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  1. xwinuser
    People are the weakest link. Even with great software, hardware and physical security measures, people can and will introduce viruses and other security breaches into your network. This can be done through the introduction of physical media, such as music CDs that were burned at home or pen drives loaded with corrupt data and even bypassing security measures to access questionable websites. The latter is usually done by the guy who has just enough technical knowledge to be dangerous. It could also be the employee that wants to download their favorite MP3 or that can't wait until they get home to check their Facebook wall. While you can disable the ability to use flash or pen drives on their computer and filter the websites they access, there also needs to be strict policy that is taught to the employees in continuing training sessions. These policies are setup to keep people from inadvertently jeopardizing network security. Using common sense is always a bonus. If your employees or customers learn to avoid questionable software, sites and email messages you can avoid a myriad of security problems. Still, with all these precautions in place, you have some who just don't care. Proper logging may help to weed out these people for retraining, reprimand or dismissal but there will always be a need for non-human intervention. - http://360DegreeNetworking.com
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    Looks like you went with a Mail button instead. Looks nice. Sorry the other didn't work out.
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    I fixed it! Sorry! Had to use single quotes inside the tag. This worked for me using IE 9. It did pop up a security message but I just clicked to Allow and it worked fine. <html> <head> <title>social</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <!-- Save for Web Slices (social.psd) --> <table id="Table_01" width="300" height="30" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://borealtrek.com/feed/rss/"> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_01.jpg" width="31" height="30" alt=""></td> <td> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_02.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt=""></td> <td><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <script> // © 2000 www.CodeLifter.com // http://www.codelifter.com // Free for all users, but leave in this header // message to show in non-IE browsers var txt = "<img src='http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_03.jpg' width='31' height='30' alt=''>" // url you wish to have bookmarked var url = "http://www.borealtrek.com"; // caption to appear with bookmark var who = "Borealtrek" // do not edit below this line // =========================== var ver = navigator.appName var num = parseInt(navigator.appVersion) if ((ver == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")&&(num >= 4)) { document.write('<A HREF="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite(url,who);" '); document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status=') document.write("txt; return true ") document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status=') document.write("' '; return true ") document.write('">'+ txt + '</a>') }else{ txt += " (Ctrl+D)" document.write(txt) } </script> </font> </td> <td> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_04.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt=""></td> <td><a href="http://plus.google.com/b/112173749598862745012/"> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_055.jpeg" width="31" height="30" alt=""></td> <td> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_06.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt=""></td> <td><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BorealTrek"> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_07.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt=""></td> <td> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_08.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt=""></td> <td><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/borealtrek"> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_09.jpg" width="30" height="30" alt=""></td> <td> <img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_10.jpg" width="24" height="30" alt=""></td> <td> <script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=6&r=www.borealtrek.com"></script></td> </tr> </table> <!-- End Save for Web Slices --> </body> </html> ______________________________________________________________________ Ah crap. Well it still only shows Crtl + D for FireFox. Works in IE 9. I would have to play around with it some more to make it work in FF probably. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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    Here ya go! I have used Java scripts for years and although I do understand how to fix a few problems in the script if it gets broken I (like many other people) usually just copy and paste the script in the beginning. This is a long accepted practice among site builders as there are thousands of Java script sites out there that offer custom scripts for free. Anyway. I know you said you already Googled some info but I Googled also and found this - http://www.codelifter.com/main/javascript/bookmarkthispage1.html It starts out by showing script for a text link to bookmark your page but if you scroll down in the script it shows how to set an image as the anchor. var txt = "<img src='some.gif' width='100' height='30' border='0'>" In red is what they have but yours would look like this var txt = "<img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_02.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt="">" The whole script would look like this and be in the body of the HTML - You could edit out the advertisement of course but not sure if that creates any ethics issues (if you care). <font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <script> // © 2000 www.CodeLifter.com // http://www.codelifter.com // Free for all users, but leave in this header // message to show in non-IE browsers var txt = "<img src="http://borealtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/social_02.jpg" width="23" height="30" alt="">" // url you wish to have bookmarked var url = "http://www.codelifter.com"; // caption to appear with bookmark var who = "CodeLifter.com Software and Scripts" // do not edit below this line // =========================== var ver = navigator.appName var num = parseInt(navigator.appVersion) if ((ver == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")&&(num >= 4)) { document.write('<A HREF="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite(url,who);" '); document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status=') document.write("txt; return true ") document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status=') document.write("' '; return true ") document.write('">'+ txt + '</a>') }else{ txt += " (Ctrl+D)" document.write(txt) } </script> </font> ____________________________________________________________________________________ It "seems" that social_02.jpg is a white spacer pic. This are usually GIFs. This is an old technique used to push other objects to a certain part of the site instead. Before CSS as wiki points out here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer_GIF Nothing really wrong with that. Just noticing.
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    Well some admin type person did tell me you have a 100mbps connection at a colo. That indicates that you are fairly current on technology and probably processing power as well. Good to know. I can imagine the rest I guess.
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    I think if there was no war during his presidency then he would have been a fine president. I think the war was probably unnecessary but I believe that once started we should fight the good fight and finish what we started but gracefully. Overall I supported Bush and the Republican party.
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    Heliomobile Beta

    xwinuser replied to jje's topic in Questions

    Old topic but interesting. Especially since I got my first Android phone just yesterday. Yes I am behind the times. Have used Windows smart phones for years though. I still did not get the latest and greatest but it is very cool to me - Droid Incredible 2 with Android 2.2 Will have to test drive all the Helio sites on my phone now.
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    How many, hdhdhd? Still Linux is more secure than out of the box Windows. I will still use Windows but will practice OS hardening to remove or disable any unnecessary services, applications, ports, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am never shocked to hear of a security breach. As much as people try to prevent breaches, for the most part they are applying technologies that are already in place. They have no idea what new technology or hacker tool will pop up. Modified technology is one thing but those who create from scratch will always blow the minds of security people. In other words you cannot help but be reactive instead of proactive to the many cutting edge attacks. If you have no concept of something then how can it be prevented?
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    I have downloaded a couple of themes now. This is great. Thanks for the help!
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    I realize this is an old post but I WAS having the same problem and the link jje refers to sent me to a page with no text. I guess the page was moved. FYI - here is were the topic is addressed now. http://wiki.helionet.org/Site_statistics Here is what the page says: "cPanel Stats You may have noticed that cPanel's statistics are not working. The reason they are not working is because we have disabled them to offer the most stable service on HelioHost. cPanel's uptime stats consume alot of server resources, therefore they increase the server load significantly. However, there are many alternatives to these statistics available, described below."
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    I used to hope and expect Google's Page Rank to actually mean something to the average web designer but that never happened. It is still mainly an internal measure used by the Google developers. However, Amazon.com has a child company / product in Alexa.com. I have a love / hate relationship with Alexa. I am addicted to monitoring my site's rank on Alexa.com but I know the numbers are skewed because they mainly focus on the traffic of users with the Alexa Toolbar installed. Visitors who do not have the tool bar are hit or miss. Therefore, I either have to offer my visitors the option to download the tool bar or hope that there are enough people who already have the tool bar to help me make an informed decision. And I guess there are enough with approximately 20 million users. Still I want the whole WWW. FYI I do not offer the tool bar on my site. Its just not worth bothering people about and taking up my content. The best way to get noticed by Alexa in addition to installing the tool bar is to claim your site at Alexa.com. Once you show up on their radar an average individual's website will usually rank in the high millions. The lower the score you have the better you are actually doing. Google is #1. 36,742. Not bad! I only claimed my site on Alexa a few days ago so I am pleased that it went from 20 million to 10 million and now to 7 million in three days (knocked off 13 million). Alexa also has a graph like you would see on a stock site or used to display many other statistics. Your site will not even show up on the graph until your rank goes below 100,000. Remember, the lower the better. So why should you care about the Alexa rating? It is a well known ranking system among the SEO crowd and people who do marketing and advertising will want to partner with sites who have a high amount of unique visitors. The better you rank, the better your chances of finding an advertiser who will pay good money to be on your site (if you are in to that thing). If not, then it is probably a waste of your time but then again most hobbies are really.
  12. xwinuser
    USA That's all I'm saying.
  13. xwinuser
    No Cropping on this one Deer 122 liked to show off her Bling!
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    I perused the site for various topics but did not see that one. I should have looked harder I guess. Thanks for the quick reply! Time to change themes! 360 Degree Networking
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    My WordPress admin site says I should live a little and try more themes. When you change a theme does it pull all the info (posts, comments, stats, etc.) from the database you created with the account and post those to the new theme or do you just start over completely? I would not see the point and actually think it would be crazy to swap themes on a regular basis if you had to rebuild your site each time. If the info does carry over then I will be excited about this option as I would love to try out some of the neat looking themes posted in this forum and elsewhere. Please advise. *This is a conversational post. Please do not close it as [resolved] when someone answers. I want to discuss options. Thanks. www.360DegreeNetworking.com
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    I am all for moving forward as long as the platform has been proven beneficial and this is the case with Rails. http://rubyonrails.org/screencasts/rails3
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    Seems to be working fine for me.
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    Yeah it is in the very beginning stages. I just wish they would release some more updates for it. Some developer program betas to run on Windows 8.
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    Extended Downtime

    xwinuser replied to a topic in News

    Ah. I did not know the connection speed. Some colos have support people that do a range a services depending on the colo and the amount you pay. Some flip switches for you, some will actually log into your server and start services and do basic troubleshooting. Then there are places like Sungard who specialize in disaster recovery and hot sites that can do whatever you need them to do including rebuilding and configuring a server. http://www.sungardas.com/Solutions/Pages/Solutions.aspx Of course it's at the colocation center; you can't get 100Mbps connection anywhere else, that is unless you are a rich person or something.
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    But it also depends on how much use you get out of it. Some people have very powerful machines and do nothing but play solitaire on it. You seem to have a lot of coding knowledge. You probably do worthwhile projects and that is a good thing.
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    I agree XaaV. I hated the tablet style GUI and think that Microsoft has lost their minds. I hope and suspect that Windows 8 will go the way of Windows Millennium and be shoved under the rug and forgotten about as soon as possible. Windows 9 anyone?
  22. xwinuser

    Extended Downtime

    xwinuser replied to a topic in News

    Ah, now there is some good info! Thank you! Still could be anything but I like getting actual facts instead of pondering. heh Do you know the RAID config? May have to break the mirror. Is the server at a colo or at djbob's home? Office? The server is running CentOS, which automatically starts all services on boot. This means that after a reboot, sshd, httpd, mysqld, and postgresd should have all started up within a few minutes. Even if the other services didn't start up for some odd reason, sshd is packaged with CentOS itself, so it should have started regardless of any other problems, unless the OS is corrupt or something. This suggests that something more serious may have happened, but without SSH access, it is impossible to find out what.
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    Extended Downtime

    xwinuser replied to a topic in News

    Ok. Is this a Windows box (I doubt it) or a Linux box? FreeBSD? Surely the services and servers on the box were restarted when the machine came back up? Apache, DNS, virtual machines if any but I think only Johnny has VM. Anyway you cannot just boot up a server and expect it to work. Not saying that is what you guys did. Just asking. Xwinuser
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    Extended Downtime

    xwinuser replied to a topic in News

    So all that may need to be done is a reboot? No one has spoken to djbob since this started?
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    Should probably lock this topic, right?
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