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Allow US, UK, Canada and Deny the rest of the world.

Ok here it is. I was getting tired of removing all the spam from this site, and the other 200 sites, I administer.
I looked up all the ips in US, UK, and Canada from http://www.countryipblocks.net/.
I formatted (compressed) the 51,600+ lines to 184 lines. Haven’t benchmark tested the difference; I’m 100% sure less lines is [...]

Simple Youtube for Drupal

How to install Simple Youtube for Drupal

by webdevster.com
This quick tutorial will show you how to install a simple “insert youtube here”, for your Drupal wysiwyg and tinmce setup. If you have FCKEditor or other editor, it should be a similar setup.
Install wysiwg like normal
Install tinymce like normal
Download youtube simple.
Install this 3rd party plugin “youtube” to [...]

How to install Xen 4 on Debian 6 Squeeze x64

How to install Xen 4 on Debian 6 Squeeze x64.

by webdevster.com
This tutorial is for an HVM x64 VM on a XEN x64 HOST with LVM partition (IMO - is one of the fastest ways you can go for a XEN setup), so you’ll need a cpu with VT enabled. First off, you need to know [...]

OpenQRM and XEN LVM based HVM VM.

OpenQRM and XEN LVM based HVM VM.

by webdevster.com

How to run multiple Virtual Machines (VM) in one Physical Server, and be able to manage them with a WebUI. The Virtaulized environement will be accomplished with Open Source Xen, and the management WebUI will be accomplished with Open Source, OpenQRM. Each tool will sit on a [...]

Configure and Setup Tax Rates in Magento

How to Configure and Setup Tax Rates in Magento
Step 1.
Set up a tax rate for your state. In this example I am setting a tax rate for a store based in Florida.
Admin>Sales>Tax>Manage Tax Zones & Rates
Select, Add New Tax Rate button
For Tax Identifier enter, US-FL-*-Rate 1
For Country enter, United [...]

How to redirect Magento newsletter url

How to redirect Magento newsletter subscriber to a landing page url

This article is in response to unanswered Magento Post, found at http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/178109/

Magento does a good job with their newsletter infrastructure, but just like their web app, it does require you to fine tune it to your specifications. One such fine tuning is the way the [...]

Change Magento Default Image Size - Resize

How to Change Magento Image Default Size.
Magento’s default image size for it’s product page is 300px X 300px or 265px x 265px. And let’s say you want to change it to 320×420.

In this example I will change the modern theme default image size of 300px, which can be applied to the standard default (265px) or [...]

Copy and Paste Between Computers with New Google App

Copy and Paste Between Computers with New Google App

New Google App

With out a surprise, Google has come out with a new feature for its Docs online office suite. The feature not only lets you copy and paste text but it also lets you copy and past images between spreadsheets, presentations, and documents. The clipboard also [...]

AWStats and WAMP Installation (Windows)

AWStats and WAMP Installation

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var AdBrite_Text_Color = ‘666666′;
var AdBrite_Background_Color = ‘FFFFFF’;
var AdBrite_Border_Color = ‘FFFFFF’;
var AdBrite_URL_Color = ‘666666′;
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document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(’ src=”http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=1536940&zs=3330305f323530&ifr=’+AdBrite_Iframe+’&ref=’+AdBrite_Referrer+’” type=”text/javascript”>’);document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62));
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AWStats can be configured for most any web server, LAMP, WAMP, IIS etc.. If you like you can read my WAMP vs IIS article to better explain WAMP (WampServer). [...]

Auto Update AWStats on WAMP

Auto Update AWStats on WAMP
Schedule an automatic AWStats update of your web sites

This tutorial is split into five chronological sections:
Pages
Installing AWStats on WAMP
Auto Update AWStats on WAMP
Create Additional AWStats WAMP Profiles
Install GEO IP on AWStats WAMP
Auto Update GEO IP AWStats WAMP

To schedule AWStats to autupdate a web site profile on Windows WAMP (WampServer), you [...]