January 24th in General, Internet, Linux/Unix, PHP Scripts by pbu .

Webmasterpals.com – New Social Network for Webmasters

Two months ago i gave a thought on targeting the niche social network. Since i myself is a webmaster, a thought of setting up a social network for webmasters ran through my mind. I initially bought dzoic script, since mysite required a specific and fast loading script, i made my own social network script, which is light weight suited to the needs of my website.

Join Webmasterpals

http://www.webmasterpals.com

After 2 desperate months of hardwork, i just somehow managed to get the site live. …

January 19th in Linux/Unix, PHP Scripts by pbu .

TinyMCE Slow Loading Problem!

TinyMCE editor causes slow to load! Has anyone observed it especially when it intializes the editor for first time in the webpage? it takes about 5-10 seconds to load.

I am facing this terrible problem with my site. Everything seem to work fine including loading when i used the editor in my local PC as local host. But when i uploaded the editor to my server and tested it, it causes slow loading when it loads the first page. After …

January 17th in Linux/Unix by pbu .

Install ClamAV in Centos with Cpanel

Installing antivirus is most important if you run a VPS or dedicated server, because of so many worms and trojans get in to your server often without notice and could compromise the server.

Cpanel WHM Installation

The easiest way to install clam antivirus in cpanel is through install plugin option in Cpanel WHM .

Go > WHM > Cpanel Install Plugin > Enable Clamav Connector

Manual Installation

You can install clamav by compiling RPM packages.

1. Compiling source: download from clamav site.
2. Installing RPM package. Download

I …

January 17th in Linux/Unix by pbu .

PureFTP on Cpanel: Connection Refused Problem

PureFTP can cause bizarre behaviour often. Sometimes running in cpanel it could refuse your connection or you could face password authentication problem. I have faced this on my dedicated server many times and could be frustrating sometimes.

Here is how you fix the problem:

1. Login to WHM of Cpanel
2. Restart the PureFTP server

That should fix the problem in most cases:

NOTE: Make sure you have NOT blocked port 21 by firewall before using FTP.

December 17th in Linux/Unix by pbu .

Changing Default Font in TinyMCE Editor

TinyMCE editor is a very good open source (GPL) html editor based on WYUSIWYG environment. It is javascript based and can be easily integrated to any PHP or ASP based scripts.

Download: http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/

It will automatically convert all text areas in your form into a rich text html editor.
If you want to change the font or default font size, just find edit_content.css in advanced or simple templates folder and make necessary changes. Remember you will need to change the css file inside …

December 3rd in Games by pbu .

Black Texture Problem in Call of Duty 4

I had this tricky black texture problem with my Nvidia GeForce 7300GT card. Looks like this problem is generally attributed to Geforce 7 series card.

Problem:
When you are in the middle of the game, you would see blacked images of certain objects in the game.

How to Fix:
Just download the 169.04 Nvidia drivers and it would smoothly fix the problem.

I had this problem recurring even after updating new drivers, but reverting 169.04 version worked just fine to me.

November 28th in Linux/Unix, PHP Scripts by pbu .

Implementing Secure File Upload in PHP

Most PHP file upload scripts and content management system scripts (CMS scripts) require writable 777 permissions (rwxrwzrwz) to be set for certain folders for uploading photos and videos. Many security experts warn that setting 777 permission means that anybody can upload any content to your server, install malicious code, run unwanted programs and could potentially misuse your server. This is big security risk.

This article is also available here

Ironically if you implement a fileupload in your script, the upload wouldnt work …

November 12th in General by pbu .

How to Resolve Flicker Problem in LCD Monitors

I was having terrible problem with my widescreen 19” LCD monitor and everytime i look at it the screen flickers and often caused me headaches and couldnt work for a longer period of time. The optimum resolution for my monitor was 1440×900 @60hz.

I tried to set the monitor refresh rate to 75hz and flickers disappeared. Unfortunately i had a new problem. My screen trembles, the screen produces a shaking effect.

It took me long months until i figured out who …

November 1st in Internet by pbu .

CSS Tutorial & Useful Tips for Beginners

CSS (cascading style sheets) are pretty much useful if you are designing a website and in most cases without css it is inevitable from design point of view. Hand-coding CSS can be pretty easy if you know some pretty basic rules.

The following are some of the most useful CSS tips for any beginners.

1. Classes vs IDs

It is very important to understand the difference between classes and ID used in HTML.

- Classes (starts with .) can be reused as many times …

October 30th in General by pbu .

Paypal NOW allows Direct Withdrawal to Indian Banks

What a cheering news!

Just logged to my paypal account and i see withdrawal to Indian banks option there.

Paypal is doing a great great job, first VISA credit card withdrawal and now allows direct withdrawal to Indian bank account.

Official Paypal Updated page: click here

Paypal Charges:

Free
for 7,000.00 INR or more

50.00 INR
for 6,999.99 INR or less

Banks in India
5-7 Business Days

Paypal also asks for IFSC code for Indian banks.

To find the IFSC code you can either call your bank or …