How to web building & hosting

Fiji Web Design

2011-06-08T14:52:00.000+12:00

Affordable, reliable online Web Design, Hosting & more - better than Connect's Fiji based servers, securely hosted in USA.

BlueHost .com has all the online web design, hosting & customization features you will need for your FIJI WEB DESIGN, HOSTING and reselling web Design & hosting in Fiji. Their high speed secure servers located in the USA make your Fiji webhosting or Fiji web design easy and hassle free. Their world-class, top tier hosting server is the best option for you are located in Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, or any other South Pacific Island. Their reseller account makes it easy for you to host your Fiji web hosting customers at your prices.

Need website designing in Fiji, Blue Host's BlueHost's online website builder is a breeze with its drag & drop interface to easily build a search engine optimized website and to drive targeted traffic to your Fiji website.

We have successfully hosted a number of our Fiji Hosting & Design clients on BlueHost.com and to date they are very satisfied with BlueHost.com's reliable server uptime, their powerful Cpanel Pro website management control panel and their prompt and friendly customer service.

The following are some of my Fiji Webhosting customers favorite power hosting features for hosting with BlueHost:
Cpanel Pro, Php, Mysql, Ruby on Rails, Fantistico, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, OsCommerce.

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Web Design Fiji

2011-06-07T08:38:00.003+12:00

Looking for Web Hosting in Fiji or Web Designing in Fiji?

BlueHost .com has all the web hosting features you will need for your Fiji hosting and reselling web hosting in Fiji. Their high speed secure servers located in the USA make your Fiji webhosting or Fiji web designing easy and hassle free. Their world-class, top tier hosting server is the best option for you are located in Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, or any other South Pacific Island. Their reseller account makes it easy for you to host your Fiji web hosting customers at your prices.
Need website designing in Fiji, Blue Host's BlueHost's online website builder is a breeze with its drag & drop interface to easily build a search engine optimized website and to drive targeted traffic to your Fiji website.

We have successfully hosted a number of our Fiji clients on BlueHost.com and to date they are very satisfied with BlueHost.com's reliable server uptime, their powerful Cpanel Pro website management control panel and their prompt and friendly customer service.

The following are some of my Fiji Webhosting customers favorite power hosting features for hosting with BlueHost:
Cpanel Pro, Php, Mysql, Ruby on Rails, Fantistico, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, OsCommerce.

Free 1-Click Script Installs! from SimpleScripts:
1-Click WordPress Install WordPress
1-Click Joomla Install Joomla
1-Click Drupal Install Drupal
1-Click Roundcube Install Roundcube
1-Click Zen Cart Install Zen Cart
1-Click phpBB Install phpBB
1-Click Magento InstallMagento
1-Click Concrete5 Install Concrete5
Over 50 1-Click Script Installs 50+ More...

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Web Hosting Fiji

2011-06-07T08:38:00.000+12:00

Web Design Vanuatu

2011-06-04T16:59:00.000+12:00

Looking for Web Hosting in Vanuatu or Web Designing in Vanuatu?

BlueHost .com has all the web hosting features you will need for your Vanuatu hosting and reselling web hosting in Vanuatu. Their high speed secure servers located in the USA make your Vanuatu webhosting or Vanuatu web designing easy and hassle free. Their world-class, top tier hosting server is the best option for you are located in Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, or any other South Pacific Island. Their reseller account makes it easy for you to host your Vanuatu web hosting customers at your prices.

Need website designing in Vanuatu, Blue Host's BlueHost's online website builder is a breeze with its drag & drop interface to easily build a search engine optimized website and to drive targeted traffic to your Vanuatu website.

We have successfully hosted a number of our clients on BlueHost.com and to date they are very satisfied with BlueHost.com's reliable server uptime, their powerful Cpanel Pro website management control panel and their prompt and friendly customer service.

The following are some of my Webhosting customers favorite power hosting features for hosting with BlueHost:
Cpanel Pro, Php, Mysql, Ruby on Rails, Fantistico, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, OsCommerce.

Free 1-Click Script Installs! from SimpleScripts:
1-Click WordPress Install WordPress
1-Click Joomla Install Joomla
1-Click Drupal Install Drupal
1-Click Roundcube Install Roundcube
1-Click Zen Cart Install Zen Cart
1-Click phpBB Install phpBB
1-Click Magento InstallMagento
1-Click Concrete5 Install Concrete5
Over 50 1-Click Script Installs 50+ More...

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Web Hosting Fiji Web Design Fiji

2011-06-04T16:45:00.000+12:00

Review BlueHost.com web hosting for Fiji.

2011-06-03T09:05:00.000+12:00

BlueHost .com has all the web hosting features you will need for your Fiji hosting and reselling web hosting in Fiji. Their reseller account makes it easy for you to host your Fiji web hosting customers at your prices.
Need website designing in Fiji, Blue Host's BlueHost's online website builder is a breeze with its drag & drop interface to easily build a search engine optimized website and to drive targeted traffic to your Fiji website.

We have successfully hosted a number of our Fiji clients on BlueHost.com and to date they are very satisfied with BlueHost.com's reliable server uptime, their powerful Cpanel Pro website management control panel and their prompt and friendly customer service.

The following are some of my Fiji Webhosting customers favorite power hosting features for hosting with BlueHost:
Cpanel Pro, Php, Mysql, Ruby on Rails, Fantistico, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, OsCommerce.

Free 1-Click Script Installs! from SimpleScripts:
1-Click WordPress Install WordPress
1-Click Joomla Install Joomla
1-Click Drupal Install Drupal
1-Click Roundcube Install Roundcube
1-Click Zen Cart Install Zen Cart
1-Click phpBB Install phpBB
1-Click Magento InstallMagento
1-Click Concrete5 Install Concrete5
Over 50 1-Click Script Installs 50+ More...

We haven't found a better web hosting provider for Fiji than Bluehost.com. Their pricing, service, bandwidth & web hosting features are the best value for price in Fiji.

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How to Flash Your Bios - BIOS Upgrade

2011-05-25T09:27:00.000+12:00

Excellent tutorial - how to flash your bios using FLASHROM Bios flashing utility *****

Better than award flash, ami phlash, phoenix flash, uniflash, bios utils, bios utilities, bios flash procedures.

Use Ubuntu, Puppy, Zenwalk or PCLinuxOS or other Linux Distros of your choice and use Puppy Linux Live CD on systems which do not have FLASHROM

http://sitesellgold.blogspot.com/2010/07/flashrom-bios-flashing-how-to.html

Flash BIOS, hot flash BIOS or upgrade BIOS using my above FLASHROM BIOS flashing tutorial.

Bios chip extractor

2011-03-12T21:53:00.000+12:00

It is easy to extract a bios chip using my home made bios chip extractor. If the the chip is inserted into a holding slot, it is easy to extract it using this quick & easy bios chip extraction tool (a simple 1.3mm knitting needle). See pictures below:


Bios chip extractor tool

Bios chip extraction using the chip extractor tool

See my post http://sitesellgold.blogspot.com/2010/08/acer-bios-flashrom.html for full tutorial on how to remove & hot flash a bios chip. This tutorial also applies to normal bios flashing & upgrade.

Gigabyte Acer Bios Flash

2010-08-05T21:20:00.002+12:00

Flash your pcs BIOS using FLASHROM

PC BIOS firmware flashing is always the last resort if you need some extra juice out of your current pc or the current BIOS configuration does not support a feature that you would like your pc to have.

See my following post http://sitesellgold.blogspot.com/2010/08/acer-bios-flashrom.html on how to flash & upgrade your bios using flashrom.

Acer Bios Flashrom

2010-08-04T19:29:00.000+12:00

Flash your acer pc BIOS using FLASHROM

PC BIOS firmware flashing is always the last resort if you need some extra juice out of your current pc or the current BIOS configuration does not support a feature that you would like your pc to have.

In my case, I had an old acer veriton 5100 pentium 3 pc with a 566mhz processor. Replaced this processor with a 900mhz processor. Although the pc worked fine after this change, the BIOS kept giving "CPU configuration miss-match" errors and F1 had to be pressed each time to continue booting. Downloaded the latest version of the BIOS no. s58mxxx.bin from acer and tried to flash using a floppy disk and the boot-block feature in the BIOS, but this wouldn't work. I read somewhere that I could attempt flashing with another software called Uniflash - the recipe for a total disaster and a corrupted BIOS chip. (My personal opinion - DO NOT USE UNIFLASH). Now the pc wouldn't start-up and luckily I had another motherboard of the same kind & the same chip, I extracted the chip from this motherboard and fitted it into the dead motherboard and my pc sprang to life. But I still wanted to flash the bios so the new 900mhz processor would be correctly recognized. After much searching, I found the perfect software for flashing the BIOS - a software called FLASHROM, it doesn't even need a floppy disk drive to work. And the best of all is that you don't need to re-boot your system (risky) to find out if the BIOS write was successful. FLASHROM allows you to know the answers without destroying your bios chip.

WARNING!!! Before I outline the procedures used with FLASHROM to re-write new information on the BIOS chip, please read this paragraph carefully, BIOS flashing is a dangerous procedure and if for any reason your pcs dies after flashing or you short-circuit yourself or your pc, I'm not responsible in any way for your mishap - CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK - this adventure is not for the fainthearted.

Ok, let's get going with the flashing.

Tools/items needed:

1) BIOS chip extractor (only needed if hot flashing - see tips below), or a home made one, which in my case is a 1.3mm knitting needle. (If the chip is soldered onto the motherboard, sorry I can't help)

2) FLASHROM source files for Linux - Google it.

3) BIOS update file e.g s58m.bin - check motherboard manufacturer's site for the correct bios update for your particular motherboard or if you want to use Open Source Bios Update - google "Core Boot"

4) A pc with the LINUX operating system loaded onto the hard drive - ZENWALK 6.10 was my choice or your preferred Linux flavor. If the pc you intend to flash has Linux already loaded on the hard drive, then you can skip no.s 4 and 5. (Note: The Linux Live CD distros I tested didn't run the terminal commands I needed, so I had to use a normal hard drive installation and then copied the Flashrom folder to the running Puppy Linux 4.3.1 CD)

5) Puppy Linux Live CD - the last version I tried was 4.3.1 - newer versions are available now.

6) Patience, reading & understanding all info clearly before taking the plunge.

Step 1 of 3 - Compile FLASHROM from source

Using your Linux pc, download FLASHROM source files, extract them to a folder called "flashrom" or whatever name you wish to give it. Open the terminal window. Login as the superuser. Navigate to the folder where you extracted flashrom.(E.g cd /mnt/sda1/flashrom) Type the command: make followed by <enter>. Type: make install <enter> If the compile runs ok (lots of info should appear - nothing to be concerned about unless error messages appear) and there are no errors, then a file named flashrom.bin will be created in that same folder. To execute that file, type: ./flashrom

(Note: if the pc you intend to flash doesn't have Linux loaded on it, you can boot that pc with the Puppy Linux Live CD and copy the folder "flashrom" from another Linux pc to it using a USB stick and then start the terminal and all the other procedures are the same)

The following is a list of various commands supported by flashrom:

-h | --help                       print this help text
   -R | --version                    print version (release)
   -r | --read <file>                read flash and save to <file>
   -w | --write <file>               write <file> to flash
   -v | --verify <file>              verify flash against <file>
   -E | --erase                      erase flash device
   -V | --verbose                    more verbose output
   -c | --chip <chipname>            probe only for specified flash chip
   -m | --mainboard <[vendor:]part>  override mainboard detection
   -f | --force                      force specific operations (see man page)
   -n | --noverify                   don't auto-verify
   -l | --layout <file>              read ROM layout from <file>
   -i | --image <name>               only flash image <name> from flash layout
   -L | --list-supported             print supported devices
   -p | --programmer <name>[:<param>] specify the programmer device
                                     (internal, dummy, nic3com, drkaiser,
                                     satasii, it87spi, serprog, buspiratespi)

You can specify one of -h, -R, -L, -E, -r, -w, -v or no operation.
If no operation is specified, flashrom will only probe for flash chips.

BIOS FLASHING PROCEDURE

STEP 1 of 3

IMPORTANT!!! Backup your current BIOS before you erase it.

Execute the following command: ./flashrom -R <backup.bin> For example, ./flashrom -R myoldbios.bin - this will save your current bios.

Now test and see if the backup you created is readable - execute this command: ./flashrom -V myoldbios.bin (note: don't forget to replace myoldbios.bin with your backup file name) If the BIOS read fails, you should stop & check the Flashrom site for any hints or workarounds - Do not proceed with flashing)

STEP 2 of 3

Hot flash BIOS - only needed if you have a corrupt BIOS chip and a similar good chip with which you booted your pc - OR SKIP to STEP 3 if that's not the case.

With the pc's power SWITCHED OFF, insert the good chip where it makes contact with the pins on the motherboard, do not insert it right in or it will be difficult to remove it and you could short-circuit the motherboard with the power switched on.

Switch on the power to the pc. Wait for the pc to boot into Linux, once the system has booted, use your bios chip extractor tool to remove the good chip (be very careful - you can use some electrical insulation tape to keep the chip sticking to it when you pull it out) and insert the corrupted chip into the same slot.

STEP 3 of 3

Open the terminal window. Navigate to your flashrom folder if you are not already there. Run this command: ./flashrom -E . This will erase and prepare the chip for writing new info. Now execute this command: ./flashrom -W mynewbios.bin . If you receive a verification success message after the upgrade then give me a five. :) . If BIOS upgrade fails, DO NOT TURN OFF the system yet DO NOT RE-BOOT, erase the chip using ./flashrom -E and write your old bios backup on it ( ./flashrom -W myoldbios.bin ) and if all goes well, atleast your system will still work.

Now re-boot the system.

Bingo, my Acer Veriton 5100 Bios now correctly recognizes the processor - thanks to Flashrom

FLASHROM BIOS flashing how to

2010-07-31T20:56:00.005+12:00

Flash your pcs BIOS using FLASHROM

Ok, let's get going with the flashing.

Tools/items needed:

2) FLASHROM source files for Linux - Google it.

3) BIOS update file e.g s58m.bin - check motherboard manufacturer's site for the correct bios update for your particular motherboard or if you want to use Open Source Bios Update - google "Core Boot"

5) Puppy Linux Live CD - the last version I tried was 4.3.1 - newer versions are available now.

6) Patience, reading & understanding all info clearly before taking the plunge.

Step 1 of 3 - Compile FLASHROM from source

The following is a list of various commands supported by flashrom:

-h | --help                       print this help text
   -R | --version                    print version (release)
   -r | --read <file>                read flash and save to <file>
   -w | --write <file>               write <file> to flash
   -v | --verify <file>              verify flash against <file>
   -E | --erase                      erase flash device
   -V | --verbose                    more verbose output
   -c | --chip <chipname>            probe only for specified flash chip
   -m | --mainboard <[vendor:]part>  override mainboard detection
   -f | --force                      force specific operations (see man page)
   -n | --noverify                   don't auto-verify
   -l | --layout <file>              read ROM layout from <file>
   -i | --image <name>               only flash image <name> from flash layout
   -L | --list-supported             print supported devices
   -p | --programmer <name>[:<param>] specify the programmer device
                                     (internal, dummy, nic3com, drkaiser,
                                     satasii, it87spi, serprog, buspiratespi)

You can specify one of -h, -R, -L, -E, -r, -w, -v or no operation.
If no operation is specified, flashrom will only probe for flash chips.

BIOS FLASHING PROCEDURE

STEP 1 of 3

IMPORTANT!!! Backup your current BIOS before you erase it.

Execute the following command: ./flashrom -R <backup.bin> For example, ./flashrom -R myoldbios.bin - this will save your current bios.

STEP 2 of 3

Hot flash BIOS - only needed if you have a corrupt BIOS chip and a similar good chip with which you booted your pc - OR SKIP to STEP 3 if that's not the case.

STEP 3 of 3

Now re-boot the system.

If this procedure has helped you in any way, please consider donating as a token of appreciation.

Puppy Linux - ASUS EEEpc

2010-07-05T18:45:00.000+12:00

How to recover to from Puppy Linux boot errors after sudden power failure.

I had loaded my EEEpc Asus 701 laptop - netbook with Puppy Linux 4.3.1. All was well until I forgot to charge the battery & the power to the laptop suddenly failed. Now when Puppy Linux booted, it started giving "DEV/" errors.

I solved this by typing "xstart" without the quotes at the command prompt. I was then presented with xorg command prompt. I typed "xorgwizard" and then was greeted with another command prompt. I typed "xstart" again at this command prompt and bingo - my EEEpc ASUS 701 laptop netbook was running again. I love puppy Linux

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Tutorial 2 Php Introduction 1002

2010-01-22T15:28:00.000+13:00

Tutorial 2 Php Introduction 1002

Html code can be embedded into Php.

The following will display as bold
<?Php
echo ”<b>hello</b>”;
?>

Let’s try the below example with some cool CSS (Cascading style sheets) formatting
.
We will save the below document as a php document - nice.php and a separate file named nicestyle.css in the webroot folder,.

The following is the complete document - nice.php

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Control Panel login</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="nicestyle.css" />
</head>

<body>

<center>
<div id="bkground1"> 

<p><a href="myfile.php">My Online Auctions</a></p>
<p> <?Php echo "<b>Welcome to my site<b>"; ?> </p>

</div> 

</center>

</body>
</html>

The following is the CSS document – nicestyle.css

#bkground1 {
width: 100px;
background: #FFFFCC;
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

P{
font-weight: bold;
}

/* Navigation Links */
a {color:maroon;} a:hover {color:red;} a:visited {color:green;}

Save both the above files in the webroot and run the php file - nice.php to see some nice formatting.

An Introduction to Php 1001

2010-01-21T13:05:00.000+13:00

Your computer should have at least php5 and apache 2.x webserver installed and running before you can try out the examples or write some php code. Mysql database server will be need to be installed for trying out php connections to Mysql. See my 1st article for how to ideas.

All php scripts are saved with a .php extension e.g index.php.

For writing php scripts any text editor will do, however text editors with line numbering and syntax highlighting are the best. There are good open source and paid text editing software you can use e.g leaf text editor and notepad +. A good commercial text editing software is Rapid HTML. You can google for these to find out more.

All php scripts should be saved in your webroot folder e.g c:/myfolder/www/myfile.php

Note: I test run all examples before posting them, if you find typo or execution errors, etc, your feedback would be welcome.

To execute above script, you would type the following in your web browser:
http://localhost/myfile.php Note: all script file names are case sensitive.

Some important points to remember:

All php scripts start with <?php
And end with ?>
Semi colons are used to terminate end of line for some code.
Comments inside php use /* */ for long comments , # for bold comments , // for single line comments.

Example:

<?Php

//This is one line comment

/* this is multi line comment
and more multi line comment */
##################
#My boxed comment#
##################
echo “hello”;
?>

Save above example as myfile.php or similar and run it in your web browser. It should display “Hello” on your screen.

How to run your own web server continued ARTICLE 2

2010-01-18T10:42:00.000+13:00

Ok, now you have finished downloading the software mentioned on Article 1.

Find out what your pc's internal ip address my clicking on my network places>view net work connections>LAN and looking at the 'details' box on the left. Write this down e.g 192.168.1.100

Note, please ensure that any anti-virus programs are disabled while you are installing these programs, or the installations may not finish correctly.

Unzip the contents of php.zip to a folder named c:/php

Install the Mysql database server software by running the installer.

Install the apache web server software, when the installer asks for a IP address or server address, give it an address similar to this: http://192.168.0.194 (whatever the ip address you wrote down) and use your email address for admin contact. Restart the system . Check to see if the Apache server is running by typing in the following into your web broswer: http://localhost/ If you see "It works" in your browser window, that means that the apache web server is running. There will also be a small icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen stating whether the apache service is running. If you have problems, be sure to check the apache error log to trouble shoot.

The above gives you total control over the configuration, and you know what exactly you are doing. If you break some code, you can easily fix it. The only downside is that Apache, Php and Mysql have to be manually installed, which takes more time.

If you want a quick web server with above features, you can download WAMP or XAMP. Try googling for each of them. In my opinion WAMP is easier to setup then XAMP and emulates a real production environment.

First Steps for running your own web server ARTICLE 1 Web Server How to

2010-01-18T10:41:00.000+13:00

Hello adventurers.

It is easy to run your own web server and host your own web site. This gives you total control
over your machine and what you can do with it. And you can always use your machine to test out dynamic sites before you decide to host your site at a commerical web hosting company.

Let's get started.

Most of us are familar with the windows XP operating system and the same goes for me. I must say Linux is also good in this regards, but the learning curve is steep. But don't fret, nothing is impossible. I'll cover "running Ubuntu Linux Web Server" later.

The folllowing are the software you will need to download for Windows XP 32 bit operating system:

1) Php.zip from http://www.php.net/ (Note: Do not download Php self installing file)
2) Apache Web server installer from http://www.apache.org/
3) Mysql database installer from http://www.mysql.com/

Once you are done, we'll look at installing the above software & setting up your windows XP pc to run as a web server.