Corpocrat Blog http://corpocrat.com Daily Blog from Internet Entrepreneur/Webmaster Sun, 13 May 2012 22:37:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Visiting Venice by Train http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/visiting-venice-by-train/ http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/visiting-venice-by-train/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 22:37:00 +0000 pbu http://corpocrat.com/?p=3580 First of all, if you are coming to Venice (venezia) by train, the main train station is Venezia Santa Lucia (SL). This is the train station within the island and to see the city you have to land here.  Venice maestre (central station) is another station outside the island, and ...]]> First of all, if you are coming to Venice (venezia) by train, the main train station is Venezia Santa Lucia (SL). This is the train station within the island and to see the city you have to land here.  Venice maestre (central station) is another station outside the island, and its about 10 minutes connection time to the island.  I took a night train from Vienna to Venice (paid for sleeper) and it was so nice and even breakfast and wine for the night all included. There is a direct train which starts from vienna by night and arrives at 0830 in the morning.

As soon as you arrive in Venice, you get free wifi (paid also) and i would advise to first get a map from City information centre (just outside the train station) and then proceed for sightseeing. The map isnt free and may cost you about 2.50 euros and its highly recommended to navigate the city and if you are first time traveler you might get lost without the map in the deep alleyways. Almost whole of venice can be walked by foot if you are afraid of water.

Keep in mind that San Marco (city centre and palace), Akademia (gallery museum), Santa Maria and Rialto are the most important places to visit in Venice.  All you can find in map. I would recommend to spend atleast 2 days to see venice almost completely. Be sure to visit the Leonardo exhibits kept at museum and play around with his inventions and trust me its very good. Get a pass costs 30 euros for 3 days for public transport. Gondoliers are expensive for singles, but good to take a ride in Gondola if you are a big group.

]]> http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/visiting-venice-by-train/feed/ 0 Fix – error occured while processing this directive – shtml 500 server error http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/fix-error-occured-while-processing-this-directive-shtml-500-server-error/ http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/fix-error-occured-while-processing-this-directive-shtml-500-server-error/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 20:35:28 +0000 pbu http://corpocrat.com/?p=3568 I went nuts that suddenly my site went offline, throwing this error “error occured while processing this directive” and when i observed the source code it showed “shtml 500 server error” , especially during the time i was on vacation. I really think this is because my cpanel updated automatically ...]]> I went nuts that suddenly my site went offline, throwing this error “error occured while processing this directive” and when i observed the source code it showed “shtml 500 server error” , especially during the time i was on vacation. I really think this is because my cpanel updated automatically to latest version of apache and php and i never knew it.

[error occured while processing this directive]

After couple of hours of investigation, i checked my .htaccess (all is well) and the culprit was php.ini present in the domain folder. It seems to be the error caused by some unknown line directive in php.ini  was the root cause of the problem. I dont know what line causing this problem and there are tonnes of lines in that file. I quickly removed the php.ini under the domain and the site worked fine. This way i could assign the global settings of php and disabled customized php.ini specific to my site, which is the root cause of the problem.

If you are with bluehost, hostmonster or any other host, be sure to check php.ini within public_html folder and it is the issue.

Hope this helps! Searched for solution on web and nowhere i could find a solution. I am documenting it during my vacation :)

]]> http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/14/fix-error-occured-while-processing-this-directive-shtml-500-server-error/feed/ 0 Night train from Budapest to Venice through Croatia http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/10/night-train-from-budapest-to-venice-through-croatia/ http://corpocrat.com/2012/05/10/night-train-from-budapest-to-venice-through-croatia/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:38:46 +0000 pbu http://corpocrat.com/?p=3565 If you are a non-EU citizen, with exception of US, Australia, NZ, you should be extra careful when taking this night train which runs from Budapest directly to Venice. The catch is the train often passes through Croatia, a non-schengen country, which means that you must apply for a Croatian ...]]> If you are a non-EU citizen, with exception of US, Australia, NZ, you should be extra careful when taking this night train which runs from Budapest directly to Venice. The catch is the train often passes through Croatia, a non-schengen country, which means that you must apply for a Croatian transit visa, well before at the embassy. I heard many complaints that many surprise passport and customs checks are carried out in the Croatia and Slovenia border and you may be subjected to lots of inconvenience.

This is because Hungary (schengen) to Croatia (non-schengen) means passport control on out of schengen border and again Croatia (non-schengen) to Slovenia (schengen passport control), so all in all 2 checks.


View Train-routes in a larger map

Check in google maps, for the rail route and notice how train often touches and passes through the croatian border.

Be careful, you should be aware of visa requirements and rail companies do not inform you about any visa requirement. You are better off flying by air or taking a connecting train elsewhere (salzburg/vienna) and just make sure that you don’t go through Croatia or Serbia.

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Dont forget to take your passport while visiting and you have to pay about CHF 12.- for a guided tour.

You will have a 1 hour tour and you will see the interiors of UNO, assembly hall, council chamber and paintings and so much more worth visiting.

For more information about opening hours and much more information, please visit: www.unog.ch/visit/visiten.htm

]]> http://corpocrat.com/2012/04/24/visiting-un-palais-de-nations-in-geneva-must-see-tour/feed/ 0 Always carry your passport when travelling by train in Europe! http://corpocrat.com/2012/04/15/always-carry-your-passport-when-travelling-by-train-in-europe/ http://corpocrat.com/2012/04/15/always-carry-your-passport-when-travelling-by-train-in-europe/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:51:59 +0000 pbu http://corpocrat.com/?p=3559 Be sure to carry your passport, while traveling between EU countries, either by air or train in Europe. You will never know when it will be asked. I was traveling by train, from vienna to Munich and as soon as train entered the German border, couple of guys showed their ...]]> Be sure to carry your passport, while traveling between EU countries, either by air or train in Europe. You will never know when it will be asked. I was traveling by train, from vienna to Munich and as soon as train entered the German border, couple of guys showed their ID to me, saying they are passport control and demanded my passport for verification.  Looks like Germany has very strict passport controls. I heard similar train checks in Serbia, Netherlands, Slovakia etc..

It is always better be safe than sorry for not carrying your passport.

Even at times, when booking international train/bus tickets, sometimes you will be asked for your passport. They wouldnt accept any other ID like residence card etc..

You can book train tickets online with Deutsche Bahn / RailJet, but you will need to carry your credit card/passport as ID, which you will need to show to the ticket inspector.

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when it comes to TV most channels are in Hungarian. I went to a TV shop bought a high definition TV and struggled a bit ...]]> As a native english speaker, and having resided in Hungary for more than a month, i found very surprised that most Hungarian young people, speak good english.

when it comes to TV most channels are in Hungarian. I went to a TV shop bought a high definition TV and struggled a bit asking around which broadcaster offers english TV channels, like HBO, AXN, MGM, BBC, CNN etc.. I had quite an experience and thus sharing it here in my blog.

If you are looking to install a TV + Internet connection in Budapest, first you have to find out or ask your landlord, which broadcaster is supplying a connection in your area. Then accordingly you have to call the broadcaster. In my case the UPC cable was already setup in my apartment, so all i had to do is call up UPC and on the scheduled appointment time, UPC guys showed up and installed the connection. TV + Internet all in one cable (IPTV i think).

With UPC, i did get the following channels in English :

HBO Premier HD
Cinemabox
MGM
AXN
BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Euro News
NatGeo
Discovery
SPEKTRUM
Zone Reality
Animal Planet

and few other channels. Unfortunately, with sports channel Euro Sports, is not available in English.

I took a HD box and the picture clarity was amazing. The modem they gave me had no wireless, so i ended up buying a wifi router. I loved the internet speeds.

Here are the most popular service providers in hungary.

http://www.upc.hu

http://www.telenor.hu

http://www.t-mobile.hu

http://www.telekom.hu/main

http://www.gts.hu/en/index.shtml 

http://english.invitel.hu/

http://www.enternet.hu/

http://www.digikabel.hu

http://www.vodafone.hu (mobile/internet)

I hope this information helps if you are an English speaking expat in Hungary.

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set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);

with

//set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) { set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); //18th line }

I have seen this error in wordpress and vbulletin.

]]> To fix the deprecated warning causing by PHP 5.3, all you have to do is replace the

set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);

with


//set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<'))
{
set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); //18th line
}

I have seen this error in wordpress and vbulletin.

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Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated

Dont worry! Here is an easy way to fix this error.

To fix:

Open global.php and add this line

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE ...]]> I recently moved my vbulletin forum to new site to PHP 5.3 and site was showing this errors.

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated
Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated

Dont worry! Here is an easy way to fix this error.

To fix:

Open global.php and add this line

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~8192);

Refresh your browser and your site will load normal.

Note: This is not a 100% fix solution. To fully fix deprecated warnings, you have to open the php file responsible for warnings, go to the error line no, remove the ‘&’ symbol. This will work 100%.

]]> http://corpocrat.com/2012/03/17/vbulletin-fix-deprecated-assigning-the-return-value-set_magic_quotes_runtime-deprecated/feed/ 1 Fix – Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in PHP5.3 http://corpocrat.com/2012/03/16/fix-deprecated-assigning-the-return-value-of-new-by-reference-is-deprecated-in-php5/ http://corpocrat.com/2012/03/16/fix-deprecated-assigning-the-return-value-of-new-by-reference-is-deprecated-in-php5/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:04:24 +0000 pbu http://corpocrat.com/?p=3540 i recently updated to latest PHP 5 from PHP 4 and my wordpress blog was littered with these errors. I have seen these warnings before with PHP 5. Dont worry! The fix is very easy.

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbest/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 472

Deprecated: Assigning the return ...]]> i recently updated to latest PHP 5 from PHP 4 and my wordpress blog was littered with these errors. I have seen these warnings before with PHP 5. Dont worry! The fix is very easy.

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbest/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 472

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 487

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 494

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 530

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-includes/cache.php on line 103

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-includes/query.php on line 21

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/topbe/public_html/wp-includes/theme.php on line 623

 

The fix is very easy. The only way you can fix this is update your wordpress to latest version or if you can manually edit the above files on lines,  remove “&”  fix this.

For Example:

$wp_locale = & new WP_Locale();

Remove the & and these warnings will be fixed.

 

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I found an easiest ...]]> I got a new HP laserjet 1020 printer, but was surprised to find out that in the HP website, it said there is no mac driver for this printer. I could not find Laserjet 1020 driver showed up in the printer driver list in my mac either.

I found an easiest way to get this printer work in Mac osX .

All you have to do is just select the driver for HP Laser Jet 1022 model, and viola, it WORKS!

Later, i found that if you download the HP driver package from Apple website: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907 the HP Laserjet 1020 driver included in the install. But who would go through the job of downloading 550MB just for the driver. Nonetheless, my printer just works just fine with the Laserjet 1022 driver in mac.

Good luck!!

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