Date: 06/29/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web

Search giant unveils anticipated payment processing system for Web merchants, online shoppers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6089351.html

Date: 06/29/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web

Ok guys, I wouldn't be asking anything from the community unless I have the answers myself, and believe me, this has been bugging me for some time now.

Long story short, I recently got my hands on a free second hand Dell PowerEdge 4400 server.

From what I can tell and what was told to me, it has:

Dual P3 Xeon 866mhz
1.5gb Ram pc133
1x 16gb 10k SCSI HDD
Windows 2000 Server (?)
Integrated VGA
SB value 16bit sound card

Unfortunatly, I don't have a spare monitor nor outlet space, so I haven't booted up the tower yet.

Now, the server uses a hot swappable SCSI array (of which flavor, I haven't found out yet).

Is there anyway to make this machine accept IDE or SATA drive, or rig something like an IDE or SATA array. I mean, It was used as a Web Server, so I could understand the pathetic single SCSI HDD, but I myself would want to give it a bit more of a functionality by giving it more HDD room. I don't want to use "Server Grade" HardDrives since they aren't exactly cheap at all. I would rather stock this server with cheaper drives that has a higher storage capacity. The machine, will at the most, might turn into a type of Audio/media storage server, ideal for home and for use to share the said file in my college dorm/network. Reliability and redudency will not be a top priority for right now.

This is my first real server to hold and call my own. I'm a PC power user, but by no means an expert. If anybody can help, please do. I give my thanks in advance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/943942.html

Date: 06/29/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

I learnt a hard lesson today on mod_rewrite. I haven’t had time to explore further to find the root cause. I present it as it is in the hope that it will help someone like me to solve their strange mod_rewrite problems. I created a new website on a new domain which is hosted on the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mod_rewrite-lesson-how-to-make-it-work/

Date: 06/29/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: blogging, rss, software, database, web

I’m looking into how one would set up an RSS feed a smallish website for fun/learning. I think my preferred method is to have a function that is called when the journal is updated that generates a static RSS page, rather than have the RSS feed query the database itself.

I like this method because an RSS feed isn’t really what I think of when I think dynamic content – it’s the same for every visitor. If you have 50-100 visitors between updates, you just saved yourself 49-99 database calls. It also feels more secure. If you’re querying a database, there is potential to fall victim to a injection attack. Well, the point where one updated the journal is still vulnerable, but that’s true in either method.

I was looking at how some of the blogging software generates RSS, but they all query the database directly from the feed. Is there something I’m missing? Why is this method so overwhelmingly preferred?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/331678.html

Date: 06/29/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web, google, shopping

Google Launched Google Checkout today. It appears to be a surefire PayPal killer. Google Checkout like PayPal Website Payments Pro provides developer API to integrate third party shopping carts with Google Checkout. The API looks much more capable (like archiving) than PayPal at first sight and comes with good examples. Google Checkout like PayPal is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-checkout-paypal-killer-versus-paypal-a-review/

Date: 06/29/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: security, web, microsoft

Fresh security problems found in Microsoft Internet Explorer that can allow attackers to take over a system or read private information from other Web sites. One of the bugs also affects Firefox. Proof-of-concept code was released demonstrating one of the bugs. A researcher on Full Disclosure mailing list warned of the two IE problems, the more [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-internet-explorer-bug-allows-hackers-to-read-your-email-website-credentials-remote-code-execution/

Date: 06/29/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: asp, web

Want to see something wonderful? Fire up visual studio and start a new asp.net web application.

Make WebForm1.aspx look like this:

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="WebForm1.aspx.vb" Inherits="WebApplication1.child"%>

And make WebForm1.aspx.vb look like this:

Public Class parent
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Response.Write("parent.Page_Load")
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class child
    Inherits parent

    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Response.Write("child.Page_Load")
    End Sub
End Class

Press F5. The resulting page will only say "parent.Page_Load". If you go back and look at WebForm1.aspx, you will see that visual studio has changed "child" to "parent" for you! You can go ahead and change it back, but the next time you recompile, it will change it for you again!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/71780.html

Date: 06/29/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web, hosting

ok i have a good one for y'all.

a few years ago i registered a domain name thru this company based in houston. we used to have hosting with them as well but it couldn't meet our needs so we switched hosting, but didn't worry about switching the domain name.

now my boss or whatever you call him (guy i made the website for) wants to change the name servers. that webhosting company doesn't exist anymore. i called the contact listed in the domain name and the guy tells me that the company has since split and the guy who has all the info for the domain names and stuff is gone and they can't get a hold of him or whatever. he's out of the country or something and they don't ever talk or something.

is there any other way i can change the name servers? i was going to try to register with a different company but the domain is locked and my boss (or whatever) had the foresight to register the domain name for 5 years, so it doesn't expire until 2008.

any help would be greatly appreciated! bah!!!!!!!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1131935.html

Date: 06/30/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web, hosting

I am working to transition my server to dedicated web hosting. My Westhost VPS account is crumbling under traffic and no amount of optimization is being able to handle anymore the heavy traffic I am getting. Having said that I love to solve this type of problems. Bring it on! I knew I was moving towards [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/working-to-transition-to-dedicated-web-hosting-2/

Date: 07/01/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, web

Obviously, Photoshop is terrible when it comes to text handling. This is especially true when it comes to creating client comps for web. The text on the comp, if it is generated in PS, is far inferior to what it will look like in the browser.

I have a clumsy method or two for generating comps with text that looks a more or less like the finished product. But I have known for a long time that I needed to find a more efficient way to deal with this issue.

So, my question is, how do you deal with it? Do you set the text in illustrator or just make browser comps? Perhaps I should just do my comps in code but I am looking for the fastest possible solution.

Thanks in advance for those who answer my question.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1132592.html

Date: 07/01/06 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: web

I saw this and I had to have it. What it does is change the background color of a current page. Note I didn't say entire website? What I'd like to do is to have this kind of control be used to change the background color for the entire site. I'd also like to have these same colors (seen in code below) be used to change the color of the text for the visitor. Some might prefer yellow on black instead of blinding white on black. And I was wondering if it'd be possible to save the visitor's page settings via a cookie?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/javascript/104719.html

Date: 07/01/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: web

I'm running EZ firewall 5.1 and I've just started to post on LJ.  I've discovered that I can't see images in entries linked off site (to photobucket for example) unless I turn the firewall off.  I've tried changing the settings to accept cookies, webbugs and private headers from LJ but nada.  

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Bill

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/649478.html

Date: 07/03/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web, hosting, spam

i am looking for recommendations for email hosting.

my requirements are:
- must be allowed to host your own domain
- must have a web interface that is fast and not bloated
- must have at least 2 GB of IMAP storage space available
- must have custom spam filtering options available

preferable but not required:
- web locker space available

running my own email server is not an option at this point. I was previously using fastmail.fm, but lately their uptime has been terrible and i'm very annoyed with the downtime. suggestions?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/944958.html

Date: 07/03/06 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, html, web, spyware, microsoft

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/276185_software03.html

Q: Microsoft essentially allowed Internet Explorer to go dormant for several years, until Firefox started coming along and chipping away at its market share. What do you think about that, and what does that say about the state of competition?

Ross: That makes me furious, to be completely honest with you. That, more than anything, is why we really had to start Firefox in the first place.[...]

The truth is I think Microsoft is very directly responsible for spyware and adware and the pop-up ads in general that proliferated across the Web after they abandoned their product [Internet Explorer]. I mean, this is the world's most-used software application ever ... and I just think it's irresponsible for a company to abandon it simply because they can't find a financial incentive to continue development on it.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mozilla/369128.html

Date: 07/04/06 (HTML Help)    Keywords: browser, html, web

I just tried to update my website using Opera 9 as my default browser. Whenever I try to close out and save all of the updates, I DO NOT get the confirmation notice that I am about to update my site and, consequently, the changes do not "take". Can you not update HTML with Opera as your default browser? Any help appreciated.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/htmlhelp/2328096.html

Date: 07/04/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: web

I currently have a Windows 2003 server running FTP. I've been asked to create user accounts for this site with each user having a different root directory (a user will only have one root but a directory may have more than one user). I've done this through the control panel with the current web host but I don't know how to do it on the server itself (we're moving the client away from the current host to using their own server). Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to set up FTP accounts this way?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/333053.html

Date: 07/05/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web, hosting

I prepared a list of questions to ask potential unmanaged dedicated web hosting providers for my sites. Note: I have collected some questions from the web (forgot the url) and added my own. Feel free to add more in comments. Also below are some tips to get better pricing. Can I remotely (cold) reboot my dedicated [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/pre-sales-questions-for-choosing-dedicated-web-hosting-providers/

Date: 07/05/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: web, hosting, google

I have been looking for a unmanaged dedicated web hosting provider for the last 7 days or so. I performed sucks tests (search in Google for “xyz sucks”), went to web hosting forumsm asked questions to the provider, analyzed their plans with a fine tooth comb. Finally I have settled upon two alternatives, depending [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/unmanaged-dedicated-web-hosting-provider-my-choice/

Date: 07/05/06 (Security)    Keywords: web

Feature allowing executable file to be launched by typing Web address into IE is safe, says company. Others disagree.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6090840.html

Date: 07/06/06 (Security)    Keywords: web

Hole could have allowed attackers to steal sensitive data from Web surfers, according to blog post that revealed the flaw.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6090974.html