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PHP Scripts, JavaScript, and Server Scripts for Web Developers
Posted 2009-05-22 in Software & Scripts
Here are some PHP scripts and code samples I've shared on the blog. You can download, use, edit, and do whatever you want with most of these scripts unless otherwise noted.If you make publish changes or use in your projects just keep the copyright...
TinyMCE Themes
Posted 2009-05-07 in Software & Scripts
TinyMCE is a free WYSIWYG editor with two visual components - themes and skins. TinyMCE themes are very complex to customize but you can make your own TinyMCE theme. If you just want to customize the look & feel a little bit, you're better off...
BuddyPress 1.0 - Social Networking w/ Wordpress
Posted 2009-05-02 in Software & Scripts
I'll admit this is one project I wasn't even aware of. The Wordpress blog just mentioned the sister project BuddyPress, which takes the WP architecture to a new level with a complete social networking platform.Perhaps complete isn't entirely...
Using Free Software in Commercial Products
Posted 2009-04-25 in Software & Scripts
There are thousands of free scripts to speed up development. Established PHP frameworks and JavaScript libraries abound. It's expensive to reinvent the wheel, and pointless besides. But when is it legal to use free code in your commercial apps, and...
vBulletin Similar Threads in PHP
Posted 2009-04-18 in Software & Scripts
This is a completely portable PHP script that fetches similar threads from a vBulletin forum. It does not require global.php or any other vBulletin scripts to run. The script uses full score matching, and supports search engine friendly URLs made by...
vBSEO LiveStats for Google Analytics
Posted 2009-04-10 in Software & Scripts
Those tycoons over at vBSEO released a free Google Analytics widget for vBulletin users codenamed LiveStats. This free widget displays a JavaScript widget with comprehensive Website statistics from Google Analytics. I don't plan on publishing all my...
Adding Links to Member Social Profiles in vBulletin Posts
Posted 2009-04-08 in Software & Scripts
This is a simple way to add social Web icons to vBulletin posts that link to a member's social networking profiles like Digg, Facebook, etc. You can easily add custom user profile fields from vBulletin Admin CP that let users add their profile URLs...
Creating a New TinyMCE Theme for 3.x
Posted 2009-03-27 in Software & Scripts
Here are the steps I took to create a new theme for TinyMCE 3.x. It isn't very hard to do, but the documentation is extremely out of date. You can tweak these all you want, but if you want to make a custom TinyMCE theme there isn't much...
50 Forums to Sell Your Scripts
Posted 2009-03-24 in Software & Scripts
Here's a huge list of free forums to sell your Website scripts. Make sure you register and read the rules of each forum. Perfect for selling your custom PHP apps and turnkey scripts to other Webmasters. It is very up to date since I recently...
Web 2.0 and The Evolving Web
Posted 2009-03-12 in Software & Scripts
Many definitions of Web 2.0 are floating around. I answered what is Web 2.0 on Scriptalicious recently as such:
Web 2.0 refers to the second and latest major phase of evolution for the World Wide Web. It encapsulates a general shift to newer, more...
Why OpenOffice.org Can't Compete With Microsoft Office
Posted 2009-01-07 in Software & Scripts
OpenOffice.org is an awesome alternative to Microsoft Office, and it's completely free. OpenOffice.org matches Microsoft Office on almost every feature that a typical user needs. Unfortunately, it's still destined for failure. There's too much "open...
New XSS Flaw: vBulletin 3.7.2 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL4
Posted 2008-08-18 in Software & Scripts
The latest Jelsoft security bulletin, dated this August 18th, 2008, has announced the discovery of a new XSS flaw related to JavaScript escaping. This flaw could allow unauthorized users to carry out unauthorized actions or obtain access to a user's...
Scriptalicious PageRank Script v1.2 Released
Posted 2008-07-14 in Software & Scripts
A new update is now available for Scriptalicious PageRank Script which adds some new features and fixes some old bugs! Read the official announcement on Scriptalicious Blog and check out the forums announcement for feedback and such things.New...
phpLinkBid Link Effects v1.0 Released
Posted 2008-07-10 in Software & Scripts
After lots and lots and lots of work, I have finally launched phpLinkBid Link Effects. This add-on brings some awesome new functionality to phpLinkBid so it's a very exciting release. Now phpLinkBid site owners can have a completely new way to...
phpLinkBid ALS 1.4.2 Released
Posted 2008-06-21 in Software & Scripts
I just announced an update for the phpLinkBid Advanced Link Statistics Add-on over in the phpLinkBid Forums. This is just a minor update to fix a bug with MSN indexed pages statistics. Crawling has it's disadvantages compared to oh, say, and API!ALS...
Scriptalicious Payment System Updated
Posted 2008-06-18 in Software & Scripts
I already posted this announcement on the Scriptalicious Blog but I thought it was worth sharing here as well. For a few months now IPN errors have caused orders to sit in PENDING status until they can be manually processed (which can be, well, a...
New vBulletin XSS Flaw Fix: vBulletin 3.7.1 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL2
Posted 2008-06-18 in Software & Scripts
Jelsoft just announced a new patch level release for vBulletin 3.7.1 and 3.6.10. vBulletin 3.7.1 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL2 are intended to address the deeper issues behind the XSS flaw first noted in vBulletin 3.7.1 PL1 and 3.6.10 PL1. According to the...
vBulletin XSS Flaw Fixed: 3.7.1 PL1 and 3.6.10 PL1
Posted 2008-06-09 in Software & Scripts
Jelsoft has just announced a security update for vBulletin forum software that resolves a cross-site scripting (XSS) error. These are patch level fixes for the existing vBulletin 3.7.1 and 3.6.10 versions that focus on the XSS flaw.According to the...
vBulletin 3.7.1 Released
Posted 2008-05-29 in Software & Scripts
Approximately one month after the vBulletin 3.7.0 Gold release, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. has released a round of bug fixes and improvements in the vBulletin 3.7.1 update. Many vBulletin owners have still yet to upgrade to vBulletin 3.7.0 so this is...
cPanel 11.23 Released
Posted 2008-05-28 in Software & Scripts
cPanel just announced the release of cPanel 11.23 which focuses on some key issues with cPanel. According to cPanel's blog announcement the cPanel 11.23 release focuses on memory usage, mail efficiency, backups and users. cPanel server admins are...
vBulletin 3.7.0 'Gold' Released
Posted 2008-05-01 in Software & Scripts
Jelsoft just released vBulletin 3.7.0 Gold on April 29th, right alongside the new vBulletin price changes. Good timing on their behalf, because now there is even more motivation to upgrade those licenses and buy some new ones! Starting immediately...
vBulletin Prices Increase With Licensing Changes
Posted 2008-05-01 in Software & Scripts
Jelsoft just announced a bunch of changes in their pricing scheme. They must have read my blog about whether vBSEO is worth the money and decided they could charge more! :) While not a huge increase, it's enough to make me shake my head as I now run...
Is vBSEO Worth The Price?
Posted 2008-04-30 in Software & Scripts
I'm taking the plunge with vBSEO on Fury-Tech Forums. $149 for vBSEO is almost twice as expensive as a leased vBulletin license, so like many vBulletin owners I'm tentative to say the least. To make things worse, they want $117 to remove vBSEO...
vBulletin CSRF (vBulletin cross-site request forgery)
Posted 2008-04-24 in Software & Scripts
More fun in the Webmaster world of updates. Jelsoft today announced vBulletin 3.6.10, including various backported bugfixes from 3.7.0 but primarily to fix a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in vBulletin 3.6.9.According to Jelsoft "The...
cPanel VPS Optimized: Great taste, less memory
Posted 2008-04-05 in Software & Scripts
I just read about the new version of Cpanel / WHM that is supposed to use much less memory on Virtual Private Servers (VPS). Aside from the obvious benefit of freeing up resources and improving performance and capacity, cPanel also points out the...
Zend Optimizer & EasyApache3 w/ PHP 5 & Apache 2
Posted 2008-03-07 in Software & Scripts
After upgrading to PHP 5.2.5 and Apache 2.6.9 using the new easyapache3 scripts (WHM > Software > Apache Update) I was still left without Zend Optimizer. WHM and easyapache3 installed Zend Optimizer (located in...
Horde arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability
Posted 2008-03-07 in Software & Scripts
Admins running cPanel w/ Horde should pay special attention to the security update released by cPanel. An arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability was discovered in the Horde webmail app and a patch is included in cPanel builds 11.18.2+ (11.19.2+ for...
Outlook 2002 Email Setup Guide
Posted 2004-06-22 in Software & Scripts
This guide explains how to configure a new IMAP email account in MS Outlook 2002.Before beginning, be sure to have the following information available:
Incoming and outgoing mail server addresses
Email address / login name
Password
This...
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