In Feburary 2016 27,
Purchase a domain name and monthly web hosting subscription. Domain names can be purchased at the same place where you buy web hosting services such as GoDaddy.com, Register.com or LiquidWeb.com. Make the domain name an easy one to remember as this will help your Internet directory's 'brand' and it also helps repeat visitors recall the site quickly. For Internet directories, the most basic web hosting subscription can be purchased; you can always upgrade your hosting account once your directory is established and has daily traffic.
Choose an Internet directory script. These scripts are typically automatic-type programs that include the essential tools you need for an Internet directory website. Both free and paid Internet directory scripts exist; consider your skills and web design knowledge when choosing one. An example of a paid script includes eSyndiCat; free ones include PHP Link Directory and In-Portal, included in the Resources section. Free scripts may have little support from authors/creators, but you can perform modifications by yourself or pay someone to do them. Paid directory scripts usually have a support team available to help you get set up and may have extra features in the script. Look for the integration of advertisements and featured directory listings if your plan is to own a paid Internet directory; other important characteristics of an Internet directory script include comprehensive administrative panels, the ability to accept directory listings automatically or with pre-approval and plenty of categories and listings included with the script.
Upload the Internet directory script to your website. Follow the instructions in the help guides of the directory script. Get help from your web host's customer service if you need additional assistance. Many Internet directory scripts require the use of a MySQL database which is set up in the administrative control panel of your web hosting management.
Log in to your Internet directory script's administrative panel and make any modifications that are necessary. Upload a logo and/or header image for your website and change any design elements that are able to be changed. You can hire a freelance web developer (iFreelance.com and Guru.com are two sources of freelancers) to make these changes for you if you lack the skills or knowledge.
Add categories to your Internet directory website. The administrative or control panel for your directory contains options for adding, deleting, and changing categories and listings. The categories you add are dependent on the type of online Internet directory you want to create. Add local business information if you're creating a directory for a city or local area. A few possible categories include restaurants, shopping centers, retail and department stores, and Internet forums just to name a few.
Test your online Internet directory website from the user side. Make sure that your categories and listings are in the right places and that all user features included with your script work correctly.
In Feburary 2016 27,
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Saturday, 27 February 2016
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
How to Check a String to See if the Value Is Numeric in SQLIn Feburary 2016 24,
In Feburary 2016 24,
Run your database, and open your usual textual SQL query generator.
Write a query that includes the value you want to check. Using SQL, you can check a field's value by using a regular expression. For example,SELECT DISTINCT my_data FROM my_tableWHERE my_data REGEXP ('[0-9]');Substitute the value 'my_data' with your field name and 'my_table' with your table name. Construct your query using the above as an example of how to determine whether a field is numeric or not.
Execute your query on some test data first. Check that the output matches what you expect to happen before using the query on live data.
In Feburary 2016 24,
Run your database, and open your usual textual SQL query generator.
Write a query that includes the value you want to check. Using SQL, you can check a field's value by using a regular expression. For example,SELECT DISTINCT my_data FROM my_tableWHERE my_data REGEXP ('[0-9]');Substitute the value 'my_data' with your field name and 'my_table' with your table name. Construct your query using the above as an example of how to determine whether a field is numeric or not.
Execute your query on some test data first. Check that the output matches what you expect to happen before using the query on live data.
In Feburary 2016 24,
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
How to Change Your Domain HostingIn Feburary 2016 17,
In Feburary 2016 17,
Research alternative Web hosting companies to find a service offering the features you need for your website at the best price.
Open an account with a new Web hosting company.
Log into your account with your current Web host.
Download all of your files from the host's server using the backup tool offered in the Web host's control panel or an FTP client application. Be sure to download all of your files. This includes any HTML files, picture files, audio files, flash files, INC files, CSS files, and so forth.
Back up your blog and Web forum database (if applicable) using a MySQL administration tool such as phpMyAdmin.
Log into your account with your new Web hosting company.
Obtain the DNS server information for the new Web hosting company. You will need this information later to update your DNS records to point to this new Web host server.
Upload all of the files for your website (downloaded in Step 4) to the new host's server.
Install the backup copy of your blog and forum database (created in Step 5) to the new host's server using their MySQL administration tool.
Log into your account with your original Web hosting company. Navigate to the Domain Name manager tool offered in the host's control panel. Edit your DNS records to reflect the server name associated with your new Web host. Submit the update. It can take up to 24 hours for the DNS records update to take effect globally. During this time your website will go off-line.
Visit your website. Check everything out to make sure all your Web pages have migrated successfully, the design elements of the site are still in tact, the website forum and blog are functioning properly, and so forth. Only after you're certain everything with your website is as it's supposed to be should you move on to the next step because you have mistakenly neglected to backup a stray file or two.
Cancel your account with your Web hosting company.
In Feburary 2016 17,
Research alternative Web hosting companies to find a service offering the features you need for your website at the best price.
Open an account with a new Web hosting company.
Log into your account with your current Web host.
Download all of your files from the host's server using the backup tool offered in the Web host's control panel or an FTP client application. Be sure to download all of your files. This includes any HTML files, picture files, audio files, flash files, INC files, CSS files, and so forth.
Back up your blog and Web forum database (if applicable) using a MySQL administration tool such as phpMyAdmin.
Log into your account with your new Web hosting company.
Obtain the DNS server information for the new Web hosting company. You will need this information later to update your DNS records to point to this new Web host server.
Upload all of the files for your website (downloaded in Step 4) to the new host's server.
Install the backup copy of your blog and forum database (created in Step 5) to the new host's server using their MySQL administration tool.
Log into your account with your original Web hosting company. Navigate to the Domain Name manager tool offered in the host's control panel. Edit your DNS records to reflect the server name associated with your new Web host. Submit the update. It can take up to 24 hours for the DNS records update to take effect globally. During this time your website will go off-line.
Visit your website. Check everything out to make sure all your Web pages have migrated successfully, the design elements of the site are still in tact, the website forum and blog are functioning properly, and so forth. Only after you're certain everything with your website is as it's supposed to be should you move on to the next step because you have mistakenly neglected to backup a stray file or two.
Cancel your account with your Web hosting company.
In Feburary 2016 17,
How to Do a Trading StatementIn Feburary 2016 17,
In Feburary 2016 17,
Include the title 'Trading Statement' at the top of the form. Underneath the title, the statement should include the time period that is being covered with the words, 'For the year ended 20XX.'
Gather the information needed for preparing this document. This includes all information regarding trades made using the trading account. Income amounts are needed, as well as all expenses from this period.
Calculate the gross profit. The total amount of money received is recorded first on the trading statement. Gross profit is found by adding up all money received. This amount is then reduced by deducting the cost of goods sold. To find this amount, you must start with the opening stock value at the beginning of the period. All purchases are added to that, and the closing value of the stock is deducted. This amount represents the cost of purchasing the stocks. These amounts are all written in the trading statement.
List all expenses incurred. Expenses include all items that money was spent on during this period. The expenses must be incurred in regard to the purchasing and selling of stocks in this trading account. After each expense is listed individually, the expenses are totaled and listed as 'total expenses.'
Subtract the expenses from the gross profit. This answer represents the net profit or net loss by the purchases and sales of stocks in the trading account for the period referenced. This is the bottom line on the trading statement.
In Feburary 2016 17,
Include the title 'Trading Statement' at the top of the form. Underneath the title, the statement should include the time period that is being covered with the words, 'For the year ended 20XX.'
Gather the information needed for preparing this document. This includes all information regarding trades made using the trading account. Income amounts are needed, as well as all expenses from this period.
Calculate the gross profit. The total amount of money received is recorded first on the trading statement. Gross profit is found by adding up all money received. This amount is then reduced by deducting the cost of goods sold. To find this amount, you must start with the opening stock value at the beginning of the period. All purchases are added to that, and the closing value of the stock is deducted. This amount represents the cost of purchasing the stocks. These amounts are all written in the trading statement.
List all expenses incurred. Expenses include all items that money was spent on during this period. The expenses must be incurred in regard to the purchasing and selling of stocks in this trading account. After each expense is listed individually, the expenses are totaled and listed as 'total expenses.'
Subtract the expenses from the gross profit. This answer represents the net profit or net loss by the purchases and sales of stocks in the trading account for the period referenced. This is the bottom line on the trading statement.
In Feburary 2016 17,
Sunday, 14 February 2016
How to Find a WordPress Page on My ServerIn Feburary 2016 14,
In Feburary 2016 14,
Open your server explorer or FTP program so you can see a view of the entries on your server. This requires an active FTP account with your server company, with a correct log-in name and password. You need to be able to see all of the files currently hosted on your server.
Look for WordPress files in the root directory for your domain. If you are hosting a WordPress site, your WordPress package will be installed on your server in the root directory for that site. For example, if your website is called MyBlog.com, look for WordPress files under the directory for 'MyBlog.' Most of the WordPress files within that directory will be identifiable because they are named with the preface 'wp-' such as 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' or 'wp-includes.'
Search for WordPress files in other subfolders. If you are hosting a WordPress page, but within a non-WordPress website, look for these 'wp-' files in other sub-folders on the server. They are usually found in a trio, 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' and 'wp-includes,' plus approximately 30 files that make up the root of WordPress. For example, if you have a special blogger's page within your MySite.com website, look under the server directory for 'MySite/blogpagename' for WordPress files.
Conduct a search for PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) files, as many WordPress files are PHP files. Open your FTP program's search box and type in '*.PHP' and the search function will locate all PHP files on your server. Note where these PHP files are located, especially in large numbers. You can usually back track and find the remaining WordPress files associated with these PHP files by following these clues.
Run a search on a specific file you remember creating for your WordPress site, such as a unique name for a graphics or picture file. If you can recall uploading a photograph named 'angrycat.jpg,' for example, search for that term, 'angrycat.' Invariably, the picture file will be nestled inside a WordPress image file, which may in turn be found within the Wp-Content folder, and so forth.
Reinstall WordPress. If all else fails and you can neither find a missing WordPress file, nor get your WordPress site to function correctly, reload a fresh copy of WordPress to the proper directory on your server. You can simply discard any duplicate files found by your FTP upload program so you do not need to delete any files currently in the directory folder. Your WordPress 'engine' will be properly installed in the correct location again.
In Feburary 2016 14,
Open your server explorer or FTP program so you can see a view of the entries on your server. This requires an active FTP account with your server company, with a correct log-in name and password. You need to be able to see all of the files currently hosted on your server.
Look for WordPress files in the root directory for your domain. If you are hosting a WordPress site, your WordPress package will be installed on your server in the root directory for that site. For example, if your website is called MyBlog.com, look for WordPress files under the directory for 'MyBlog.' Most of the WordPress files within that directory will be identifiable because they are named with the preface 'wp-' such as 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' or 'wp-includes.'
Search for WordPress files in other subfolders. If you are hosting a WordPress page, but within a non-WordPress website, look for these 'wp-' files in other sub-folders on the server. They are usually found in a trio, 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' and 'wp-includes,' plus approximately 30 files that make up the root of WordPress. For example, if you have a special blogger's page within your MySite.com website, look under the server directory for 'MySite/blogpagename' for WordPress files.
Conduct a search for PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) files, as many WordPress files are PHP files. Open your FTP program's search box and type in '*.PHP' and the search function will locate all PHP files on your server. Note where these PHP files are located, especially in large numbers. You can usually back track and find the remaining WordPress files associated with these PHP files by following these clues.
Run a search on a specific file you remember creating for your WordPress site, such as a unique name for a graphics or picture file. If you can recall uploading a photograph named 'angrycat.jpg,' for example, search for that term, 'angrycat.' Invariably, the picture file will be nestled inside a WordPress image file, which may in turn be found within the Wp-Content folder, and so forth.
Reinstall WordPress. If all else fails and you can neither find a missing WordPress file, nor get your WordPress site to function correctly, reload a fresh copy of WordPress to the proper directory on your server. You can simply discard any duplicate files found by your FTP upload program so you do not need to delete any files currently in the directory folder. Your WordPress 'engine' will be properly installed in the correct location again.
In Feburary 2016 14,
Friday, 12 February 2016
How to Create a Web Site With an Online Radio StationIn Feburary 2016 12,
In Feburary 2016 12,
Start out by planning your new radio station. Ask yourself questions such as, 'What will I play?' and 'What size audience do I expect?' Radio formats come in music or talk, each with its ups and downs. Talk radio requires a microphone and some idea of what you will talk about, but there are far less legal concerns associated with it than music. Do not plan for playing music to which you do not have rights, permission, or licensing to play. Some streaming services pay royalties for you, as part of your service through them, although they may not be appropriate for streaming directly from your website. As for audience size, be aware that as it grows, the stream will become more costly to run.
Sign up for a stream hosting account. For radio stations, the best bitrates are between 64kbps and 128kbps for decent quality audio streaming. To create a radio station that runs on auto-pilot, choose a stream hosting package that includes disk space for hosting your audio files. These packages cost a few dollars more per month but are worth it if you want to run a twenty-four hour a day radio station on your own.
If you do not already have Winamp on your computer, download and install it. ShoutCast, a popular tool for streaming audio on the Web, requires Winamp and a special plug-in to broadcast. Once Winamp is installed, grab the ShoutCast DSP plug-in from the ShoutCast website. Close Winamp if it is already running, and then start the installer for the plug-in. Start Winamp and hit 'Ctrl+P' to bring up the Preferences menu. Choose 'DSP/Effect' under 'Plugins' and configure the ShoutCast plug-in with your stream information.
Create Your Website
Purchase an inexpensive Web hosting account with a domain name and the third-party application installer Fantastico, which will install WordPress for you with only a few simple steps. Log-in and click on the Fantastico icon, and then choose WordPress. This blogging system is also a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows for easy plug-in installation, and that will come in useful when integrating your radio station.
Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. To change WordPress from a blog into a CMS with a static front page, click 'Pages' on the right-hand menu and add a new page. Name the new page 'Blog' and then go to 'Settings' on the right-hand menu. From there, go to 'Reading' and set WordPress to use a static front page. Use the automatically created 'About' page for the front page and 'Blog' for the blog page. Now, your site can have a blog, but it will not be the first page visitors see when surfing to your website.
Go to 'Permalinks' under 'Settings' and choose a permalink structure other than the default. Doing this gives every page made within WordPress its own semantic name rather than numbers.
Go to 'Plugins' on the right-hand menu and click 'add plugin.' Search for 'shoutcast' and look at the list of plug-ins for streaming radio on your website. Install 'Shout Stream' and activate. Click on 'Settings' and go to 'Shout Stream' for that plug-in's settings page. Fill in the form with information about your radio stream so that the widget can connect to it. Go to 'Appearance' and then 'Widgets' to click and drag the 'Shout Stream' widget into your sidebar. Now when you visit your site, you will see a radio player in your sidebar. Click on it and play!
In Feburary 2016 12,
Start out by planning your new radio station. Ask yourself questions such as, 'What will I play?' and 'What size audience do I expect?' Radio formats come in music or talk, each with its ups and downs. Talk radio requires a microphone and some idea of what you will talk about, but there are far less legal concerns associated with it than music. Do not plan for playing music to which you do not have rights, permission, or licensing to play. Some streaming services pay royalties for you, as part of your service through them, although they may not be appropriate for streaming directly from your website. As for audience size, be aware that as it grows, the stream will become more costly to run.
Sign up for a stream hosting account. For radio stations, the best bitrates are between 64kbps and 128kbps for decent quality audio streaming. To create a radio station that runs on auto-pilot, choose a stream hosting package that includes disk space for hosting your audio files. These packages cost a few dollars more per month but are worth it if you want to run a twenty-four hour a day radio station on your own.
If you do not already have Winamp on your computer, download and install it. ShoutCast, a popular tool for streaming audio on the Web, requires Winamp and a special plug-in to broadcast. Once Winamp is installed, grab the ShoutCast DSP plug-in from the ShoutCast website. Close Winamp if it is already running, and then start the installer for the plug-in. Start Winamp and hit 'Ctrl+P' to bring up the Preferences menu. Choose 'DSP/Effect' under 'Plugins' and configure the ShoutCast plug-in with your stream information.
Create Your Website
Purchase an inexpensive Web hosting account with a domain name and the third-party application installer Fantastico, which will install WordPress for you with only a few simple steps. Log-in and click on the Fantastico icon, and then choose WordPress. This blogging system is also a powerful content management system (CMS) that allows for easy plug-in installation, and that will come in useful when integrating your radio station.
Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. To change WordPress from a blog into a CMS with a static front page, click 'Pages' on the right-hand menu and add a new page. Name the new page 'Blog' and then go to 'Settings' on the right-hand menu. From there, go to 'Reading' and set WordPress to use a static front page. Use the automatically created 'About' page for the front page and 'Blog' for the blog page. Now, your site can have a blog, but it will not be the first page visitors see when surfing to your website.
Go to 'Permalinks' under 'Settings' and choose a permalink structure other than the default. Doing this gives every page made within WordPress its own semantic name rather than numbers.
Go to 'Plugins' on the right-hand menu and click 'add plugin.' Search for 'shoutcast' and look at the list of plug-ins for streaming radio on your website. Install 'Shout Stream' and activate. Click on 'Settings' and go to 'Shout Stream' for that plug-in's settings page. Fill in the form with information about your radio stream so that the widget can connect to it. Go to 'Appearance' and then 'Widgets' to click and drag the 'Shout Stream' widget into your sidebar. Now when you visit your site, you will see a radio player in your sidebar. Click on it and play!
In Feburary 2016 12,
Sunday, 7 February 2016
How to Create a Forum WebsiteIn Feburary 2016 07,
In Feburary 2016 07,
Register a domain name for your website at a domain name registrar such as FreeHostia or GoDaddy (see Resources).
Buy a web hosting package to host your website online. Hosting is available from the domain name registrars listed above and many different sites. Buy a package that includes at least one MySQL database.
Download and extract the newest version of the phpBB Installation Package from its official website (see Resources).
Upload every file and folder you just downloaded into the same public location on your website (such as yoursite.com/forum).
Open a web browser and navigate to the 'install' folder of wherever you put phpBB. If you put it in yoursite.com/forum, go to yoursite.com/forum/install.
Click on the 'Install' tab and follow the on-screen instructions to install phpBB. If you get stuck, you can find detailed installation instructions in INSTALL.html and README.html, in the 'docs' folder.
Find extra add-ons for your forum and different visual styles from the phpBB website (see Resources).
Tell people to come to your site and start talking.
In Feburary 2016 07,
Register a domain name for your website at a domain name registrar such as FreeHostia or GoDaddy (see Resources).
Buy a web hosting package to host your website online. Hosting is available from the domain name registrars listed above and many different sites. Buy a package that includes at least one MySQL database.
Download and extract the newest version of the phpBB Installation Package from its official website (see Resources).
Upload every file and folder you just downloaded into the same public location on your website (such as yoursite.com/forum).
Open a web browser and navigate to the 'install' folder of wherever you put phpBB. If you put it in yoursite.com/forum, go to yoursite.com/forum/install.
Click on the 'Install' tab and follow the on-screen instructions to install phpBB. If you get stuck, you can find detailed installation instructions in INSTALL.html and README.html, in the 'docs' folder.
Find extra add-ons for your forum and different visual styles from the phpBB website (see Resources).
Tell people to come to your site and start talking.
In Feburary 2016 07,
Monday, 1 February 2016
Text Size in Zen CartIn Feburary 2016 01,
In Feburary 2016 01,
This Web cart system uses CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, to manage the look and feel of your site. CSS allows you to control the size, font face, color and other properties of your Zen Cart text by changing just one place: the style sheet. The HTML pages get their layout information from this file, instead of from individual tags in the pages themselves. In Zen Cart, the primary style sheet is found in “/includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css,” where “YOUR-TEMPLATE” is the template you have chosen for your Zen Cart installation.
Font Size
You can change text size using the “font-size” property. In most style sheets, you have several options as to how to specify the size. You can list fonts as xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large and xx-large, where medium is equal to 16 pixel font. You can also specify the font size in pixels or centimeters, but this can cause problems with usability in some versions of Internet Explorer. The preferred method of changing font size in Zen Cart is to set your text to a percentage of the parent font size, such as 62.5 percent, or the equivalent of 10 pixels if the default font is set to medium.
Em
Fonts size may also be set in em. An em is a unit taken from old-fashioned typography, and is a horizontal space equal to the width of a lowercase “m” in a particular font size. In default 16 pixel medium font, one em is equivalent to 16 pixels, but in an 18 pixel font, one em is equivalent to 18 pixels. You can set headers or other special text properties using em in relation to your other settings. For instance, if you set the main font to 62.5 percent, a header set to 1.4 em would produce a 14 pixel font, since the main font is displayed at only 10 pixels high. By using this relative system for setting headers, you can maintain the size relationship between all the text elements in your Zen Cart, even if you change the main font size.
Other Font Properties
The font tag allows you to change more than just the size of your text in Zen Cart. You can also change the font family by using the “font-family” tag, followed by either a generic family, such as “serif,” or a specific family, such as “Arial.” You can change text style from normal to italic or oblique by using the “font-style” tag, followed by the preferred style.
Considerations
You don't have to use individual tags to change font properties in Zen Cart. You can also choose to specify all the properties in one declaration. For instance, if you wanted to change the font to 62.5 percent using the Arial and sans serif families with normal text, you would enter “font: 62.5% arial, sans-serif.” This makes your CSS slightly neater and easier to navigate.
In Feburary 2016 01,
This Web cart system uses CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, to manage the look and feel of your site. CSS allows you to control the size, font face, color and other properties of your Zen Cart text by changing just one place: the style sheet. The HTML pages get their layout information from this file, instead of from individual tags in the pages themselves. In Zen Cart, the primary style sheet is found in “/includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css,” where “YOUR-TEMPLATE” is the template you have chosen for your Zen Cart installation.
Font Size
You can change text size using the “font-size” property. In most style sheets, you have several options as to how to specify the size. You can list fonts as xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large and xx-large, where medium is equal to 16 pixel font. You can also specify the font size in pixels or centimeters, but this can cause problems with usability in some versions of Internet Explorer. The preferred method of changing font size in Zen Cart is to set your text to a percentage of the parent font size, such as 62.5 percent, or the equivalent of 10 pixels if the default font is set to medium.
Em
Fonts size may also be set in em. An em is a unit taken from old-fashioned typography, and is a horizontal space equal to the width of a lowercase “m” in a particular font size. In default 16 pixel medium font, one em is equivalent to 16 pixels, but in an 18 pixel font, one em is equivalent to 18 pixels. You can set headers or other special text properties using em in relation to your other settings. For instance, if you set the main font to 62.5 percent, a header set to 1.4 em would produce a 14 pixel font, since the main font is displayed at only 10 pixels high. By using this relative system for setting headers, you can maintain the size relationship between all the text elements in your Zen Cart, even if you change the main font size.
Other Font Properties
The font tag allows you to change more than just the size of your text in Zen Cart. You can also change the font family by using the “font-family” tag, followed by either a generic family, such as “serif,” or a specific family, such as “Arial.” You can change text style from normal to italic or oblique by using the “font-style” tag, followed by the preferred style.
Considerations
You don't have to use individual tags to change font properties in Zen Cart. You can also choose to specify all the properties in one declaration. For instance, if you wanted to change the font to 62.5 percent using the Arial and sans serif families with normal text, you would enter “font: 62.5% arial, sans-serif.” This makes your CSS slightly neater and easier to navigate.
In Feburary 2016 01,
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