Category Archives: Articles
There are no perfect routers; Linksys BEFW11S4, Cisco Valet Plus (M20) review, and Atheros AR5007 adapter conflict with WPA2/WPA
Almost a decade ago, I setup my first wireless network along with the purchase of my first laptop. Boy, technology was expensive back then. In total, the laptop and network cost nearly $2,400 in all. Today, a much faster and secure wireless network and laptop could be had for a fourth of that cost. And [...]
Posted in Articles Tagged Atheros AR5007, Cisco Valet Plus (M20), Linksys BEFW11s4, review, security, WPA2/WPA 2 Comments
Facebook’s Like Button and integration with phpBB
Just a few months earlier, Facebook released their new Like Button which is popping up on most popular websites and forums. Implementing this button with phpBB forums isn’t as simple as grabbing the code generated from Facebook’s configurator. That is, if you want it to work properly with the dynamic pages of your forum. The [...]
Mozilla Thunderbird addons, alert capabilities and global (unified) inbox
I had been using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 for almost a year now because it handles 2 things of which I peruse daily: E-mail. I have nearly a dozen e-mail accounts (and growing) that I need to keep track of and individual logins is a hassle, not to mention a thing of the past Calendar. [...]
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bbPress: Manually configure a Key Master role
If at any time your account reverts back to a regular member account (effectively locking you out of the admin control panel), don’t fret! You can manually configure it back to a Key Master role in phpMyAdmin: Look-up your user_ID in your user table (bb_users or wp_users*) Search for this ID in the umeta_id column [...]
vBulletin 4 to bbPress (and WordPress integration)
I will be going through the steps on how I achieved the following: Convert vBulletin 4 to bbPress (specifically, I converted from vBulletin 4.0.1 to bbPress 1.0.2) Integrate WordPress with bbPress to share the same users table Make the WordPress database contain the central user database (optional) Preamble I decided to test out bbPress using [...]
Posted in Articles Tagged bbpress, forum conversion, phpBB 3, user integration, vBulletin 4, WordPress 2 Comments
Ads becoming commonplace in creative communities
It’s rare to see advertisements on a company’s website. It does make better sense to attract potential clients instead of directing them away from your website. The creative community appears to be trending the other direction. Newer advertising networks like Fusion Ads and the DECK deliver targeted traffic by displaying advertisements solely on creative and [...]
phpBB: Display different content for guests and members
To display different content depending on whether or not a user is logged into your phpBB forums, simply use the following code in your template files: <!– IF not S_USER_LOGGED_IN –> Text between these tags will be displayed to guests. <!– ENDIF –> <!– IF not S_IS_BOT and S_USER_LOGGED_IN –> Text between these tags will [...]
WordPress 2.9.1 HTTP error
After upgrading to WordPress 2.9.1, I encountered a problem when using the media file uploader. Any attempts to upload an image would return an HTTP error: There are many solutions out there, but unfortunately none of the ones listed worked for me. I did find a very simple fix however. HTTP error fix The answer [...]
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