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This is obvious overselling They can't possible offer 15GB/250GB to each user they have, and somehow I am certain this number isn't small, as people will take anything that is free and looks good. My prediction is that the host will last several months, maybe even a year, before they declare that they "cannot maintain the servers furthermore due to the lack of funds". It's already been seen... First the lack of cPanel, then .htaccess being disabled, and to make things even better (worse, that is), PHP Safe Mode is on - doesn't look serious enough for me

Exactly. According to psychology, there are two factors which effect aggressive behaviour (either with young children, adolescents or older persons), and both of them are rather independent of video games.The first one is his/hers social situation - this includes both wealth and the relationship with the family. Also, this happens to be the most common cause of violence in the world. You can see buying games as a way of losing money, but I doubt this influence can be big enough. And the second factor is the psychological status of the person itself, usually referring to the existence of certain neurosis/psychosis. Again, violent (and other) video games may cause one of these "illnesses" to occur, but other causes are overwhelming.What can we conclude from this? Games do have a small part in driving a person crazy/mad/destructive, but their influence is small enough when compared to other issues an individual may encounter.

If my memory serves me correctly, I have used it for a short period of time several years ago. I could call it a temporary phase, because that is the browser I switched to after being completely irritated with Internet Explorer. Avant browser was good, but as soon as I installed Mozilla Firefox, there was only one option left for Avant - uninstall

Never been a Starcraft fan myself (let the tomato throwing begin ), but the sequel will definitely cause a big bang in the gaming industry - even if it doesn't live up to the first part. Thousands of people will buy it on the day it is out, many will even get hold of pirated copies, and then the slaughter shall start :PIf we take into consideration what Blizzard has created since Starcraft: Brood War, we are given a lot of hope when it comes to Starcraft II. Of course, I am talking about the brilliant Warcraft III (along with The Frozen Throne) and the addictive World Of Warcraft. I believe we will se great things from the new Starcraft game

As develCuy already pointed out, there are no semi-colons at the end of each line. It is somewhat like JavaScript, where you can split commands by entering a new line. In JS, however, you are allowed to use semi-colons, whereas in the .htaccess file I do not know if you can. Anyway, there is no need for that. Just like this: RewriteEngine onRewriteRule ^i([0-9]*)-a([0-9]*)\.html$ index.php?id=$1&a=$2 (I am not quite sure whether a dash is a special character, so it might need to be escaped with a slash) The "[0-9]" tells the server that this character must be a digit. If you don't expect a piece of input to be a word (i.e. you want it in a specific form), it is always good to use this type of check.

Speaking of the devil... This was posted approximately three hours ago. And just 40 minutes ago, the version was finally released. Check it out here.

+1Working fine for me too...

IP.Board (yeah, it's not Invision Power Board...) also has something hew to offer The next IP.Board version, 2.3.0, will have a completely redesigned skin - rather neat, if you ask me. It is a bit darker than the previous one (which is in use here at Xisto), and also has less images, which will most certainly affect loading times, along with the fact that several code blocks are being written again. If you would like to take a look at the beta version, it is being used on the official Invision Power forums.

It's not expensive - it's cheap. Sure, when you think about vBulletin just as a piece of software the price is a bit high, but there is one very important thing to take into consideration. What do you think, how much would a PHP developer charge you for a forum like vBulletin? In my opinion, much more... And after all, vBulletin was made by many web developers, so when you look at it that way, it's not expensive at all

Collision Course definitely is a great album, along with the live DVD. I am also keen on Meteora and ReAnimation, though the new album still hasn't grown on me. Don't know if it ever will It's not really as good as their previous ones.

I had those issues myself when I first added the domain. It will take some time for all the Domain Name Services (DNS) to update their information (or at least that's how I understand it) - some already have, and that's why several people can access the site, while others can't. If I were you, I would wait a few days, since it shouldn't take longer for everything to start working.Oh yeah, your domain with the WWW prefix is working fine here.

Here's how the example you mentioned would be handled (5.html -> index.php?id=5) RewriteEngine onRewriteRule ^(*)\.html$ index.php?id=$1 As you can see, quite similar to the example toby gave you, and here's an explanation of what is what. The first keyword we have is "RewriteRule" - it just tells the server that the following line contains a rewrite rule (obviously). Next, with ^ at the start and $ at the end is what we are "looking for". The star resembles any number of characters, until we get to a dot. The star is between parenthesis because we are storing it for later use, end the dot is escaped with a slash because it is a special character. "Html" is just there so we don't match other extensions. After that goes what we are replacing the URL with. In our case, it is "index.php?id=", with $1 being a reference to the first thing in parenthesis (remember the "(*)"?). And that's all there is to it. Of course, this is just a really simple example, and the possibilities are much greater.

It can be done with the use of the Apache Rewrite module (available at Xisto). When set up properly, it takes the entered URL and modifies it according to the rules you wrote. These rules must be contained in the .htaccess file, as that is where the server looks for them. With mod_rewrite you can do numerous things, and what you mentioned is just one. There are many tutorials on the Internet, so Google is where you should start your search.

Hm, I've somehow missed that... Thanks for pointing it out, anyway.

Hm... Could you provide me with a link where it says that only English sites are accepted? As far as I know, what must be in English are your posts - there are no restrains when it comes to site content.

If this topic were a month or two older, I would definitely say Joomla! CMS. Alas, things have changed. I still think Joomla! is a great CMS, but it is rather complicated - now, I'm not talking about the ease of use, but the way it is coded and what it offers. For a developed web site this is a good thing, because you have numerous options and can find a use for every one of them. On smaller sites, however, all that is quite unnecessary, so Joomla takes up valuable space. That's why I've slowly started switching to WordPress. Some might say it is only good for blogs and such, but they are so wrong. What I like about WordPress (besides it being light-weight and fast) is its high level of customizability. After having examined the default code, you can easily make sites that will in no way remind visitors of a blog. What's more, themes are also easy to create. So true, but sometimes a free CMS will offer exactly what you need. Sure, if you have enough time, go on with making your own CMS - otherwise, leave it to the professionals

That's exactly the main thing I like about Google If you are just a bit experienced with search queries (i.e. which is is ought to give you the best results) you will probably find what you need on the first page - at least that's the case with me.

Just when you thought that Google is running out of ideas for their products, something unexpected was introduced - a new search engine! I am sure everyone is confused - why would Google make such a move when they already have the most popular search engine in the world (Yahoo! fans, face the truth)? The answer is actually quite simple - but this is just my opinion - innovation. Even though it is so widely used, we must admin that Google's search engine is a bit old-fashioned. Unfortunately, they can't just upgrade it all of a sudden, as I am sure it would annoy a lot of people. So they needed a site to test all the new technologies - and that's how SearchMash was created. The first thing you notice when you open the web page is the typical Google design, simple and fast. No unnecessary images, tidy code and great design (though this is rather subjective). The whole page consists out of a logo, a search box and a few links. And that's where we notice the first change - no search button! Sincerely, I think it should have been removed years ago. After all, it is far more easy to hit the Enter button than to move your hand from the keyboard and use your mouse. What's more, when on the results page, you don't even have to move to the search box, since anything you type will be entered there automatically; neat, isn't it? Since I started with a minor change, it might be a good idea to move to a bigger one, and that is actually the way the whole search engine works. A technology so popular nowadays, and not without a reason - AJAX. After submitting a query, you will be redirected to the results page normally (with no use of AJAX), but any further navigation (apart from choosing one of the result, going to the SearchMash homepage and entering a new query) will be dealt by AJAX. Click this link so you can see what I am talking about. When the results page opens, you will be provided with twenty results. However, at the end of the page, there are no links to view other results, there is only "More web results »". If you click it, ten more results will be displayed on the same page, which will scroll down a bit for you Unfortunately, you can view only up to one hundred results, which shows us that this is not intended to be a serious search engine. Also, besides searching for regular pages, you can do the same with images, blogs, videos and Wikipedia definitions. Searching these is also accomplished by the use of AJAX, which is useful, since you don't leave the regular results page. And to make things even better, video results are opened on the same page, instead of redirecting to YouTube. If you need more results, one click is all you need, since all four can be displayed the same way as regular results. And finally, almost everywhere, you will see the question "Is this/that useful to you?" I think it's now rather obvious what Google is doing - market research. And if you ask me, I think that "upgrading" the main search engine would be a really good idea. But I do hope they don't limit the results to one hundred

First of all, you need to find a host that meets all your needs. When it comes to blogs (and forums), the usual combination is PHP + MySQL. It is rather hard to find a piece of software that will operate without these two, and it's usually not worth using. Almost all paid hosts offer this service, and only a few free do the same - Xisto is one them. Once you have met those condition, you need to decide which blogging system to use. I highly recommend WordPress, as it is widely-used, easy to customize and very secure. The current version is 2.2 and it requires PHP 4.2 and MySQL 4.0. Also, if you want to use "pretty" URIs (instead of those with WordPress, i.e. lots of question marks), you will have to have the Apache mod_rewrite module. To download this version follow this linkl and click on "Download .ZIP". After doing so, it is all easy stuff. Upload all the files from the ZIP archive to your web server through FTP. Next, open the address where you uploaded the files in your web browser. You will be redirected to the WordPress installation, which is fairly easy. You will only have to create a MySQL user/database through PhpMyAdmin or cPanel, depending on the availability. As soon as you are finished with the installation, the blog is ready, and it's all about configuring it through the administration panel

Absolutely The new file manager, along with the code editor, is mind-blowing. Apart from user-friendly design, the ease of use has improved vastly. Just as you said - it is now a pleasure to edit files through cPanel

And a bulky interface Nevertheless, I agree with you completely - Yahoo slowed down its pace, which Google (ab)used that. Now they want to get back in the greatest-service-on-the-Internet race, but they will not make it just by following suit. They need to think of something new and useful, or at least improve an existing service that people aren't really keen on. That's what's Google has been doing all this time, and we are fully aware where that got them

Very unprofessional, if you ask me Sure, this "trick" might do well with Internet rookies (those that don't really know how it all works), but some more advance users will immediately realise this is overselling. Not having unlimited storage for is not what will lure them away from using Yahoo, but the fact that they are resorting to lies. I'm in no doubt that Yahoo! will be able to support all that mail, as only a handful of people will user over a few hundred megabytes worth of e-mail. Google has had a storage limit ever since (though it is increasing constantly - neat move), and they've never had competition, as I can see it. What's more, I find it hard to believe that a GMail user will switch to Yahoo just because of this. As miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG already mentioned, GMail is fast, secure, lightweight and easy to use, in contrast to Yahoo, which is... Bulky. We can just hope that new users will be directed to GMail as well

Strangely, I haven't received this message yet. I say "strangely" because it is common practice to get "Click this link" messages. To make matters worse, minutes after getting it from one contact, it is highly probable that you'll receive it a few more times It's sad how people aren't cautious enough, especially Internet users.Thankfully, English is not my mother tongue, so receiving these messages always makes me suspicious

I have tried it, and it's brilliant There are some things I would change in the File Manager (which is waaay more advance now, and has code highlighting), but I suppose it will be different in the final version. However, as nightfox said, it's not stable yet - but as soon as the final version is released, I think Xisto should upgrade. It's worth it

I would also recommend avoiding the <center> tag. Instead, use <div style="text-align: center;">. What's more, the first tag isn't even supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict