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GetRight is not as powerful as Flashget. However, Flashget 1.65+ are ad-supported, I am still sticking to 1.6. Internet Download Manager is worth a try, but I am still using the 3.16 version. I don't like DM that "catches" click.

Mozilla 1.7.3I have used IE 6.0 SP2, Netscape 7.1 and Konqueuor. But Mozilla is still the best. It is safer, with multiple hacks like livehttpinfo and Multizilla. It renews itself regularly and there is also a DOM inspector that is very useful for Web Design.

I used both FlashFXP 3.0 and CuteFTP Pro 6.0. FlashFXP has better compatibility (say it is able to pass through poor NAT gateway that doesn't translate PASV 192.168.1.1 or something to a real IP). CuteFTP is better for directories with spaces and support mutithread downloads. FlashFXP GUI is more intuitive. Both are worth recommending...

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ This is what brings me here. There seems to be a lot of post 2 host sites at the moment. I just pick one with good reviews..

Very, very nice.. Although, I have a question. In the lower right-hand corner there is an image that says "Sound On;" but I didn't hear any sound. Are you planning to add music or something to your site? Later, -- J.

Here are some sites which offer free search engine to search ur site... 1)http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ 2) http://www.freefind.com/ 3)https://www.fusionbot.com/Default.htm

Why do you use the cpanel script?? DON'T, this version is one of the least secure and easily hackable. I highly recommend you goto Nuke Cops and download the latest version of phpnuke. Enhanced features and fixes are available in the latest version available at nuke cops, so you should get it. Installing is simple all thats is needed is for you to upload the phpnuke you downloaded and follow the instructions contained in the download. If you have any problems or wuestions post back here By the way if you still insist to use cpanel script for phpnuke then use the installer to create a new folder because its far cleaner and easier (you can always redirect to this folder)

I've been asked to take a more active roll here. So I am.Firstly, spam is not going to be tolerated in any form. This includes very short or otherwise pointless posts - anything less than about two lines is considered to be too short.Secondly, I am going to be much more scrutinous when it comes to reviewing accounts for hosting applications. So basically that means if you are in any doubt that you are elligable to receive hosting, then it probobly isn't worth asking.That's it for now. Happy posting.

Users, Beware! Beware of so-called professional software companies, that having released their new bug, have created the install program via MSI (Windows Installation). With regard to windows installation, I am not speaking of mere setup program that installs a new program on your computer, but more specifically, an installation process intended to tamper with system files etc. Soi dissant professionals often cause computer crashes, erratic computer behavior, and more, because that instead of creating a straightforward install, they desire to play in msi. Truthfully, the only company that actually appreciates how to properly use an msi file for installation are Microsoft. Granted certain dll installs, or more precisely, essential registration keys, suggest msi need. But upon further evaluation we find that a straight-forward install is much better. One such gui program that offers flexible yet simple installation creation is Install Maker. But some developers feel a need to play in msi, so they will use other programs to do so. The bottom line, if the company is not Microsoft, and they seek to play in msi, it is much better to avoid them. I have spent countless hours over the past 6 years testing new software products. Truthfully, a significant percent of developers shouldn't even be afforded opportunity to offer their cheap bugs in lieu of supposed software. And they certainly should not be permitted opportunity to play in msi. Evaluate new software products carefully, and be especially attentive to developers that seek to alter your system files.

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I wrote this guide to cPanel some time ago. Check it out of you don't understand something.

I would probobly recommend PHP's MD5 hashing functions for encrypting web-based content. The only problem that this might cause is that it is a one-way encryption algorithm; meaning that it can never be decrypted. As such, it is only really useful for passwords, where the user enters a password and it is re-hashed using the same algorithm and salt, and then the two hashed strings are compared.

Just a note on how hexadecimal color codes are actually made up. This was sort of touched on in r3d's tutorial, but this goes a little deeper.As some of you may know, all colors displayed on a computer monitor are made up of different combinations of red, green, and blue (the RGB cube). The smallest amount of color is 0; the highest is 255.A hexadecimal (hex) color code is the values of RGB converted into hex - The first two characters are hex for the decimal value of red, the next two are for green, and the final two are for blue.For example, let's look at orange, which has the hex color code of FFAA00. It is made up of 255 parts red, 170 parts green, and 0 parts blue.R|G|B255|170|0FF|AA|00Anyway, well done, r3d.

websaint recently posted a PHP hit counter using a flat-file to store information. This is a guide a wrote a little while ago - it was for another web site, but I'll post it here as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First and foremost, you need to create a new table. You can use a whole new database if you want (and assuming you have one free), but it's a bit of a waste. For this guide, our table will be called 'hits', and will contain two fields - 'unique' and 'total'. The first field, 'unique', will log all unique visits/hits to the site. And 'total' will log all visits to the site, unique or not. You can do this from within PHP: mysql_query("CREATE TABLE hits (unique int(6), total int(7))");Or just go directly through MySQL: CREATE TABLE hits (unique int(6), total int(7));Now obviously, you can change the buffer size around if you want, depending on how active you are expecting your site to be. In this example, the field 'unique' can contain any number up to 6 digits long - that is to say, any number from 0 to 100,000, and 'total' can store up to 7 digits in one entry. The average person that is reading this and is interested in creating a counter from it is not going to be having astronomical numbers of hits to their site, so what I've used is probobly a bit of overkill. After you've created a table, you need to construct a script that will log data to the table. Because we are wanting to log unique hits, hte use of cookies is required. This obviously doesn't work for all users, but letting a few slip through the nets shouldn't really damage things. <?php// Assumes: you are already connected to MySQL,// and have selected the database you will be using;// That the visitor is cookie-compatible;// That the visitor has not cleared their cookies.// Also note that this script is very optimizable.// It is intended only to work and to be easy to understand,// not to win any awards.$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM hits");$data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);$total_hits = $data['total'];$unique_hits = $data['unique'];// Firstly, grab the existing data from MySQL$total_hits++;mysql_query("UPDATE hits SET total = '" . $total_hits . "'");// The total number of hits is going to be incremented// regardless of the situation, so this can be done first// to get it out of the wayif(isset($_COOKIE['visited'])) { $cookie = $_COOKIE['visited']; // Our global variable index will be called 'visited', // to make it easy to remember} else { $cookie = false;}if(!$cookie) { $unique_hits++; mysql_query("UPDATE hits SET unique = '" . $unique_hits . "'"); // The value of $cookie is NOT true, meaning that the user // has not yet been counted} else { setcookie("visited","1",time()+86400,"/"); // Now, we set the cookie's value. Here, it is set to // expire in 86,400 seconds (24 hours) - you can // change this is if you like, but it ensures that the // same person won't be counted as a unique visitor // more than once in a 24-hour period}mysql_free_result($result);mysql_close();?> And there we have it - a fully functional hit-counting script. Now all you would need to do is save the file somewhere, and use: <?php include("script-path.php"); ?> Now, what if you want to retrieve the number of hits your site has received, so you can display it somewhere? This is very easy to achieve. Here are a couple of custom-coded functions that'll do it for you: // Assumes: You are connected to MySQL// and have selected the database// (eg. mysql_connect(), mysql_select_db())function UniqueHits() { $result = mysql_query("SELECT unique FROM hits"); $data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $unique_hits = $data['unique']; mysql_free_result($result); return $unique_hits;}function TotalHits() { $result = mysql_query("SELECT total FROM hits"); $data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $total_hits = $data['total']; mysql_free_result($result); return $total;} Now, you could put that in a second script, and include a reference to it as well - but it would just be much easier all around to add it to the end of the other script (before the ?>). Now all you have to do is: echo UniqueHits();// ORecho TotalHits();In order to use them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review: Our MySQL table was named 'hits', and was created with: CREATE TABLE hits (unique int(6), total int(7)); The final script was, including everything, was: <?php// Assumes: you are already connected to MySQL,// and have selected the database you will be using;// That the visitor is cookie-compatible;// That the visitor has not cleared their cookies.// Also note that this script is very optimizable.// It is intended only to work and to be easy to understand,// not to win any awards.$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM hits");$data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);$total_hits = $data['total'];$unique_hits = $data['unique'];// Firstly, grab the existing data from MySQL$total_hits++;mysql_query("UPDATE hits SET total = '" . $total_hits . "'");// The total number of hits is going to be incremented// regardless of the situation, so this can be done first// to get it out of the wayif(isset($_COOKIE['visited'])) { $cookie = $_COOKIE['visited']; // Our global variable index will be called 'visited', // to make it easy to remember} else { $cookie = false;}if(!$cookie) { $unique_hits++; mysql_query("UPDATE hits SET unique = '" . $unique_hits . "'"); // The value of $cookie is NOT true, meaning that the user // has not yet been counted} else { setcookie("visited","1",time()+86400,"/"); // Now, we set the cookie's value. Here, it is set to // expire in 86,400 seconds (24 hours) - you can // change this is if you like, but it ensures that the // same person won't be counted as a unique visitor // more than once in a 24-hour period}mysql_free_result($result);function UniqueHits() { $result = mysql_query("SELECT unique FROM hits"); $data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $unique_hits = $data['unique']; mysql_free_result($result); return $unique_hits;}function TotalHits() { $result = mysql_query("SELECT total FROM hits"); $data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $total_hits = $data['total']; mysql_free_result($result); return $total;}mysql_close();// Script originally created by Cloak / Xisto.com?> And there we have it. A fully functional, ready-to-go, PHP hit-counting script that not only logs page views, but also unique visits to your site. Notes: -- All coding is done by me. As such, it is done in my own style, meaning that you might not like it. -- This script was written 'on-the-fly' while I was writing this quick guide, and it hasn't yet been tested at all. It might contain a bug or syntax error or two. -- You are free to use and modify this script AS YOU WISH, as long as it includes the final comment: // Script originally created by Cloak / Xisto.com Note that as this is a commented line (//), it will not be visible by anyone who uses this script from your site. Hope you found this helpful/useful/maybe even educational.

i searched for freeweb hosts on google and this was the highest rated site

I found Xisto through one of my favorite sites to look for hosting and other tid-bits.. It had a very high member rating and I liked the features offered. The actual site that had the reviews didn't have Xisto ranked very high, but the members sure did. I would trust that over one persons opinion anyday... So, here I am; hosted, chatting and having a blast... Later, -- J.

Which statement are you talking about... The only text on the logo is Fusion Design, then under the logo I added the phrase "Don't Steal! Create..." So, which statement, exactly, are you talking about...lol P.S. Thanks for all the comments and and reviews of the logo... Later, -- J.

I like: Programming video games, making websites using HTML, and playing video games and sports with my friends!

messages on here before i get started ?? i'm new and lost lol can anyone help me out here ??

Personally, I download the music I like. I really couldn't care less if someone doesn't like me doing that. Although, I also tend to buy the cds that the song I like is from, just because I would like to have the original. So, I download first and buy later... It's all good, they still get my money! But I use Emule. Simply because it has no spyware and I tend to find songs that I can't find in stores around here. Like from Ashengrace and VNV Nation... It's just a pain trying to find these cds anywhere. As for KaZaA, Morpheus, Limeware and the rest. I hated them, they sucked up way too many of my comps resources and had a lot of spyware and adware attached to them. WinMX was pretty cool though, but I could never find anything of interest to me through that one. Not to mention, most of the mp3 that I did download through it were not good copies... Anywho, yeah. I download music illegally.. Or is it legal to download them, just not to share them? I can never keep up with all the controversy around it all... Later, -- J.

What do you mean, don't spam... I have never spamed and never intend to. Besides, I don't have anything to spam about. I just wanted to apologize for lacking on my posts on the forum. Anywho, see y'all around the board... Later, -- J.

I love the content you have for your site. I can't say I like the layout or colours. But that's a personal preferance. It looks neat and tiddy, I just have never been fond of olive green... For a homepage though, it's very good. Keep up the good work. I only have one suggestion. Get a little variety in the colouring of you page... There are a lot of colours in this world to only use two of them... Again, just a personal opinion. What really matters is what you like, seeing how it's your personal homepage. Later, -- J.

Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked it... I wasn't too sure about the background. But after staring at it for a while with and without that background, I decided it would look funny if I removed the background...lol Later, -- J.

Nice looking site... I hope you get the members you are looking for, cause it's lookin' kinda bare at the moment. But I'm sure that will change within the next few months or so. I like the orb you have at the top... What did you use for the reflection by the way? It looks like a kitchen with someone standing in the doorway... Later, -- J. P.S. Killah-G, your site is unavailable...Everytime I try to go to your site, nothing shows up... Just thought I'd let you know.

Well, first off I would just like to say that I am back! I had a great trip up to Montana to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. I've been back since Monday and I haven't been around too often, with the exception of a few minor posts on the forum. I would just like to apologize for my lack of posting for the past few days. I've been working hard between designing my website and doing school work. Not to mention babysitting my nephew who has come down to visit us. But I will most deffinately start posting more often and frequently. Later, -- J.