GavickPro GavickPro is a Poland based template maker. Their templates are clean and look very smart. They are in the industry for a long time now (Since 2008). They have variety of category based on which they design their templates. They design the same template (theme) for wordpress too. Templates are designed based on the Gavern framework –…
Continue readingCategory: Tips & Tricks
Download Windows 7 Iso – Active Links
I was having problem finding Windows 7 iso download links. I discovered it can only be downloaded from Microsoft website if you have the Product key with you. However, you might not always have the product key with you or it is possible that the product key you have was supplied by your computer vendor…
Continue readingWhat is BDIX and what are the benefits of it?
BDIX is an IXP (Junction) where ISPs and other data service providers gets connected among themselves. It was established in 2004. It is a not-for-profit venture of the Sustainable Development Networking Foundation (SDNF) Bangladesh. Why BDIX? Internet Service providers used to get bandwidth from various upstream providers from various part of the world through- Submarine cable, VSAT, MicroWave…
Continue readingGHOST vulnerability in Linux distributions and its Solution
A GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability - termed as "GHOST Vulnerability" was announced to general public on 27 January 2015 - after a Cloud research company Qualys discovered this major security vulnerability. This vulnerability enables hackers to remotely take control of systems without even knowing any system IDs or passwords. How to Quickly Identify if your…
Continue readingFree Joomla.com Subdomain
GRAB YOUR JOOMLA SUBDOMAIN - BEFORE OTHERS TAKE IT AWAY. Like wordpress - Joomla.com is now offering subdomain. You can open your joomla.com subdomain with just 1 step - signup process. This is indeed a great initiative by joomla. It will help the beginners to learn Joomla on realtime hosted environment. However, if you signup…
Continue readingWhy Google Drive is the better choice than Dropbox in Bangladesh
If you are residing in Bangladesh and you are using Dropbox as you cloud storage solution - It is good time to switch to Google Drive. There are many other reasons why Google drive is preferable - but the most important of those is the network speed issue in Bangladesh. I would not start the…
Continue readingSolution for Deprecated function iconv_set_encoding() error while Joomla Installation in php 5.6
If you are trying to install Joomla (or other CMS) in php 5.6 environment and encounter the error : Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding() - I've got a solution for you. The error may look like following: Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated in joomlaroot\libraries\joomla\string\string.php on line 27Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.input_encoding is deprecated in joomlaroot\libraries\joomla\string\string.php on line 28Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.output_encoding is…
Continue readingQuota Problem in WHM: Enabling second level quota on an OpenVZ node
I am talking about a very common problem in cPanel/WHM based server or VPS. Fresh WHM based server often do not show proper quota allocation for the hosting accounts. It show ZERO usage and Unlimited quota. Fixing the problem in a dedicated server is quite straight forward. The "Initial Quota Setup" in WHM or the…
Continue readingHow to block IP address in Linux – Using IPTables Rule
Using IPTables rules we can block a Single IP address or a block of IP Addresses. The following command (via ssh) will drop any packet coming from the IP address 1.2.3.4 : # iptables -I INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -j DROP or you can use append # iptables -A INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -j DROP How To Block Subnet…
Continue readingConfigServer installation IPtables problem in OpenVZ or Virtuozzo (solved!)
ConfigServer Firewall (AKA csf) is an essential security tool for Linux based server and VPS. The installation of CSF is pretty straight forward and is described here: http://configserver.com/free/csf/install.txt However, some of the iptables modules required by the csf might not be present in the server and when the perl test command ( # perl /usr/local/csf/bin/csftest.pl…
Continue reading