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 States
For State enter, Florida
For Rate enter, 7.00
You can leave the Tax Titles blank
Select, Save Rate button

If you have a physical store presence in another state make sure you add that rate also. Please keep in mind every stats has different laws regarding collecting tax. This blog is for tutorial purposes only; seek an accountant in your area for proper advice.

You can now safely delete the other rates.

Step 2.

Set up a default tax rate.

If you don’t want your customer’s to see the tax by default then you’ll need to create another default rate. For example, visitor comes to your store, and you don’t want them see the tax included on all the products, until they pass the cart and will see it in check out, dependant on the state there in. In this example, no one will see tax included on products, not in the cart or until visitor "enters" the state their from. And if they are from Florida then, they will only see the tax increment at checkout, when they input their state.

So you’ll need to edit Magneto Tax Configuration
Admin>System>Configuration>Tax>

Under Default Tax Destination section
For Country Select United States
For State Select Alaska
For Default Post Code Enter, *

Under Display section
Display Cart/Order Prices Select, Excluding Tax
Display full tax summary Select, No
Display Shipping Prices Select, Excluding Tax
Display Product Prices Select, Excluding Tax
Display Zero Tax Subtotal Select, No

Optionally, you can configure the other sections here.

You can test it, but make sure to refresh cache before.

Your all done. Congrats

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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 newsletter handles it’s subscribers, once they subscribe. Ideally, when the customer subscribes you would want them to keep shopping and not to read a form about newsletter policy.

1. A pop up would do the trick, but what if they have pop ups from being displayed.
2. A simple note saying, Thank you for your subscription. For more info on our Newsletter Policy please click here. Magento already has this feature but without the link being dispalyed.
3. Or redirect to a CMS page which shows special discounted products viewed only by new subscribers. Here you can place your newsletter policy in short format, so it’s not obtrusive, but yet is available if the subscriber wants to read.

Either of these methods require hacking in Magento Core files. I’ll show you Method 2 and 3.

Method 2.

Log into Magento Admin>CMS>Manage Pages>Add New Page

Create a Newsletter Policy CMS page, i.e. newsletter-promotions

Open SubscriberController.php file located in:
MagentoStore\App\Code\Core\Mage\Newsletter\controllers\

Change

$session->addSuccess($this->__('Thank you for your subscription'));

$session->addSuccess($this->__('Thank you for your subscription. For more info on our Newsletter Policy, please click <a href="newsletter-promotions" target="_self">here</a>.'));

It would be a good idea to also do the same for; Please enter a valid email address; Confirmation request has been sent; and There was a problem with the subscription, messages.

Method 3.

Magento Admin>Catalog>Manage Products>Add New Product
Create new special discounted products, with Visibilty attribute set to, Nowhere. Make a note of the product ID.

Magento Admin>CMS>Manage Pages>Add New Page
Create a Newsletter Policy CMS page, i.e. newsletter-policy-and-promotions. In this page you can add your special products you created for your new subscribers. (This is not covered in the scope of this, How To)

Change at approx line 65:

$this->_redirectReferer();

$this->_redirectUrl(Mage::getBaseUrl().'newsletter-policy-and-promotions');

Change at approx line 92:

$this->_redirectUrl(Mage::getBaseUrl());

$this->_redirectUrl(Mage::getBaseUrl().'newsletter-policy-and-promotions');

Now the subscriber will automatically be redirected to your new page, and the, "Thank you for your subscription" message will still be displayed.

Hope this helps you.

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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 your custom theme default image size.

Step 1:

\magentostore\app\design\frontend\default\default\template\catalog\product\view\media.phtml

    <?php
        $_img = '<img src="'.$this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image')->resize(300).'" alt="'.$this->htmlEscape($_product->getImageLabel()).'"/>';
        echo $_helper->productAttribute($_product, $_img, 'image');
    ?>

    <?php
        $_img = '<img src="'.$this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image')->resize(320,420).'" alt="'.$this->htmlEscape($_product->getImageLabel()).'"/>';
        echo $_helper->productAttribute($_product, $_img, 'image');
    ?>

Step 2:

\magentostore\skin\frontend\default\default\css\boxes.css

.product-img-box { float:left; width:302px; }

.product-img-box { float:left; width:322px; }

.product-img-box .product-image-zoom { position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:300px; height:300px; z-index:9; border:1px solid #cacaca; }

.product-img-box .product-image-zoom { position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:320px; height:420px; z-index:9; border:1px solid #cacaca; }

.product-info-box               { float:right; width:363px; }

.product-info-box               { float:right; width:343px; }

Step 3:

Refresh Cache and Clear Image Cache

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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 lets you copy multiple items so you can re-use them later or with multiple apps, even if you delete the originating document. Google is stepping up. For all you web developers, Google also has Google Apps which I am sure all you are aware of, if not you need to know.

Back on subject, using the normal copy and paste routine using ctrl-C and ctrl-V, only works to a single computer. If you want to copy anything into server clipboard, merely select the item in the Google Docs editor and then click the “Copy selection to server clipboard” option from the new clipboard menu that looks like a folder with a cloud overlaid over it.

I can not tell you how many times this has helped me through setting up servers and doing repetitive work.

Another great aspect of this new Google feature is the cloud. The cloud also allows you to access the items you previously copied to server clipboard, as long as you are still signed in with the same Google account. The server clipboard icon shows a handy preview of copied items in a sub-menu and lets you paste any wanted item as plan text or HTML format.

Copying and pasting via the server-side clipboard allows you to copy on one computer, then sign in and paste on another one. For example, you can copy something in your work computer and then paste the item into a document on your home machine. Or, you could copy a set of cells in a spreadsheet and paste it into a document as a properly formatted table.

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Australians Rebel Over Government Censorship on Internet

Internet Groups called Hackers are joining forces with another unknown name organization to rebel against the government on the censorship of some Australian government websites.

The government of Australia has revealed exactly what they are censoring. Their campaign is to censor or ban all pictures of small breasted women. Also Aussies will be banned and forbidden to look at images or any content relating to women having an orgasm.

How you might say? Well The Australian government plans on censoring the internet connections. This is why lots of protesters are coming out of the wood works.

All this explains the name of the hacking campaign, “Operation Titstorm”, which they say is because the government is not keeping all breasts from modern society.

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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). This tutorial really shows how to install and configure the AWStats, and configure it’s directory structure to be in line with WAMP (WampServer). An addition, I have created a couple of scripts to automate AWStats updates and GEO IP updates.

Preword

It’s a good idea to have both Google Analytics and AWStats. Contrary to most analytic blogs, saying that Google Analytics is better than AWStats log analyzer is a misnomer. All fortune 500 sites at minimum run some sort of log analyzer ‘and’ a variant form of Google analytics, custom proprietary application in-house and/or out sourced. There are many variables to describe the difference in both; so many, that you would need to write a 1000+ page white paper document, and this will still not cover all the differences. So to keep it wise and simple; yes, you need to have both. Just a friendly note from Webdevster.com, before installing AWStats, you should have already configured Google Analytics to start recording data.

Help Links to AWStats and WAMP

Installing and Configuring AWStats on WAMP (WampServer)

First and foremost you must have Perl, installed on your WAMP (WampServer). You can follow my tutorial on how to install Perl on WAMP (WampServer).

Step 1:

Test your perl to make sure its installed. In a cmd type:

If you get the version Perl info, then it works and you can proceed to install AWStats on WAMP (WampServer)

Step 2:

Download and install AWStats, select and download the latest version *.exe. Run the installer, click next to, “I Agree”. Next window, select browse, and install it in c:\wamp\bin\AWStats\, which is the default directory for WAMP (WampServer). Where you install it, really makes all the difference on your success of running AWStats without any issues. So, keep close attention to the location of the files. For this, “how to” we’ll use the aforementioned default directory, c:\wamp\bin\AWStats\.

Step 3:

Next, it will run a Perl script to install all the requirements. The cmd window will read, AWStats awstats_configure 1.0…Please, enter full directory path of your Apache web server … Apache Web server path (’none’ to skip): Type in none.

Step 4:

The cmd window will read, Your web server config file(s) could not be found. You will need to setup your seb server manually…Do you want me to build a new AWStats config/profile (required if first install) [y/N] ? Type in y, for yes

Step 5:

IMPORTANT
I am using my site, webdevster.com as an example. You must substitute webdevster.com related entries with your Windows environment

The cmd window will read, Define config file name to create… What is the name of your web site or profile analysis?… Your web site, virtual server or profile name: Here we type in our web site name like so, awstats.webdevster.conf or awstats.webdev.conf; its up to you, how you want to handle your naming conventions. I’ll keep it short.

Step 6:

The cmd window will read, Sorry for Window users, if you want to have statistics to be updated on a regular basis, you have to add the update process in a scheduler task manually… Press Enter to Continue

Step 7:

The cmd window will read, Sorry for Window users, if you want to have statistics to be updated on a regular basis, you have to add the update process in a scheduler task manually… Press Enter to Continue

Another cmd will read, A simple config file has been created: c:/wamp/bin/AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin\awstats.awstats.webdev.conf.conf … You can then manually update your statistics for ‘awstats.webdev.conf’ with command:
>perl awstats.pl -update -config=awstats.webdev.conf
You can also build static report pages for ‘awstats.webdev.conf’ with command:
>perl awstats.pl -output=pagetype -config=awstats.webdev.conf

Press Enter to Finish

And close out Installation Complete log.

Step 8:

Depending on your environment, you can choose between two options, as follows:

Option 1. If your web server log files are located on the same machine or local network: Browse to c:/wamp/bin/AWStats and create two additional folders; reports and data. The data folder is to store your AWStats databases for each profile, i.e. awstats.webdev.conf. The reports folder, is to store your generated reports/statistics.

So, it should like this:

c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/reports
c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/data

Option 2: If your logs are located on a remote machine, you can schedule an automatic download of the log files (not covered in the scope of this tutorial) or simply manualy download them to your local computer. Browse to c:/wamp/bin/AWStats and create three folders; logs, reports, and data. You can optionally create subdirectories, like so: logs/webdev/ or reports/webdev. The data folder is to store your AWStats Databases for each profile, i.e. awstats.webdev.conf. The reports folder, is to store your generated reports. And the logs folder, is to store your apache logs.

So, it should like this:

c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/logs
c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/reports
c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/data

Step 9:

Edit your c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.awstats.webdev.conf.conf with any simple text editor, such as notepad++, etc.. Do not use Windows Word when editing any plain text config file, as it may save characters which will generate errors.

Depending on your environment, you can choose between two options (local networked server, or local server), as follows:

Option 1. If your webserver log files are in your computer (local server):

• First, we replace this line:
  

  LogFile="/var/log/httpd/mylog.log"

  with the location of your wampserver log files. Like so:

  LogFile="c:/wamp/logs/webdev/http/access.log"

Option 2: If your logs are located on a local networked server:

• Point the LogFile to your other machine on the local network. Like the following example:
  

  LogFile="\\192.168.100.100\logs\webdev\http\access.log"

Please note, when I first configured WAMP (WampServer), I created this directory structure, so yours will look different. Either way, you need to point it to your log files.

Now we continue with other edits, regardless of the location of the WAMP (WampServer).

• We need to confirm or edit this line:

  LogFormat=1

  If it’s not set to 1, then set it to 1.

• Find and edit this line:

  SiteDomain="awstats.webdev.conf"

  to:

  SiteDomain="webdevster.com"

• Find and edit this line:

  HostAliases="awstats.rpt.conf www.awstats.rpt.conf 127.0.0.1 localhost"

  to:

  HostAliases="webdevster.com www.webdevster.com 127.0.0.1 localhost"

  Please note, if your webserver is located on a another server on your local network make sure you put that ip address here also, for example 192.168.100.100, like so:

  HostAliases="webdevster.com www.webdevster.com 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.100.100"

• Find and edit this line:

  DNSLookup=2

  to:

  DNSLookup=0

  Please note, we set it to zero so we can quickly process the log files the first time. If you really want reverse DNS lookup to resolve with names instead of IP addresses, then enter DNSLookup=1; this feature slows down the process signifacantly. You can enter the default of DNSLookup=2, to lessen the time to process the reverse DNS lookup.

• Find and edit this line:

  DirData="."

  to:

  DirData="c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/data/webdev"

  Please note, I created a subdirectory webdev, so we can store webdev related data in here. And so, if you want to add another profile (web site), you would add another folder like so, data/my2ndsite. This is optional as you can keep them all living inside, /data directory.

• Find and edit this line:

  DirIcons="/icon"

  to:

  DirIcons="/awstatsicons"

• Find and edit this line:

  SkipHosts=""

  to:

  SkipHosts="REGEX[^192\.168\.100\.]"

  Please note, this will exclude erroneous local network traffic. AWSTats will not processs entire subnet mask of (excludes any IP addresses that start with) 192.168.100.*, if you want to include local traffic than leave it alone like so, SkipHosts=”"

Step 10:

Make a copy of your c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.awstats.webdev.conf.conf file in the same directory and name it awstats.webdev.conf.

This awstats.webdev.conf will be your configuration file that awstats loads up. The other awstats.awstats.webdev.conf.conf can be used as a template to create additional profiles, which is also covered in SECTION 3. CREATE ADDITIONAL PROFILES

Step 11.

Process the first log by typing the following cmd.

It will look similar to this:

Please note, if your apache logs are on a networked server, make sure they are world readable:

The first time you run the update process, it may take a couple of minutes to a few hours, depending on the size of the log, and if you have DNS Lookup enabled

Step 12.

Configure directives.

Create a new text file and name it awstats.conf in c:\wamp\alias\ directory. And copy and paste the following into awstats.conf.

Alias /awstatsclasses "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/cgi-bin/lib/"
Alias /awstatsicons "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/icon/"
Alias /awstatscss "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/css/"
ScriptAlias /awstats_show/ "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/" 
ScriptInterpreterSource registry 
# To give awstats access to specific IP addresses 
# replace the lines
#
#	Order Allow,Deny 
#	Allow from all
#with
#       
#	Order Deny,Allow
#	Deny from all
#	Allow from 127.0.0.1
#
<Directory "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/">
	Order Allow,Deny 
	Allow from all
</Directory>
 
<Directory "c:/wamp/bin/AWStats/wwwroot/icon/">
	Order Allow,Deny 
	Allow from all
</Directory>

Alternately you can download this awstats.conf: plain-text or zipped

Step 13.

Restart Apache.

Any of the following will work:

And point your browser to http://127.0.0.1/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

or

Point your browser to http://localhost/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

or

Point your browser to http://se.rv.er.ip/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

or

Point browser to http://yourwebsite.com/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

COOL STUFF

You can essentially call AWSawstats from any virtual web server name, for example:

wearefamily.i.have.all.my.sisters.with.me.com/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

Simply create a virtual web site like you normally do in your c:/wamp/www/wearefamily.i.have.all.my.brothersandsisters.with.me.com/

This will also add an additional layer of security. An addition you can password protect the directory, like you would normally with any virtual web site.

Continue to next page….SECTION 2. Auto Update AWStats on WAMP (Schedule an automatic AWStats update of your web sites)

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Schedule an automatic AWStats update of your web sites

To schedule AWStats to autupdate a web site profile on Windows WAMP (WampServer), you have to schedule it using Windows built-in Task Scheduler. The Windows scheduler will update a script I wrote, so you don’t have to manually update via cmd. The script will also run siliently (invisible) so there are no annoying pop up cmd windows.

IMPORTANT
I am using my site, webdevster.com as an example. You must substitute webdevster.com related entries with your Windows environment

Step 1:

Create a new directory tasks, like so:

c:\wamp\tasks

Step 2:

Create a blank text file and rename it to update_webdev.bat, in the following directory like so:

c:\wamp\tasks\update_webdev.bat

Step 3:

Edit update_webdev.bat, with any simple text editor. Copy and paste the following:

perl c:\wamp\bin\AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin\awstats.pl -update -config=webdev

Step 4:

Create a blank text file and rename it to update_webdev.vbs, in the following directory like so:

c:\wamp\tasks\update_webdev.vbs

Step 5:

Edit update_webdev.vbs, with any simple text editor. Copy and paste the following:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "c:\wamp\tasks\update_webdev.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

Step 6:

Alternately, you can download the zip containing both these files here.

Create a Windows Schedule in Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks to run, update_webdev.vbs however many times you like.

Continue to next page….SECTION 3. Create Additional AWStats WAMP Profiles (web site profiles in Windows)

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Schedule an automatic AWStats update on web site profiles in Windows WAMP (WampServer)

AWStats includes a Perl script you can optionally execute via cmd to automate the process of creating additional web site profiles. My tutorial here shows a shortcut to creating additional web site profiles, without the need to run the AWStats Perl script. This will save you time in the process.

IMPORTANT
I am using my site, webdevster.com as an example. You must substitute webdevster.com related entries with your Windows environment

Configure more profiles (web sites) for AWStats to process.

Step 1:

Make a copy of the template awstats.awstats.webdev.conf.conf to awstats.2ndwebsite.conf

Step 2:

Edit awstats.2ndwebsite.conf and continue from above Step 8 to reproduce another one.

Step 3:

Process the first log by typing the following cmd.

prompt>perl c:\wamp\bin\AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin\awstats.pl -update -config=2ndwebsite

Step 4:

Restart Apache.

Any of the following will work:

And point your browser to http://127.0.0.1/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=2ndwebsite

or

Point your browser to http://localhost/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=2ndwebsite

or

Point your browser to http://se.rv.er.ip/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=2ndwebsite

or

Point browser to http://2ndwebsite.com/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=2ndwebsite

Continue to next page….SECTION 4. Install MaxMind GEOIP vs. geoipfree on AWStats WAMP (WampServer)

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How to install GEOP Standard on Windows WAMP (WampServer)

AWStats includes options to enable plugins like GEO IP, via your awstats.mysite.com.conf. GEO IP is essential, it provides you with more precise information, than if you were to use AWStats with out the plugin enabled. I’ll also, explain the free difference on MaxMind GEOIP Standard vs. geoipfree.

It’s either one or the other; install geoipfree ‘or’ geoip GEOIP_STANDARD.

First off, GEOIP_STANDARD is also free, it includes more features than geoipfree.

If you select geoipfree then simply enable it, by uncommenting it in the plugins section of your awstats.webdev.conf.

Certain data in GEOIP_STANDARD, however are not free, but city, country, and org are free. And this is what we want. Also, instead of using DNS Lookups, we will install, configure, and enable GEOIP_STANDARD in AWStats.

You can see how GEOIP speeds up the DNS lookup by viewing the following stats, here.

How to install GEO IP on AWSTats WAMP (WampServer)?

IMPORTANT
I am using my site, webdevster.com as an example. You must substitute webdevster.com (webdev) related entries with your Windows environment

First check the version of perl by typing the following in a cmd:

Step 1:

For ActiveState perl version 5.xx.xx

Verify it installed by finding Geo-IP-PurePerl in:

Step 2:

Create a directory geodata, like so:

c:\wamp\bin\geodata

Step 3:

Download

http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz
http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz
http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz

and extract all the files, like so:

c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoIP.dat
c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoIPASNum.dat
c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoIPCity.dat

Step 4:

Enable GEO IP, by updating your awstats.webdev.conf:

• Find:

  #LoadPlugin="geoip GEOIP_STANDARD /pathto/GeoIP.dat"

  Replace with:

  LoadPlugin="geoip GEOIP_STANDARD c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoIP.dat"

• Find:

  #LoadPlugin="geoip_city_maxmind GEOIP_STANDARD /pathto/GeoIPCity.dat"

  Replace with:

  LoadPlugin="geoip_city_maxmind GEOIP_STANDARD c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoLiteCity.dat"

• Find:

  #LoadPlugin="geoip_org_maxmind GEOIP_STANDARD /pathto/GeoIPOrg.dat"

  Replace with:

  LoadPlugin="geoip_org_maxmind GEOIP_STANDARD c:\wamp\bin\geodata\GeoIPASNum.dat"

Step 5:

Process the apache log by typing the following cmd.

Please note, this process will take longer than with GEOIP enabled. If you like to speed up the process, just enable GeoIPCity and GeoIP and disable GeoIPASNum. An addition you can uncomment LoadPlugin=”hashfiles” to speed up the process.

Step 6:

Point browser to

http://yourwebsite.com/awstats_show/awstats.pl?config=webdev

to view new stats. They will be located under Who: Organizations, Countires, Full List, and Cities.

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Script to Auto Update GEO IP on Windows WAMP (WampServer)

I wrote a script which automatically updates all the databases in c:\wamp\bin\geodata\*.dat. This script can be used on Windows, for any type installation,i.e. WAMP (WampServer), IIS, etc.. The script, first downloads the compressed data, extracts the data, and overwrites the old data with the new updated version, and finally it deletes the zipped archive. It will do this every month, or however many times you schedule the script to run. It utilizes some very useful programs, like 7zip which is a better Open Source alternative to the commercial WinZip. Wget.exe is also used to download the compressed archives. Both tools are important assets to add to your arsenal of web development tools.

Automatically update your GEO IP data with the latest information.

Step 1:

Download and install 7zip for Windows:

Download from http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Select latest version, and use the installer’s default location, i.e. C:\Program Files\7-Zip

Right click on “My Computer”, select Properties, select Advanced Properties, click on Environmental Variables and under System variables scroll down and double click on PATH, and enter the following line after all the other variables:

C:\Program Files\7-Zip

Step 2:

Download and install wget for Windows (win32 version):

Save it in, like so:

c:\WINDOWS\wget.exe

Step 3:

Create a new directory and name it, tasks, like so:

c:\wamp\tasks

Step 4:

Create a blank text file and rename it to update_geodata.bat, in the following directory like so:

c:\wamp\tasks\update_geodata.bat

Step 5:

Edit update_geodata.bat, by right clicking the file and selecting edit with notepad, open with, or open with any simple text editor. Copy and paste the following:

@ECHO OFF
REM script instructions http://webdevster.com/how-to/auto-update-geo-ip-awstats-on-windows-wamp
set updatepath="c:\wamp\bin\geodata"
REM download databases into update directory
wget.exe --limit-rate=100k --output-document="%updatepath%\GeoIP.dat.gz" "http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz"
wget.exe --limit-rate=100k --output-document="%updatepath%\GeoIPASNum.dat.gz" "http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz"
wget.exe --limit-rate=200k --output-document="%updatepath%\GeoLiteCity.dat.gz" "http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz"
REM uncompress downloaded files
start /B "Unompressing databases…" /min /wait 7z.exe e "%updatepath%\*.gz" -o"%updatepath%\"
REM force delete downloaded files
ECHO Y | DEL /F /Q %updatepath%\*.gz

If you have followed, my tutorial for installing WampServer and GEO IP, then there is no need to edit this script. However, if you have created another location to store your GEO Data, than I have conveniently written the script, so you can edit the path. Edit, c:\wamp\bin\geodata to reflect your update path.

Step 6:

Create a blank text file and rename it to update_geodata.vbs, in the following directory like so:

c:\wamp\tasks\update_geodata.vbs

Step 7:

Edit update_geodata.vbs, by right clicking the file and selecting edit with notepad, open with, or open with any simple text editor. Copy and paste the following:

 
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "c:\wamp\tasks\update_geodata.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

Alternatley you can download the zip containing both of these files here.

Step 8:

Create a Windows Schedule in Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks to run, update_geodata.vbs every month or quarterly.

Essentially, this script will run silent (invisible) without any annoying cmd popup windows. And as a courtesy to MaxMind Open Source, will limit the burst download speed to lift some of the bandwidth burden off the geolite.maxmind.com server. If you would like to test the script, simply double click the update_geodata.bat file. You will see the progress in the cmd window, which pops up. Also, if you like you can also simply run this script manually without scheduling a task.

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