If you install CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) you will find in their recommend list that you need to change your SSH port for security reasons. And changing SSH port in both Ubuntu or CentOS is not hard.To change SSH port in Linux (Ubuntu or CentOS): 1. Open your terminal with root access 2. Edit ssh_config file:3. Change the port4. Save and close. Then restart your SSH Server:It's easy right? Now when you connect to SSH from putty probably, you need to use port … Read more...
Google Mail 503 Error
February 27, 2011 • Leave a Comment
In my morning coffee time, i always open my email box, my blog, and some of my favorite websites. Usually in this meantime i take the time to reply my email, blog comment, Facebook comment and twitter. But today i have a different situation. I can't open my GMail inbox. I got Error 503 or temporarily down message. See the screenshoot below:I cannot access GMail for around 30 minutes. But after that it is accessible as normal. I wonder what happen. If they have a scheduled maintenance, … Read more...
Free Database Designer For MySQL With MySQL Workbench
February 26, 2011
If you are looking for a nice and good database designer for MySQL, then i'm very recommend you to use MySQL Workbench. Beside it is free (GPL License for Community Edition), it is also easy to use. Before i found this, i used to make database designer with other tools or make a hand writing database design (ERD/Entity Relationship Diagram) then i manually make the all tables through PhpMyAdmin. This took a long time.After i tried MySQL Workbench, i'm very happy about it. It is easy to use. … Read more...
Solve 404 Error When Activating Plugin In WordPress
February 25, 2011 • 3 Comments
Today i found a weird issue when trying to activate a WordPress plugin. I always redirected to 404 Error Page (Not Found). This is the first time i met this error. In most case it is crash problem or PHP Fatal error, which is easily to fix. I tried to debug the Apache error log, Nginx error log and MySQL log. There were no error related to the issue.After doing debug for hours, i finally found the issue. It was a very slow query which is lead to exceed PHP max execution time. There are 3 … Read more...
DB Cache Reloaded Version 2.1 Not Compatible With WordPress 3.1
February 24, 2011 • Leave a Comment
I have been using DB Cache Reloaded for a while now, it have a better performance than W3 Total Cache database cache. You may read my previous article Guide To Improve Your WordPress Blog Performance For Free. Now i have update my clone of this blog to use Wordpress 3.1 for testing purpose, at the beginning it was fine. But now it turns out that i have an issue with DB Cache Reloaded which is not compatible with WordPress 3.1.I dig a while and i found that it's not just me. There are some … Read more...
Are You Ready Upgrade To WordPress 3.1?
February 24, 2011 • Leave a Comment
As i write this now, WordPress 3.1 stable release is just released to public. I have been following this WordPress 3.1 development since beta version. WordPress 3.1 or WordPress “Django” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.[quote sourcename="WordPress.com" sourceurl="http://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/threeone/"]This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re … Read more...
Make Glow Effect With CSS
February 22, 2011 • 2 Comments
This glow effect trick with CSS is not a new trick. As the example you can see the glow effect when you mouse hover to any related post images at the end of this post. To make CSS glow effect is not hard, you just need to add 2 lines in your css class where you want your glow effect show.Here is the 2 lines:How to use it for an image:How to use for an input box:Since -moz-box-shadow property only work for Firefox, so this technique only work for Mozilla Firefox and friends … Read more...
[HowTo] Export All Your Visitors Comment Email In WordPress
February 20, 2011 • Leave a Comment
In default WordPress comment your visitors need to input their email to leave a comment in your blog. And you can export those emails for whatever reasons you need. Probably you need to keep in touch, or just say hi, you name it. I just want to share a little trick to export those emails from database to a csv file.Here is the php code to do that:Or you can download it here.DISCLAIMER:This script is free to use and modified. And i don't responsible for any legal or ILEGAL activity … Read more...
Google Search Tricks
February 20, 2011 • 2 Comments
Google is the largest search engine nowadays. Many internet users, including me and you(probably) using Google in everyday of our life. But do you know that there are lot of trick you can use to customize your search results? Here some of them: Search OperatorOperator Sample Explanation+ peanut butter +and jelly Google ignores common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters that slow down your search without improving the results. If a common … Read more...
Snippet Code To Make Automatic Live URL With JQuery
February 20, 2011 • 2 Comments
Sometimes if you a blog or forum owner you need to make all your text (in url format) turn into a live url (clickable) to make your visitors easier to visit the link inside that content rather than manual copy that link and paste it in address bar. It's hard if you change all your content one by one to make this link click able.See the following example:Text with url format (unclickable):Live link/url (clickable): So to change that text into live link, you can … Read more...
