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Alternative way to upgrade wordpress to WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”

Ludfi — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:06:06 +0000

Last week, WordPress have release WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”. The problem I have found is that not all web server can perform the built in wordpress updater. In my case, the built-in updater hang after I enter all ftp credential and my blog is under maintenance mode for about 15 minutes. That why I come out with an idea to install using alternative ways but still easy to do the task of upgrading to wordpress 3.0.
Before you do anything to your wordpress, you must take safety precautions. In this case, you must backup all your web hosting information, my sql, and also home directory. I would recommend that you should backup whatever file and setting in your webhosting. For this purpose, you should be using cpanel, backup function. Below is the video that explain to you how to that in cpanel enabled web hosting.

After you have downloaded the backup file of your whole webhosting to your home computer, it is time to upgrade to WordPress 3.0. Please follow the step as I mention in video below to make sure that everything will be fine after upgrade to wordpress 3.0. Don’t worry; the step is pretty straight forward. Go to WPAU 1.25 to download the plug-in and then activate it. It the will notify you that your wordpress is available to upgrade. This plug-in can be used to upgrade any version of wordpress to the latest wordpress version. Just a reminder, if your home folder is set to chmod 777, then WPAU 1.2.5 will not ask you any ftp credential because your folder is already writable by the program. Please see below video to see how to upgrade to wordpress 3.0.

Pretty simple eh? Please be informed that I don’t hold any responsibility of any problem or mistake you make during the upgrading purpose. Any question or problem, you can leave a comment below.

Resize your image using online web before post to blog

Ludfi — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:36:42 +0000

Before posting your image into your blog, you should resize and reduce the image size. This is important because larger image file will consume larger bandwidth and also make your blog slower in loading pages. When this happen, visitor will tend to run away from your web and also you SEO will also be impacted. If your blog is self host, resizing and reduce image dimension and size will be utmost thing that you should be practicing before uploading your image file.
Some blogger only update their blog using company pc or laptop where they can’t install their own software so this method is suitable to them. Anyone with internet browser can do this method. I prefer Mozilla Firefox because it has many useful plug-in.
So, please see the below video on how to resize and reduce your image size.

Using your favorite internet browser and resizeyourimage.com, you can resize your image without using any other software. The step is simple, just upload the image file, edit it (rotate, crop) and slect the file format you want it to be whether png, gif or jpg. Usually you should stick with jpg or gif, which is smaller in file size. Any feedback, please comment below…

Best Firefox plugin for downloading file

Ludfi — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:21:40 +0000

Mozilla Firefox has a wide range of useful plug-in. One of the plug-in is Flashgot. The best Firefox download manager integration. It is called download manager integration because Flashgot is not a download manager. It only enhances the download capability of Mozilla Firefox. Flashgot can download swf, streaming video like YouTube into your favorite download manager such as Flashget or GetRight. The most useful is Flashgot All function where as it can download all link in a particular web page and it also can filter what file extension you want to download. This plug-in is a must have for Firefox user. Below is the list of supported download manager with Flashgot.

Currently supported platforms and products are:

Windows

1. BitComet

2. Download Accelerator Plus

3. DownloadStudio (download here).

4. FlashGet

5. Free Download Manager

6. Fresh Download

7. GetRight

8. GigaGet

9. HiDownload

10. iGetter

11. InstantGet

12. Internet Download Accelerator

13. Internet Download Manager

14. JDownloader

15. LeechGet 2002

16. LeechGet 2004

17. LeechGet 2005

18. Mass Downloader

19. Net Transport

20. NetXfer (Net Transport 2)

21. NetAnts

22. Orbit

23. ReGet Deluxe

24. ReGet Junior

25. ReGet Pro

26. Retriever*

27. Star Downloader

28. Thunder (Chinese language only)

29. TrueDownloader

30. Uget

31. Ukraininan Download Master (Russian language only)

32. WellGet

33. wxDownload Fast

Linux*

1. Aria

2. Axel Download Accelerator

3. cURL

4. Downloader 4 X

5. GNOME Gwget

6. JDownloader

7. KDE KGet

8. Uget

9. wxDownload Fast

Many of the Windows-only products are supported as well on Linux through Wine.

Mac OS X Speed Download, the #1 Download Accelerator for Mac OS X

1. Folx

2. iGetter

3. JDownloader

4. Leech

5. PSD

6. Speed Download

7. wxDownload Fast (no binary package, source code only)

You can get all the download manager listed above here…

New Giant On the Block. The IPHONE 4

Ludfi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:46:03 +0000

Apple has done it again. The IPhone 4 is now the flagship model of Apple. 4 new feature of this new IPhone is FaceTime, 960 by 640 in a 3.5 inch screen, improve multitasking and video can now shoot up to 720p HD recording.

FaceTime

Phone calls like you’ve never seen before. People have been dreaming about video calling for decades. iPhone 4 makes it a reality. With the tap of a button, you can wave hello to your kids, share a smile from across the globe, or watch your best friend laugh at your stories — iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 over Wi-Fi. No other phone makes staying in touch this much fun.

Retina Display

Thanks to the Retina display, everything you see and do on iPhone 4 looks amazing. Text in books, web pages, and email is crisp at any size. Images in movies and photos are stunning at almost any angle. That’s because the Retina display’s pixel density is so high, your eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels.

Multitasking

Now you can run your favorite third-party apps — and switch between them instantly — without slowing down the performance of the foreground app or draining the battery unnecessarily.* This smarter approach to multitasking is available only on iPhone.

HD Video Recording

Because your iPhone goes with you everywhere, you’re always ready to capture every moment. And with iPhone 4, you can do it in stunning high definition. Its advanced backside illumination sensor delivers great-looking video in both bright and low-light settings. And in dark environments, you can brighten the scene with the built-in LED light.

With all this new exciting feature, everyone should wait for the new Iphone 4 is available in your country. For me, the only feature that interesting to me is 720p HD recording. No more have to buy a HD camcorder or HD recording capable digital camera…

Awesome design of the new google.com page

Ludfi — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:17:32 +0000

Today i open up my trusty Mozilla Firefox browser and voila, a new Google.com design suddenly catch-up my eyes. Google.com landing page is now have a background picture of a canyon as you see in this picture. Seem like it also can be customize to your desired background by using your Google account. Seem like a good design to me…

Wacom Bamboo Fun. What you can do with it?

Ludfi — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:16:50 +0000

Bamboo Fun is a multi touch tablet with a pressure sensitive pen produced by Wacom. Below is the tablet description from their website.

Bamboo Fun lets you get hands-on with your creative projects, combining the benefits of Multi-Touch with the comfort and precision of Wacom’s ergonomically-designed pen.
With Multi-Touch, you can navigate, scroll, and work with simple hand gestures. With the tablet’s large touch area, you have more room to navigate than you do with other touch devices like computer trackpads and mobile phones.
Need precision? Pick up the pressure-sensitive pen to draw, sketch, edit photos, and add handwritten elements to your creations. The generous size of Bamboo Fun gives you lots of space for creative freedom, making it simple and comfortable to use.
Bamboo Fun works with your existing computer: desktop or laptop, PC or Mac. Attach it to a standard USB port and set it comfortably by your keyboard. You can even customize your Bamboo Fun experience by assigning your own shortcuts to the four ExpressKeys™.
Available in a stylish silver color, Bamboo Fun will complement your current setup. And it includes valuable additions that make it ideal for your creative projects.

See the remarkable video on what you can really do with the Bamboo Fun tablet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V247ecHiCY

Awesome eh..

Windows XP “unmountable boot volume “ blue screen error

Ludfi — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:43:43 +0000

Hello and welcome. If you encounter blue screen with “unmountable boot volume” error on your windows XP pc, fear no more! I have found a way to cure it. Although it is not 100% success, but it still the best shot you got. There are two way to remedy it.

The first way is require more technical knowledge on pc hardware and software. The first thing you should do is start your pc on go into bios. Usually the key is delete, F1 or F2 button. Load default setting from there, save and try restarting the pc. If it still unsuccessful, you have to take out the bad hard disk and installed it on another pc as a secondary drive. Start the pc. Usually the bad hard disk will be E: drive depending on the working pc configuration. Try double clicking the E drive to check whether the data can still be read. If error like “Do you want to format?” popup, choose no. From the start menu, click run, put in cmd. A command prompt will appear. Type “chkdsk e: /f” without the quote. If the command asks you to run the check disk on next restart, choose type “y”. After running check disk, try to check the drive again whether is readable. If not, repeat chkdsk command again but using the switches /R like this “chkdsk e: /r”. This will take some time so you can have a tea break. This command will check whether bad sector are exist on your hard disk. While running the command, if you see words like “bad cluster”, it is a good choice if you buy a new hard disk. After it complete, put back the bad hard disk to its original pc and try to boot it up. Voila, the pc is up and running as normal again. For hard disks that have found bad sector in it, I highly suggest to clone it to another good hard disk to make sure blue screen error will not happen again.

The second way to cure it is by using the recover console that is built in any Windows XP cd. Insert the cd on your cd drive and boot it. You have to change the boot setting bios. After that, press R to enter recovery console mode. It like a dos prompt environment. Run the command “chkdsk /r” and after it completed, restart the pc. If still not successful, enter recovery console again and do the command “fixboot”. It will definitely solve the problem.

Both this method is surely on my own experience. If you have a better solution, feel free to leave a comment below. I hope this article will help many people to overcome this blue screen error “unmountable_boot_volume”.

Muhdsyafiq.com ready to strike back

Ludfi — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:15:47 +0000

MuhdSyafiq.com was nearly 2 years old and had about 30 unique blog posts and suddenly it cannot be accessed because of the transition to another web hosting. I don’t blame anyone because I am the one who do the transition. So, my hard earned blog have to be built from the ground back. So I delete all the data and reinstall wordpress to the latest version and that is wordpress version 2.7. Afterward I search for the suitable

Noorul Huda and Syafiq

theme and modified it just a little bit. Now, Muhdsyafiq.com is ready to strike again with article and news about all that is happening in this technological era. Furthermore, my wife will also take part in blogging here and this make this blog is a 2 author’s blog. I hope you will enjoy your visit here. If you want to contact or know more about my family, just click at about navigation link.