FTP Error 530 Maximum Number Of Connections 10 For Your Host Are Already Connected

by Hiroshi on 27-09-2008

530 Sorry, the maximum number of connections (10) for your host are already connected.

This error is caused by excessive opened connections via ftp. Whenever you are done with online ftp activity then close the connection from ftp properly otherwise it will be connected and some ftp or hosts may have limitations on opened connections. So after exceeding the limit you will no more be able to connect and then you will have to ask your host support from your host.

Make sure that you close connection as soon as you are done with them, as some ftp clients will generally leave their connection open unless told otherwise. Additionally, some clients such as Filezilla will allow multiple connections for any new activity, which uses up connections quickly. While this does make for faster transfers.

I use mostly Cute FTP and I have been sometimes doing it to just close ftp software (Alt+F4) and not closing connection; but the point is that when you have been connected then you must close connection properly as well.

Critical Problem With WP23RP WP Related Posts Plugin

by Hiroshi on 25-09-2008

For Wordpress new release 2.6.2, I updated one of my blog and got my posts exported and then imported into new blog. There one unusual thing I noticed. WP23RP (WP Related Posts Plugin) which I was using and post views plugin did something unusual. Whenever i was going to open my Write new post section It got held and jQuery script went unresponsive while I noticed that there was a loop going on in my Write Panel under Custom Fields Tab. Related posts were populating there which should not be because I was writing a new post, and was not editing any existing post.

my server got heavy load and they told me about it. I immediately turned off WP Related posts and Post Views plugins but problem was same. Post views fields were also populating there.

I realized that there must be some database problem. I fixed that after a bit of a struggle.

I requested help from Wordpress Forum here.

Author's homepage is here.

Plugin's home page is here.

yet I did not get any response. But its a critical issue. It can be anything with new Wordpress 2.6.2 importing or it can be anything to do with WP Realted Posts Plugin (Update Issue).

If you know anything relating to this problem then please advise the audience.

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Custom Virus Removal Free Solutions

by Hiroshi on 25-09-2008

Many powerful antiviruses are available in market now a days, costly, heavy, monstrous and which hit your computer BIG TIME. It is always recommended to use some antivirus software to cop with current threatening situation of virus attacks particularly from USB and computer network. Most of these resides in the computer and corrupts registry, removes folder options, open drives in new explorer and many other little nasty problem like task manager gets disabled and more...

Fortunately there are some custom solutions for coping with specially such problems. Here you go:

Smart Virus Remover with USB Write Protect

Folder Options missing in Windows XP

Ravmon Virus Removal Tool

Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

Rising Antivirus Free Solution

AVG Free Edition

Ravmon Virus Removal Tool 3.2

More Useful Downloads

8 Free Fonts Management Tools For Windows

by Hiroshi on 24-09-2008

If you are one of those who work with hundreds of fonts then fonts management is not an easy task. Installing, uninstalling fonts, handling missing fonts and categorizing and viewing font is tough job. For you here is a list of font management and explorer tools all for free to download and use. If your favorite font explorer is missing here then let us know below in the comments.

LinoType Font Explorer X

Organize your fonts just like your media files – using a library, folders, tags and even smart sets. You want direct access to all typefaces from a certain foundry? All italics? Or all fonts tagged with a certain keyword? FontExplorer X makes this easy!
All fonts and formats are recognized automatically and can be managed in a comfortable way. You decide whether FontExplorer X should take control over the folder structure, or if you want to leave it untouched – we built this software to be as unobtrusive as possible.

LinoType Font explorer

Opcion Font Viewer

Opcion font viewer is a free and open source font viewer written in Java. It allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts and makes selecting the right font for your project quick and easy.

  • Viewing of installed/uninstalled fonts.
  • List view of installed/uninstalled fonts.
  • Adding/removing of favourite fonts.
  • Saving of favourite fonts.
  • Customizable sample/display text.
  • Customizable font size.
  • Customizable font properties (bold, italic, etc.) in sample text area.
  • Changeable fonts displayed per page in List View.

Opcion Font Viewer

Font Frenzy

FontFrenzy tames the frenzy of fonts that can clutter and slow down Windows. The DeFrenzy function removes and stores all fonts except those that were present when Windows was first installed. In short, it cleans up your font folder so that Windows boots quicker and runs smoother.
FontFrenzy helps solve the problem of Windows font overload. The special FrenzySnap function enables you to establish "restore points" and re-install the fonts that were in your system on a specific date. FontFrenzy is also a great general font manager. It has the ability to preview, print, add and delete fonts. FontFrenzy is fully-functional freeware - with the nag screen easily removed after a painless registration.

Font Frenzy

Font Xplorer

Font Xplorer is freeware. Works with TrueType and OpenType fonts that have TrueType outlines.
Do you need to find that perfect font for best friend's birthday card? Want to get a detailed overview of all the fonts installed on your system? Or, so you find that font installation in Windows is too difficult for you? Want to print professionally designed sample sheets listing all your fonts? Font Xplorer comes to the rescue! Designed for both beginners and professionals, this font tool should find a place in every computer.

  • Browse both installed and not installed TrueType* fonts from disk.
  • See what each font looks like, so it's very easy to compare fonts.
  • Special "user text compare" mode allows you to find the perfect font in seconds.
  • Load, install, unload, uninstall, manage fonts.
  • Print pre-designed, professional sample sheets and font listings.
  • Save bitmap images of fonts.
  • Search for duplicate fonts using CRC check.
  • Rename font files to use a font's full name with undo support (i.e. arialbi.ttf to Arial Bold Italic.ttf).
  • Comprehensive font info is available (full name, copyright, embedding info, available character sets etc.)
  • Advanced, resizable character map that shows all a font's scripts and allows you to zoom in on any character. You can even copy a symbol to the clipboard as a vector image or rich text.
  • View extended font metrics information.
  • View the installation status of fonts to instantly determine if that font is already installed.
  • Filter fonts by character set so you only see symbol fonts, for example.
  • Mark fonts and optionally view only marked fonts.
  • Integrated Repair Wizard solves most common problems with fonts.
  • Extensive support for calling external programs. Plus support for different variables in callable command lines.
  • Fully customizable toolbars and menus with Office 2000 look & feel. Mix menus and toolbar buttons, create new toolbars, reposition them etc.

Font Xplorer

MainType - Windows Font Manager

  • Install, uninstall, load and unload fonts
  • Preview and browse fonts on any drive or directory without installation
  • Full Unicode support
  • Character grid with Unicode block navigation
  • Print and print preview your fonts
  • Support all popular font formats and more: TrueType, OpenType, TrueType Collections, Postscript Type 1, Vector and Raster fonts
  • Move, copy, rename and delete fonts
  • Full drag and drop support
  • Insert characters into background applications
  • Font export wizard generates a HTML-based overview of all your fonts

Windows Font Manager

The Font Thing

  • Browse installed and uninstalled fonts.
  • Browse fonts in subfolders as a single combined list.
  • View sample text and individual characters in your choice of colours.
  • Change sample text "on the fly" or easily switch between your own standard text samples.
  • View detailed font information.
  • Print font samples.
  • Associate notes with fonts.
  • Install or uninstall any number of fonts at once.
  • Load (and unload) any number of fonts for temporary use.
  • Copy or delete any number of font files at once.
  • Rename font files to avoid file name conflicts.
  • Filter fonts according to their type.
  • Group fonts into collections for easier management.
  • Use multiple font windows simultaneously for easy font comparison and management.

The Font Thing

AMP Font Viewer

  • Supports TrueType and OpenType fonts.
  • Supports Type1 fonts.
  • Installation of fonts from a folder (one by one or from a list).
  • Installation of fonts temporally (until the program is closed).
  • Deletion of installed fonts.
  • List of all installed fonts with several display options.
  • List of the fonts from a folder with several display options.
  • Several options for organizing fonts in categories and managing them.
  • It can print a list of all or some of the installed fonts with an example of each font.
  • Scratchpad area for testing the look of any font (installed or from a folder).
  • Dual English/Spanish version.

AMP Font Viewer

C Font Pro

  • TrueType, OpenType, Bitmap, and Postscript Type 1 font support Supports all common font types
  • Many ways to view your fonts View your fonts in many useful ways
  • Control your font collections Manage your font collections
  • Interface can be customized Highly customizable interface
  • Full Featured Font Manager Feature rich font manager
  • Give Cfont Pro a Try A must try application

C Font Pro

HP Touch Maestro AD

by Hiroshi on 23-09-2008

HP Touch Screen Computer AD

XSS or Cross Site Scripting

by Hiroshi on 22-09-2008

XSS or Cross Site Scripting
Remote Code Execution
SQL Injections

These are names of same procedure.

Cross Site Scripting

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of web security vulnerability typically found in web applications which allow code injection by hackers into the web pages by finding back doors and insecure and carelessly handled code. When they are done, they can execute code at your website and get your database and website private information.

Preventing XSS Attacks

Some people call it bad code which is said to be cause of vulnerability. There are ways to secure code to prevent such attacks.

  • Validate each input used in every form of your website
  • Filter special characters from inputs e.g. % , < , > etc
  • Encode special characters where needed e.g. & into
    &amp;

    etc.

SQL Injections

SQL injection is a technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of a web application. The vulnerability is present when user input is either incorrectly filtered for string literal escape characters embedded in SQL statements or user input is not strongly typed and thereby unexpectedly executed.

Types of SQL injections

  • Incorrectly filtered escape characters
  • Incorrect type handling

Incorrectly filtered escape characters

In this type of SQL injection user input data is not filtered for escape characters.

For Example:

"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'userName';"

If userName entered by user is = 'a'

"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'a'"

Which will bypass user authentication method.

Incorrect type handling

This form of SQL injection occurs when a user supplied field is not strongly typed or is not checked for type constraints.

Writing Secure PHP Code

  • Use Magic Qoutes. By using magic quotes you provide extra security to form input by adding backslashes to user input.

    * A backslash becomes \
    * A quote ' becomes '
    * A double-quote " becomes "

    To get original data input written by user you use stripslashes. A very good example is here and here.

  • Change extension of web pages from php to html in apache by mod rewrite
  • Use clean function as below
    <?php
    function clean($string) 
    { 
    $string = stripslashes($string);
    $string = htmlentities($string);
    $string = strip_tags($string);
    return $string;
    }
    ?>
  • You can serve php code in html file
    http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27580

More Security Measures

  • Never use scripts from unreliable source.
  • Always use only updated open source softwares and whenever a security upgrade is available or updated version is available, update your software immediately.
  • Never and ever use or set Register Globals ON in php ini settings.
  • Validate all inputs in any form at local side and sever side.
  • Use web site vulnerability scanner softwares to ensure that website has no backdoors or security holes.
  • Use reCAPTCHA for website forms.
  • Always backup your web application at regular period.
  • Check file and folder permissions (CHMOD) at your web server via ftp. Files must not be executable or writeable.
  • Make folders forbidden which have no index file.
  • Use Mod Rewrite
  • Use redirection wisely
  • Create custom error pages

Finally remain updated about security issues, bugs or vulnerability information about PHP by following website.

http://phpsec.org/

Notebook Hardware Control

by Hiroshi on 22-09-2008

With Notebook Hardware Control you can easily control the hardware components of your Notebook.

Features

  • Control the hardware and system power management
  • Customize the notebook (open source ACPI Control System)
  • Prolong the battery lifetime
  • Cool down the system and reduce power consumption
  • Monitor the hardware to avoid system failure
  • Make your notebook quiet

Download
http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm#anchor_download

Essential Plugins For Wordpress 2.6.2

by Hiroshi on 22-09-2008

First of all please be aware that using too many plugins can cause your blog to respond slow and heavy load on your server (Serious Issues).

Use only essential plugins which help promoting and enhancing KILLER POSTS whithout causing trouble for your blog instead of killing your blog once and for all by using unnecessary plugins.

Some plugins are even vulnerable and can get your website hacked and eventually banned. Only use updated version of right plugins picked from wordpress website.

Here is a list which I think your new 2.6.2 blog deserves which after checking I am recommending you.

Akismet

By default it comes with Wordpress. Just activate it. You will need an API key for it to work. Akismet is very powerful plugin to eliminate all spam from your comments. And it works.

All In One SEO Pack

Search Engine Optimization is vital for any blog. This plugin provide you options to edit your meta tags in addition to adding custom keywords and adding categories and tags into keywords. Very useful.
Download

Google XML Sitemap Generator

Generates a google compliant sitemap and updates it as you update your blog. Also notifies google about changes. SEO purposes.
Download

Simple Archive Generator

Generate archive or sitemap for your whole blog posts.
Download

SRG Clean Archives

This is another archiving plugin which can be used to display all posts archives in a single page.
Download

Manageable

With this plugin, you can edit tags, date stamp, title and more for any post right from your manage section. Ajax enabled Manageable plugin saves you from opening post in edit mode to just change its tags or title and more. Inline editing of the date, title, author, categories, tags, status and more on both posts and pages without leaving the "Manage" admin sections.
Download

Permalink Redirect

This plugin removes any crap away from url of post.
Download

Redirection

Custom redirection facility for your blog. Redirect error pages to random post or any specific post. Add as many redirections as required. Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This is particularly useful if you are migrating pages from an old website, or are changing the directory of your WordPress installation.
Download

Simple Tags

Very powerful tagging system bundled with many options. Tag special keywords in posts which are like your tags and add link to them automatically which brings users towards tags archives relating to that keyword. Add auto complete facility in write section under tags input. Display, select and add tags which you have already used for other posts in write section. Have suggested tags from Tag The Net and Yahoo option and add them to post by single click and many more useful options like mass edit tags etc.
Download

WP DB Backup

Db Backup Plugin. You can have db backup and save it or you can set option to mail you the database backup and even set a schedule for taking backup once every day or week. Have backup regularly of your blog, to save yourself from losing your blog completely in case... WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database.
Download

WP DB Manager

More then just taking db backup. Want to manage your database completely right from your admin section? use WP DB Manager plugin. Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.
Download

WP Post Views

Display most hot posts which are being viewed more in your blog than others. This will let you understand visiting trend of users at your blog and users can have hot posts always available.
Download

WP reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA (Free Antibot Service) plugin adds an image in comment section of your post to stop comment spam. And it works pretty well.
Download

WP Related Posts

Have some related content posts displayed at the end of your post.
Download

WP Syntax

This plugin is for developers who want to display some code in posts. Pretty formatted code with many programming languages support makes it possible to let blog not mess with your code and its format. Not necessary for bloggers who do not post scripts.
Download

404 Notifier

Its good to know whether you are getting 404 errors from blog or not. You can have information in mail. Whenever any 404 hits your blog you will get an email about the URL and referrer. You can fix broken links from your blog in this way. If you've decided to move things around on your site, you might overlook a few redirects and end up with some broken URLs. This will help you catch those so you can take care of them.
Download

Featured Video Plugin/Widget

Featured Video automatically features the latest video you include in a post in your sidebar. Not necessary if you do not post videos obviously.
Download

WP Super Cache

Doesn't matter how much Unlimited or whatever your host claims your online disk and bandwidth is, IT IS NOT UNLIMITED. How? Your blog is fully loaded and you got huge traffic, your server will go down. Most of us purchase shared hosting, right. You also did! Hmmmm. Go for this plugin which will decrease load at your server. Every time a request is sent, PHP engine compiles the data together and sends it to browser. This plugin will buit a cache of pages and posts and will make them available most of the time instead of overloading PHP engine.
Download

WP Page Navigation

Adds a more advanced paging navigation in your WordPress blog.
Download

Blogs Comments Spam Solution - TechMynd Update

by Hiroshi on 20-09-2008

I have been spreading my word about what I have been doing to cope with the problem of comments spamming in blogs. This update took a bit of time. My blog was also unavailable for couple of days back because of my last uncooperative attitude (Choose your host very carefully). Now when things are back to normal I am ready to share some fresh experiences.

As you already might have noticed that there are a lot of plugins and online free tools for blocking comments spam .i.e. Spam Karma etc. I will share the method which has worked for me at my Wordpress blogs.

  • Use Comment Blacklist Section under Discussion tab of your Wordpress blog admin and add some bad words there. I am not going to post here bad words. You will have to use your own imagination. One way is to see your comments spam and extract bad words which you do not want and past those in blacklist box (Every word in a new line). If you see any IP address posting spam comments many times, you can block it also by pasting IP address in there.
  • Use default Akismet plugin which comes with Wordpress blog. I haven't admired it until I have used it. Seriously what can you expect more. Akismet checks for spam comments via its own server which means less load at your own blog. In Comments Section you get a tab named as Akismet Spam. Akismet separates spam from other comments and best thing about it, You can delete all by a single button.
  • Use reCAPTCHA. reCAPTCHA is a free anti-bot service which offers a plugin for blog which adds a stylish box beneath your comments form asking visitors to fill in some numbers before posting comment. You can customize its style from admin.

By taking these three easy steps, I have now zero spam in my blogs. Before daily I used to find at least one hundred spam comments in each blog. Its been such a headache to delete those one by one. Also these spammers give your server and blog hard time by increasing unnecessary load at your website. Keep spammers away and your blog should prove more useful for people and available most of the time.

reCAPTCHA website
http://recaptcha.net

All In One Free Web and Mobile Messenger

by Hiroshi on 18-09-2008

eBuddy is a web and mobile application that enables you to chat with your MSN, AOL, Yahoo, Google Talk and MySpace buddies without having to install any program or Java applet.

Web and Mobile Messaging, for Everyone Everywhere

eBuddy is online messenger for MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, MySpace and AIM (AOL). Whether you're at home, school, work or traveling; with eBuddy you can chat online everywhere anytime. eBuddy is available as a web based and mobile version. eBuddy provides instant messaging on every computer, it even works when you are behind a firewall! eBuddy means no downloads, no installation of software or upgrades and no registration. Best of all it's free.

To use the web version of eBuddy, all you need is a Javascript enabled browser on your computer. You can access eBuddy from any computer or location and it even works behind a firewall. Whether you're at home, school, at the library or at work, surf over to eBuddy and login with your account to start chatting - it's as easy as that!

When you're on the road, outdoors or traveling you can use the mobile version of eBuddy to chat with your buddies. Every mobile device that supports xHTML or WAP can be used; this includes Cell Phones, PDA's, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS!

Mobile Messenger
http://m.ebuddy.com
Web Messenger
http://www.ebuddy.com

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