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Setup your own Social Networking Websites

There a lot of social networking site available in web which includes the Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter etc. Its public and the open to all. But if you wish to Setup your own Social Networking site that is private and for a closed group you can use one of the following Open source scripts.

1. Elgg: Elgg empowers individuals, groups and institutions to create their own fully-featured social environment. Elgg, started in 2004, is an open source social engine which powers all kinds of social environments – from education and business to martial arts and rugby. If you are looking for a professional social intranet or want to run a site for your organisation, Elgg is a great choice. Click here to download.

2. Dolphin: Dolphin is the world’s most advanced community software. Open-source, independent, downloadable, scalable, customizable, full-featured, free software for building social networks, dating sites and web-communities. Loaded with video chat, recorder, video player, forums, groups, events, video messenger, mailbox, desktop app, video sharing, photo sharing, iPhone app and much more. Build your own business or advance your hobby with Dolphin!. Click here to download Dolphin.

3. Jcow: Jcow makes it easy & interesting to create Social Networks and online communities, Build a member community for your existing website, Build a social networking site like facebook/myspace/twitter. Click here to download JCow.

4. Etano: Etano can be used to start up a dating site, a social networking site, a classifieds site or any other type of site involving groups of people, companies, products. Click here to download.

5. Oxwall: Oxwall is used for a wide range of projects starting from family sites and custom social networks to collaboration tools and enterprise community solutions. Oxwall is unbelievably flexible and easy to use PHP/MySQL community software platform. Click here to download.

6. PeoplePods: PeoplePods is a framework that makes it easier to create community or “social” applications. It provides a flexible infrastructure within which members of a site can create, comment upon, and consume content of arbitrary types. Popular social functionality such as friend lists, personalized content views, bookmarking, and voting are automatically available within any PeoplePods application. PeoplePods can be used to build stand-alone sites, or can be layered onto existing sites such as those run using WordPress or other PHP applications. Click here to download.

7. Beatz: Beatz is a free opensource online social networking community script that allows you to start your own favourite artist band website just like Pure Volume. The script is coded in Php, Mysql and licensed under Creative Commons GPL license. In other words, its an online community script for sharing, discussing and learning about new artists and your favorites. Click here to download.

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Open Source Micro blogging applications

Twitter is the most famous Microblogging site used by users all over the world. There are some famous Open source microblogging site available. Following are few among the Open source PHP scripts.

1. StatusNet: Previously Laconica, is the engine which runs the popular microblogging site Identi.ca. You can download the same from here.

2. PageCookery: PageCookery is the first public offering of single-user version of the open source microblogging program, PHP + MySQL based architecture is a set of safety, efficiency and stability, to “share”, “discovery” for the concept of Web 2.0 solutions to micro-blog. Click here to download.

3. JaikuEngine: Jaiku was the microblogging site of Google. However, they decided no longer to develop the code but make it open source under the name JaikuEngine.

4. Sharetronix: Sharetronix is the world’s favorite opensource microblogging platform. Sharetronix enables people to exchange ideas and multimedia in real-time. Click here to download.

5. Storytlr: Storytlr offers a single touch point for your online life in your own style. Easily post anything you find interesting, import your web 2.0 stuff and share your life online. Storytlr is an open source lifestreaming and micro blogging platform. You can use it for a single user or it can act as a host for many people all from the same installation. Click here to download.

6. Jisko: Jisko is a light-weight open-source microblogging system that allows you to stay in contact with the people you want. Click here to Download.

7. WordPress: The WordPress is a popular blogging tool. But the Power of wordpress can be derived to work as a Microblogging application with the help of a simple theme. P2 WordPress Theme converts the Powerful WordPress into a Microblogging tool. Click here to download.

8. Yonkly: Yonkly Open Source twitter-clone and microblogging platform developed on the asp.net mvc framework. It is the famous Open Source app available in the Dot Net side other than the PHP scripts. Click here to Download.

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WordPress Blog hacked, All admin username changed to “CIHAN” and Emails deleted

I felt embarrassed when I found my WordPress blog was hacked. Here is what happened. It was on August 26th, 2012 at around 10 PM IST, I tried to login to my wordpress blog and found that my WordPress Admin account was unable to login. After some investigations i found that the usernames, email address of the WordPress administrator accounts have been changed.

Usually I have two users as Administrators. I tried with both, but failed to login. I ran through some basic steps/tests with the assumption that I would have lost the password, which I ended up as password lose was not the reason.

Sequence of the steps I followed:

1. First I tried to reset my password with my email id: result: WordPress gave a message that my Email id is not valid. And for other admin email I did not receive any password reset mail.
2. Since my email Id was stated as invalid. I suspected a Hack and logged into Hosting cPanel.
3. Opened phpMyAdmin and shocked to see that my username and email were changed. I found both the usernames were changed to “cihan”, the email address was deleted for one user. but the other email remained same.
4. I updated the DB and reset my password using WordPress. Still I am unable to receive mail to my Yahoo account because of some problem with my hosting account.

My Observations:
1. I have logged into my account and updated a comment on 8th August 2012 for the last time.
2. I have a plugin which send a email on every 404 error page to the Administrator email address (the email which was deleted in the Hack). The last email which was send to the Admin mail id is on 10th August 2012 – The day after 10th should be the ideal hack time.
3. WordPress does not allow any user to edit/delete username from its control panel, so this is either updated directly in the Database or it should be done through a Script from the web page – But I do not find any scripts or files updated in these days.
4. I changed my hosting accounts password and other details just few days back to the Hack suspect date. I updated the password from my laptop, which is very personal. There was no body using my Lap and my password is brand new which nobody could easily guess, I did not login in any other public machines. so I don’t think this to be hack based on Password Theft of cPanel.
5. I do not find any other changes in the settings or passwords or data loss in my website/Account/cPanel.
6. I do not find any moto of data stealing.

Atlast I backup all my data from the webserver to my local and put the site into maintenance, Sent a detailed mail to my service provider. Few days back I received a mail stating that they do not find anything suspicious in logs but they insisted to changed My custom wordpress Theme as they suspected it. Later i updated removed all my custome stuffs from the site and updated the site completely. I lost few contents from my site at the time of migration and I’m working on it get them all back.

If some one out there faced the same kind attacj on your WordPress site please contact me.

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Filezilla FTP client – 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server

Sometimes we get a error Message when using the FTP clients: 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server.

Problem: This error mean that the FTP provider has secured the access with Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Solution:

Change the protocol of the host to “ftpes://”

The configuration will be

Host: ftpes://hostname.com
port: 21

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Dynamically adding HTML components using JavaScript

At times there will be requirements to dynamically add a scetion of HTML multiple times in UI. This can be achived by using JavaScript. One of the implementation for such a scenario is addressed in the following example.
Requirement:
In thie example, there was a need to add a row of three Text boxes, select box to be added dynamically to a page on a button click. Validation has to be done to the dynamically added rows.

Design & Usage:

The design of the sample goes like this.

There will be a container to hold the control items, like button to add the component, field to hold the counter. Following the control box an empty container to hold the dynamically added components. Another container just below this, to hold the contents that has to be created dynamically. The contents has to be formulated carefully with the layouts and identifications. To achive the easier identificaiton of the elements inside the components an auto generated ‘ID’ is added to all the elements on the go. To achive this a delimiter is added to all the elements. Here the delimiter used is “ADDIDHERE”. This will be replaced by the counter variable on the go.
Source:
View Sample page.
Download Sample.
Screenshot:

DynaComp

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Simple methods to Create, Read and Delete Cookies using JavaScript

Usage:

1. createCookie(name,value,days) – Void function.

name – Name for the cookie to be created
value – Value of the cookie
days(INT – Non Madatory) – Number of days to keep the cookie in browser. If not specified the cookie will expire as soon as soon the browser is closed.

2. readCookie(name) – Returns the value of the cookie.

name – Name given at the time of creation

3. eraseCookie(name) – Void function.

Dependency – createCookie method should be in place.

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
}
else var expires = "";
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function readCookie(name) {
var nameEQ = name + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0)
return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
}
return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
createCookie(name,"",-1);
}
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Printing Complex Layouts in Adobe Flex – FlexPrintJob

I have come across a basic need for printing a complex layout in the Adobe Flex. After a long search i thought the following will be helpful to all if shared.

Requirements:

1. My layout has the following. Header (Fixed, to be shown in all page.), First Page Header (Displayed only in single page), DataGrid with data rolling out to more than one page, Fixed footer following the DataGrid and a Footer that come only in last page of the Printed output.
2. I am given only the outer most component object and list of all ids of the following components.
3. No server side support is available.

Problems:

1. My DataGrid is not accessible directly.
2. Complex layout and needed Paginationrn3. Fixed, floating header and footers.

Solution:

With reference to the Adobe Live docs, the solutions is almost near except to the complex structure.
rnI have created a Template that holds all the data to be iterated in the report. I contains the sections like Fixed Header, Floating Header, DataGrid, Fixed Footer, Floating Footer as follows.

1. PrintTemplate.mxml

<s:VGroup id="allPageHeader" width="100%" />
< s:VGroup id="firstPageHeader" width="100%" />
< mx:PrintDataGrid id="printDataGrid" width="100%" />
< s:VGroup id="allPageFooter" width="100%" />
< s:VGroup id="lastPagefooter" width="100%" />

2. PrintSample.mxml

protected function doPrint(outerGroup:DisplayObjectContainer, fixedHeaderIDs:ArrayCollection, floatHeaderIDs:ArrayCollection, dataGridId:String, floatFooterIDs:ArrayCollection , fixedFooterIDs:ArrayCollection):void{...}

Here we have to pass the list of IDs of the sections as we need to the doPrint method as follows.

doPrint(outerGroup, fixedHeaderIDs, floatHeaderIDs, dataGridId, fixedFooterIDs, floatFooterIDs);Completing the rendering the print object will be sent to printer and a popup will be shown.

Source Code: Printing in Adobe Flex

Update:

In the above example, if the Printout is taken with the printAsBitmap set to false, then there will be thick line under the header of the DataGrid ie, the PrintDataGrid. To solve this problem you have to use a Header Renderer and set a background color or Image for the header as follows.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
< s:SparkSkin xmlns:fx="http:/s.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library:/s.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library:/s.adobe.com/flex/mx" > < s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0"> < s:fill> < s:BitmapFill source="@Embed(''header.png'')"/> 
< /s:fill> < s:stroke> < s:SolidColorStroke color="grey" /> 
< /s:stroke> < /s:Rect>< /s:SparkSkin>

Save the file as SampleSkin and add this skin to the headerBackroundSkin property of PrintDataGrid in the PrintTemplate as follows.

<mx:PrintDataGrid id="printDataGrid" width="100%" headerBackgroundSkin="SampleSkin" />

This will resolve the issue and set a neat header to the DataGrid in the print.

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Open Source Softwares – Top alternatives for proprietary softwares – Part 2

 

Part 1  –  Part 2  

 

 
  Famous Proprietary Programs   Open Source Alternatives   Download URL

Mail Servers & Mail Clients
16. Microsoft Exchange Server, IBM Lotus Domino   Zimbra, SoGo, Open-Exchange, OpenGroupware   Zimbra, SoGo, Open-Exchange, OpenGroupware
17. Microsoft Outlook   Evolution, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, Eudora   Evolution, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, Eduora

Multimedia, Video & Audio
18. Apple iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp   Amaroke, aTunes, SongBird   Amaroke, aTunes, SongBird
19. CyberLink PowerDVD and InterVideo WinDVD   VLC media player, Media Player Classic, MPlayer   VLC media player, Media Player Classic, MPlayer
20. Adobe Soundbooth, Sony Sound Forge   Audacity, Ardour, DarkWave Studio, EcaSound   Audacity, Ardour, DarkWave Studio, EcaSound

Browsers
21. Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera   Amaya, Mozilla Firefox, Chromium, K-Meleon, Konqueror, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey   Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, K-Melelon, Amaya, Chromium, Konqueror, Google Chrome

Networking Tools
22. Check Point VPN-1, Citrix Presentation Server   TightVNC, UltraVNC, OpenVPN   TightVNC, UltraVNC, OpenVPN
23. CommView   Wireshark, Snort   Wireshark, Snort
24. CuteFTP, FTP Commander   FileZilla, net2ftp, WinSCP   FileZilla, net2ftp, WinSCP

System Tools
25. Nero Multimedia Suit   DVD Flick   DVD Flick
26. Nero Burning ROM   K3B, InfraRecorder   K3B, InfraRecorder
27. Symantec Veritas NetBackup, Nero Back it up and burn   Amanda, Bacula, StorageIM   Amanda, Bacula, StorageIM
28. PKZip, WinRAR, WinZip   7-Zip, The Unachiver, WinUHA, PeaZip   7-Zip, The Unachiver, WinUHA, PeaZip
29. Syamntec Partion Magic, Symantec Ghost   Partimage, Clonezilla   Partimage, Clonezilla
30. VMware Server ESX   VirtualBOx, Cooperative Linux, OpenVZ   VirtualBOx, Cooperative Linux, OpenVZ
Part 1  –  Part 2  
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Open Source Softwares – Top alternatives for proprietary softwares

Open source software is software whose source code is published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the source code without paying royalties or fees. Open source code evolves through community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual programmers as well as very large companies. Click Here to learn more about Open Source Softwares.

The Open Source softwares get developed rapidly as the development involves developers from individual to lage companies. Thus the Open Source softwares are gaining phase and becoming a competitive products to that of the costly and proprietary softwares in the market. Here is a collection of softwares that stand as the great alternatives to the Proprietary gaints.

 

Part 1  –  Part 2 
 
  Famous Proprietary Programs   Open Source Alternatives   Download URL

Operating Systems
1. Microsoft Windows Operating Systems   Linux Distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva etc.), Google Chrome OS, OpenSolaris, and more.   Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Chrome OS
Office Suites and Tools
2. Microsoft Office Suite, Star Office   OpenOffice, LibreOffice, KOffice, GNOME Office, Feng Office   OpenOffice, LibreOffice
3. Adobe PDF Evince, Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF Evince, Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF
4. Mactopia NeoOffice NeoOffice
5. MathWorks MATLAB Scilab Scilab
6. Microsoft Visio Dia, ArgoUM, StarUML Dia, ArgoUM, StarUML
7. Adobe Acrobat PDFCreator, OpenOffice PDFCreator, OpenOffice
Production and Development Tools
9. Adobe Photoshop   Paint.Net, Gimp, GimpShop, Inkscape   Paint.Net, GIMP, GIMPShop, Inkscape
10. AutoCAD Archimedes Archimedes
11. Adobe Dreamweaver NVU (now KompoZer), BigFish, Amaya KompoZer, Last Official Release of NVU, BigFish, Amaya
12. Adobe Flash OpenLaszlo, Synfig Adobe Flex, OpenLaszlo, Synfig
13. UltraEdit-32, EditPlus Notepad++, SciTE, jEdit Notepad++, SciTE, jEdit
14. TruSpace,
Autodesk 3ds Max		 Blender Blender
15. Microsoft Project Open Workbench Open Workbench
       
Part 1  –  Part 2 
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Easier way to Earn through Yahoo Contributors Network (YCN)

Yahoo has become one of the biggest content producers on net. It all happened when Yahoo purchased Associated contents for $100 millon. Not long after, it was rebranded as Yahoo Contributor Network (YCN). Using YCN, anyone can publish just anything with the push of a button – articles, videos and photos – to associated content and yahoo partenr sites, and get paid for it. YCN opens new opportunity ti freelancers and business alike to find new audineces, earn revenue and promote their brands.

Steps Involved:

1. Registration
This all starts with a simple registration page which asks for personal information. Be sure to include all your websites, Facebook and twitter profiles(and any other relevant networks). YCN will use this information to determine what contributors get which assignments, including localized assignments such as community reports and business  reviews, linking to websites, blogs and online profiles helps extend your network both in and outside the YCN community – and this is vital for making some money out there.

2. Submitting contents
The next step comes the content submission. During this process you will create a title, description, tags, photos and supporting informations like keywords that given maximum possibility to get the search engines to you contents. Be specific to add your own images to your contents than adding the external images, its better avoiding images if not since YCN has its own image guidelines for image use else use Yahoo public gallery. Editors at YCN will manually review your first three submissions for publication.

3. Getting Paid
Earnings with YCN comes in two basic forms, up-front payments and performance payments. All payments are made via PayPal.
Up-front payments can be selected as an option when submitting contents and the review process can take about 10 days. Once accepted, the content is published and eligible for performance payments. Offer is made ranging from $2 to $15.
The Performance payments are based on every 1000 pages viewq your content receives. Payments starts from $1.50 per 1000 views.

4. Content Distribution
When it comes to content distribution there types of distribution are provided.
Exclusive means the yahoo owns the right to the content once it is published. The content cannot have been previously published nor can it be republished by you. This leads to better performance according to YCN, since the contents are not reproduced.
Non Exculsive means content producer is free to publish the content anywhere.
Display-Only means content may have been previoulsy published, can be republished by you and is completely under users control.

5. Getting Business
The content you publish is the commodity. It is shared across a network and you can benefit by including your business or product within this content, references to your industry etc. This takes your product to the people who have not even heard about thus getting in your products and comapny to higher heights.