First, create an .htaccess file in the folder that contains the jpg(s) you would like executed as a php script.  Next, enter the following code in the file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .jpg

Becareful when doing this, make sure you don’t put this command in the root folder.  Also, always worry about your variables and make sure that they are not being used in unethitical ways.

By the way, this will only works for Apache Web Servers.

I hope this lesson was useful , please leave your comments below.

First you will need to download the php library below and upload it to your webserver.

http://pear.php.net/package/Cache_Lite

Next let’s create the php script that will control the cache.

Place Section 1 in the very top of your php page.

<?php
require_once('YOUR-CACHE-DIRECTORY/cache/Lite.php');
 
$pageid = "CREATE-A-UNIQUE-PAGE-ID-OR-NAME";
 
$options = array(
'cacheDir' = 'YOUR-CACHE-DIRECTORY/cache/',
'lifeTime' = 28800
);
 
$Cache_Lite = new Cache_Lite($options);
 
if($data = $Cache_Lite->get($pageid))
{
	echo $data;
 
} else { // No valid cache found (you have to make the page)
 
	ob_start();
?>

<?php
 
	$final_data = ob_get_contents();
 
	ob_end_flush();
 
	$Cache_Lite->save($final_data); // this will save your output
} // close else statement
?>

Once completed, the first load should create your cached file. The second time you refresh the page it should show you the cached file.

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First: You will need two files, an image and a text file with your hidden message.

Next: Open up your command prompt.   Go to your start menu and click on Run, type in cmd and  press enter. You should now see something similar to the image illustrated below.

Next: For the purpose of this demo I have placed the image file (test.jpg) in the root of my C drive. Type cd\ and press enter. You should now see something similar to the image illustrated below.

Next: Now for the fun stuff, place both of your files (i.e test.jpg and your hidden message test.txt) in the root of your C drive. Type in the following command copy /b test.jpg + test.txt result.jpg and press enter. You should now see something similar to the image illustrated below.



Finally: You will now see that that the command created a new file named result.jpg, my outcome file is below. Can you find the hidden message? To see the hidden message open the image up in word pad and scroll to the very end.

I hope this post was useful.  Please leave comments below.

I logged into my clients Webmaster Tools section for Bing.com to look into any issues now that I am forced to increase the importance of Bing.

When I logged in I noticed next to each of the sites URL’s it showed ‘fr’ for the Region.  After reading tons of docs,  I found that a lot companies are having the same issue.  The fix reported by “Brett Yount” who is the Program Manager,  is to do the following in your meta tags:

<meta http-equiv=’Content-Language’ content=’en-us’ />

So I just updated my site to display it in the header and I am waiting to see the results.  I hate that Yahoo did this, Bing.com has so many bugs and their index still isn’t large enough.  Microsoft is just spending money and I personally don’t care for Bing.com.

I hope this helps and please leave some comments.

http://mysqltuner.com/

You should also install mysql administrator, it will allow you to truly see what is going on.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html

Once installed and executed you should see something similar to the results displayed below:

>>  MySQLTuner 1.0.0 – Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>

>>  Bug reports, feature requests, and downloads at http://mysqltuner.com/

>>  Run with ‘–help’ for additional options and output filtering

——– General Statistics ————————————————–

[--] Skipped version check for MySQLTuner script

[OK] Currently running supported MySQL version 5.0.81-community-log

[OK] Operating on 64-bit architecture

——– Storage Engine Statistics ——————————————-

[--] Status: +Archive -BDB -Federated +InnoDB -ISAM -NDBCluster

[--] Data in MyISAM tables: 283M (Tables: 361)

[--] Data in InnoDB tables: 112K (Tables: 7)

[--] Data in MEMORY tables: 0B (Tables: 1)

[!!] Total fragmented tables: 13

——– Performance Metrics ————————————————-

[--] Up for: 1d 20h 46m 2s (30M q [189.613 qps], 943K conn, TX: 5B, RX: 2B)

[--] Reads / Writes: 58% / 42%

[--] Total buffers: 3.0G global + 2.7M per thread (1000 max threads)

[OK] Maximum possible memory usage: 5.7G (72% of installed RAM)

[OK] Slow queries: 0% (18/30M)

[OK] Highest usage of available connections: 43% (435/1000)

[OK] Key buffer size / total MyISAM indexes: 2.4G/133.5M

[OK] Key buffer hit rate: 99.9% (554M cached / 404K reads)

[OK] Query cache efficiency: 77.1% (9M cached / 12M selects)

[OK] Query cache prunes per day: 0

[OK] Sorts requiring temporary tables: 0% (2 temp sorts / 4M sorts)

[OK] Temporary tables created on disk: 14% (16K on disk / 116K total)

[OK] Thread cache hit rate: 99% (435 created / 943K connections)

[OK] Table cache hit rate: 44% (417 open / 936 opened)

[OK] Open file limit used: 1% (788/65K)

[OK] Table locks acquired immediately: 99% (4M immediate / 4M locks)

[OK] InnoDB data size / buffer pool: 112.0K/8.0M

>>  MySQLTuner 1.0.0 – Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>

>>  Bug reports, feature requests, and downloads at http://mysqltuner.com/

>>  Run with ‘–help’ for additional options and output filtering

——– General Statistics ————————————————–

[--] Skipped version check for MySQLTuner script

[OK] Currently running supported MySQL version 5.0.81-community-log

[OK] Operating on 64-bit architecture

——– Storage Engine Statistics ——————————————-

[--] Status: +Archive -BDB -Federated +InnoDB -ISAM -NDBCluster

[--] Data in MyISAM tables: 283M (Tables: 361)

[--] Data in InnoDB tables: 112K (Tables: 7)

[--] Data in MEMORY tables: 0B (Tables: 1)

[!!] Total fragmented tables: 13

——– Performance Metrics ————————————————-

[--] Up for: 1d 20h 46m 2s (30M q [189.613 qps], 943K conn, TX: 5B, RX: 2B)

[--] Reads / Writes: 58% / 42%

[--] Total buffers: 3.0G global + 2.7M per thread (1000 max threads)

[OK] Maximum possible memory usage: 5.7G (72% of installed RAM)

[OK] Slow queries: 0% (18/30M)

[OK] Highest usage of available connections: 43% (435/1000)

[OK] Key buffer size / total MyISAM indexes: 2.4G/133.5M

[OK] Key buffer hit rate: 99.9% (554M cached / 404K reads)

[OK] Query cache efficiency: 77.1% (9M cached / 12M selects)

[OK] Query cache prunes per day: 0

[OK] Sorts requiring temporary tables: 0% (2 temp sorts / 4M sorts)

[OK] Temporary tables created on disk: 14% (16K on disk / 116K total)

[OK] Thread cache hit rate: 99% (435 created / 943K connections)

[OK] Table cache hit rate: 44% (417 open / 936 opened)

[OK] Open file limit used: 1% (788/65K)

[OK] Table locks acquired immediately: 99% (4M immediate / 4M locks)

[OK] InnoDB data size / buffer pool: 112.0K/8.0M

To get the results above, use the following settings:

set-variable = max_connections=1000

safe-show-database

log-slow-queries

long_query_time=10

query_cache_size=536870912

query_cache_type=1

query_cache_limit=8388608

thread_cache_size=16384

table_cache=524288

key_buffer_size=2621440000

The server specs for this type of configuration is as follows:

• Quad Xeon 2.0GHz Processors
• 8GB of Ram
• 64bit RedHat OS

The reason for the 64bit system is that mysql cannot use more than 2gb of ram on any other type of system.   I also configured the hard drives so that the OS has one hard drive, MySQL has it’s own and the Site Files have thier own.  They are all High Speed Reading Hard drives for less latency.  So far this has been able to handle a ton of traffic as you can see from the mysql tuner stats above.  It has plenty of room for growth without maxing out mysql.  This was my first experience with a 64 bit system and it took a little bit to get tweaked but I am more than satisfied with my clients results.

Hope this information was valuable to someone.  Please leave your comments below!!!!!!!

http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/domorewithless/index.html

Let me know your comments below.  I am wondering what the DART advertising is.  I will call them tomorrow and update you on it.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-in-labs-super-trustworthy-anti.html

However,  Sometimes they get ahead of themselves and make quick decisions that resonate across all channels.

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Hosting (always go linux!)
In the beginning you don’t need a large infrastructure.  You should just get a cheap company like Dreamhost, GoDaddy, Hostmonster.  All of them have there own problem because you get what you pay for.  However, it gets the job done.

Width of Site
This depends on your audience.  I site that fills the screen is always better but if you want a sleek solid design you might want to stick with 1000 px width.

Power built-in behind your design. (this is my favorite)
If you are starting off you will want the following packages.

• PHP
• MySQL
• LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
• Script.aculo.us
• XAJAX

This will keep growing so please post questions below.

My personal reason was the advance in Privacy Settings.  I really don’t like Social Networking but I do like meeting old time friends and some new ones.  It allows you to set people in groups and pick and choose what they see.

Yes!  Myspace.com has this option.  But that wasn’t there focus in the beginning.  It was more about the advertising.

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=facebook%2Cmyspace&geo=US&cmpt=q

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=18&q=purchase&geo=US&cmpt=q

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Sites:

• FlashDen
  At FlashDen you can buy and sell files to use in your Adobe Flash projects. You’ll find everything from preloaders to site templates, all selling for as little as $1.
• ThemeForest
  ThemeForest is a marketplace for buying and selling website templates and CMS themes for all sorts of products, like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.
• VideoHive
  VideoHive is a marketplace for buying and selling royalty free stock footage, motion graphics and project files including After Effects and DVD Menus. Anyone is free to join, purchase or sell their own work!
• AudioJungle
  AudioJungle is a brand new audio community serving up thousands of stock music loops and audio effects by independent authors for use in your projects. Join us today, and together we’re going to rock the web!
• GraphicRiver
  GraphicRiver is a marketplace for buying and selling Royalty Free layered Adobe Photoshop Files, EPS Vector Graphics, Icons, Textures, Shapes, Brushes, and More. It’s like having an entire graphics department at your fingertips!

The best part is that you can buy and sell your work.  It’s a site for developers by developers.

I can’t seem to find any keywords that really do what I want.  Once you use Google Adwords so long.  Any windows app just seems obsolete.

Microsoft seems set on this search.  Who knows what they will do.  It is still in  development even though the economy is bad.  They might pull the budget since product searches are down across the bord.

• Google Base |  sign-up here | see what products will look like |
  My Thoughts:  Google has been really good to me and my clients but lately they have been having problems with the data uploads.  Urg!
• Yahoo Shopping
  I don’t know what it is with yahoo.  Their interfaces are also so buggy and slow.  I have to login a million times to finally get logged into their system.  Something with the programming of that part of yahoo is messed up.  (ok i will stop)  But I have noticed google will pick up these links as back links (possibly useful for SEO).
• Shopzilla.com
  It seems to work ok but I am still unsure that this is a good tool for USA territory.  It gets high clicks but not to many conversions (at least so far and will update this with more info when I get it.)
• Shopping.com
  There interface is pretty slow.  But it doesn’t give you a ton of trash clicks.  Seems that they have a better User Interface that allows the customer to see if that is what they need before clicking on your site.
• NexTag.com
  Now NexTag.com…  They called me and told me they are the biggest in the USA.  I am going to try them out however from personal experience.  They are used in Store Fronts like Guitar Center to find the lowest price because they price match.  I have never used them for anything other than that.
• PriceGrabber.com
  Any feedback about these guys would be great…

There is a lot of sites that do comparison shopping.  You will have to check out if the site fits, for the product you are selling.

You might be able to get some back-links to your site to help in SEO but don’t expect very much.  These sites have blocks so that some won’t be picked up by search engines.

I have to disagree.  Yes if you are paying to have other people lie about you then it should be looked at as BAD and they should be stopped.  This should be the responsibility of the Pay-Per-Blog Advertising firms and should stop the blog.  I will go to explain.

If you have a company that is getting extremely good feedback from customers and you want to spread the word around the net and looking for something more than just the average PPC (pay-per-click)  system.  Then this might be solution for you.  I haven’t tried it myself but I am following this battle everyday.  But I think if they do it the correct way and I will explain what I feel is the correct way of Pay-Per-Blogging in-which then Google (or any other search engines) should not penalize you for doing it.

What I Feel is the Honest Approach:

• Examine the Blog you are wanting to post on before paying.
• Choose a site that matches the industry you are in.
• Choose a High Page Rank/High Traffic Site so that you know your dollar will be seen on a good blog.  Not a overnight blog.
• I think a page rank 4 should go for $20.
• In the details of instructions you write to the blogger.  Have them learn about your company (about us page) and have them read your customer reviews.
• Then have them understand the product you are trying to promote.
• Next ask them a series of questions. like,   How would you use this product?  What would you benefit from using this product?  What do you think about our service offerings and customer satisfaction (call us if you want to)
• Then give them the link to the page that you want the article based on.
• Finally,  When they write the article make sure it correct in presenting your firm.  If all is good.  Approve and measure the results using your stat software like googles.

If I get any updates about this type of advertising I will update this post.  Make sure to subscribe.  Hopefully,  google will understand that this advertising is legit and they just have to work on a defence that won’t screw up there algorithm.

Give me your comments.  All content here is my opinion and I can’t be liable for anything because you followed this post.