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• Each domain name is a Cloud site.
• Each IP number is the same site as the domain name version but on a different host.
• The 208.85.243.55 is slightly smaller because there’s one extra text-only module published on the home page of the Cloud based version
• The timings were random based on how long it took me to tab format the results before moving onto the next test
• 6:20pm #1 is a reminder of the “ah c’mon not 8 seconds” conversation from yesterday.
• Out of 5 randomly-timed requests, one was 14 seconds.
• I’ve had customers routinely report multi-second and multi-minute web site hangs.
• In order to meet the terms of the bait and switch SLA (bait: marketing, switch: the burger king wrapper that is your cloud waranty), a web site hang doesn’t happen unless you are1) around to notice it
  2) not so busy that putting in a ticket doesn’t seem like a giant waste of time

  Since these two conditions are extremely unlikely to happen the SLA will never come out in your favor.

• When you can guilt an associate into seeing your point of view, instead of a refund you get MORE MONTHS OF THIS crap added to your account.In that spirit, I’m running a contest.First prize will be one month hosting on the cloud.Second prize is 4 months hosting and the third prize is an entire year.
  

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  6:18pm # Domain name Size Load Time Average Speed per KB 1 planetherbs.com 47.5 KB 1.93 seconds 0.04 seconds 2 208.85.243.55 45.23 KB 0.75 seconds 0.02 seconds 3 b-naturals.com 23.15 KB 1.59 seconds 0.07 seconds 4 208.85.243.58 23.15 KB 1.33 seconds 0.06 seconds 5 smalldogmall.com 14.45 KB 1.39 seconds 0.1 seconds 6 208.85.243.59 14.45 KB 1.74 seconds 0.12 seconds 7 maryannelive.com 39.23 KB 2.19 seconds 0.06 seconds 8 208.85.243.57 39.23 KB 1.69 seconds 0.04 seconds

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  6:20pm # Domain name Size Load Time Average Speed per KB 1 planetherbs.com 47.4 KB 14.17 seconds 0.3 seconds 2 208.85.243.55 45.21 KB 0.74 seconds 0.02 seconds 3 b-naturals.com 23.15 KB 2.18 seconds 0.09 seconds 4 208.85.243.58 23.15 KB 1.1 seconds 0.05 seconds 5 smalldogmall.com 14.45 KB 2.71 seconds 0.19 seconds 6 208.85.243.59 14.45 KB 1.88 seconds 0.13 seconds 7 maryannelive.com 39.23 KB 1.19 seconds 0.03 seconds 8 208.85.243.57 39.23 KB 1.42 seconds 0.04 seconds

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  6:22pm # Domain name Size Load Time Average Speed per KB 1 planetherbs.com 47.48 KB 1.97 seconds 0.04 seconds 2 208.85.243.55 45.24 KB 0.74 seconds 0.02 seconds 3 b-naturals.com 23.15 KB 1.74 seconds 0.08 seconds 4 208.85.243.58 23.15 KB 0.96 seconds 0.04 seconds 5 smalldogmall.com 14.45 KB 1.22 seconds 0.08 seconds 6 208.85.243.59 14.45 KB 1.2 seconds 0.08 seconds 7 maryannelive.com 39.23 KB 1.47 seconds 0.04 seconds 8 208.85.243.57 39.23 KB 1.11 seconds 0.03 seconds

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  6:27pm # Domain name Size Load Time Average Speed per KB 1 planetherbs.com 47.43 KB 2.02 seconds 0.04 seconds 2 208.85.243.55 45.24 KB 0.74 seconds 0.02 seconds 3 b-naturals.com 23.15 KB 2.69 seconds 0.12 seconds 4 208.85.243.58 23.15 KB 1.94 seconds 0.08 seconds 5 smalldogmall.com 14.45 KB 1.28 seconds 0.09 seconds 6 208.85.243.59 14.45 KB 2.26 seconds 0.16 seconds 7 maryannelive.com 39.23 KB 1.48 seconds 0.04 seconds 8 208.85.243.57 39.23 KB 1.16 seconds 0.03 seconds

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  6:29pm # Domain name Size Load Time Average Speed per KB 1 planetherbs.com 47.5 KB 1.75 seconds 0.04 seconds 2 208.85.243.55 45.33 KB 0.73 seconds 0.02 seconds 3 b-naturals.com 23.15 KB 1.52 seconds 0.07 seconds 4 208.85.243.58 23.15 KB 1.39 seconds 0.06 seconds 5 smalldogmall.com 14.45 KB 1.49 seconds 0.1 seconds 6 208.85.243.59 14.45 KB 1.26 seconds 0.09 seconds 7 maryannelive.com 39.23 KB 1.17 seconds 0.03 seconds 8 208.85.243.57 39.23 KB 1.27 seconds 0.03 seconds

The database sql file in a JoomlaPack JPA file is stored in installation/sql/joomla.sql.

The correct specs to upload large files into the Joomla LMS file library is .htaccess:
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value post_max_size 100M
php_value memory_limit 2048M
php_value max_execution_time 120

I gigantic Joomla sql file (205 MB) is possibly 135 MB jos_session. Don’t backup jos_session, or, edit it out using Jujusoft JuJuEdit, or split the sql file into pieces using splitter.exe, then piece back the pieces you do want.

getVar( ‘view’, ” );
if ( $pageoption == ‘frontpage’ ) { $home=true;}else{$home=false;}

The reason you can’t find the custom function to add an element to the wordpress head area

<head>

</head>

is because that behavior is controlled by the Thesis Options web interface in wp-admin, not through the custom_functions.php hook.

Now stop looking for a hook and go to your wp-admin.

update products set products_price = products_price + (products_price * .35)

If Microsoft Word 2003 (or 2007) hangs even after applying Windows Update, Windows Update for Office, changing out Normal.dot… it might be that the default printer is a networked printer that is not available. Change the default printer in the control panel to a non-networked, local printer (even if it’s a PDF file printer).

Thank you to:

http://glovario.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/microsoft-word-2007-2003-xp-application-hang-event-id-1000-1001-1002/

Put your coupons on coupon sites. This gives you tremendous exposure to a new audience that is actually looking to shop. I have not verified that these services are all free to merchants, you’ll find out when you click the “signup” links.

Tailor each coupon name to the coupon site. Maybe use a 3 letter code to differentiate a Coupon Cabin coupon (CCB) from a RetailMeNot (RMN) coupon. Then when you view your coupon usage you’ll know which coupon sites brought you customers.

http://www.couponcabin.com/
http://www.retailmenot.com/
http://coupons2.smartsource.com
http://www.couponmountain.com
http://www.couponshare.com/
http://www.savings.com/
http://www.bradsdeals.com
http://www.addcoupon.com
http://www.flamingoworld.com/
http://www.promotionalcodes.com/
http://www.savester.net/
http://www.currentcodes.com/
http://www.couponchief.com
http://www.couponsurfer.com
http://www.dealcatcher.com/
http://www.couponcraze.com/
http://www.mycoupons.com/
http://www.keycode.com/

Joomla Programmer: Clone Sobi Using Windows

Sobi2 business index is a powerful database program for Joomla programmers and hobbyists. Recently I used Sobi2 to create a Pet Lost and Found database.  This worked well but got confusing when I wanted to add an Adoptable Pets database. The tool provides one form with customizable fields, but some fields are not the same across Lost Pets and Adoptable Pets. I needed two forms. The only way to get that is to clone Sobi2.

Sigsiu wrote a Sobi2 cloning tool for Unix. Short of downloading cygwin, this tool doesn’t help Windows people.

Following, then, are instructions for how to clone the Sobi2 component for multiple installations using a Windows machine. The original forum post on Windows Cloning is here.

Unzip the com_sobi2 installation into a fresh directory com_sobi2. Copy that to the target directory, com_sobi2lost.

Using a bulk file renamer like File and MP3 renamer, rename all files in com_sobi2lost so that any instance of “sobi” is replaced with “sobilost.” You are editing file names in this step, not the contents of the files.

Using a grep search and replace tool like Actual Search & Replace:

Find all instances of “sobi” lowercase in com_sobi2lost contents. Change those instances to “sobilost”

Find all instances of “SOBI” uppercase in com_sobi2lost contents. Change those instances to “SOBILOST”

Edit the installation xml file sobilost2.xml

Find the administration/menu node.

Change the node’s value to a unique value such as Lost Animals

ZIP the com_sobi2lost directory to com_sobi2lost.zip

Install the com_sobi2lost.zip

The new description shows up as your menu item under components.

Joomla Programmer

Getting a chronoforms form submission land on a paypal page which then automatically submits to paypal.

Chronoforms form membership includes field mtype. mtype contains a donation value for paypal. Submit the chronoforms membership mype to mod_php paypal form. Fill in the mod_php paypal form amount field with the mtype value. Automatically submit the mod_php paypal form to paypal. Automatically return to a thank you page.

1. System cache settings must be off to garner $_POST['value']s. Otherwise you get cached values from previous submissions of chronoforms to mod_php.
2. Create the mod_php paypal form. Place it in user position “membership_dues”
   
3. create a content article, the text of which is: {loadposition membership_dues}
4. In a dummy menu, create an Article layout menu item pointing to the membership_dues content. In this example the resultant address is index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31
5. Chronoform membership form method must be POST. GET will screw up SEF links.
6. Set the chronoforms FORM URL submit URL to:

http://fulldomainhere/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31

7. Do NOT have a form target (the default is target=”paypal”) in mod_php paypal form. This creates a popup condition which is quietly suppressed by any browser with popup blocker. It looks like the form submit is not working. Test in IE to see a better error message than in Firefox:
   <form action=”https://www.paypal.com/en/cgi-bin/webscr” method=”post” name=”mform” id=”mform”>
8. Return the donator to your thank you page. Whether or not you tell PayPal to return a Post, it will return a GET. So create an HTML page for the return/thank you. If you put a Joomla page as the return, PayPal will send back garbage to index.php, and it will not redirect to the page you specify.
   <input type=”hidden” name=”return” value=”http://fulldomainhere/thankyou.htm” />
9. Fill in the PayPal amount from the submitted form via a POST variable in mod_php paypal form.:

<img src=”http://www.animalallies.org//images/stories/pawani.gif”><br>Amount $: <input type=”text” name=”amount” size=”4″ maxlength=”10″ value=”<?php echo $_POST['mtype']; ?>” style=”text-align:left;” />

10. Do NOT name the submit button “submit” in mod_php paypal form.  It clashes with the javascript form submit.

<input class=”paybutton” type=”image” src=”http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif” name=”submitb” alt=”PayPal secure payments.” />

11. auto submit the mod_php paypal form
    <script language=”javaScript” type=”text/javascript”>
    document.mform.submit();
    </script>

chronoforms membership application:

<h1>YourWebsite Membership Application</h1>
<table>
lots of other form values omitted for this example...
<tr><td valign=top nowrap>Membership Type</td><td><table>
<tr><td><input type=radio name=mtype value="15">Individual</td><td align=right>$15</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type=radio name=mtype checked value="25">Friend</td><td align=right>$25</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type=radio name=mtype value="50">Sponsor </td><td align=right>$50</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type=radio name=mtype value="100">Patron</td> <td align=right>$100</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type=radio name=mtype value="500">Benefactor</td> <td align=right>$500</td></tr>
</table></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><input type="submit" value="  Submit  "></td></tr>
</table>

mod_php paypal form is positioned at membership_dues user position and assigned to “all” menus

<div style="text-align:left">
<h4>Thank You for Joining YourWebsite</h4>
<strong>Please complete your membership payment here</strong>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/en/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" name="mform" id="mform">
<input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="http://www.fulldomainhere/templates/rhuk_milkyway/images/logo.gif" />
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations" />
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="yourpaypalemailhere" />
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.fulldomainhere/thankyou.htm" />
<input type="hidden" name="undefined_quantity" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="YourWebsite Membership" />
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD" />
<input type="hidden" name="charset" value="utf-8" />
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.fulldomainhere/" />
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0" />
<img src="http://www.fulldomainhere//images/stories/pawani.gif"><br>Amount $: <input type="text" name="amount" size="4" maxlength="10" value="<?php echo $_POST['mtype']; ?>" style="text-align:left;" />
<input class="paybutton" type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" name="submitb" alt="PayPal secure payments." />
</form></div>
<script language="javaScript" type="text/javascript">
document.mform.submit();
</script>

http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

“IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 RC1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.”

Fantastic and bravo!