Internet Marketing

How to access EasyPhp MySql Command Line

2012-01-18T20:19:00.000-08:00

Whatever you do, always back you file using php admin all the database first before accessing mysql via command line. You don't want to screw up your database if anything happen. I did.

Go to Ms Dos command line.

Change the directory where your mysql folder is located for easyphp. Mine is as follow

C:\Program Files\EasyPHP5.3.0\mysql\bin>

Type the following command, i am accessing via root.

C:\Program Files\EasyPHP5.3.0\mysql\bin>mysql -p -u root

Once click enter. It will request password. Just enter cause normally it is blank.

That's all, screen shot below. You will get the idea..

How to access EasyPhp MySql Command Line

Easiest way to reduce multiple photos file size using Picasa 3

2012-01-07T23:28:00.000-08:00

I have been using GIMP to reduce my pictures before this. The process is bit slow if you have many photos. Found out that Picasa 3 could the job much faster.

The steps are as follows:

1. Download Picasa 3, if you don't have one.

2. Open the program.

3. Picasa will auto scan your folders for photos, if it didn't found your photo folder. Then click File > Add Folder To Picasa. Then scan the folder that got the images.

Scan the photos

4. Then click the photo that you want to reduce the file size and click File > Export Picture To Folder.

Export the photos

5. At Export To Folder pop up, select the folder that you want to export your photo. Name the folder name. Click Resize To to reduce the file size. 800 pixel is good enough if you want upload your photos to website or blog. Add your watermark. And then click export. That's all.

Resize the photo

Live Minutes Review, Free Web Conferencing Software

2012-01-06T01:48:00.000-08:00

Looking for free web conferencing software, visit Live Minutes. They provide free web conferencing software. Yes, it is free and I am not sure how they're going to monetize their product.

You can share and collaborate with others to discuss about any document, excel design sheet and design template. It is much more effective then by sending the files to your colleagues via email.

You could host a meeting without sign in, but your nice report would be public. Therefore, better you sign up and host a meeting. To sign up it is easy; just enter your username, email and password. That’s all.

Then you could host a meeting. Just click the Host a Meeting button. And start inviting your friend to the meeting by sending web conference link to your friends.

To have better audio and video system, use skype. Click skype icon, at the dashboard and you must also login into skype to enable skype mode for the web conference. Wait for other participants to call you, if you’re the host.

You could use Live Minutes whiteboard to convey hard to grasp ideas. Once the meeting is over, you could download a nice report that captures the participant inputs to the document.

For more information, why not visit Live Minutes.

Tips To Reduce Eye Strains When Using Computer

2011-12-22T18:05:00.000-08:00

Your eye is precious, one of the causes for eye problem such as eye floaters are caused by using computer for a prolong period without taking any break.

Learn to take frequently break when using computer, you don't need to constantly stare to the monitor screen . In addition, if you office have windows try to look at the out side view. This will help reduce your eye strain.

Other things that your could are by setting up your computer screen text and fonts bigger.

a) Make your web browser text and page content bigger.

You don't have to squint your eyes to 10 pixel text, make it bigger . For Google Chrome, to make the page content do this.

Click Spanar icon, located at the top right of the browser.
Click Option
Click Under The Hood
Go to the Web Content section, make Font Size larger and also the Page Zoom higher.

For Internet Explorer 8, the steps are as follows :

Click View
Set the Zoom and Text Size Bigger

b) In addition, you could as well make your Window icons and texts to be bigger. This is for Window Xp

The steps are as follows :

Go to your desktop. Right click your mouse.
Click Properties
Click Appearance Tab.
Set Font Size as Large Font or Extra Large Font
Now, it is better for your eyes.

c) For other computer programs, check whether they have functions to make the text and icons bigger.

For Adobe Dreamweaver, you could make the computer code to look bigger. The steps are as follows.

Open Dreamweaver.
Click Edit
Click Preference.
Click Font, for the proportional font, fixed font and code view, select bigger font size.

By just setting up your computer programs properly, you will be reduce your eye strains.

How To Add Captcha In Joomla Virtuemart Ask Question Page.

2011-12-01T02:26:00.000-08:00

How To Add Captcha In Joomla Virtuemart Ask Question Page.

Adding captcha solves spam bots problem. If you want to add captcha to your Joomla Virtuemart ask question page. Just follow the following steps.

This instruction is for Joomla 1.5 and Virtuemart 1.1.4

Download osol captcha from the following link. http://www.outsource-online.net/osol-captcha-for-joomla.html

Access your joomla admin using your usernama and password.

Install osol plugin, go to Extension > Install / Uninstall.

Choose the zip file and click Upload File & Intall.

Then go to plugin manager Entension > Plugin Manager , and enable the osol plugin.

Now you need access your cPanel, to edit your Virtuemart Product Ask Question.

I am using default theme, so the folder and file i need to edit are as follows

public_html/components/com_virtuemart/themes/default/templates/pages

Inside the pages folder, edit this file shop.ask.tpl.php .

You need to add osol code in the file, add the code before the submit button. Find this code. Add the following code before code mentioned above. That's all. Test and it should be ok.

You can copy the code from here >> http://probyte2u.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Add-Captcha-In-Joomla-Virtuemart-Ask-Question-Page

How to Add Captcha in Php Form

2011-11-19T18:22:00.000-08:00

Adding CAPTCHA to your form protects your site from spam bots. It is a program that generates colourful image with distorted text that human can read but current spam bots cannot figure out the text.

To add captcha to your php form, use reCaptcha. Your need to sign up to recaptcha using your google account. http://www.google.com/recaptcha

Go to my account and add your site. Once you have added your site, you will get the following details.

1) Public key

2) Private key

In addition, you need to get php recatpcha plugin from http://code.google.com/p/recaptcha/downloads/list?q=label:phplib-Latest

Once you have the Public key, Private key and recaptchalib.php file (Only this file is required for the recaptcha to work) from the plugin, you can start.

For details on the php programming side, please go to http://probyte2u.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Add-Captcha-in-Php-Form

Over 50 million people in Asia are getting the latest updates from #ChurpChurp! Don't miss out on the fun here!

2011-11-14T04:31:00.000-08:00

Over 50 million people in Asia are getting the latest updates from #ChurpChurp! Don't miss out on the fun here!

Database Security Tips

2011-11-10T00:39:00.000-08:00

When developing website or ecommerce solution, important aspect of the design is the database security. The database needs to be protected from any security loopholes. If you’re using MySQL, one way to protect your db is by using MySQL access privileges system. You create specific user type for different user activity.

For example, if you developing website where user can register and add content inside your website. You might have three type of users:

Public : general user who might just select and browse through your site.

Registered : User who can add content to your site.

Admin : User who manage your users and content. Ban the users and some other admin function.

Based on the user types , you create separate MySQL user accounts with the following permission.

Public : SELECT

Customer : SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE

Admin : SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

You could write your configuration file as follow:

DEFINE(‘DB_HOST’,’localhost’);

DEFINE(‘DB_NAME’,’databasename’);

If (isset($user) && ($user==’Admin’)) {

DEFINE(‘DB_USERNAME’,’usernameA’);

DEFINE(‘DB_PASSWORD’,’passwordA’);

}

elseif (isset($user) && ($user==’Customer’)) {

DEFINE(‘DB_USERNAME’,’usernameB’);

DEFINE(‘DB_PASSWORD’,’passwordB’);

}

else {

DEFINE(‘DB_USERNAME’,’usernameC’);

DEFINE(‘DB_PASSWORD’,’passwordC’);

}

Keep the connection file outside of your web root, in a private folder. This prevents outsider’s access to site. If you don’t have a private folder, then protect the file by using .htaccess

Try not to provide the following permissions to users who connect from website. If you got hacked, you will give lots of fire power to the hacker to do the damage.

PROCESS, FILE, SHUTDOWN, DROP, CREATE and ALTER.

By limiting the users’ permission you can protect your site from any harm. Even if you site has been hacked, the damage could be limited.

Credit: Effortless E-Commerce with Php and MySQL, Larry Ullman.

Nuffnang Reports It's Site Has Been Hacked

2011-07-25T22:19:00.000-07:00

The email is below.

Dear Nuffnanger,

Hope this email finds you well! We'd like to ask if you could please spend a few minutes of your time on this very important community announcement.

Yesterday evening on Friday (22nd July), we discovered an illegal and unauthorised intrusion into our network, which was the latest in a series of hacking incidents by a group of individuals who also claim to have targeted Streamyx, CIMB, TV3 and the several other local websites previously. In our case, the hackers claimed to have downloaded a portion of our blogger account information and published the emails of some 30,000 Nuffnang accounts.

The breach has since been fixed, and we’d like to address a few key concerns that you may have.

1. Your password is safe.

As part of the existing security measures, all user passwords in our database have always been protected with one-way encryption. Nevertheless, we still encourage you to change your password (especially if you use the same password for other sites) as a precautionary measure in case the hackers are able to get past the encryption.

2. Blog earnings and payment records are not affected.

Current earnings and payment history for all users are safe and were not compromised in any way.

3. Loading of blogs serving Nuffnang ads is not affected.

At 1.00 am last night, our Tech team took down the website for maintenance and for a few hours, ads were not served. This morning though, everything is up and running again and back to normal. All blogs serving Nuffnang ads loaded as usual and were not affected by the breach.

This security lapse is an isolated incident, as the security of our sites has always been and always will be our utmost priority. It has however opened our eyes on some vulnerabilities we had on our website. In response to that, we will be taking measures to further heighten the security of the Nuffnang framework because from what we understand, that was after all the motivation of the hackers – not to cause any permanent damage, but to highlight vulnerabilities in a system.

To the Nuffnangers who made many attempts to alert us once word got out that the Nuffnang site was hacked, we cannot begin to thank you enough.

To the wonderful Nuffnang community, thank you for standing by us in this time of crisis. Your patience and support is something we are thankful for and will never take for granted. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, and for not being able to prevent this breach. We have put dedicated staff to work on this matter, therefore to address any concerns or questions you may have about this incident, please write in to us at security [at ] nuffnang [dot ] com

Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Nuffnang Team

Facebook Advertising Costs, Daily Budget & Pricing

2011-04-06T18:41:00.000-07:00

Facebook is a good advertising platform for your business. You don’t need have a specific budget amount to start a campaign. I have started mycampaign for less than 10 USD.

There costs for Facebook advertising depends whether you select Pay for Impression (Cost Per Thousand Impression - CPM) orPay for Click (Cost per Click - CPC).

The minimum cost that the system allows you to set in the ad campaign is USD 0.02 for CPM and USD 0.01 forCPC. The system will suggest the bid amount, but you could set it lower. For my campaign, I put USD 0.02 the minimum amount for 1000 impressions and still manage to run my campaign as I want.

If you want to create awareness for your new portal, product or service but you don’t care whether the people actually click the advertisement than you should choose Pay per impression pricing for your campaign. Or else use CPC pricing for your campaign.

The minimum daily budget for CPC and CPM is USD 1.00 and Facebook advertising will not charge you more than the minimum budget you have set. In addition, your daily budget must be 2 times the CPC or CPM amount that you set. If you set 10 USD for the CPC, then your minimum daily budget must be set as 20 USD.

Facebook will charge your Paypal or credit card for the campaign on a specific billable date or earlier if you have stopped/completed your campaign.

Facebook Advertising Costs, Daily Budget & Pricing

Software Requirements Specification (Nonfunctional Requirements), Online Movie Booking System Part 5

2011-04-06T05:36:00.001-07:00

Please note : OUM Students don't copy this SRS document, I have submitted this paper for September 2010 assignment paper on software requirements

Non functional requirements include performance, reliability, safety, security and design constraint requirements.

5.1 Performance Requirements

5.1.1 The system response time must be less than 10 seconds for both OMBS-GI and OMBS-MMI.

5.1.2 The system must process the number of transaction based on the following calculation method.

5.2 Reliability Requirement

5.2.1 OMBS system shall have a minimum uptime of 99 % excluding time pre-scheduled for maintenance and/or upgrades.

5.3 Safety Requirements

5.3.1 All system data must be backed up every 24 hours and the backup copies stored in another server at different building or location for disaster recovery.

5.4 Security Requirements

5.4.1 All access permission for the system data may only be changed by the system's administrator.

5.4.2 All communication between OMBS-MMI server data with client shall be encrypted by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

5.4.3 Transaction between client and server for Guest Interface (OMBS-GI), only applicable for account creation, purchase movie and purchase history functions shall be done using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the data.

5.5 Design Constraint

5.5.1 The OMBS shall be web based system that run on different type of browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Google Chrome. The system shall be developed using Java, Javascript, Ajax and Php programming languages. The system shall run using Apache Server and MySql Database Server.

5.6 Software Quality Attributes

The source codes for the system is well documented for ease of maintenance and upgrading the system in future.

Software Requirements Specification (Functional Requirements), Online Movie Booking System Part 3

2011-04-06T05:35:00.001-07:00

Please note : OUM Students don't copy this SRS document, I have submitted this paper for September 2010 assignment paper on software requirements

3. System Requirements

This section contains all the software requirements at a very detail level, combined with the use case diagram, use case description and the sequence diagram will enable software engineers to design the OMBS according to end users requirements, and test engineers to test the system.

For the use case diagrams and the descriptions,please refer to Appendix A.

For the sequence diagrams, please refer to Appendix B.

3.1 Functional Requirements

Functional requirements define the fundamental actions that system must perform. ABC Sdn Bhd (ABC) online movie booking system (OMBS) could be divide into two interface that works together seamlessly.

The first interface is only accessible to the customers and visitors called Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) . And the second interface is only accessible by ABC staff called Movie Management Interface(OMBS-MMI)

Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) Functional Requirements

Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) will have the following functional requirements. Accessible via ABC main website portal.

3.1.1. View Movie Details.

3.1.1.1. The system shall enable customer or visitor to view list of movies showcased at each venue by date and time.

3.1.2. Search Movie

3.1.2.1. The system shall have search function. Customer or visitor can search movies based on movie name, date, time and venue

3.1.3. Create Account

3.1.3.1. The system shall function to create account. The system shall record all the following data from the customer, except for the optional fields, all other data is mandatory.

a) Username

b) Password

c) Password Confirmation.

d) First Name

e) Last Name

f) Identity Card Number

g) Street Address 1,

h) Street Address 2, (Optional)

i) Zip Code,

j) City/Town

k) State

l) Country

m) Telephone Number

n) Fax Number (Optional)

o) ABC Priority Card No (Optional)

p) Security Questions

q) Security Answer

r) Check box, whether customer want to receive newsletter via email (Optional)

3.1.3.2. The system shall send activation link via email to customer to activate the account.

3.1.4. Customer Login

3.1.4.1. The system shall have customer login function. Once activated, customer can login using username and password.

3.1.4.2. The system shall have username and password recovery function. The system shall ask Security Questions that customer entered during registration. If the customer enters correct Security Answer, the system shall email username and password to the customer.

3.1.5. Purchase Movie

3.1.5.1. The system shall enable customer to purchase the movie ticket from Guest Interface (OMBS-GI).

3.1.5.2. The system shall display list of movies showcased at each venue.

3.1.5.3. The system shall display for each movie at the venue the following details

a) Date

b) Time

c) Price

3.1.5.4. The system shall have Book Now button. When the Book Now is pressed, the system shall prompt customer to login or register account.

3.1.5.5. The system shall allow customer who have login only to continue to purchase the ticket. If customer haven't login, prompt customer to login or create an account. Then only customer can continue.

3.1.5.6. Once login, the system shall record the following details in (Booking Screen).

a) Number of adults

b) Number of children

c) Date

d) Time

3.1.5.7. The system shall have Next button and Cancel button.

3.1.5.8. The system shall display the seating position (Seating Screen) still available for the movie based on time and date.

3.1.5.9. The system shall record the seatings selected by the customer.

3.1.5.10. The system shall have lock function. OMBS will prevent customers or counter clerk from booking the same ticket based first come first serve policy. Whoever, books the seat number first, the system shall hold the ticket for 10 minutes for them to completed the purchasing process. If not the system shall release back the ticket for anyone to purchase.

3.1.5.11. The system shall have Next button, Back button and Cancel button.

3.1.5.12. The system shall display (Review Screen) with all the following details.

a) Customer details, such as First Name, Last Name, Address, Telephone and etc.

b) Booking details, such as No of Adults, No of Children, Date, Time & Seating Numbers

c) The system shall provide discount for ABC Priority Card holder if applicable. ABC Priority Card holder number is validate to ensure the membership is still active.

d) The system shall calculate the service charges and the government tax charges.

e) The total price to be paid.

3.1.5.13. The system shall have Back button, Check Out button and Cancel button.

3.1.5.14. Once customer click the Check Out button, the system shall redirect the customer to Paypal to make the payment.

3.1.5.15. The customer shall confirm the payment details and Click the Pay Now button to purchase the movie tickets.

3.1.5.16. The system shall display thank you (Thank You Screen) message for the purchase.

3.1.5.17. The system shall also send an email notification to the customer about the purchase. Confirmation number is stated in email notification. Customer need to provide the confirmation number to the counter clerk to get the movie ticket at the branch.

3.1.5.18. If the customer cancels the payment in Paypal, the system shall display the booking details back (Review Screen).

3.1.6. Purchase History

3.1.6.1. The system shall allow only customer who have login to access this record

3.1.6.2. The system shall have list of purchased movie details made by the customer.

Movie Management Interface(OMBS-MMI) Functional Requirements

Only ABC staff can access Movie Management Interface(OMBS-MMI) via dedicated website url.

The Movie Management Interface(OMBS-MMI) is divide into into nine main module : Staff Module, Reservation Module, Ticketing Module, Membership Module, Movie Module, Availability module, Pricing Module, Branch Module and Report Module.

Permission to each module depends on staff account type.

The functional requirements of Movie Management Interface(OMBS-MMI) are as follows:

3.1.7. Login Function.

3.1.7.1. The system shall allow only staff with staff username and password to access the system.

3.1.7.2. Access to the modules determined by account type and Branch / Headoffice Location.

3.1.8. Staff Module

3.1.8.1. The system shall allow system administrator only to access this module. System administrator shall login first to access this module.

3.1.8.2. The system shall allow the system administrator to add staff , update staff and delete staff .

3.1.8.3. The system shall record all the following details, except the optional fields.

a) Staff Username

b) Password

c) Account Type, determines which modules accessible to staff.

d) First Name

e) Last Name

f) Street Address 1,

g) Street Address 2, (Optional)

h) Zip Code,

i) City/Town

j) State

k) Country

l) Telephone Number

m) Fax Number (Optional)

n) Branch / Headoffice Location

3.1.8.4. System administrator will email to the staff username and password to access the system.

3.1.8.5. The system shall provide permission to the modules for each staff based on Account Type and Branch / Head Office Location.

3.1.8.6. The system shall have search function.

3.1.9. Reservation Module

3.1.9.1. The system shall allow counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor of the cinema branch to access the module. They shall to login first to access this module.

3.1.9.2. The system shall limit the access to branch level only.

3.1.9.3. The system shall display list of movies showcased at the branch.

3.1.9.4. The system shall allow the counter clerk to select the movie based the following criteria.

a) Date

b) Time

3.1.9.5. The system shall record the following details from the customer

a) Number of adult

b) Number of children

3.1.9.6. The system shall display the Seating Screen for customer to select their seat location

3.1.9.7. The system shall allow the counter clerk to book the seats for the customer.

3.1.9.8. The system shall have lock function. OMBS will prevent customers or counter clerk from booking the same ticket based on first come first serve policy. Whoever, books the seat number first, the system shall hold the ticket for 10 minutes for them to completed the purchasing process. If not the system shall release back the ticket for anyone to purchase.

3.1.9.9. The system shall display the total amount to be paid.

3.1.9.10. The system shall allow the counter clerk to print the movie ticket.

3.1.10. Ticket Module. For customer who bought the ticket on-line, they need to get the movie ticket from the branch. To get the movie ticket they need to provide the confirmation number that was generate when they book the ticket online.

3.1.10.1. The system shall allow counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor of the cinema branch to access the module. They shall to login first to access the module.

3.1.10.2. The system shall limit the access to branch level only.

3.1.10.3. The system shall allow counter clerk to search the movie reservation by using the confirmation number.

3.1.10.4. The system shall allow the counter clerk to print movie ticket for valid confirmation number.

3.1.10.5. The system shall report invalid confirmation number.

3.1.11. Membership Module. This module is used to register ABC priority card holder.

3.1.11.1. The system shall allow counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor of the cinema branch to access the module. They shall to login first to access this module.

3.1.11.2. The system shall limit the access to branch level only.

3.1.11.3. The system shall allow counter clerk to add member, update member and delete member.

3.1.11.4. The system shall record the following data for the customer.

a) First Name

b) Last Name

c) Street Address 1,

d) Street Address 2, (Optional)

e) Zip Code,

f) City/Town

g) State

h) Country

i) Telephone Number

j) Fax Number (Optional)

k) ABC Priority Card No. The system shall automatically generate the card no.

3.1.11.5. The system shall display the total amount to paid for the membership.

3.1.11.6. The system shall allow the counter clerk to print the membership card.

3.1.11.7. The system shall have search function to search membership record easily using the following search criteria.

a) First Name

b) Last Name

c) Identity Card Number

d) ABC Priority Card Number

3.1.11.8. The system shall have membership renewal function.

3.1.12. Movie Module.

3.1.12.1. The system shall allow head office personnel only to add and update new movie details in the system. Head office personnel shall login first to access this module

3.1.12.2. The system shall allow head office personnel to add movie and update movie.

3.1.12.3. The system shall record the following details for each movies.

a) Movie Title

b) Movie Summary

c) Movie Description

d) Movie Duration

e) Movie Cast List

f) Movie Director

g) Movie Photos

3.1.12.4. The system shall allow the movie details to be publish or not publish.

3.1.12.5. The system shall not have delete function to remove added movie. Head office personal can only make the movie not publish.

3.1.12.6. The system shall have search function to find the movie record using the following criteria.

a) Movie Title

b) Movie Cast List

c) Movie Director

d) Date

3.1.13. Pricing Module

3.1.13.1. The system shall allow branch manager and branch supervisor of the branch only to access this module. Branch manager or branch supervisor shall login first to access this module.

3.1.13.2. The system shall limit the access to branch level only.

3.1.13.3. The system shall allow each branch to have their own pricing table.

3.1.13.4. The system shall allow the branch manager or supervisor to add pricing table, update pricing table and delete pricing table.

3.1.13.5. The system shall have the flexibility to create pricing table based on the following pricing parameter.

a) Weekday pricing

b) Weekend pricing

c) Public Holiday pricing

d) Based on Adult or children.

e) Eligible discount for ABC priority card holder.

3.1.14. Availability module

3.1.14.1. The system shall allow branch manager and branch supervisor of the branch only to access this module. Branch manager or branch supervisor shall login first to access this module.

3.1.14.2. The system shall limit the access to branch level only.

3.1.14.3. The system shall allow the branch manager or supervisor to add availability, update availability and delete availability.

3.1.14.4. The system shall allow each branch to manage the availability of the movie showcased at their cinema. The branch manager or supervisor can make the movie available or not available at their branch.

3.1.14.5. The system shall make the movie available with the following steps

a) Add the new movie.

b) Select the pricing table.

c) Enter the Start Date

d) Enter the End Date

e) Select the halls involved.

f) Select the time slot for the movie.

g) Enter how many hour or day the system shall stop selling the movie ticket via Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) system

3.1.14.6. The system shall allow many availability for each movie. This allow different hall and time slot to be selected.

3.1.14.7. The system shall not have date overlapping between the movie availabilities.

3.1.14.8. The system shall display the movie details at Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) when it is made available. The system shall display the following details for each movie

a) Movie Title

b) Movie Summary

c) Movie Description

d) Movie Duration

e) Movie Cast List

f) Movie Director

g) Movie Photos

h) Time Slot

i) Plus, the capability to book the movie ticket online.

3.1.14.9. The system shall allow the branch manager or supervisor to delete availability based on date and time for unforeseen reason.

3.1.14.10. The system shall generate list of customer that ABC need to refund for customer who have already purchased the ticket online, to be handled by ABC Credit Unit. Customer who bought the ticket from the counter can get the refund from the counter clerk.

3.1.15. Branch Module

3.1.15.1. The system shall allow system administrator only to access this module. System administrator shall login first to access this module.

3.1.15.2. The system shall allow system administrator to add branch and update branch.

3.1.15.3. The system shall record the following details for each branch

a) Branch Overview

b) Branch Description

c) Branch Address & Contact Details

d) Branch Location Map

e) Branch Photos

3.1.15.4. The system shall not have delete function to remove the branch details. This is to prevent accidental error by the system administrator. The system shall only allow to make the branch details to be publish or not publish.

3.1.15.5. The system shall allow system administrator to add hall and update hall for each branch.

3.1.15.6. The system shall not have delete function to remove the hall details. This is to prevent accidental error by the system administrator. The system shall only allow to make the hall details to be publish or not publish.

3.1.15.7. The system shall allow to set the seating configuration of each hall in the branch.

a) The system shall record the number of rows in the hall.

b) The system shall record the number of columns in the hall.

3.1.16. Report Module.

3.1.16.1. The system shall generate report based account types.

3.1.16.2. The system shall generate the following reports for each branch manager or branch supervisor. Branch manager or branch supervisor shall login first to access the reports. Report generated for the respective branch only.

a) Branch Sales Report

b) Branch Occupancy Report

3.1.16.3. The system shall generate the following reports for head office personnels. Head office personnel shall login first to access the reports. Report based on each branch or summarization of the total ABC branches.

a) Head Office Sales Report

b) Head Office Occupancy Report

3.1.16.4. The system shall generate the following report for ABC Credit Unit. This report is used to refund customers back for cancellation of show by branch. Applicable only to customer who purchased the ticket online via Guest Interface (OMBS-GI).

a) Customer Refund List

Software Requirements Specification (External Interface Requirements), Online Movie Booking System Part 4

2011-04-06T05:32:00.001-07:00

Please note : OUM Students don't copy this SRS document, I have submitted this paper for September 2010 assignment paper on software requirements

4. External Interface Requirements

4.1 User Interfaces

Keyboard, mouse and printer.

4.2 Hardware Interfaces

Server Side

* Operating System : Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

* Processor : Intel Chipset

* Memory : 192GB

* Hard Drive Capacity : 750GB, expandable

Client Side

* Operating System : Window XP, Window Vista or Window 7

* Browser : Internet Explorer 6 and above. Mozilla or Google Chrome.

* Memory : 1 GB

4.3 Software Interfaces

Database

* MySql Server version 5 or above.

Web Server

* Apache Server version 2.2.6

Programming Languages

* Javascript

* Java

* Php

4.4 Communications Interfaces

* Dial Up Modem

* Broadband Internet

* All transaction between client and server for Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI) must be done using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the data.

* Transaction between client and server for Guest Interface (OMBS-GI), only applicable for account creation, purchase movie and purchase history functions must be done using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the data.

Software Requirements Specification Example, ABC Online Movie Booking System Part 2

2011-04-06T05:28:00.001-07:00

Please note : OUM Students don't copy this SRS document, I have submitted this paper for September 2010 assignment paper on software requirements

2. Overall Description

This SRS is organized into two main sections. The first is The Overall Description and the second is the Specific Requirements. The Overall Description will describe the requirements of the OMBS from a general high level perspective. The Specific Requirements section will describe in detail the requirements of the system.

2.1 Product Perspective

The OMBS is an independent stand–alone system. It is totally self contained.

2.2 Product Function

OMBS will have two user interface layers, first one is Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) and the second one is Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI).

Guest Interface (OMBS-GI)

Guest Interface (OMBS-GI) will have the following functions

View Movie Details

* Allows visitors view the movie details

Search Movie

* Allow visitor to search movie.

Create Account

* Allow customer to create account

Customer Login

* Enable customer to login the system.

* Allow customer to access to Purchase Movie and Purchase History sections in the system.

Purchase Movie

* Enable customer to purchase movie ticket online.

Purchase History

* Enable customer to find purchase history.

Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI)

Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI) is used to update and maintain the OMBS by ABC staff. It will have it's own url which only known by ABC staff and they could access the website securely through the Internet.

Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI) will have the following functions and modules in the system.

Login Funtion

* Provides access to OMBS-MMI

Staff Module

* Allows new staff data to be added

* Allow staff data to be updated

* Allow staff data to be deleted

* Has search facility to search staff

Only accessible by system administrator

Reservation Module

* Allow ABC staff to reserve and issue the movie ticket

Only accessible by counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor. Access is limited to their branch level only.

Ticket Module

* Allow ABC staff to issue the movie ticket

Only accessible by counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor. Access is limited to their branch level only.

Membership Module

* Allows new membership data to be added

* Allow membership data to be updated

* Allow membership data to be deleted

* Allow membership data to be renewed

* Has search facility to search membership data

Only accessible by counter clerk, branch manager and branch supervisor. Access is limited to their branch level only.

Movie Module

* Allows new movie data to be added

* Allow movie data to be updated

* Has search facility to search movie data

Only accessible by head office personnel.

Pricing Module

* Allows new pricing table to be added

* Allow pricing table to be updated

* Allow pricing table to be deleted

Only accessible by branch manager and branch supervisor. Access is limited to their branch level only.

Availability Module

* Allows new availability data to be added

* Allow availability data to be updated

* Allow availability data to be deleted

Only accessible by branch manager and branch supervisor. Access is limited to their branch level only.

Branch Module

* Allows new branch data to be added

* Allow branch data to be updated

* Allows new hall data to be added

* Allow hall data to be updated

Only accessible by system administrator.

Report Module

Provides the following reports to the respective user.

* Branch Report (Only accessible by Branch Manager or Branch Supervisor)

* Head Office Report (Only accessible by Head Office Personnel)

* Customer Refund List (Only accessible by Credit Unit Personnel)

Access Type

Access to the modules is determined by staff account type and branch/head office location. Types of account type are as follows:

* Counter Clerk

* Branch Manager

* Branch Supervisor

* Head Office Personnel

* Credit Unit Personnel

* System Administrator

By managing the OMBS via Movie Management Interface (OMBS-MMI), ABC can provide facility for customers to purchase movie ticket online. Customer can purchase the movie ticket from ABC website portal which is actually Guest Interface (OMBS-GI).

2.3 User Characteristics

* Educational level of OMBS – Low

* Experience of using OMBS – Low

* Technical Expertise – Low

2.4 User Documentation

List of documents that shall be delivered with OMBS

* User Manual

* Online Help

* System Maintenance Documentation.

2.5 Assumptions and Dependencies

OMBS will use Paypal payment gateway to process customer payment using Credit card, Debit card or Paypal Balance.

Software Requirements Specification Example, ABC Online Movie Booking System Part 1

2011-04-06T05:27:00.000-07:00

Please note : OUM Students don't copy this SRS document, I have submitted this paper for September 2010 assignment paper on software requirements

ABC Online Movie Booking System (OMBS)

Version 1.0

Prepared by probyte2u

November 6, 2010

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Purpose 1

1.2 Document Conventions 1

1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions 1

1.4 Project Scope 2

1.5 References 3

2. Overall Description 3

2.1 Product Perspective 3

2.2 Product Function 3

2.3 User Characteristics 6

2.4 User Documentation 6

2.5 Assumptions and Dependencies 6

3. System Requirements 7

3.1 Functional Requirements 7

4. External Interface Requirements 15

4.1 User Interfaces 15

4.2 Hardware Interfaces 15

4.3 Software Interfaces 15

4.4 Communications Interfaces 15

5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements 16

5.1 Performance Requirements 16

5.2 Reliability Requirement 16

5.3 Safety Requirement 16

5.4 Security Requirement 17

5.5 Design Constraints 17

5.6 Software Quality Attributes 17

Appendix A 17

Appendix B 17

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

This Software Requirements Specification (SRS) will provide detail description of requirements for ABC Sdn Bhd (ABC) Online Movie Booking System (OMBS). This SRS helps end users, project managers and software engineers to have clear understanding of the OMBS and it's functionality that allow correct software to be developed. This SRS provides the foundation for the OMBS project. From this SRS, the OMBS system will be developed and tested.

This SRS will be used by software engineers as guideline to develop the OMBS. ABC's end users and project managers will be able to see if the software engineer will be developing the system according to their requirements. If not according to their expectation, end users and project managers can specify how to change the relevant requirements to conform with their expectations and software engineer will change this SRS to conform with the end users and project managers need.

1.2 Document Conventions

The following are list of conventions and acronym used in this document and the project.

* Customer : ABC's customer who have created an account.

* ABC : ABC Sdn Bhd

* Interface : Something used to communicate across different mediums

* OMBS : Online Movie Booking System

* OMBS-MMI : Movie Management Interface

* OMBS-GI : Guest Interface

* SRS : Software Requirements Specification

* User : User of the system such as customer, counter clerk, branch manager, branch supervisor, visitor, head office personnel and credit unit personnel. Anyone who interact with the system using the user interface layer.

* Use Case : A broad level diagram of the project showing basis overview.

1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions

The intended audiences for this document are as follows:

* End users from ABC

* Project Managers from ABC

* Software Engineers

This document will reviewed frequently by the above audiences to check if the project follows the requirements.

Any changes to requirements during the project will be updated in this document by making necessary changes.

1.4 Project Scope

The software product to be produced is the Online Movie Booking System which will provide online movie booking system to ABC customers to purchase the movie ticket easily from ABC website protal.

This will help ABC to add a new sales channel, minimize operational cost and improve sales. OMBS will have two user interface layers, first one is Guest Interface (OMBS) and the second one is Movie Management Interface (OMBS).

Customer can purchase the movie ticket from ABC website portal which is actually Guest Interface (OMBS). OMBS-GI will have function for visitor to view movie details and search movies. Plus, customer can purchase movie ticket and view purchase history by creating an account in the system.

OMBS system shall use Paypal system to process customer payment using Credit Card, Debit Card or Paypal Balance.

To automate the process ABC staff will update and maintain the OMBS using Movie Management Interface (OMBS).

Movie Management Interface (OMBS) will have the following functions and modules in the system.

* Login Function

* Staff Module

* Reservation Module

* Ticket Module

* Membership Module

* Movie Module

* Pricing Module

* Availability Module

* Branch Module

* Report Module

Access to the module determined by staff account type and branch/head office location. By managing the OMBS via Movie Management Interface (OMBS), ABC can provide facility for customers to purchase movie ticket online.

1.5 References

* http://www.uml-diagrams.org/

* http://argouml.tigris.org/

* http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/useCaseDiagram.htm

* http://www.gatherspace.com/static/use_case_example.html

* http://www.visual-paradigm.com/VPGallery/diagrams/Sequence.html

Introducing Gmail Motion Beta

2011-04-01T21:21:00.000-07:00

Once again Gmail has shown why they are the best free web based email service provider. Now they have come up with Gmail Motion that enables you to compose your emails by detecting your body motion.

You need to have webcam for this to work.

By using Gmail patented technology it can detect your body motion and perform the necessary commands to send your email. List of command that the new system can detect from your body motions are as follows.

Compose email
Reply
Reply All
Forward
Send Search
Archive
Star Message
Report Spam
Mark as unread
Mute conversation

Good job Gmail !

For details, please visit http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

Introducing Gmail Motion Beta

How to transfer money from Alertpay to Liberty Reserve

2011-04-01T06:50:00.000-07:00

How to transfer money from Alertpay to Liberty Reserve?

You could transfer your money fromAlertpay to your Liberty Reserve account using the following exchangers. Please note all of them charges certain amount of commission fee and the transfer could take from 1 day to 7 days depend on the exchangers.

https://xchanger.org/

http://www.alertexchanger.com/

http://www.erachange.com/

The steps to make the transfer using xchanger.org are as follows:

Go to https://xchanger.org/

Then click Alertpay at the FROM section and click Liberty Reserve at the TOsection. The system will notify you the rate you will be charged.

Then enter your username, password and click login, if you don’t have a account click Open Account and sign up an account.

System will thank you for logging. Click Next

Then enter Alertpay id and the amount you want to send

And enter Liberty Reserve id and the amount you want to receive.

Then click Next

Then xchanger.org will display the summary of the order, please verify it is correct.

To continue, click Accept and the system will notify that you request has been accepted if there is reserve and you will be proceeded to the payment form.

Make the payment.

Please note the exchange is NOT INSTANT, they need to verify the payment is valid and not fraudulent. Once verified, then only they will fulfill your request.

Required time frame to exchange FROM Alertpay is 7 days and change up to $ 3000 per 7 day period. And there is no limit for exchanges TO Alertpay except for xchanger.org own reserve.

So, please make comparison between the sites which has the best time frame and the conversion rate to maximize your currency conversion.

How to withdraw alertpay money to your credit card

2011-03-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

How to withdraw from Alertpay.

There are 4 ways you could withdraw you Alertpay balance.

The methods and the charges are as stated below. Please note the charges is for Malaysian Alertpay account holder.

Electronic Funds Transfer

Type > Fee: > Duration
Bank Transfer > Varies > 2-5 business days
Bank Wire > $15.00 USD > 3-4 business days

Mail

Type > Fee: > Duration
Check > $4.00 USD > Sent in 1-2 business days

Credit Cards

Type > Fee: > Duration
Credit Card > $5.00 USD > 2-4 Business Days

To withdraw your balance you need to add you local bank details or your credit card details.

To add you credit card details, the steps are as follows.

Login to Alertpay.com
Click Withdraw tab.
Click Credit Card link at the bottom left of the page.
Add a Mastercard or Visa credit card details to withdraw your fund
Then Click Next,
The system, will generate the following message.

"Credit card validation
A micro payment of $0.01 will be sent to your credit card with a code that will appear next to the amount on your statement. You must confirm this code in your AlertPay account. This must be completed before you can use your credit card."

Agree to terms by checking the box.
Click Submit.
Then the system will generate the following message.

"Credit card XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX has been successfully added to your profile. To use your card, it must be validated.
In 2-3 business days, a validation code will appear on your credit card statement. Once you receive it, you must confirm it in your AlertPay account.
This must be completed before you can use your credit card."

Next step is continue verification process, I will update in the next tutorial for this process.

Sample of Nigerian Scam Email

2011-03-20T18:49:00.000-07:00

If you got the following email that promise quick money, don't get scammed ! Why on earth anyone is going to believe this when this guy is requesting to get back to him at his rocketmail.com

Subject: You need to go through this now!!

Dear Friend,

This is a Management Placement on behalf of a customer Mr. Kim Woo Chuan.Our client needs to urgently relocate his funds due to the economic crises and he is looking for an experienced business person or company that can receive and profitably invest the money in excess of Thirty Nine Million US Dollars
($39,000000.00 USD) outside Asia.

Most importantly, you will be required to:

[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds profitably.

The Client is willing to pay 20% for your role as the beneficiary partner to the funds when the money is confirmed at your designated bank account. Also, a subsequent 15% as "Management Commission" will be paid for your advised investment services. If you prefer to be re-contacted for more express information,
please send your response to (frankduveneck@rocketmail.com)

We expect your correspondence and our response will be swift.

Best Regards,
Mr. Frank Duveneck
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited.

Facebook Advertising Billing, How The Process Works?

2011-03-05T19:21:00.000-08:00

Facebook Advertising Billing

Once you have created your ads and place your order with Facebook Advertising, Facebook will ask yourfunding source to use for thecampaign.

You can use your credit card orPaypal. I am using Paypal, so the system will go to Paypal once you click the Place Order button.

Just agree and pay to complete your order. Facebook will integratedPaypal as your funding source for the campaign.

Then Facebook Advertising team will review the ads and approve your campaign. You will be charge on Facebook billable date. You will know thebillable date when your campaign is billed for the first time.

Examples of Facebook Billing Invoice and Paypal statement for the campaign are as shown in the images below.

To access the billing page in Facebook are as follows.

1. Access you Facebook account.
2. At the bottom of the page, click Advertising link.
3. Click Billing.
4. Click the Transaction #no to see the details.

To manage your preapproved payment in Paypal. The steps are as follows.

Login to Paypal.
At My Account tab, click Profile.
At Financial Information column, click My Preapproved Payments.
At My Preapproved Payments page, you could manage your subscription, automatically billed payments and installment plan payments.
To manage your Facebook payment, under Merchant column you will seeFacebook Ireland, Ltd.
Click Facebook Ireland, Lt, to see the detail and you could activate or cancel your payment. Don’t cancel if you’re still running your campaign.

Facebook Billing Invoice

Facebook Paypal Payment Email Notification

Facebook Advertising versus Google Adword

2011-03-02T23:02:00.000-08:00

After trying for few days to start my campaign in Adword and with still no impressions in it , I have decided to stop the campaign in Adword. I have run few of my campaigns in Adword and manage to get impression and clicks, so I am not a newbie using Adword.

For the adword campaign, I started my daily budget with RM 1, then I increase to 2 RM and still no impression. After increasing the budget to RM 40 / day with still no impression decided to pull the plug. I assume that other advertisers are spending higher bids for the keywords and this is unaffordable for me.

Then only, I decided to use Facebook advertising. The steps to create the ads are very simple. I am promoting my homestay portal, to increase awareness about Carihomestay.net portal. The ad is shown below.

By using Facebook, you could pay based on click or based on impression. I am using based on impression, the cost for 1000 impression is 0.02 USD. The system suggest higher amount, but by just using 0.02 USD I am still getting the impressions and clicks, I assume Facebook is not yet crowded like Adword, that why I manage to get impressions for my ads.

Facebook informs you how many people you targeting. Once you have created your advertisement you need to Place Order. Facebook needs your credit card info or paypal to complete the order. I use Paypal for the payment method. Facebook will direct the transaction to Paypal, there you need to agree and pay. Once done, Facebook advertising team will review the campaign and once approved the campaign will run. The minimum daily budget is 1.00 USD and they will not charge you for more than your budget. Facebook will charge you once per Facebook billable day. My campaign is already running for 5 days and it cost about 4.25 USD for 23 clicks.

Overall, Facebook advertising is much easier and cheaper than Adword.

Facebook Advertising Campaign Status

How to upgrade Google Chrome

2011-03-01T17:02:00.001-08:00

For the latest security updates,Google Chrome automatically updates when it detect new version.

Updates is available if the wrench icon has little arrow at it.

To upgrade, the steps are as follows.

Click the wrench icon
Click Upgrade Google Chrome.
Once done with the upgrade it will ask you whether to complete the process by clicking Ok or Not Now.
Click Ok and it will complete the upgrade process and restart your browser.
If Not now, the upgrade process will take effect next time you open Google Chrome.

Another way to check for new updates are follows.

Open Google Chrome, then click the wrench icon at the top left of Google Chrome browser.
Then Click About Google Chrome
System will check for updates and it will upgrade your browser automatically.
Click Ok, to complete the process. It will restart back and the upgrade process is completed.

Business Idea ? Setup A Groupon Clone in Your Country

2011-02-14T03:56:00.000-08:00

Want a business idea? If your country still doesn’t have a clone version of groupon.com, then it’s the right time to start one.

I am bit late in this, since in Malaysia there are almost 20 sites with the same type concept like Groupon has pop up in the last few months. So, it’s not much worthwhile to stick my head in this business.

To setup your own groupon.com clone, it is very easy. Don’t waste your time developing the website yourself. You could easily setup your clone site within days, by buying the script from Group Script. They will customize your site for you.

By using Group Script solution, you could easily post new deals, plus the system could be integrated with Paypal or Authorized.Net. Just like groupon.com you could share the deals with your friends and family via Twitter and Facebook. It’s has newsletters feature to keep your subscribers up to date with the latest deals in town. Plus, lot’s of interesting features.

Setting up your site is the easy part.

The challenging part in this business is to pull the crowd to your site. So, this is where you need to be creative. You could kick start your project by using Google Adword, do some internet marketing stuff. And if you have thick skin, do some pr job by introducing your site in the newspapers and television stations.

Cross browser testing free tool , IETester

2011-01-27T20:41:00.000-08:00

As a web designer you want to reach the largest target audience for your website, you would like your site to work properly in each type of web browsers.

Cross browser testing can be done by using different type of browsers and check your site whether it display the page properly.

If you’re using window, install different type of browsers such as Mozilla 3.*, Safari 5.* and Google Chrome 8.*.

The latest browsers most of them work well when displaying css driven web pages, but you couldn’t tell whether your page works well in IE 6 and IE 7.

Since, windows computers only allow one version of IE to run. If you have IE 8, you couldn’t check how your page works in IE 6 and IE 7.

Luckily, there is one free program called IE tester that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE9 preview, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.

Download the latest version from site and open the IETester. To check your page, open new tab in IE 5.5, IE 6 , or IE 7 and check your site.

You will know how your site looks like in different type IE versions.

mySurvey Malaysia Review

2010-12-08T03:18:00.000-08:00

Really bored and don't have anything to do? Join mySurvey and take some interesting surveys. After few surveys, you could redeem your points for the following vouchers. It will take few weeks to get the voucher process and delivered to you. My KFC/Pizzahut voucher below.

Available Rewards	Point Required
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