Date: 08/14/06 (Security)    Keywords: security, web

Free Web-based PC-scanning service made available worldwide, part of an international push for its security tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105538.html

Date: 08/15/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: web

I just accidentally put the wrong files into the recycle bin and deleted them! Are they lost for good now? Is there any way that maybe they're somewhere deep down into the computer and I can retrieve them?? THE FILES WERE MY WHOLE ENTIRE WEBSITE!!!!!!

TY

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/344979.html

Date: 08/15/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: web, google

Could someone please explain, how can a designer, using Windows, use the Subversion system (remotely), which is set up on the Windows 2003 server? He should have some sort of client. I know I can do it using the Visual Studio plugin, since I'm doing the coding. However, the designer doesn't use VS. He needs a stand-alone client. The thing is - it's best if it's GUI and user friendly (drag-and-droppable kinda thing). Is there anything like that? Using Google doesn't help that much, especially since I'm not sure what to search for. I noticed something like WebDAV (protocol?) client, and it's somehow related to Subversion, but I am not sure how the whole thing works.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/345693.html

Date: 08/15/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, web

For anyone who's used PHPmailer, ever get  "550 Administrative prohibition" failure messages?  The odd one is that it only fails going to my personnel email addresses.

SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:host personnalServer.org [216.227.217.101]: 550 Administrative prohibition



/*
* Purpose: Send email to myself, the server, and to company techsupport line
*Arguments:
*              $subject - string  => Subject header for email
*              $body - string => the Body text of email
* Return:  False on success and string error message on failure
*/
myMail($subject, $body)
{
if(defined('SERVER_SWITCH'))  //On local network server
 {
  $mail = new PHPMailer();
  $mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net;mail.iCutThisOut.com";  //my ISP SMTP gateway
  $mail->IsSMTP();  // set mailer to use SMTP
 }
 else //assume were on the remote
 {
  $mail = new PHPMailer();
  $pop = new POP3();  //Got this from 
   $pop->Authorise('mail.iCutThisOut.com', 110, 30, 'USER_NAME', 'PASSWORD', 1);
  
  $mail->IsSendmail();
  $mail->Host = "mail.companyServer.com"; 
  $mail->SMTPAuth = true;     // turn on SMTP authentication
  $mail->Username = 'USER_NAME';  // SMTP username
  $mail->Password = 'PASSWORD';// SMTP password  
  
  $mail->AddAddress("techsupport@companyEmail.com"); //Only send to this if production server
  //$mail->IsMail();  // set mailer to use PHP mail system  
 }
 $mail->SetLanguage("en", SECUREDIR . 'language/');
   
 $mail->From = "webscript@companyServer.com";
 $mail->FromName = "companyServer Script";
 
 $mail->AddAddress('report@companyServer.com');
 $mail->AddAddress("david@myPersonnalAddress.org");
 
 $mail->WordWrap = 50;                                 // set word wrap to 50 characters

 
 $mail->Subject = $subject;
 $mail->Body    = $body;
 if(!$mail->Send())
 {
  $retVal = var_export($mail->ErrorInfo,true) . "
\n";
  $retVal .= "Error Count: " . $mail->error_count . "
\n";
  return $retVal;
 }
 else  //No errors
 {
  return false;
 }

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/484070.html

Date: 08/15/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Greets folks, back again. Looking for a crit on my website and such. Be brutal if you must!

http://www.joewindetc.com/

Note: I know my email is backwards in the 2nd paragraph. That's an issue I'm working on.

Cross-post to: graphicdesign.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1151086.html

Date: 08/16/06 (Security)    Keywords: browser, security, web, microsoft

Latest security update for Internet Explorer can make the Web browser crash. Microsoft plans to release a revamped patch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6106039.html

Date: 08/16/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Something pretty simple for you big webdesigners out there...
I want to be able to get people to send me emails directly from a website I'm building without using their own email client if they actuall have one installed.
I know i have to use forms in some way and I get make them in Dreamweaver but how to do actually send the emails to a email address, I think there is something to link from the form to send the email but I havent got a clue.

Thanks for any help on this and sorry for the simple question...

--
~ B ~

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1151638.html

Date: 08/16/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, jsp, web

How would one go about making portions of a website serve through HTTPS? I'm thinking of something like here at LJ, where only the login and some internal pages are served via HTTPS; all the rest are via ordinary HTTP.

Frankly, I'm even a little confused as to HOW exactly making a web application serve via HTTPS. I've been doing a lot of Googling, and all I can see are how to set up SSL with servers et al—which are too technical for me. I understand I can ask my host to enable SSL; but after that? I seem to "get" that after that, a new folder will be open to me where I should place the pages I mean to make secure. Is this correct? So that means I either have a few pages of my application in one folder, and the rest in another; or two full copies of the application in both folders. Right?

So if I just need certain pages to be served from it, like the login page, user profile page, etc—is it really as "simple" as putting those pages in the secure folder instead of the normal folder, linking to it via the https protocol, and then linking/redirecting back to http after? (Never mind the whole "but the cookie will still be present, you have to put the whole application in https!" argument because if it's one-tenth in terms of speed, that's definitely a no-no.)

What happens if I use a page loader to load the application pages? I then have to put the page loader etc into the secure folder then, right?

And, I seem to read that with JSP there's a way to "transparently" do this—I mean redirecting automatically (i.e., if user tries to go to http://website.com/login.jsp, it gets redirected to https://website.com/login.jsp automatically; or, https://website.com/whateverpage.jsp goes to http://website.com/whateverpage.jsp because it doesn't need to be served via HTTPS). Is there a way to do this with PHP?

Thanks in advance, I'm getting rather frustrated with Googling since I don't seem to get any headway at all into this. :p

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/484250.html

Date: 08/16/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, software, web, hosting

I'm working on an open source project called Appleseed, which requires server-to-server communication.

I'm trying to decide whether I should roll my own classes using internal PHP functions like stream_context_create (), or if I should use the CURL library.

I've benchmarked them both, and the CURL library is really close to the raw functions as far as speed goes.

Does anybody have any recommendations? The only reason I'm hesitant about CURL is that I really want this software to be very easy to install, even on a typical $9 a month php hosting account.

Considering that, how widespread is CURL support amongst php webhosts?

Also, if anybody has rolled their own functions before, how difficult can it be? I'll mostly just be transferring data between servers, nothing too complicated. Maybe CURL is overkill for that?

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/484379.html

Date: 08/16/06 (C Sharp)    Keywords: sql, web

In Visual Studio.NET Pro, my solution has two projects -- one WebSite project, and one SQL Server project. I want to move the two projects into different physical directories on my HDD, and preserve the same solution. When I do that, the Solution complains that it can't find the projects (duh). If I try to "Add Existing Items", then I am able to add the SQL Server project, but Website project does not have a file like ".csproj", therefore adding them again after moving them doesn't seem to work. Could someone suggest how can I move the projects into different folder while preserving my solution?

(This annoying stuff has to be done, because AnkhSVN does not work unless projects are in the solution directory, grrr).

Follow-up: I moved the projects, and edited the addresses in the .sln file. Now AnkhSVN is able to export the SQL Server project to the Subversion repository, but it still refuses to export the WebSite project, complaining that it is not under the solution root directory. I've already put it in the same folder as the sln file, it still complains. Do you know why?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/73369.html

Date: 08/17/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: oscommerce, database, web

Hello all of you geniuses.

I am currently trying to switch servers from an atrocious one to dreamhost, which I have heard good things about. I have my account set up and am in the process of moving files. Simple, right?

Well, I am also moving an OScommerce store and a wordpress blog. I've managed to export my databases but that's where I'm stuck. Despite multiple wikis and support pages I just can't do this. I have run into brick wall after brick wall after brick wall, and I think it is just over my head. It is also somewhat of a time sensitive issue, as we run a few sites and a business off our web space and we've already been down/not updating for a week now. Even if i could figure out how to import these (I did manage to export them... I think...) I certainly wouldn't know how to test them to make sure they're working correctly before setting up the new DNSes and going live. Since I will hopefully never have to do this again, I'd like to just find someone to help me out with this and get it over with.

Remember that business I was talking about? We run a comic book publishing company, and for your trouble of moving two databases for me, I will send you a big box of really awesome comics and graphic novels by some of the coolest artists and writers you've (n)ever heard of. You will also receive my ETERNAL GRATITUDE.

Sound like a good deal?

Drop me a line at coreymarie@gmail.com
or AIM me at: well read robot

I will relinquish passwords and you will help me and I will be happy and send you comics and the world will be a better place. Ideally I'd like to take care of this tonight or tomorrow.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/346446.html

Date: 08/17/06 (HTML Help)    Keywords: java, web

Hey everyone,

I didn't think this was possible, but can you have too many drop down menus on one page? I'm doing a website that requires 12 drop down menus and I've each menu on its own form. When I get to drop down menu 6 it no longer works. In fact, when you make your selection from drop down menu 6 it submits the first value in every drop down menu > 6! I don't understand this. I'm using an OnChange event for each menu:

OnChange="javascript:document.dropdownmenuX.submit()

Why is it that my first 5 drop down menus work perfectly, then when you get to menu 6 it no longer works correctly?

Cheers,
Mags

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/htmlhelp/2346546.html

Date: 08/18/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web

Innovation in Web search using artificial intelligence may lead to the day when you could expect the Web to do the tedious tasks for you.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6107048.html

Date: 08/18/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: cms, php, web

Hi all. This has probably been asked 1000 times, but can I pick your collective brains for a moment?

I've been asked to set up a website for a charity. They want a CMS setup, so I need a PHP host. Trouble is, they don't have money.. so I need one that is as cheap as possible. They can probably get funding from some agency to upgrade it in the future, but they said they need the site yesterday, so they don't have time to sort that out. The servers I usually use are out of their budget, so.... any suggestions for good PHP hosts, cheap and reliable?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1152245.html

Date: 08/18/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: php, asp, web

Just saying hi really, just joined since I am trying a little play with asp.net and like it alot better than PHP.
I'm not very good at it, but getting more productive, visual web developer express is a godsend ;)

So umm hi!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/74070.html

Date: 08/18/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web

Company declines to confirm whether Web pages that surfaced on the Net are part of a new store.
Images: A peek at what could be Amazon Digital Video

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6107282.html

Date: 08/18/06 (HTML Help)    Keywords: templates, html, web

Hey, I know a little bit about HTML, and my sister wanted me to look at her friend's layout on her webpage, here: http://www.kimsmith.ca/

I would like it to look like this: http://www.templatesbox.com/templates/157.htm and I have downloaded the file but I don't know what to do!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/htmlhelp/2347470.html

Date: 08/19/06 (Opera Browser)    Keywords: web

Normally, if a page starts loading and you switch to another tab, and the first page is fully downloaded, that tab's letters will turn blue.

However, since upgrading to Opera 9, I've been encountering an issue where the tab will turn blue, but the page isn't fully downloaded yet. I switch back to another window, then it'll turn blue once more, and it's still not downloaded.

When I look at such a page without switching over, I'll initially get the small bar at the bottom that describes the transfer (KB/s, etc...) but then that will go away, and I'll see the pics slowly show up.

It happens when I bring up my LJ Friends page, for instance. It's also very frequent on gallery web sites with lots of thumbnails. There are even occasions where it will fully download such a page, but it'll never notify me.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/opera_browser/59512.html

Date: 08/19/06 (C Sharp)    Keywords: java, security, web

I am writing a simple c# app in Visual C# 2005 Express to connect to a java webservice. I am basing my code off of an Visual Basic 2003 app that someone else wrote that doesn't do all that I want. My problem is I keep getting the following error messages when I try to use the service.

A first chance exception of type 'System.Net.WebException' occurred in System.Web.Services.dll
The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found.


public bool Work(string request, string response, string environment)
{
StreamReader fileStream = new StreamReader(request);
string content = fileStream.ReadToEnd();
VitalWS.WebServiceFacadeService webService = new VitalWS.WebServiceFacadeService();
string cmdLine;
if (environment != "veasm" || environment != "veasm2")
{
cmdLine = "https://" + environment + ".mreports.com/ws/services/webServiceFacade";
}
else
{
cmdLine = "http://" + environment + ".mreports.com/ws/services/webServiceFacade";
}
webService.Url = cmdLine;
X509Certificate privateKeyCertificate = null;
X509CertificateStore store = new
X509CertificateStore(X509CertificateStore.StoreProvider.System,
X509CertificateStore.StoreLocation.CurrentUser,"My");
bool open = store.OpenRead();
foreach (X509Certificate certificate in store.Certificates)
{
if (certificate.Subject.IndexOf("wamueast") > 1)
{
privateKeyCertificate = certificate;
}
}
if (store != null)
{
store.Close();
}
Console.WriteLine("Certificate CN:" + privateKeyCertificate.Subject);
webService.RequestSoapContext.Path.MustUnderstand = false;
X509SecurityToken digitalSignatureSecurityToken = new X509SecurityToken(privateKeyCertificate);
webService.RequestSoapContext.Security.Tokens.Add(digitalSignatureSecurityToken);
Signature digitalSignature = new Signature(digitalSignatureSecurityToken);
digitalSignature.SignatureOptions = SignatureOptions.IncludeNone;
digitalSignature.SignatureOptions = SignatureOptions.IncludeSoapBody;
webService.RequestSoapContext.Security.Elements.Add(digitalSignature);
string webResponse = null;
bool result = false;
try
{
webResponse = webService.executeService(content);
return result;
}
catch (System.Net.WebException we)
{
Console.WriteLine(we.Message);
return result;
}
}

Can anyone offer a suggestion why this does not seem to work? I know that the url for the webservice is correct because I can use the buggy VB.Net app to get a response.

Thanks

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/csharp/73666.html

Date: 08/20/06 (Mozilla)    Keywords: web

I recently got a new Apple computer and downloaded Firefox. I've been running Firefox on Windows and OS X for a while now, and have never really run into any major problems. However, Firefox has been closing whenever I've tried to load certain websites. I've tried reopening the program and trying again, and restarting my computer, but the same few websites cause the program to close. Does anyone have any idea of what the problem could be?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mozilla/373509.html