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Phormer Photo Gallery SEO Hack

” This is one of a series of old posts culled from WaybackMachine. Somehow, sometime, managing a couple of websites can be a daunting boring task, so some days were like, nay the backups. ”

Phormer, the PHP without MySQL PhotoGallery Manager

Phormer Photo Gallery

Is an excellent photo gallery software considering the fact that it was last updated January of 2007. While it may have it’s fair share of shortcomings, most of those are overshadowed by the extensive capabilities it offers and the semantic approach to design by the author.

SEO Hack

Earlier tonight as I was updating my photo gallery I noticed that it lacks the Description META Tag (among others) for Search Engine Optimization. Keen on wanting to have this option for a fully functional website, I made some code hacking on the scripts with good results.

Below is a quick howto:

1. Create a backup of your existing funcs.php
2. Edit funcs.php and on line 1107, add the following code.

<META NAME=”Description” CONTENT=”Your descriptive sentence or two goes here.”>

3. Save your changes and your done.
4. Verify your changes.

on Firefox: Tools – Page Info – Description
on IE6 : View – Source

Hope this helps.

11. October 2011 by Renerio
Categories: Applications, SEO | Leave a comment

Fixing data directory errors in Squirrelmail

” This is a start of a series of old posts culled from WaybackMachine. Somehow, sometime, managing a couple of websites can be a daunting boring task, so some days were like, nay the backups. ”

I decided to reinstall SquirrelMail hoping to be able to archive my current emails since those won’t be carried over when I switch mail service to Gmail. For the uninitiated, Squirrelmail is a webmail package written in pure Php, has few requirements and is easy to configure and install.

Here’s a quick guide:

1. Download squirrelmail here.
2. Unpack the SquirrelMail package: (via ftp or tar)
3. Run the installation script from shell. (perl conf.pl)
4. Select ‘General Options‘ by hitting ‘4‘ on your keyboard and edit the ‘Data Directory‘ by selecting ‘1‘
This part here gets a bit tricky, but the idea is to provide the server path for the directories. If your directories aren’t existing yet then you would have to create them first.
5. Once satisfied with the changes – ‘S‘ to save your changes then ‘Q‘ to quit from the menu.
You may then check if your configuration worked via this link. http://your-squirrelmail-location/src/configtest.php

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask questions.

10. October 2011 by Renerio
Categories: Applications | Leave a comment

My Deuter Act Lite 50+10 Backpack

In preparation for our upcoming Mount Kanlaon climb this October 29, I would have to have a multi day pack of quality build. This meant doing away with my trusty North Face Wavelength Backpack for another pack. The North Face packs of this kind range around the 5 digit mark so that was out of the equation early on.

Habagat Segbin 50

The Habagat Segbin series meant a cheaper but of decent quality pack albeit with less features. My friend, an owner of one, says that the pack itself is already heavy, weighing at around 2 kilos? (is this true ?).

Aircontact 55+10

Deuter Aircontact was my first choice, ever since. But since months ago, it was always out of stock and I couldn’t find any other distributor within Cebu City. Auction sites were out of the question as I wary of scammers and their charades. So my 2nd choice was the The Deuter Act Lite since both it and the AirContact series carry most of the same features.

Deuter ACT Lite 50+10

So I got for myself A 50 + 10L Deuter Act Lite, colored red. And I never felt wrong with my choice, except the color which I didn’t have much of a choice. Oh well, I’d just have my raincover on it most of the time.

The best part was when they gaved me a 10% discount. Sweet!

02. October 2011 by Renerio
Categories: Mountaineering | 1 comment

Shoulin: Ancient Dragon – Chi Warrior

Shou-Lin priests are masters of the maspectial aspects. They really don’t believe in the use of weapons, but needing a form of self defense, they have learned to use their own body as a lethal weapon in time of trouble. Due to their lifestyle they are very nimble, but the hardships they must endure for their soul causes them to be rather small and gangly. Because of their size they might not last long in a fight, but then again, they usually end the fight quickly with their superior fighting skills.

29. September 2011 by Renerio
Categories: RavenMUD | Leave a comment