Server Down - May 20, 2009

Our HDD has been corrupted. We have our data saved on an external HDD, and we will have it restored in the new HDD as soon as possible.

server1.meekhost.com - Down Update

I would like you all to review this.

8 Hour Uptime Report for France Server (server1.meekhost.com)

1. The Bandwidth Hogs existed. I was unaware that it only lasted less than 18 minutes. The server went back up as soon as it could automatically. I tested things, all was well after the bandwidth hog problem.
2. An hour after, this is were all the downtime came. I kept on messaging our providers, they have replied on in conclusion the following:

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM,ovh.net wrote:
> Dear Justin,
>
> There is a hack of the server you will need to reinstall the the os to regain full use of it.
>
> Regards, Folarin.

We are still doing everything we can to have all those files, if possible, and the server to be recovered with no loss.

Detailed explanation of rules

Below is a detailed explanation of the rules to make it easy for you people to understand:

• You are not allowed to advertise other web hosting providers.

1. Because we dont want any competition for meekhost.
2. And also there isnt a Free FFMPEG host that provides such good service.

• You are NOT (and again, this might cost your hosting and/or reputation) allowed to make SPAM/non-sense posts.

1. SEARCH before starting a new thread. Be sure that there isn’t already a thread about the subject you wish to talk about.
2. Keep on-topic. Do NOT start having casual conversations within threads unless it is related to the subject of the thread. Keep casual talk for private messages.
3. For more info refer to http://help.meekhost.com/2009/04/how-to-post-without-spamming/

• No posts shall be promoting copyrighted materials. (easily understandable)

1. No warez or illegal content is allowed in threads or in private messages.

• The decision of the Meek Host Staff is final. (it means completely FINAL)
• Please avoid swearing to other members especially the staff.

1. No spamming/abusing members via threads & private messages

What does my cPanel look like and how do i access it?

You can access cpanel by going to these links:

http://yourdomain.com/cpanel
http://yourdomain.com:2082
http://server1.meekhost.com/cpanel

Here is cPanel:

How to post without spamming.

All you to do is post after signing up and most of you people result in getting a warning clearly saying “Spamming”. Here are some tips you can follow to avoid spamming:

• Never ever make more than 10 posts in a day unless if most of them contain posts by you.
• Never criticize anyone especially mods.
• Always be polite and to not post on a topic about which you have no knowledge.
• You get 8 warning points if you Spam at meekhost (max warning points are 10)
• Don’t start posting anywhere without reading the topic.

Below i will put some spam posts:

• The topic is My Favourite Console System and the poll above it is saying Poll: Some type of MOD’s, choose. I rate it a complete SPAM when you don’t know what to post.
• Topic is make money at moola.com and a post by 45Ktin says i’ll try it…. Its useless and SPAM you should first test then say.
• Topic is Free .com, .net, .org! With Glowhosts.com and a post by userips says : free domain co.cc and free domain co.uk

All the above posts are completely SPAM those people dont know what they are typing.

PHP Starters Tutorial #2

The Basics.

When any code in php is started it must begin with a “<?php” and end with “?>”. Here is a example script.

<?php

echo “Hello People!”;

?>

What the above script does is not really important at this stage but if you wish to try it then go ahead.

All php files must have the extention “.php” useally, im some cases you will come across “.php5″ and “.php4″. All this means is that the server should use php 4 or 5 to execute the script. As a beginner it doesnt really matter what version you use but as you get more advanced, it will matter.

Now you may be wondering why you need to have a undestanding at html. All php files should have html in them. The php is just kindof nested in. Here is a example taken from w3schools.

<html>
<body>

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

</body>
</html>

Now i dont know if you have noticed yet but the php will NEVER show up when a person clicks “View Source”. This is one of the small benifits of php. No one can “nick” your code.

“Each code line in PHP must end with a semicolon. The semicolon is a separator and is used to distinguish one set of instructions from another.

There are two basic statements to output text with PHP: echo and print. In the example above we have used the echo statement to output the text ‘Hello World’.

Note: The file must have the .php extension. If the file has a .html extension, the PHP code will not be executed.”

In PHP, we use // to make a single-line comment or /* and */ to make a large comment block.

<html>
<body>

<?php

//This is a comment

/*
This is
a comment
block
*/

?>

</body>
</html>

(taken from w3schools)

PHP Starters Tutorial #1

Before you start learning PHP its best if you know the following:

• HTML
• Some scripting experience

Introduction:

PHP is a powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive websites.

PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft’s ASP. PHP is perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code.

The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often used together with Apache (web server) on various operating systems. It also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft’s IIS on Windows.

(taken from http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP)

What is PHP?

• PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
• PHP scripts are executed on the server
• PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
• PHP is an open source software
• PHP is free to download and use

(taken from http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_intro.asp)

PHP is a very powerful scripting language and is very hard to code. If you miss the slight “;” the whole script becomes obsolete.

HTML Starters Tutorial #1

HTML is a language in which all web pages are outputted as.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
• HTML uses tags to describe web pages.
• The tags used are normally in pairs. For eg.  <x> </x> & <b> </b>
• The purpose of a web browser  is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages.

1. The text between <html> and </html> describes the web page
2. The text between <head> and </head>  it’s the top of the web page where you place your Header , Logo etc.
3. The text between <body> and </body> is the visible page content.
4. The text between <h1> and </h1> is displayed as a heading.
5. The text between <p> and </p> is displayed as a paragraph.

How to check if i reached my post quota.

Watching the video is pretty self explainatory but here goes (explain under video).

Step 1: Browse to this URL: https://billing.meekhost.com/

Step 2: Enter your login details and click “Manage Packages” on the left hand side.

Step 3: Click the little green icon for the package you wish to check (Manage Package). (image: )

Step 4: Look and see if you have made enough posts.

PHPMotion Installation Guide With Screenshots

Go to the following link to get the installation guide with step by step pictures.

http://somik.org/phpMotion/index.html

This was made by Somik Khan.