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How to Edit PDF Files Without Recreate Them

February 26th, 2007

Admin Picked Software

Foxit PDF

Use This Software If You Want To

  • Edit PDF files that you have created or downloaded from the Internet or Emails.
  • Change the pictures, colors or texts of PDF files

Tutorial

Picture show below is the sample PDF file that we are going to edit with Foxit PDF.

You also can change text color as shown in the example below.

Besides that, you can edit pictures of PDF documents. Isn’t it amazing?

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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How to Remotely Control Your Home or Office Computer

February 23rd, 2007

Ever since Internet is born in the 90′s, we have heard about the chance of working at home instead of spending long hours get your car stuck in the traffic jam every morning and every evening. However, this “nice dream” never really happens to most of the people however the remote control or VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology is availble out there at a cost and confused configuration steps. Anyway, to make story short, I am going to show you how to set up an easy remote control software on your home computer or office computer so that you can connect and use it any time for FREE.

Picked Software: LogMeIn

Use This Software When:

  • You want to remote control your home computer or office computer anywhere and anytime from another computer through Internet connection.

Alternative Solutions and Software

  • PCAnywhere – costly and complicated setup process for non so technical users.
  • GoToMyPC.com – good and easy to use. But It isn’t free like LogMeIn.com

Steps to Install LogMeIn Remote Control Software

  1. It is fairly easy. Just visit www.logmein.com with the computer that you want to get access to anytime.
  2. Create an account and select LogMeIn Free.
  3. Just put in your personal information and password.
  4. After the registration, make sure you login to the LogMeIn.com site and in control panel screen, click Add Computer.
  5. Follow the steps to start download the LogMeIn.com software on your machine.
  6. If you are prompted for computer access code, put a password and write it down. You will need it when you want to access the computer.
  7. After the installation, you are done. Now, you can always go to www.logmein.com and login your account and start remotely control your computer. Note: you might be prompted for computer access code and that is the code that you have put in when you install the software.
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The Best Peer to Peer File Sharing Software Goes to BitComet

February 20th, 2007
Read More P2P Software / Software

If you like Peer to Peer technology and would love to download movies online, you should get BitComet. BitComet is a BitTorrent client that comes clean without any spywares or adwards that comes with Kazaa.

CNet Comments of BitComet Software

BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use BitTorrent client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering. Version 0.84 fixes some serious bugs in HTTP and BitTorrent download in 0.83.

Download BitComet

go to http://www.bitcomet.com and choose download.

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How to Integrate TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor into PunBB

February 7th, 2007
Read More Software Tips
  1. Install TinyMCE by Copying all the TinyMCE files into a tinyMCE folder in your hosting server.
  2. Install PunBB
  3. Copy tinymce_integration.js to /include folder of your PunBB
  4. Copy code.gif and tinymce.css into /style folder of your PunBB
  5. Edit main.tpl file in /include/template folder of your PunBB and insert the following code right after <pun_head>.<!– tinymce –> <script language=”Javascript” xsrc=”/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js” mce_src=”/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js”></script> <script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript” xsrc=”/include/tinymce_integration.js” mce_src=”/include/tinymce_integration.js”></script> <!– /tinymce –>
  6. To Be Continued….
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PunBB Forum – How to Make Your Forum More Search Engine Friendly

February 7th, 2007

PunBB is by far the world’s best open source PHP forum. For example, our handcellphone forum is powered by PunBB. To do what handcellphone forum does in SEO by making the urls of your PunBB forum more Search Engine Friendly, you need to add Rewrite Mod into your PunBB forum (download ReWrite Mod).

Follow the instruction below to modify your PunBB codes to make your forum more search engine friendly.

#
#———[ 1. UPLOAD ]——————————————————-
#

.htaccess to /
rewrite.php to /include/

#
#———[ 2. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

include/common.php

#
#———[ 3. FIND (line: 35) ]———————————————
#

// Load the functions script
require PUN_ROOT.’include/functions.php’;

#
#———[ 4. AFTER, ADD ]————————————————-
#

require PUN_ROOT.’include/rewrite.php’;
#
#———[ 5. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

index.php

#
#———[ 6. FIND (line: 100) ]———————————————
#

$forum_field = ‘<h3><a xhref=”viewforum.php?id=’.$cur_forum['fid'].’” mce_href=”viewforum.php?id=’.$cur_forum['fid'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['forum_name']).’</a></h3>’;

#
#———[ 7. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$forum_field = ‘<h3><a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“f”, $cur_forum['fid'], $cur_forum['forum_name']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['forum_name']).’</a></h3>’;

#
#———[ 6. FIND (line: 111) ]———————————————
#

$last_post = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].’#p’.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].’#p’.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($cur_forum['last_post']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ‘.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['last_poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 7. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$last_post = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“p”, $cur_forum['last_post_id'], format_time($cur_forum['last_post'])).’#p’.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($cur_forum['last_post']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ‘.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['last_poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 8. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

viewforum.php

#
#———[ 9. FIND (line: 149) ]———————————————
#

$last_post = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$cur_topic['last_post_id'].’#p’.$cur_topic['last_post_id'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$cur_topic['last_post_id'].’#p’.$cur_topic['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($cur_topic['last_post']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['last_poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 10. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$last_post = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“p”, $cur_topic['last_post_id'], format_time($cur_topic['last_post'])).’#p’.$cur_topic['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($cur_topic['last_post']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['last_poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 11. FIND (line: 195) ]———————————————
#

$subject = $lang_forum['Moved'].’: <a xhref=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['moved_to'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['moved_to'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 12. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$subject = $lang_forum['Moved'].’: <a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“t”, $cur_topic['moved_to'], $cur_topic['subject']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 13. FIND (line: 197) ]———————————————
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['id'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['id'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 14. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“t”, $cur_topic['id'], $cur_topic['subject']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 15. FIND (line: 200) ]———————————————
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['id'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['id'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 16. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“t”, $cur_topic['id'], $cur_topic['subject']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 17. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

viewtopic.php

#
#———[ 18. FIND (line: 172) ]———————————————
#
<ul><li><a xhref=”index.php” mce_href=”index.php”><?php echo $lang_common['Index'] ?></a></li><li> » <a xhref=”viewforum.php?id=<?php echo $cur_topic['forum_id'] ?>”><?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['forum_name']) ?></a></li><li> » <?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']) ?></li></ul>

#
#———[ 19. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

<ul><li><a xhref=”index.php” mce_href=”index.php”><?php echo $lang_common['Index'] ?></a></li><li> » <a xhref=”<?php echo makeurl(“f”, $cur_topic['forum_id'], $cur_topic['forum_name']) ?>”><?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['forum_name']) ?></a></li><li> » <?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']) ?></li></ul>

#
#———[ 20. FIND (line: 315) ]———————————————
#
<h2><span><span class=”conr”>#<?php echo ($start_from + $post_count) ?> </span><a xhref=”viewtopic.php?pid=<?php echo $cur_post['id'].’#p’.$cur_post['id'] ?>”><?php echo format_time($cur_post['posted']) ?></a></span></h2>

#
#———[ 21. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

<h2><span><span class=”conr”>#<?php echo ($start_from + $post_count) ?> </span><a xhref=”<?php echo makeurl(“p”, $cur_post['id'], format_time($cur_post['posted'])).’#p’.$cur_post['id'] ?>”><?php echo format_time($cur_post['posted']) ?></a></span></h2>

#
#———[ 22. FIND (line: 351) ]———————————————
#

<ul><li><a xhref=”index.php” mce_href=”index.php”><?php echo $lang_common['Index'] ?></a></li><li> » <a xhref=”viewforum.php?id=<?php echo $cur_topic['forum_id'] ?>”><?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['forum_name']) ?></a></li><li> » <?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']) ?></li></ul>

#
#———[ 23. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

<ul><li><a xhref=”index.php” mce_href=”index.php”><?php echo $lang_common['Index'] ?></a></li><li> » <a xhref=”<?php echo makeurl(“f”, $cur_topic['forum_id'], $cur_topic['forum_name']) ?>”><?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['forum_name']) ?></a></li><li> » <?php echo pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']) ?></li></ul>

#
#———[ 24. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

search.php

#
#———[ 25. FIND (line: 544) ]———————————————
#

$forum = ‘<a xhref=”viewforum.php?id=’.$temp[0].’” mce_href=”viewforum.php?id=’.$temp[0].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($temp[1]).’</a>’;

#
#———[ 26. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$forum = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“f”, $temp[0], $temp[1]).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($temp[1]).’</a>’;

#
#———[ 27. FIND (line: 555) ]———————————————
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$search_set[$i]['tid'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$search_set[$i]['tid'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['subject']).’</a>’;

#
#———[ 28. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“f”, $search_set[$i]['tid'], $search_set[$i]['subject']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['subject']).’</a>’;

#
#———[ 29. FIND (line: 584) ]———————————————
#

<h2><?php echo $forum ?> » <?php echo $subject ?> » <a xhref=”viewtopic.php?pid=<?php echo $search_set[$i]['pid'].’#p’.$search_set[$i]['pid'] ?>”><?php echo format_time($search_set[$i]['pposted']) ?></a></h2>

#
#———[ 30. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

<h2><?php echo $forum ?> » <?php echo $subject ?> » <a xhref=”<?php echo makeurl(“p”, $search_set[$i]['pid'], format_time($search_set[$i]['pposted'])).’#p’.$search_set[$i]['pid'] ?>”><?php echo format_time($search_set[$i]['pposted']) ?></a></h2>

#
#———[ 31. FIND (line: 616) ]———————————————
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$search_set[$i]['tid'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?id=’.$search_set[$i]['tid'].’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 32. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

$subject = ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“t”, $search_set[$i]['tid'], $search_set[$i]['subject']).’”>’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['subject']).’</a> <span class=”byuser”>’.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['poster']).’</span>’;

#
#———[ 33. FIND (line: 673) ]———————————————
#

?><td class=”tcr”><?php echo ‘<a xhref=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$search_set[$i]['last_post_id'].’#p’.$search_set[$i]['last_post_id'].’” mce_href=”viewtopic.php?pid=’.$search_set[$i]['last_post_id'].’#p’.$search_set[$i]['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($search_set[$i]['last_post']).’</a> ‘.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['last_poster']) ?></td><?php

#
#———[ 34. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

?><td class=”tcr”><?php echo ‘<a xhref=”‘.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.makeurl(“p”, $search_set[$i]['last_post_id'], format_time($search_set[$i]['last_post'])).’#p’.$search_set[$i]['last_post_id'].’”>’.format_time($search_set[$i]['last_post']).’</a> ‘.$lang_common['by'].’ ’.pun_htmlspecialchars($search_set[$i]['last_poster']) ?></td><?php

#
#———[ 35. OPEN ]———————————————————
#

extern.php

#
#———[ 36. FIND (line: 126) ]———————————————
#

// Load the functions script
require PUN_ROOT.’include/functions.php’;
#
#———[ 37. AFTER, ADD ]————————————————-
#

require(PUN_ROOT.’include/rewrite.php’);

#
#———[ 38. FIND (line: 255) ]———————————————
#

echo “\t\t”.’<link>’.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/viewtopic.php?id=’.$cur_topic['id'].$url_action.’</link>’.”\r\n”

#
#———[ 39. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

echo “\t\t”.’<link>’.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/’.makeurl(“t”, $cur_topic['id'], $cur_topic['subject']).$url_action.’</link>’.”\r\n”

#
#———[ 40. FIND (line: 227) ]———————————————
#

echo “\t\t”.’<description><![CDATA['.escape_cdata($lang_common['Forum'].’: <a xhref=”‘.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/viewforum.php?id=’.$cur_topic['fid'].’” mce_href=”‘.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/viewforum.php?id=’.$cur_topic['fid'].’”>’.$cur_topic['forum_name'].’</a><br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Author'].’: ‘.$cur_topic['poster'].’<br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Posted'].’: ‘.date(‘r’, $cur_topic['posted']).’<br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Last post'].’: ‘.date(‘r’, $cur_topic['last_post'])).’]]></description>’.”\r\n”

#
#———[ 41. REPLACE WITH ]————————————————-
#

echo “\t\t”.’<description><![CDATA['.escape_cdata($lang_common['Forum'].’: <a xhref=”‘.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/’.makeurl(” mce_href=”‘.$pun_config['o_base_url'].’/’.makeurl(“f”, $cur_topic['fid'], $cur_topic['forum_name']).’”>’.$cur_topic['forum_name'].’</a><br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Author'].’: ‘.$cur_topic['poster'].’<br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Posted'].’: ‘.date(‘r’, $cur_topic['posted']).’<br />’.”\r\n”.$lang_common['Last post'].’: ‘.date(‘r’, $cur_topic['last_post'])).’]]></description>’.”\r\n”

#
#———[ 42. SAVE/UPLOAD ]————————————————-
#

Troubleshooting

If your PunBB forum isn’t loaded at the root folder, you have to add RewriteBase /{name of your folder} in the .htaaccess file.

Example:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /techforum
RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)(.*).html$ viewforum.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^t([0-9]+)(.*).html$ viewtopic.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^p([0-9]+)(.*).html$ viewtopic.php?pid=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*).rss$ extern.php?action=$1&type=rss [L]
RewriteRule ^blabla.html$ index.php [L]

If you have any questions, please post them under the comment section below, I will be glad to answer your questions

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Auto Startup Script for Debian Linux (Example is Add Route in Routing Table)

February 6th, 2007
Read More Linux Tutorials

When I configured the Censornet proxy server, I wanted to add static routes in routing table so that computers at subnets can connect to the proxy server.

However, my entered static routes were removed automatically everytime the proxy server restarted. So, I figured out I need to add “Add Route” commands in the startup scripts. This is what I figured out to add commands in start up script in Debian Linux.

First, go to the /etc/init.d/ directory. The files and scripts that listed are the startup scripts that are loaded when Debian starts.

So, to make a startup script, you add a new file under the init.d directory. For my case, I added a “addroute” file by using command: “pico addroute”.

I entered my add route commands and save “addroute” file.

commands that i type in:

route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.0.4

….and so on.

Then, you have to make the “addroute”, by chmod 755 /etc/init.d/addroute

Then you need to add the appropriate symbolic links to cause the script to be executed when the system goes down, or comes up.

The simplest way of doing this is to use the Debian-specific command update-rc.d addroute defaults

That's all. Restart your server and see whether your linux load the static routes or not.

source

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Backward Clock that Fool Your Friends

February 5th, 2007
Read More Gadget News

 Valentine’s day is not even over, but there are some crazy people try to make a bankward clock which is suitable for April fool day.

This backward clock for sure is a way to fool people with price of only $13 each.

[via Gizmodo]

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Recover Your Lost Files in Broken Hard Disks, Floppy Disks and USB Jump Drives – File Scavenger 3.1

February 3rd, 2007
Read More Software

Dummy Scenario, Use this software if

  1. You want to recover important files in broken hard disks that has bad sectors.
  2. Your have troubles in reading files from your floppy disks or jump drives and your Microsoft Windows take years to read files.
  3. You accidentally delete IMPORTANT files in your Recycle Bin and you want to undelete / recover back those important files.

Tech Geek Overview

File Scavenger is the full-featured, award-winning data recovery application and file undeleter for NTFS volumes on Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows NT.

File Scavenger can recover files accidentally deleted, including files removed from the Recycled Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down, provided that recovery is attempted before the files are permanently overwritten by Windows.

File Scavenger supports both basic and dynamic disks, NTFS compression, alternate data streams, sparse files, etc. Except in severe cases, both the file and the folder path leading to the file can be recovered.

With File Scavenger files can be recovered from reformatted or corrupted volumes. This is even possible when a volume has been deleted and its original position on disk and size are unknown.
Using the unique Defunct Volume Search mode, File Scavenger can scan an entire physical hard drive to look for traces of defunct volumes.

Also in this mode, files can be recovered from broken striped volumes (i.e. RAID 0 or RAID 5) provided that the component physical drives are still accessible individually. (For striped set with parity or RAID 5, one drive can be missing.)

Admin Pick and Why

File Scavenger is by far the best files restoring / recovery software that we have tested so far. This software can skip some bad sectors on hard disks and continue pulling whatever information (bits) that it can possible read from the hard disk. So, even though you hard disks / floppy disks / jump drives are deathly broken, you still can retrive pieces of important data out of them. Bravo!

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