A few users of our PHP guestbook program have written me in regards to the random number feature and asked that we remove it.
We didn't remove this feature from the main program as we feel it is a good idea overall. We did create a patch file you can use that will eliminate the need to enter the random number. This patch file can be found here:
PHP Guestbook patch file
 
NoBull widgets has just joined our advertising network. With the success of our TPCS web widgets domain I am left with high hopes for this little up-in-coming site.
NoBull widgets is gaining more traffic by the day! Since we have started using this domain for hosting our widgets we have found it to have a good deal of potential for widget based advertising.
- To visit NoBull widgets click here.
- To visit our advertising section click here.
(If you want to advertise on our network use the above link)
 
"Windows-7x-large Microsoft has toned down the intentionally annoying User Account Control security feature introduced in Windows Vista. UAC is the feature that frequently prompts Vista users for permission to do something, sometimes more than once."
"But security experts say the streamlined UAC in Windows 7, launched Thursday, is being shipped in a configuration that may do more harm than good, in terms of leaving your Windows 7 PC vulnerable to cyber criminals looking to take control."
Read the entire article:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/10/windows-7-security-settings-may-leave-pcs-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks.html
 
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We welcome our newest member Matt Hardy. Matt is currently the V.P. of LigoWave located in Atlanta GA and he will be stopping by from time to time to share some info with us. If you have wireless (wifi) questions, he's the guy to ask!
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Many of you will remember another recent Hardy contribution to the DotNetNuke community. Note, this publication was co-authored by Darrell Hardy, Matt's uncle.
Visit Matt Hardy's personal blog.
 
Gadgets for iGoogle and other homepage sites (start pages) are getting ever more popular. I seem to get a good deal of email asking about how can a beginner easily make these gadgets, so I decided to write this small article to describe the easiest and quickest way to get started making your own gadgets.
Before we begin making gadgets there are a few things that must be in place first.- You must already know how to make basic HTML content.
- You must have access to a server in order to host your content.
Now, if you already understand these two areas then you are as good as done! So let's begin building our gadget:
Let's make some content
For this example we are going to make a simple IP display gadget. So, let's find some code to do this:
<script language="javascript">
var ip = '<!--#echo var="REMOTE_ADDR"-->'
document.write(ip);
</script>
Now, we enter this into an .shtml file. Note the S in shtml, this is necessary to process the SSI code that displays the IP address.
So we now have a file called ip.shtml on our computer with the above code in it. We need to upload this file to our web server. In my case the address of the file is:
http://www.tropicalpcsolutions.com/ip/ip.shtml
So, we now have our basic web content up and running. Now we need to make it into a gadget. For this you will need some XML code. The XML file is in a sense, the gadget. Another way to look at this is that the XML file is a portable container/wrapper for your html content.
XML code used in this example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs
title="IP Example Gadget"
title_url="http://www.yoursite.com"
height="50"
width="200"
author="ME"
author_location="HERE"
author_email="nospam@nospam.org.com"
screenshot="screenshot.png"
thumbnail="screenshot.png"
description="Example IP display gadget"
category="tools" />
<UserPref
name="IP_DISPLAY"
default_value="0"
datatype="hidden"/>
<Content type="url" href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/380382/0/0/http://www.tropicalpcsolutions.com/ip/ip.shtml" />
</Module>
Notice this line:
<Content type="url" href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/380382/0/0/http://www.tropicalpcsolutions.com/ip/ip.shtml" />
This will have to point to YOUR content on YOUR server. You also will need to change the variables to say what you want them to say! For starters you can just take the code as is and change that one line to point to your content.
Now save this file as ip.xml and put on your server in the same directory as your ip.shtml file. My example xml file is located at:
http://www.tropicalpcsolutions.com/ip/ip.xml
Now, we go to Google GGE (Google Gadget Editor) and test our gadget. To load the gadget choose "Open from URL" on the drop down list to the left.
Once we have loaded the xml file we click the preview tab and test our gadget/content:
Once we have determined that all is working we then go here and submit the gadget. Once the gadget is submitted you will be given a link and embed codes that allow you to offer the gadget to others. Example:
<a href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/380382/0/0/http://www.google.com/ig/adde?synd=open&source=ggyp&moduleurl=http://www.tropicalpcsolutions.com/ip/ip.xml" target=_blank>Add to iGoogle</a>
The above code would create the below link:
Add to iGoogle
Once the link is clicked the gadget will be loaded into your homepage:
There, you have made your first iGoogle gadget. I hope this helps you guys out...For more info on this topic then sign up for our email newsletter and get a free eBook that goes into greater detail.
 
I have been a big fan of Hawking for quite some time. Recently I have put together a list of some of his more popular books and where to get them for next to nothing.
If your interested in astronomy, cosmology, or astrophysics then I'm sure there is something on this list you will appreciate.
Stephen Hawking Book Reviews/Deals
 
Today we released our newest version of the customizable guestbook. With this version you can place your guestbook anywhere with just one simple line of code.
There are many customizable features available. You can change the height, width, text size and color, background color etc...For an image of the available options click here.
If you would like to get a custom guestbook for your website or blog just click here!
 
I am sure many of you have seen those adsense ads that look different than the standard ad format. They blend much better and some folks even have mouse-over effects on their ads. How do they do this? Simple, they are 'Premium' publishers. So how does one get to be a premium publisher? That's a good question!
I recently looked into what it takes to become a premium Adsense publisher. I have googled this and have come up with various answers. Pretty much all of the answers were from those who were not themselves premium publishers. This just begs the question...
So how does one become a premium Adsense publisher?
I got tired of reading guesses from those who don't know and decided to find out the criteria from someone who IS a premium publisher. What did I find?
For starters, NO ONE knows the actual criteria as Google does not disclose this information. In any event I did get a possible answer:
Like all else in the Google "black box," the actual criterial is unknown. ;)
But the consensus is that sites with sustained high traffic, solid AdSense performance, and (likely most important) provides good value to AdWords advertisers eventually get the invitation to be a premium publisher.
In our case, after the 12th month of consistent traffic of more than 1 million absolute unique users, we got the invite. [italics added]
Hope that helps.
Bill
We are currently getting around 7-8 million pageviews a month. So by this right, we have a ways to go! If YOU are a premium publisher I would really like to hear your story and tips if at all possible.
 
Have you ever wondered if a machine can truly think? Could all those AI movies actually come true? Truth is, the future is probably closer than we think. The concept of artificial intelligence has been around for some time now, but now days, many things that were once considered science fiction are every day reality.
I have recently started looking into programming AI (artificial intelligence). The concept is an interesting one and I would like to know if any of you have worked in this field.
Prolog: Language of AI
For starters I was looking into ProLog as a base language. I have seen some pretty interesting projects built using this language. One of the projects that gets the most airtime is the webbot program. I can't say I am ready to call AI based programs 'prophets' but I do see promise in the technology.
Any interesting ProLog projects that you know about? I would love to ear about them!
 
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