I have used C++ for about 5 years now, and it is really a very powerful programming language. But I found one big disadvantage; it is too hard to make a C++ GUI. I used to do that by Windows API, but it is difficult to learn and I can’t learn my students all Windows API concepts for just making some forms and buttons!

Recently I heard about Qt and decided to learn it. As usual I stuck at the beginning; how could I build a Qt Application? and as usual too I do it my way

Building Qt Applications using Notepad

If your favorite text editor is still Notepad!, you must build your Qt Applications using command line.

To let it easy to you, I made a batch file depends on what compiler you want to use to build Qt Applications.

Building Qt Opensource Version using MingW

If you are using Qt Opensource Version you can use this batch file to build and run Qt Applications:

::::::::::::::::::::::: This is Qt building batch by Madhat Alsoos :::::::::::::::::::::::
:: First argument is the directory of the project
:: Second argument is the name of the cpp file without .cpp

@echo off
cd %1
set QTDIR=%1
set PATH=C:\Qt\2009.04\qt\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\mingw\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32;%PATH%
set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
qmake -project
qmake
mingw32-make.exe
IF not ERRORLEVEL 1 start debug\%2.exe

You can use this batch by passing the directory of the .cpp file and its name like this:

build.bat c:\qt\test\helloworld helloworld

It is so easy! First set Qt base directory to directory of file which we want to build (which will be passed as an argument to this batch file), then add Qt installation directory to the PATH system variable (just in case) and set QMAKESPEC to win32-g++ which tells Qt that it should make the project for g++ compiler. After that we make the .pro file (Qt project file) and compile it using mingw32 (which came by default with your Qt open source verison).

Note that you must change Qt path in this batch to where you installed Qt, or simply add your Qt bin folders to PATH system variable.

Building Qt Commercial Version using Visual Studio

If you are using Qt Commercial Version you can use this batch file to build and run Qt Applications:

::::::::::::::::::::::: This is Qt building batch by Madhat Alsoos :::::::::::::::::::::::
:: First argument is the directory of the project
:: Second argument is the name of the cpp file without .cpp

@echo off
cd %1
set QTDIR=%1
set PATH=C:\Qt\4.4.3\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin;%PATH%
set QMAKESPEC=win32-msvc2008
call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
qmake -project
qmake
nmake
IF not ERRORLEVEL 1 start debug\%2.exe

You can use this batch by passing the directory of the .cpp file and its name like this:

build.bat c:\qt\test\helloworld helloworld

As you see, I used nmake to build and link the Qt Application which means that you must have Visual Studio installed on your computer to use this batch file. If your using Commercial Version and you don’t have Visual Studio on your computer you can install MingW and use the first batch file which should work in this case too.

Note that you must change Qt path and Visual Studio path in this batch to where you installed them, or simply add you Qt bin folder and Visual Studio bin folder to PATH system variable.

Building Qt Applications using EmEditor

If your favorite text editor is EmEditor, you can make a small button at EmEditor Tools Toolbar and call any of the above batches in it.

Just open EmEditor and go to Tools > External Tools > Customize Tools and click New button, and fill in fields like this:

Then you will find a small button in EmEditor Tools Toolbar which will do all things for you:

Building Qt Applications using Notepad++

If your favorite text editor is Notepad++ then you are my man, so I made a Notepad++ plugin named QtNpp just for you

You can download it (and even change the way it build your Qt Applications) from my post “QtNpp: Notepad++ Plugin to build Qt Applications”.

I really love Qt and began to learn it recently, but I didn’t find a way to build Qt files from inside Notepad++ so as usual I made mine

QtNpp is my Notepad++ plugin to build and run Qt applications.

The idea

The idea of QtNpp is simple; just build the file by using these lines:

@echo off
set QTDIR=%1
set PATH=C:\Qt\2009.04\qt\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\mingw\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32;%PATH%
set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
qmake -project
qmake
mingw32-make.exe

but the implementation of QtNpp is not that simple!

By default QtNpp try to build Qt files by using the above script which works in one of these cases:

1. You have Qt opensource edition installed at the default path: C:\Qt\2009.04
2. You have Qt opensource edition installed at another path and this installation path was added to PATH system variables.
3. You have Qt Commercial edition and you manually installed MingW and both installation paths was added to PATH system variables.

What if that is not the case? If my QtNpp doesn’t work by default, don’t worry you can change the building script yourself!

Just create QtNpp.ini in <Notepad++ installation folder>/plugins/Config and QtNpp will execute QtNpp.ini file as a batch and passing the folder of Qt file and the filename to it.

Yes, that is you can put the above script in QtNpp.ini and change whatever you want to change in it, and QtNpp will execute your new script instead of its one!

Looking inside

I used this template as a start of my QtNpp, also I read the source of some free Notepad++ plugins to learn from.

The build and run function of QtNpp is:

void buildAndRun()
{
	//Save current opened file first
	::SendMessage(nppData._nppHandle, NPPM_SAVECURRENTFILE, NULL,NULL);
	//Get directory and filename of the opened file
	String directory = getCurrentFilePath();
	String filename = getCurrentFileName();
	String command = getBuildCommand(filename,directory,true);
	//Build and run opened file
	RunCommand(filename,directory,command);
}

Here I get the build commands by getBuildCommand and then run these commands with RunCommand function, which replace %1 with directory path and %2 with filename and save them in bat file and execute it by calling ExecuteBatch function:

String ExecuteBatch (String filename,String directory,const char* path)
{
	CreateRedirectedProcess((LPTSTR)TEXT(path),(LPTSTR)TEXT(directory.c_str()));
	String s=ReadFromPipe(showText);
	return s;
}

You can see that I run the batch file in a new process and then read its output from the redirected pipe and send it to NppExec console to print it (which is a Notepad++ plugin comes by default with Notepad++).

int CreateRedirectedProcess(LPTSTR szCmdline,LPTSTR directory)
{
   SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr; 

   saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
   saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
   saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL; 

   if ( ! CreatePipe(&g_hChildStd_OUT_Rd, &g_hChildStd_OUT_Wr, &saAttr, 0) )
      ErrorExit(TEXT("StdoutRd CreatePipe")); 

   if ( ! SetHandleInformation(g_hChildStd_OUT_Rd, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0) )
      ErrorExit(TEXT("Stdout SetHandleInformation")); 

   if (! CreatePipe(&g_hChildStd_IN_Rd, &g_hChildStd_IN_Wr, &saAttr, 0))
      ErrorExit(TEXT("Stdin CreatePipe")); 

   if ( ! SetHandleInformation(g_hChildStd_IN_Wr, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0) )
      ErrorExit(TEXT("Stdin SetHandleInformation")); 

   CreateChildProcess(szCmdline,directory);

   return 0;
} 

void CreateChildProcess(LPTSTR szCmdline,LPTSTR directory)
{ 

   STARTUPINFO siStartInfo;
   BOOL bSuccess = FALSE;
   ZeroMemory( &piProcInfo, sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION) );
   ZeroMemory( &siStartInfo, sizeof(STARTUPINFO) );
   siStartInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
   siStartInfo.hStdError = g_hChildStd_OUT_Wr;
   siStartInfo.hStdOutput = g_hChildStd_OUT_Wr;
   siStartInfo.hStdInput = g_hChildStd_IN_Rd;
   siStartInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
   siStartInfo.wShowWindow=SW_HIDE;

   // Create the child process.
   bSuccess = CreateProcess(NULL,
      szCmdline,     // command line
      NULL,          // process security attributes
      NULL,          // primary thread security attributes
      TRUE,          // handles are inherited
      CREATE_NO_WINDOW,             // creation flags
      NULL,          // use parent's environment
      directory,          // use parent's current directory
      &siStartInfo,  // STARTUPINFO pointer
      &piProcInfo);  // receives PROCESS_INFORMATION 

   if ( ! bSuccess )
      ErrorExit(TEXT("CreateProcess"));
   else
   {
      CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hProcess);
      CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hThread);
   }
}

Here I redirect the output by creating a pipe and pass it to process using siStartInfo.hStdOutput. Also I hide the console window by using CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag in CreateProcess.

Configure QtNpp

As I said above if QtNpp doesn’t work by default with you, just create QtNpp.ini and put all commands you need to build Qt on your PC in it.

I suggest to take these QtNpp.ini as a start:

QtNpp.ini for MingW

@echo off
set QTDIR=%1
set PATH=C:\Qt\2009.04\qt\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\bin;C:\Qt\2009.04\mingw\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32;%PATH%
set QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
qmake -project
qmake
mingw32-make.exe

QtNpp.ini for Visual Studio

@echo off
set QTDIR=%1
set PATH=C:\Qt\4.4.3\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin;%PATH%
set QMAKESPEC=win32-msvc2008
call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
qmake -project
qmake
nmake

Just replace fixed paths in QtNpp.ini with paths on your computer or add them to PATH system variable.

You may notice that you can build any kind of files with this plugin (not only Qt) because when you make QtNpp.ini, my plugin turns into executer for it only!

Download

You can download QtNpp dll and sourcecode under GNU License:

QtNpp dll	QtNppPlugin.zip
QtNpp source	QtNpp.zip
QtNpp.ini for MingW	QtNpp_MingW.zip
QtNpp.ini for VS	QtNpp_VS.zip
License	GNU General Public License

In chapter 5, Bell talks about some of the great open source alternatives to proprietary software. These programs are great for both web design, and average computer use. One program that he talked about in particular is GIMP. GIMP is a great open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. If you have never used Photoshop before, I would definitely recommend going with GIMP instead. GIMP has all of the basic functions as Photoshop and has the advantage of being free.

However, if you have worked with Photoshop previously and really know what you’re doing with it, then you may want to continue using it because GIMP doesn’t have some of the more advanced features that Photoshop does.

Another program that Bell talked about was Notepad ++. Notepad ++ takes the basic Notepad program and makes it easier to use.  This version highlights all of your tags, making it easier to figure out any mistakes you made with your code. It also comes in a portable version, which means you can run it off of your jumpdrive and take it with you anywhere. This is the version that I use, and I love it.

In chapters 6 and 7, Bell talks about uploading your files to the web, and about basic website layouts. He covers some of the current best practices regarding organization and link locations. All very basic, but he does a good job explaining it.

Dell and Helwett-Packard are two of the best and most famous computer producers throughout the entire world. But if we compare the two companies, or better yet, the company’s products, which is the best? Let’s see who the winner is in this Dell versus HP laptop fight.

It’s very difficult to compare the whole company to another because one may be really good at assembling systems but have lousy customer service and the other one may have laptops with original display and still have trouble shipping the products in due time. We are going to see a comparison between Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop and the HP Pavilion dv6500t and let you decided which the best is. As far as design goes, the dv6500t has a glossy black lid with a very nice imprint finish which makes it look very elegant. Inspiron 1520 gives you the possibility to choose the lid color but other than that, it looks quite boring. The HP Pavilion dv6500t is thinner than the Inspiron 1520. The 9-cell battery of the Inspiron also makes it heavier compared to its opponent.
n terms of ports and features, things are quite similar except for the fact that the Inspiron 1520 has four USB ports while the Pavilion dv6500t has only three. As for the keyboard, the Inspiron wins. Its keys are solid with no flex, unlike the Pavilion’s keys which are not that firm and you won’t feel comfortable if you push them harder. The touchpad in the dv6500t is bigger and that makes it easier to use and it also has an on/off switch. One good thing about HP Pavilion models is that they come with a finger print reader is which located right between the two touchpad buttons but this is more of a “business” feature since us regular users do not have much need of fingerprint authentication on secure websites.

Can’t See Secure Sites ?

Fix the problem with seeing them secrue sites (banks or online stores) i found this very useful to me at my work (isp backbone support lol, at the time i was regular support ) Any way… what u need to do is make a new notepad file and write in it the followng DLL’s.. just copy-paste these regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL regsvr32 dssenh.dll regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll regsvr32 sccbase.dll regsvr32 slbcsp.dll regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll and save it as > all file types, and make it something like securefix.bat. then just run the file and ur problem shuld be gone.

Don't be afraid to go small

Is it really better to be bigger?  Well I am now the proud owner of a new netbook, an I have to say first impressions are that small is the new big!

My notebook is a Hewlett Packard HP110 with a 10.1 inch screen, and wow it really packs a punch.  It runs on Windows 7, is very fast and delivers exactly what it promises; light, compact, portable, and most importantly very sexy !!

The anti-glare screen means I can use it almost anywhere, and the 6-7 hour battery life gives me far more than I need for my daily commute.

so, BIG is not always better (sorry!)… I’ll be sticking with small from now on.!

When I first saw this over lifehacker and downloaded it, I was just in awe and it has been my text editor across all my machines.

Forget Notepad++, even the Programmer’s Notepad I used to recommend — Sublime text is the best and sexiest light weight code/text editor out there!

It’s kind of pricey but no doubt you’d like it!

Link

• Sublime Text

The author of Notepad now a High School science teacher. Cool.

노트북에 Wndows 7 을 설치하고 Notepad++ 를 기본 에디터로 잘 사용해왔습니다. 그런데 어제 문득 발견한 사실이, “한글이 안 쳐진다” 라는 것이었어요. 주로 코딩을 하다보니 한글을 많이 사용하지 않았는데, 한글을 입력하면 무조건 “ㅁ” 로 표기가 되더군요. 그래서 고민에 고민을 했지만 방법이 딱히 해결 방법이 떠오르지 않았습니다.

그러던 차에, 소 뒷걸음질 치다 개구리 밟은 격으로 문제를 해결하게 됐어요. 메뉴의 “설정 – 스타일 환경설정” 에 들어가셔서 글꼴을 한글 글꼴(나눔고딕, 맑은고딕, 굴림 등등…)로 선택하시고, “전역 글꼴 사용” 을 체크해주시면 됩니다. 어떤 확장자의 파일을 가지고 작업하고 있든지 무조건 그 글꼴을 사용하겠다는 설정 같군요.

아마 어떤 확장자에 대해 설정된 글꼴이, 한글은 지원하지 않는 글꼴인걸까요?

아무튼 문제는 이렇게 해결되었습니다^^

Web development today

Web development today isn’t just HTML editing or basic php scripts. Web development and programming today is usually achieved with a wide set of tools — any popular website around today uses a wide set of tools. For example,

• reddit.com — reddit uses Python and PostgreSQL, which spit out html (of xhtml syntax), javascript and CSS.
• slashdot.com — slashdot.com uses Perl and MySQL, sitting on top of Apache.
• microsoft.com — microsoft.com uses a combination of ASP.NET, running on top of IIS. The output is html (xhtml syntax), css and javascript.

The tools

Web Developer / Firefox Extension

Firefox Web Developer Extension is a useful tool for being able to disable various features on a page, manage cookies, view specific css information using a picker tool for any specific elements and being able to manager userstyles. You can also manage images and various other tools including the ability to view generated source.

You can download it at Mozilla Add-ons

ColorZilla / Firefox Extension

ColorZilla is an extension to firefox that adds a color picker tool to the browser UI. It is then possible to return information for a given pixel on a website.

You can download it at the Mozilla Add-ons site.

MeasureIT / Firefox Extension

The measureIT Firefox extension adds a measuring tool that appears as an overlay on any webpage you need to use it on.

You can download measureIT at the Mozilla Add-ons site

DOM Inspector / Firefox Extension

The Document Object Model Inspector is a tool to inspect the DOM of any webpage. It often comes with the default install of firefox as an option.

You can download DOM Inspector at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/dom_inspector

Firebug / Firefox Extension

Firebug is an extension which is useful for editing css, html or javascript elements within a webpage.

You can download Firebug at the Mozilla Add-ons site.

Google page speed / Firebug Extension

Google page speed is a Firebug extension that is able to give you a wealth of information on the download speeds and execution time of your website. It can also give you tips on how to reduce overheads and improve code.

You can download the Google page speed Firebug extension at the google page speed site.

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a tool I often use when working on smaller projects where I do not need a full IDE.

Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size.

You can download it over at the notepad++ sourceforge project site.

Netbeans with PHP Development plugin

Netbeans is a Java IDE developed by Sun. It supports various plugins — one being PHP development extensions. When working on large projects, Netbeans proves useful.

You can download it at the Netbeans site.

Visual SVN

VisualSVN is a SVN server for Windows. It is quick and easy to use and requires little previous knowledge of server administration or svn experience, but it can also be quite powerful.

You can download it at the VisualSVN Server site. It is free for both personal and commercial use.

Tortoise SVN

TortoiseSVN is an SVN client that interfaces with Windows Explorer to interface with SVN.

You can download it at the TortoiseSVN site.

XAMPP

XAMPP is a quick and easy way to get an apache server, MySQL daemon and PHP all running on Windows for a development environment. It also supports an FTP server and a few other things.

You can download it at the XAMPP site.

Forums
You can come and discuss web development, get website reviews and also SEO information at the Transcendental Labs forum.

…I can write fuck all with both hands!  It’s starting to dawn on me that I may no longer be able to write.  I fear my ability to write, write, with a pen, has long since deserted me.  I was lying in bed with a new notepad beside me this evening, when I decided I would take it back to the old school and put my thoughts and feelings down the good old-fashioned way.  A biro in-between the lines.  So much for that idea.  It was a serious struggle.  Almost to the point where I felt illiterate.  It was a chore.
Have I, over the years, really become so dependent on a keyboard that I’ve now lost the ability to write properly?  It would appear so.

I suppose I’m simply out of practice.  It also reiterates just how caught up I am in the digital age.  That said, I’m sure I’m not the only one.  I guess I’ll just have to go back to basics and start hand-writing a few letters every day

It’s surprising really, considering when I was at school, writing was a real passion of mine.  I had the neatest little handwriting, and I would often knock up letters of saccharin-sweet nothings and send ‘em to the object of my affection.  My pen would fill up the page almost effortlessly.  Nowadays I can barely write my name and address on a simple form.

Detention, Christopher!  We need to get your longhand back up to scratch.

PS:  Apart from that, I have absolutely nothing to write about.  I’m devoid of deep thoughts and slightly struggling.  Winter has never been good to me.  Why does it always bring me down? 

PPS:  My first ever blog lying in bed, using the WordPress iPhone app.

Sejak lama saya menggunakan EditPlus sebagai editor tools dalam menulis kode-kode program php. Kemudian beralih ke NotePad ++ beberapa tahun terakhir ini. Sepanjang satu dasawarsa beberapa editor pernah saya gunakan, seperti MS FrontPage, DreamWeaver, UltraEdit dsb. Kali ini saya ingin menjajal menggunakan Eclipse PDT.

PDT yang saya gunakan adalah versi GanyMede (lihat tulisan saya sebelumnya tentang instalasi Eclipse). Baru sekitar satu tahun ini, saya menggunakan framework PHP yang bernama CodeIgniter. Gunanya menggunakan framework untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat pekerjaan koding.

Untuk menggunakan Eclipse dan CodeIgniter ada beberapa cara yang mungkin bisa anda gunakan.

CodeIgniter

1. Download CodeIgniter, dan ekstrak filenya

2. Lalu salin/copy folder CodeIgniter ke folder baru misalnya c:\CI

3. Di dalam c:\CI ada folder system. Di dalam folder system ada folder application. Cut folder application lalu paste ke folder system. Kira-kira hirarkinya seperti ini:

application/
	config/
	controller/
	errors/
	....
system/
	codeigniter/
	database/
	fonts/
	.....
index.php
.htaccess

4. Lalu edit file index.php dengan notepad. Carilah baris $application_folder = “application”;
dan ubahlah menjadi $application_folder = “../application”;

Eclipse

1. Jalankan Eclipse dan buat File New PHP Project. Isi nama proyek dengan CI_CORE dan pilih Create Project from existing source. Browse dan pilih ke c:\CI\system. Folder system merupakan sumber utama kode-kode Codeigniter.
2. Buat lagi New Project dengan nama CI_APP, dan arahkan ke c:\CI\application. Folder ini akan berisi kode-kode proyek yang akan kita kerjakan. Kemudian kita sertakan pula Project Path untuk dimasukkan ke CI_APP, masukkan CI_CORE seperti gambar ini:

Masukkan CI_CORE sebagai bagian dari proyek

Hasilnya kira-kira seperti ini:

Tampilan CodeIgniter dengan Eclipse

Nah ketika kita akan ketik-ketik koding di Eclipse. Kita akan dimudahkan dengan AutoCompletion seperti gambar ini:

Semoga meng-koding jadi lebih mudah dan menyenangkan.

Loved Cscope on cygwin, but hated the fact that you anything you select will open up in Vi, and then do some keyboard voodoo to get back to the cscope window?

Or are you one of those fan of notepad++ awesomeness but love the way cscope hunts for stuff for ya?

Fear not, there is a way both your sweethearts can now play with you, all at the same time for an awesome threesome

Just export these lines before you fire up Cscope

export CSCOPE_EDITOR="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"
export CSCOPE_LINEFLAG="-n%s"

Please note : Change the CSCOPE_EDITOR path to where your notepad++ is currently residing. For your convenience, I have included the path that is default for Normal install of notepad++.

Better still, put it in a script file (or perhaps bashrc).

Got a better suggestion? Post a comment

eyePlorer is an interesting alternative to the usual approach taken by many when looking for information. Instead of using a search engine to produce a series of unrelated links; eyePlorer is a ‘knowledge engine’ designed to use semantic associations and provide a richer experience of interconnected knowledge. This would seem to have useful applications for education throughout the subject disciplines. And as a student it is useful when studying a topic, or writing an essay, to check that you have covered relevant and related areas to demonstrate a fuller understanding; eyePlorer would therefore seem to be a useful way to explore a topic.

The returned content from a topic search is displayed in an elegant graphical interface. There are plenty of features to get your head around with the eyePlorer interface, most or which are quite intuitive, and I’m pretty sure I won’t cover them all, but it’s worth taking a look at this video:

The circular graphic display is segmented into separate topic areas, with information falling into each of the categories. Alongside each information term or phrase is a dot, and the size of these dots indicates whether the information is well known (larger dots) or more obscure information (smaller dots). You can hover over each term/phrase and after a couple of seconds a knowledge box opens providing you with sourced information. Click on the information in the knowledge box and the page with the source of the information opens up within eyePlorer. Note: to get back to your eyePlorer graph, click the Back button at the top centre of the eyePlorer screen.

Across the top of the knowledge box are four tabs. The tab you’re currently in is the eyePlorer facts. The other three are Websearch (powered by Bing), Images (also powered by Bing), and Twitter.

If you want to investigate any of the items (terms/phrases) in your existing eyePlorer graph, you simply drag the item into a blank search term box or onto the plus (+) below the search term. This creates a new graph associating the two terms, to eliminate the original term from this joint search, click the close down x next to the term. You can move between your graphs using the back < and forward > links just at the bottom left and right (respectively) of your graph.

Here is a video giving more detail. Note: some of the interface shown on the video is different to what you might see, I think there must have been software updates to the interface since the video was produced.

On the right of the + is a globe-like icon; dragging a term/phrase onto this performs a Google search for the term. Note: you have to be quite quick doing the dragging or the knowledge box opens before you get there, if this happens just click the globe icon at the bottom of the knowledge box.

When you register for a free account you get to fully use the second element of eyePlorer, the notepad. Whilst you can use the notepad without having an account, you can’t save any of this information, so it is worth registering. To add things to the notepad you simply drag them across from the graphical display.

Why should the use of eyePlorer knowledge engine be significant to you as an end user?

Well, quoting from the Vionto (the designers of the underlying software) site:

What’s in for our users:

• Associate and aggregate information from different web sites or other content sources
• Work with a user-friendly, interactive graphical interface
• Generate content overviews
• Find, process and store knowledge within a single user interface
• Gain interesting and unexpected stimuli
• Retrieve facts and text results (rather than just lists of links)

Vionto Knowledge Machines

http://www.vionto.com/lang/en/2009/01/10/knowledgemachines/

There are some quirks to using eyePlorer, and the available information resources might be a little limited for some users currently, but additional sites and resources will I believe continue to be added. I also believe the interface will continue to be improved. I think the concept is a good one and very useful, tapping into a more visual approach for knowledge retrieval, and the interlinking of knowledge – more a search for something and other related and associated content.

Another plus with eyePlorer is that you can add a spot of html into your website to include a dynamic link to eyePlorer.com for a particular search term.

Example term : Web search engine

I think eyePlorer is very much worth trying. And if it doesn’t quite meet your requirements now, possibly try it again in a few months.

mybad, apa la aku nih, benda simple pun jadi kepayoh..kata 1337 [ perasan la tu ], dulu masa bertukar ke OS linux sepenuhnya, agak janggal juga apabila buat coding html, css dan php dalam vi mahu pun gedit. ya lah, kalau guna notepad++, senang sikit sebab ada bantuan syntax color. Mudah untuk pencarian function dan sebagainya..

Semalam duk lepak lepak sambil bermain main dengan oshirix spe 2009, aku terfikir, kalau dalam linux nih ada wine, dah tentu notepad++ boleh digunakan dalam Linux. hahahhaha.

dan hasilnya..

Anda pernah merasa terganggu oleh facebook, friendster, youtube, atau situs apa saja karena teman kerja selalu memakai komputer anda untuk online sehingga pekerjaan anda harus tertunda?? hehe… blok saja situsnya dari komputer anda !! hal ini bisa anda lakukan dengan mengutak utik file hosts. Dengan begitu hanya anda yang bisa mengakses situs tersebut… tertarik?

Sebaiknya pahami dulu pengertian tentang hosts file tersebut sebelum ide iseng anda dijalankan..

Hosts adalah file komputer yang digunakan oleh sistem operasi untuk memetakan nama host ke alamat IP yang gunanya untuk  menemukan node pada sebuah jaringan komputer. Komputer Anda menggunakan file hosts untuk membantu mempercepat resolusi nama domain di Internet untuk menyelesaikan alamat IP  sebuah website, kemudian memeriksa file hosts untuk melihat apakah sudah ada entri di sana. Jika ada, tidak perlu pergi ke server DNS dan menyelesaikan alamat.     Astaga… ribet sekali bahasa saya ya?…   hehehe   abaikan saja,  sebab  topik  yang kita bahas disini adalah cara memblok sebuah situs agar tidak bisa diakses dari komputer anda.

Secara teori, perubahan file hosts bertujuan membantu mempercepat browsing web, tetapi Anda juga dapat memanipulasi file hosts untuk memblokir situs dengan menunjuk nama domain ke alamat IP yang berbeda,  seperti  127.0.0.1  yang merupakan alamat IP mesin lokal Anda.

Heh?..langsung caranya aja?… waduh tidak sabaran sekali..

ok, this is how to :

1. Buka C:\Windows\Sytem32\Drivers\Etc\hosts dan buka / klik kanan -> openwith, pilih   notepad

2. Maka akan tampil pada notepad anda seperti ini:

==================================================
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a ‘#’ symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

==================================================

3. lalu tambahkan situs-situs yang anda ingin blokir,  ketik pada bagian paling dibawah tulisan 127.0.0.1 lokalhost, (yang berwarna hijau) disini saya akan memblokir beberapa situs seperti facebook, youtube dan friendster : (cara penulisan: 127.0.0.1 (tekan tab) facebook.com, sehingga pada notepad akan tertulis seperti ini :

==================================================
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a ‘#’ symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 friendster.com
127.0.0.1 www.friendster.com
==================================================

4. lalu klik file -> safe atau tekan saja Ctrl + S. kalau sudah tutup notepad anda, dan coba browsing ke situs http://www.facebook.com/ …

… sampai disini anda sudah berhasil menjalankan ide iseng anda ? 

Bila anda ingin mengakses situs yang telah anda blok tadi, buka host file dan hapus alamat situs yang anda blok dan jangan lupa untuk safe sebelum anda menutup notepad.

Lokasi host file pada OS :

Mengapa IP nya harus 127.0.0.1 ?
karena ini adalah IP adress dari localhost,  cantumkan saja IP dari localhost ini sehingga alamat situs langsung di redirect ke IP yang sudah kita tentukan sendiri, yang artinya koneksi ke situs dimaksud akan gagal.

Sekarang tujuan utama penulisan topik ini :
Tujuan penulisan adalah untuk mengenalkan kita tentang pentingnya file host tersebut untuk tujuan yang baik, mengapa?.. karena dengan pemahaman diatas anda dapat memblokir berbagai situs misalnya situs porno ( berani? ), atau situs yang mengandung malware karena seperti kita ketahui bagaimana kemampuan spyware yang menempel pada PC Anda saat menjelajah situs web atau download file. Tehnik pengubahan file hosts ini juga dimanfaatkan oleh spyware dengan tujuan mendownload update virus dan memanggil varian worm lain ke komputer anda.

Sebagai contoh, misalnya situs “www.porno.com” adalah situs malware yang dikenal dan memiliki alamat ip 68.23.5.x. maka kita bisa merubah file host dengan menuliskan bahwa 127.0.0.1 adalah alamat IP “www.porno.com”. Jadi, ketika anda mengetik nama situs “www.porno.com” ke browser web anda, tak ada yang terjadi karena browser Anda menganggap alamat IP untuk “www.porno.com” adalah PC Anda.

Ada beberapa cara mengubah file hosts tersebut dengan menggunakan program seperti Spybot Search and Destroy, yang memiliki fitur Imunisasi yang memodifikasi file host anda. Atau Anda dapat melakukannya secara manual dengan mendapatkan host file dari situs yang sering memperbaruinya. Salah satu situs adalah  SomeoneWhoCares.org.

…. Rasanya sudah cukup ya?.. anda pasti sudah dapat dengan mudah melakukan pengaturan pada file hosts anda dan yang terpenting anda sudah dapat memahami mengapa topik ini ditulis..

Begitu saja …  maafkan ke-sok tahuan saya dan satu hal lagi, penulisan topik ini tidak bermaksud mendiskreditkan situs tertentu, semata-mata  hanya ingin berbagi, terimakasih sudah mencoba mengerti..
Salam ….

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