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Opera Browser 9.50 Alpha Released!

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Opera Software released Opera Browser 9.50 Alpha (code name Kestrel). I use two primary browsers in my daily basis activities. and Mozilla Firefox. I think I use Opera more than . I like what Opera offered (including what Kestrel introduced). Of course Opera does not have all Firefox has, and the vice versa.
If you have plan using this , you'd probably want to give your attention to some of these things:

I have downloaded and installed it. And so far, I LIKE it!

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GoBoardz, free forums for everyone

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Do you want to run a forum without installing any software/ in your webhost? You can try GoBoardz Free Forums. What is GoBoardz?

GoBoardz is for that need a quick discussion board, but don't want all the hassle of setting one up. Taking the minimalist approach, GoBoardz are sleek, functional, and ready to use almost immediately without all of the unnecessary and interface clutter which can be found on other forum systems. And best of all, it's free!

GoBoardz offer many great features that most forum applications offer. Here are some highlights:

  • Notifications – You can get a notification when a new entry is posted in the forum you subscribed to.
  • Embed Videos – You can embed a from Revver. Revver is a video- .
  • Embed images from Photobucket
  • Forum for an easier forum tracker

If you want to try it, just sign up there. It's easy, and it's free.
This is a paid post, and sponsored by GoBoardz Free Forums

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When your blog hosted at wordpress.com get suspended

I just read what Harry Sufehmi wrote on his blog. It is about Luthfi Assadad's blog which was suspended. His blog is hosted by WordPress.com. It's back now.
In his , Lutfi found that he got his blog suspended. Then, he tried to login, but failed. After resetting the (which worked fine), he could log in to his control panel. But, he did not see his blog again. In short, it has been suspended (and terminated).
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This is bad. Really bad situation. Lutfi had no idea about the reason(s) why he got this blog suspended. It is said that his blog broke the WordPress.com Terms of Service. But, which terms? I do not know Lutfi personally. So, I am not sure about what Lutfi wrote in his blog. And, if Lufti did break the .com TOS, then it is not WordPress.com's fault. WordPress is famous for its , easiness, and supports. I am sure that they do this (suspending an ) for a reason. And, it must be a good reason.
I jumped into #wordpress IRC chat room. And I passed the situation there. Then I got a to WordPress.com FAQ: My blog has been suspended. It is said that:

Blogs are suspended if they are found to be in breach of the TOS.
We do not contact you first to ask that content be modified or removed.
You cannot have that blog name back.
You cannot have the blog content back.
We take the TOS very seriously and act on every feedback we get to check out possible breaches.
We want wordpress.com to be a pleasant and safe for all our users.

In short, if your blog hosted at WordPress is gone… it means gone.
Added later: There is a discussion thread over WordPress Support about this. You can try to search using “suspended” as the keyword for more threads.
Update: His blog is back. You can read his entry.

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KolomKita

KolomKita.com adalah kumpulan dari tulisan-tulisan pembaca Cyber Media di rubrik “KoKi” asuhan Zeverina. Belum tahu banyak tentang “KoKi”? Baca saja informasinya. (Menggunakan Butterfly/Laila Theme versi 1.0. Oh ya, ada forum juga disana.)

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PunBB 1.2.14

My favorite script (PunBB) released its latest version last week (PunBB 1.2.14). Yes, I use it for my Orangescale Forum,
When I upgraded to the latest version (not only to the latest version), I always checked the latest changes files. Why? Because I made many modifications on the core files. So, as long as the latest files in the distribution do not affect my modifications, I just simply upload the changed files only. And of course, I can just apply the patch.
Upgrading to the latest was extremely easy.

  • Download the files you need.
  • You can choose whether you want to download the full package, patch or changed files only. I chose the latest option.
  • Backup the . You can use DB Management plugin for PunBB. Nice plugin!
  • If you made changes in you core files, make a backup. If you are not sure which files you modified, it is time to make that kind of notes. :)
  • Extract the compressed you downloaded. Upload all files under upload directory to your PunBB folder.
  • Upload the xx_to_xxxx_update.php in extras folder. This file should reside in your main PunBB folder.
  • Run the upgrade script. Open your , point to xx_to_xxxx_update.php. Even you have uploaded the latest files, you need to do this step too.
  • Remove the upgrade script from you webhosting .
  • Voila!

For me, PunBB is a great forum . Now, if you use PunBB, have you upgraded to the latest version? Note: All work without problems after the upgrade.

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Laila Skin for Nucleus CMS

Today, I received an from Bert Garcia (Nucleus CMS developer) saying that one of my template called Laila has been added to Nucleus skin site.
Rodrigo Moraes ported this to Nucleus CMS. Well, I am happy to have an opportunity to give contribution.

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LiveJournal.com: Invite codes are GONE!

Well, good news? For those who want to have a LiveJournal for free? I think so. Now, you can sign up for FREE.
Me? Well, I just registered. Just want to know LiveJournal interface. Yeah… why not? I want to see it. But, until now… I like to have a weblog hosted on my own hosting. Have it installed, and do some modifications.

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Well, I want to stressed on this sentence. It's all about two spaces. Arghh… bang my head.

I have post a thread at pMachine Forum. And Brent C. Wilson (Thanks Brent!) answered that thread. I did exactly what was instructed there… but. It doesn't work.


And, Brent sent me an , asked me to show him my weblog.fns.. He gave me an instruction, I tried it. Not working. Send email again, telling that I did it backward. Woops… sorry. He gave me the right way to do it (again! Thank you Brent! Thank you so much for your patience). And.. still not.

Finally, he told me the magic sentence,“You have two spaces between the number of comments and the word “comments.” So try replacing “1 comments” and “0 comments” with “1 comments” and “0 comments” (here, I had two spaces after the comment total number). Or change your templates to eliminate the extra space.”

Nice catch! After fixing that, VIOLA! It works! Yes, it works! Once again, big thanks to Brent!

Now, when there is no comment, the comment link text will be “No comments posted”, when there is only a comment, it will display “One comment”. Fiewh… a problem solved. Remember Thomas, just because of another extra space. One space, not two…
Woops.. it's almost 1 AM here, time to sleep now… fiewh!

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Jogjakarta Art Festival

I think today, I'm going to go to Art . Lala, Rapa ONE YEAR! Hehehe yeah, I met them about a year ago. Uhm I don't know what special on this-year Jogjakarta Art Festival (known as FKY/Festival Kesenian ). But one of the events is about International Kite Festival. It will be held on the next July. Yeah, international, not only national. Erggh I'm still dreaming of my stuntkite. Anyone want to buy me a Stuntkite? If you don't know what stunt kite is, take a look at this picture.
So, if talk about wishlist, this stunt kite is one of my wishlist. Hehehe someday, I'll buy one. *but don't know when* And I want it with some accessories like windshocks, kite bag, handles like a kite-flyer. *pstt I'm still dreaming :)* Eerrghh.. wake up Thomas!
Well, now about . I wrote a bit about Steal This Template, right? Now, I have made one of my templates for public. You can see and it, and some people have joined Warnadunia , have a nice discussion friends. So, the forum focuses on Weblog, and some other . So, if you want , entertainment, sports, don't go there.
It's almost 7 AM now, I think I need sleep. Have a nice weekend all!