Archive for March, 2009

HowTo install OneSwarm on Ubuntu, Linux

This will lern you how to install OneSwarm on Ubuntu, Linux.
First check that you have Java installed:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre
Then you start the download, either you go to: http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/download.html
Else for 32-bit OS, making folder Program, download, install and run it:
mkdir Program
wget http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/builds/OneSwarm_0_5_linux_x86.tar.gz
tar zxvf OneSwarm_0_5_linux_x86.tar.gz
cd OneSwarm
./OneSwarm
If 64-bit do the same just download the 64-bit file:
mkdir [...]


Send mail via PHP

First of all you have to change in your php.ini file if you do not have any mail server installed on your server/computer. You can send through your ISP SMTP server. Change this line in php.ini:
SMTP = localhost
To any vaild SMTP server, in my case I use my ISP smtp-server:
SMTP = smtp.bredband.net
When this is done [...]


Apache2, PHP 5, MySQL 5, phpMyAdmin for Windows

Here comes a little howto install Apache2, PHP 5, MySQL 5 and phpMyAdmin for windows.
In this tutorial I will use easyPHP which is a packed for these applications.
First, go to www.easyphp.org for downloading easyphp 3.
After you have download it just install easyphp.
When it is installed run it and go to http://127.0.0.1/home/
Here is where you can [...]


Random letters with PHP

Since it was no already function for random letters in PHP i was google on it and found this one some where i do not remeber but works exemplary.
function randomletters() {
$chars = “abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz023456789″;
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
$pass = ” ;
while ($i <= 7) {
$num = rand() % 33;
$tmp = substr($chars, $num, 1);
$pass = $pass . $tmp;
$i++;
}
return $pass;
}
If [...]


OneSwarm

Today was the first day I ever heard of the new sharing client that have already got great success. Since a lot of new laws have make it hard to legally download copyright products it have also come a lot of new ways how to get around thoose problem and OneSwarm is one of them. [...]


Center div with CSS

Simple example how to center a div with css.
Open your CSS file and write:
body { text-align: center; }
.centerdiv {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 200px;
text-align: left;
}
Now open your index or what ever you want to put your div and create it:
<div class=”centerdiv”>text</div>