I tried to remove it completely and reinstall it a few times , but it still doesn't work. So, I run its windows version with 'wine' )

Otherwise, you can also use the tools offered by geobytes.com: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Just be careful with cities, it's not very accurate.

Hello,I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope released in April 2009 -, since a few years, and I was really glad to have a so good system and did never have any major issues, it was just fantastic... But, since a few months I noticed that I can't install or update any program using the synaptic package manager, my VLC doesn't work anymore, etc. Well, I still using it, and I tried some new distributions like Ubuntu 12.04, which is long term supported... but I didn't find everything I liked in 9.04. As I use it in some old laptops, I would like to find an OS at least as good as Ubuntu 9.04.Which distribution do you recommend me?

Spybot S&D isn't bad either, it gives you also the possibility to add new programs of your choice to start with windows.

Of course Rgp,It's quite a good idea for a new tutorial, even if I never did something like this so far. I think that you can "wildcard" your subdomains, do a quick code in PHP to create and manage the respective folders and then just add a ".htaccess" url rewritting instruction at the top-level directory to redirect sub-domains properly.Well ... let's say that's in a scratch an hitch way.Otherwise, to create sub-domains in the WAMP you have to proceed exactly the same way step by step as for the domains, because the 'Host' file doesn't support wildcards.

In the prior topic we saw how to install a WAMP and customize it to easily switch between virtual and real hosts typing the same address in the browser: ‘yoursite.com’. Now, we’ll separate the Virtual Host’s files from the WAMP program to make virtual management easier. To see the prior tutorial, follow this link (if you have any issue, please live a comment): 3 Steps To Create And Manage Virtual Hosts To Test And Combine Offline And Online Explanation To store the programs we used the folder: C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-12.1\ And the virtual hosts are physically located in: C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-12.1\www\ As it doesn’t make many sense to store Virtual Host’s files within the programs, we’ll bring them here: Z:\home\yoursite\public_html\yoursite.com\ Note: If you don’t have a ‘Z:/’ partition, you can easily create one using a partition editor like MagicPartition or Easeus, or whatever program you prefer. Of course, you can also choose an another location for your files ... We’ll create this folders assuming that you use xisto's services and that your top-level directory in your real web hosting is: /home/yoursite/ and that your domain’s files are located in: /home/yoursite/public_html/yoursite.com/ This way your virtual and real hosts will have the most similar directory structures as possible. (To do the appropriate changes, you can find your Home Directory at the left side of your cPanel below the 'Main Domain') Changes to do in yoursite.conf Goal: To change the folder location of ‘yoursite.com’ in Apache. Open the Apache configuration folder: C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-12.1\apache\conf\ Make a backup of ‘yoursite.conf’ before modifying it, and then open it to make the changes as follow: <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>DocumentRoot "Z:/home/yoursite/public_html/yoursite.com/"ServerName yoursite.com<Directory "Z:/home/yoursite/public_html/yoursite.com/">Options FollowSymLinks IndexesAllowOverride AllOrder deny,allowAllow from 127.0.0.1Deny from allRequire all granted</Directory></VirtualHost>Stop and run Apache, then go with your browser to: http://ww38.yoursite.com/ You should acceed to the new location. Advantages: - It’ll be easier for you to manage your stuff, as you’ll have a better view on your files and they’ll be easier to access, maintain, backup, upload, etc. - If you do the appropriate changes, you’ll have almost a similar structure as you real web hosting. - An another advantage is that you can install an another WAMP with a different configuration and map some Virtual Hosts to the same place if you wish so... I hope you’ll enjoy it at least as I do, Cheers :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PS: In case EasyPhp shows a warning message accessing to the new location, you can try this:) Mapping the ‘Z:\’ in EasyPhp Goal: To aloud EasyPhp to access files located in ‘Z:\’ In your browser, go to the administration panel: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ In the local files click in add an alias, name it ‘z’ or whatever you like, and write Z:\ as the path to the directory. Stop and run Apache, with your browser you should be able to access to http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

You are right Jhaslip,If I understood well, Guest_Suraj_ doesn't want to show the extension pages in the url of browsers. Instead of having : yourwebsite.com/tag/mypage/ in the address bar, he wants something like: yourwebsite.com/tag/mypage/ If you create a folder called /mypage/ , move there the mypage.php and name it index.php, then you can show something like: yourwebsite.com/tag/mypage/ With a slash.That's a simple way. However, it's good only if you have just a few pages, otherwise I guess that some other methods may be more efficient. Finally Url rewriting isn't that tricky either...