Archive for June, 2006
In the last 48 to 72 hours, we’ve been having connectivity and uptime problems with the Windows servers here and we’ve tried hard to find the cause and fix them asap.
Apparently, Plesk released a very insecure version and the installation of this version was compromised before a patch was released and updated it. There were malicious files that were intended to be used as a backdoors has caused a lot of problems with the server and which made services to be restarted, only to fail again and again. This caused the server to repeatedly reboot or crash.
We ahve made changes in the protocols for the Windows so that this incident will not happen again.
Our sincerest apologies.
June 10th, 2006
The latest in the stable 2.0 series, 2.0.3, is now available for download at WordPress.org.
This is a bug fix and security release, and is recommended for all WordPress users. In addition to an issue that was raised on Bugtraq a few days ago, we’ve also backported a number of security enhancements from 2.1 to further enhance and protect your blog.
This release includes:
* Small performance enhancements
* Movable Type / Typepad importer fix
* Enclosure (podcasting) fix
* The aforementioned security enhancements (nonces)
We’d like to encourage everyone to upgrade their blogs to the latest version.
You can download a copy of WordPress here.
June 10th, 2006
plogHost is selling .PH domains for only Php1,499 annually, which includes:
- .PH
- .COM.PH
- .NET.PH
- .ORG.PH
- .MIL.PH
- .NGO.PH
Each domain can be registered annually, unlike the regular $70 for 2 years on domains.PH.
June 6th, 2006
SEO Philippines is launching a keyword ranking contest with over PHP 130,000 in prizes.
Contest Mechanics
1. Contest starts June 1, 2006 12:00 noon and ends September 29, 2006 8:00 PM.
2. The domain where your contest entry page is hosted should have a 2006 registration date. If your domain was registered before January 1, 2006, your entry page is disqualified.
3. The contest is open to all Filipinos. It’s also open to non-Filipinos who can be present at the awarding ceremonies. If a non-Filipino should win and he’s not physically present at the event, he is disqualified from the contest.
4. To win the top prize, you must be #1 for the keyword phrase isulong seoph (without quotation marks) in Google.com.ph on Friday September 29, 2006 at 8:00 PM. During the awarding ceremonies, there’ll be a public viewing of the Google.com.ph SERPs to determine the winners.
5. For the purpose of this competition, indented listings in the SERPs will not be counted.
6. To qualify for the Bonus Prize, you should have at least one of the following text links on your entry page. Should you qualify for any of the awards, a Google cache: search will be performed on your entry page during the awarding ceremonies. If the cached version of your entry page does not have at least one of the required text links, your entry will be disqualified.
* SQL Server (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
* SQL Performance (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
* SQL Database (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
* SQL Performance Tuning (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
* SQL Performance Monitoring (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
* Database Performance (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
7. Contest updates will be posted on the SEO Philippines discussion group and blog:
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seo-philippines/
* http://www.seophilippines.org/
8. In order to win, contestants must register, read and acknowledge the full contest terms and conditions by posting a “I have read the contest mechanics and I agree” comment on the contest terms and conditions page. Contestants who do not comply are not eligible to win.
Contest Prizes
First Prize
* PHP 10,000 from Marc Macalua
* 1 year Linux Reseller Hosting worth PHP30,000 (5 GB diskspace, 100 GB bandwidth, 1 free .com/.org/.net domain, 1 dedicated IP address, anonymous nameservers) from Ploghost
* PHP 5,000 from Alleba Filipino Search Engine Philippines
* Bonus Prize: PHP 25,000 from Lakeside Technologies ***
Second Prize
* USD 100 from Philippine Photo Gallery
* 1 year Linux Reseller Hosting worth PHP20,000 (3 GB diskspace, 50 GB bandwidth, 1 free .com/.org/.net domain, 1 dedicated IP address, anonymous nameservers) from Ploghost
* PHP 2,000 and 3 domains for 1 year from YDS Web Solution
* Bonus Prize: PHP 15,000 from Lakeside Technologies ***
Third Prize
* USD 100 from JNB Web Promotion Search Engine Optimization Services
* 1 year Linux Reseller Hosting worth PHP10,000 (1 GB diskspace, 30 GB bandwidth, 1 free .com/.org/.net domain, 1 dedicated IP address, anonymous nameservers) from Ploghost
* PHP 1,000 and 2 domains for 1 year from YDS Web Solution
* Bonus Prize: PHP 10,000 from Lakeside Technologies ***
Fourth Prize
* PHP 2,000 and 1 year Linux Hosting (1 GB diskspace, 1 GB bandwidth, 1 free .com/.org/.net domain, cPanel) from Kabarkada Web Design and Hosting
* PHP 1,500 worth of gift certificates from Bitstop Network Services
* PHP 500 and 1 domain for 1 year from YDS Web Solution
Fifth Prize
* PHP 2,000 from Healthy Culinary Creations
* PHP 1,000 worth of gift certificates from Bitstop Network Services
Sixth Prize
* PHP 2,000 from Cerveo GeoVisitor
* PHP 500 worth of gift certificates from Bitstop Network Services
Seventh to Tenth Prize
* PHP 500 worth of gift certificates each from Bitstop Network Services
Visit SEOPhilippines.org for more info.
June 3rd, 2006
Hotlinking is the use of any files (especially images) hosted on your site and posted on another site. This is technically called bandwidth theft because traffic on the offending site uses up your own bandwidth to serve the files/images.
Here’s a simple way to prevent hotlinking using your cPanel:
* Click on the HotLink Protection button on the home page.
* Enter any other addresses that you will allow to access your site other than the provided defaults in the central area.
* Enter the protected extensions in the Extensions to allow field. Make sure you separate each extension with a comma.
* Enter the address to redirect any hotlinking to in the Url to Redirect to field.
* Click on the Allow direct requests tick box if you want to allow direct URL access to non-HTML files, such as images.
* Click on the Activate button. You’re done!
June 2nd, 2006
This is a short guide on how to use the File Manager in your cPanel.
1) Login to your cPanel and click on the File Manager link icon.
2) A new window will show with the File Manager below:
3) To navigate to a directory, click on the folder icon (encircled in red).
4) To upload files to the current directory, click on the arrow up icon (encircled in green).
5) To delete/copy/move/edit an item, file or directory, click on the text links and a Properties window will show on the top right side of the window as shown below:
June 2nd, 2006
You can upload your files and wbepages using ftp clients such as WS_FTP. Follow the guide instructions below on how to upload files using this client.
1) Dowload a copy of WS_FTP here.
2) Unzip the file to a directory.
3) Run ws_ftp95.exe and you will be prompted by this window: click here to view screenshot.
4) With the access codes provided to you, fill up the window above with the ff. information:
Profile Name: < any name you want >
FTP Host: ftp.yourdomain.com OR < assigned ip address >
Host Type: < Automatic detect >
User ID: < username >
Password: < password > (also click on the save password checkbox)
Reminder: If you click on the Startup Tab (beside the active General tab) you can put public_html/ in the Initial Remote Site Folder field. The downloadble file is already configured with this so you need not do this step. You can also fill up the Initial Local Folder with the exact pass to your files in your PC. This way, when you connect to your FTP, the path to both the local and remote copies of your pages are already set.
5) Once connected, the left side of the window will reflect your local files and folders while the right side window reflects your files on the server.
6) To upload, select the file on the left and click the “arrow” button pointing to the right.
7) To download files, select the respective files in the right side window and click on the “arrow” button pointing to the left.
June 2nd, 2006
