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IPCOP 2.0 Firewall and Routing

Thursday, 21 March 2013 08:49
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Recently, it occurred to me that I should update my IPCOP firewall box.  I was using an older version - I think 1.4.  So, I just happened along to their page at http://www.ipcop.org and see that they have a new version!  I quickly downloaded the latest .ISO, burned it, and then installed it on a laptop!  Yes, a laptop.  I have an old P4/1GB laptop that is much quieter than the box I was using.  The only challenge was the lack of two Ethernet ports.

Overcoming the Ethernet port problem was a quickly resolved "problem" by using my old Linksys USB adapter that takes an Ethernet cable.  Nice!  On to the installation....



Last Updated on Thursday, 21 March 2013 09:19 Read more...
 
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Adding a dynamic footer date with PHP

Tuesday, 25 January 2011 10:36
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This is the PHP code to use to add an automatically updating copyright date for a blog, website, or whatever that allows PHP code.

The code:
<p>&copy;<?php echo date("Y"); ?> All rights reserved</p>

Which produces this:

©2013 All rights reserved



OR... one may wish to keep the originating date in there, too, e.g.:
<p>&copy; 2010-<?php echo date("Y"); ?> All rights reserved</p>

Which will give us:

© 2010-2013 All rights reserved



Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 10:44
 
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Resolving XML Parsing Error in RSS Feed for FeedWordPress

Sunday, 04 July 2010 10:59
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One of the most annoying problems I've run into in a very long time is one with a WordPress plug-in called FeedWordPress.  The plug-in is great to auto-create posts from RSS/Atom feeds, but causes a little issue with some affiliate type feeds, say from LinkShare.  The Wal-Mart feed is one of the worst for causing issues.

Here is the issue:  When the feeds are pulled in and a GUID is created, which is basically a unique identifier using the link of the feed, that link is NOT inserted using 'htmlspecialchars', so RSS feeds end up breaking because of the '&' symbol, mostly.  As you are probably aware, the ampersand should be rendered as "&amp;" and not just the '&' symbol itself.

To fix the problem, simply go to your FeedWordPress folder and edit syndicatedpost.class.php.  Search for "return $guid;" and change that line to:  return htmlspecialchars($guid); .

Done and done!



Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 September 2010 18:44
 
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Using CSS to shorten long lines (Ja-Purity Joomla! Theme)

Saturday, 03 April 2010 19:19
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I am using Geshi for my code highlighting.  Geshi does a great job with that, but not so much for wrapping very long lines of code.  There is a solution, however.  I found this solution works with IE 8.0.6001, FireFox 3.62, Opera 10.51, and Chrome 4.1.249.



Last Updated on Sunday, 04 April 2010 10:26 Read more...
 
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Yahoo Pipes and RSS Feeds

Friday, 21 January 2011 10:03
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This is not as much a tutorial as it is a complaint of overkill.  I was recently searching for a way to automatically retweet tweets by those who follow me.  Currently, I can read a tweet and then manually choose what to retweet or whatnot.  In my search, I came across an article that boasted a solution as "News:  How to Auto Retweet Using Yahoo Pipes".

Well, it does what it says, more or less.  It doesn't perform an actual retweet, but rather it simply resubmits something already tweeted as a new tweet.  Granted, if one want to grab an RSS feed from one of their followers and repost their tweets to their own Twitter page, then that can be accomplished by what I am about to tell you or you can simply cut to the chase and not use Yahoo pipes at all!

Here is the scoop.  In the article located at http://www.gravityswitch.com/blog/how-to-auto-retweet-using-yahoo-pipes_97/, it has as one of the steps to use twitterfeed.com.  Guess what? Twitterfeed already HAS a publish feed option.  That *is* what is does - reposts to various social networks, including Facebook and Twitter from feeds!

So, I do not know if the guy that wrote the article was testing a proof of concept or what, but just so that everyone knows, you do not need to use Yahoo pipes to accomplish the task of getting a feed (any RSS feed) to repost to Twitter.


Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2011 10:15
 
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Integrating Affiliate Links and Joomla!

Saturday, 10 April 2010 11:41
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Inserting affiliate links from say LinkShare or Commission Junction into your Joomla content is not really difficult.  I already wrote an article here detailing the code needed to implement Commission Junction Web Services using REST.  So, several things to layout:
  1. develop your REST API using the code I provided here (this includes the REST and the call API)
  2. install the Sourcerer plugin for Joomla found here (this provides the ability to interpret PHP)
  3. remove the 'exec' restriction for the Sourcerer plugin or the rendering will be a blank article (do this under plugins - system - sourcerer)
  4. create a new article with whatever and/or the call API code (ensure the call API code is inserted with the Sourcerer button)
A couple notes on developing the REST and call API's.  I spent quite a significant amount of time developing mine, deciding what CSS to use to overcome article rendering issues (keeping things from jumbling up or simply rendering in such a way that was visually unacceptable.

Another plugin that would seemingly work is called DirectPHP.  The problem with DirectPHP is that when it is activated, it tries to execute ALL PHP.  Since I put PHP in my articles so that people can see the code, this plugin did not work for me.  Sourcerer is a case by case implementation, not a global site one.


 
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Python and 1&1 Shared Hosting

Saturday, 05 December 2009 21:09
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I almost gave up when I took a nap and had a vision of what was happening.  Over the last several days, I have been trying to get python scripts to run on my shared 1&1 hosting service.

Being shared was one thing, being 1and1 yet another.  I want to share my plight and, ultimately, my success in getting a python script to run.  

Most important to consider in your troubleshooting:  If you're getting an "HTTP error 500 Internal Server Error", then this will probably help you!



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