Google Panda – Penguin updates
Google Panda is an algorithm used by Google for search results ranking. To provide better and more accurate search result, Google updates this algorithm on a regular basis. On April 24, 2012 the ‘Penguin’ update was released, which affected many web sites.
Windows Server 2008 R2 – First only 64-bit operating system
Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system released by Microsoft in July 2009. It is built on Windows NT 6.1. It is the first ONLY 64-bit operating system released by Microsoft. There is no 32-bit version available for Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 R2 supports Hyper-V virtulization, IIS 7.5, built-in .Net frameworks i.e. .Net Framework 3.5 etc. any many other features. The operating system is available in seven different editions: Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server and Itanium.
Microsoft has announced that Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows supporting the Itanium architecture.
Stop WordPress asking for FTP details to install/upgrade plugins
How to Stop WordPress Asking for FTP details to Upgrade Plugins:
If you install/upgrade WordPress plugin from WordPress admin area, you will need to specify FTP details each time. It is not a problem if you have few plugins but if you have installed many plugins, it consumes lots of time installing/upgrading plugin from WordPress admin.
To avoid this, you can directly specify your FTP details in your wp-config.php file. You just need to add following codes in your wp-config.php file:
define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘ftp.yoursite.com’);
define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘Your_FTP_Username’);
define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘Your_FTP_password’);
// If SSL connection is requireed add following line as well
define(‘FTP_SSL’, true);
Save your wp-config.php file and try to install/upgrade plugin from your WordPress admin area.
Kailash Aghera
How to Stop WordPress Asking for FTP details to Upgrade Plugins
RatePoint Accounts Permanently Closing on February 02, 2012
RatePoint Accounts Permanently Closing on February 02, 2012. Following is the notifications that sent out to their users:
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Important Message Regarding Discontinuation of RatePoint Services
RatePoint customers, partners, and friends:
As some of you may know, RatePoint’s assets and technologies are currently being acquired. Unfortunately this means that all RatePoint accounts will soon be closed. Effective February 2, 2012, all RatePoint services, including Reputation Management, Email Marketing, Surveys, and Product Reviews will be discontinued. Your ability to access your RatePoint account will end at this time.
However, we are happy to suggest a viable alternative to RatePoint. For customers that want to continue using a good reputation management platform, we highly recommend Customer Lobby. We’ve arranged for them to waive the activation fee, provide discounted rates, and import existing reviews for any RatePoint user! Please read this article, call 866-718-9549, or contact ratepointtransfer@customerlobby.com for more info.
We recommend removing all RatePoint widgets, buttons, seals, and signup boxes from your website as soon as possible, along with any links to any ratepoint.com sites. If you have any data you’d like to retrieve from your RatePoint account — such as contacts, business reviews, or product reviews — you should do that on or before the morning of February 2 at the very latest. After that time, you will be unable to retrieve your information.
For more information, feel free to email support@ratepoint.com or see the help articles below:
- How do I export my contacts?
- How do I export my Business Reviews?
- How do I export my Product Reviews?
- I’m a RatePoint partner. How does this effect me?
- I prepaid annually for RatePoint; what do I do?
Thanks for your support; we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
RatePoint, Inc.
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Error when trying to upgrade SMF 1.1.15 to 1.1.16
It has been reported by many SMF users that they are facing problem to upgrade SMF version from SMF 1.1.15 to 1.1.16 automatically. You may receive the following error while upgrading SMF 1.1.15 to SMF 1.1.16:
The package you are trying to download or install is either corrupt or not compatible with this version of SMF
You might not encounter this error in previous version.
Instead of upgrading it manually, there is a workaround to upgrade it automatically. You just need to follow the below steps:
[1] Download upgrade package from the following URL:
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_1.0.22_1.1.16.tar.gz
[2] Extract the archive using WinRAR or other software.
[3] Now zip the extracted folder to .zip extension let us say “smf_patch_1.0.22_1.1.16.zip”.
[4] Upload this zip file in your packages directory.
[5] Login to the administrator area and use the package manager to find and to install the “smf_patch_1.0.22_1.1.16″ file.
This should work who are facing problem to upgrade version automatically.
Kailash Aghera
Web Application Gallery module is unavailable
If you have upgraded your WebsitePanel version to WebsitePanel 1.2.0, you may receive the following error while accessing Microsoft Web Application Gallery:
Application Gallery module is unavailable:
- MsDeployIsNotInstalled.
You may receive even if MsDeploy 1 and MsDeploy 2 are installed on your server. The solutions are different for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
[1] Fix for 64-bit operating system:
- Install the latest version of MS Deploy (x64 version):
http://www.iis.net/download/WebDeploy
- Run WebsitePanel Server application pool in 64 bit mode .
- Restart IIS service.
[2] Fix for 32-bit operating system:
You will need to make changes in Windows registry.
- Open registry to change MsDeploy v1 path.
- Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IIS Extensions\MSDeploy\1]
- Under “InstallPath_x86” enter the value C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy\ (or path of ms deploy 1 installation)
- Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IIS Extensions\MSDeploy\2]
- Under “InstallPath_x86” enter the value C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\ (or path of ms deploy 2 installation)
Do NOT forget to restart IIS after making above changes.
Kailash Aghera
What is Black Hat SEO and does it affect my website ranking?
Black Hat SEO is technique in order to increase your website ranking in search results. Such techniques may include spamming other websites with links, adding large amount of keywords in the keyword tags, using invisible text on web pages, using a fake page that is not seen by the visitor (hidden iframe) but for search engine spider bots only and many more. In short, these are techniques that are used to get higher search rankings in an unethical manner.
Previously, such techniques might work to boost your ranking but nowadays your website will be penalized by search engines if you try to use such techniqus. If you try Black Hat SEO techniques, there is a chance that your website gets banned by search engines.
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