How to Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site and on Server- .htaccess works

If you suspect mod_rewrite may not be working on your site, one simple method to verify is to setup a single redirect to test it.

Add the following line to the top of your .htaccess file:

Code:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteRule testpage\.html http://www.google.com [R]

Then re-upload it to your server.

Once the .htaccess file has been updated, enter the following into your browser:

Code:

 http://www.yoursite.com/testpage.html

This should automatically redirect you to Google.

If this works, then mod_rewrite IS working on your server.

If this does NOT work, then mod_rewrite is either disabled or setup incorrect. Contact the vBSEO Total Support Team via a the ticketing system:
http://www.vbseo.com/tickets/




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How to Check if mod_rewrite is Enabled on your Server

Here's a tip I thought I would share. Many of the open source applications that are currently available rely on an Apache module called mod_rewrite to rewrite requested URL's on the fly. Applications such as Mambo rely on mod_rewrite being present and enabled on a server in order to produce Search Engine Friendly URL's.

Here is a way to check if mod_rewrite is enabled on your server...

• Create a file called .htaccess (note there is nothing before the file extension).
• Put only these two lines in your .htaccess file.
  

  Options +FollowSymLinks
    Redirect /google.html http://www.google.com

• Upload this file to your site root on your server.
• Now point your browser to: http://www.example.com/google.html (replacing example.com with the domain name of your own website).

If you are redirected to Google, mod_rewrite is working.
If you get an error, then mod_rewrite is not working.

If mod_rewrite is not working, check Apache configuration.

Apache requirements for mod_rewrite

The Apache httpd.conf file has the settings to enable URL rewriting.
Two settings are required.

• mod_rewrite module is installed
  Search file for LoadModule rewrite_module and un-comment that line (remove the leading #)
• AllowOverride All
  Search file for AllowOverride None and change it to AllowOverride All

Restart Apache
Restarting the Apache web server is required for the changes to take effect.

NOTE: If you are testing whether mod_rewrite is enabled for your Mambo Open Source website, you need to follow these steps:

• Rename your htaccess.txt to .htaccess, or use your existing .htaccess file.
• Enable SEF URL's in your administrator backend
• Place the following lines in your .htaccess file.
  

  Options +FollowSymLinks
    Redirect /google.html http://www.google.com

• If your site is located in a sub-domain, eg. "test", you need to include the subdomain in the path, like this for example:

  Options +FollowSymLinks
    Redirect /test/google.html http://www.google.com

• Point your browser to: http://www.example.com/google.html or http://www.example.com/subdomain/google.html (replacing example.com with the domain name of your own website and subdomain - if applicable- with your subdomain name).

If you are redirected to Google, mod_rewrite is working.
If you get an error, then mod_rewrite is not working.

How to Remove two Hard-Coded Home in wordpress navigation bar

How to Remove two home link in wordpress navigation bar.

There are so many wordpress sites , blogs and forums try to explain how to remove home link in wordpress navigation menu , if you create a static page for your wordpress blog or wordpress site , you will get two home link in main navigation bar, so here im try to explain how i remove the first Home link, the other blogs try to explain something but i realize its not working in wordpress 3.3 and above.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ -  this link will help you to set static home page for wordpress

http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/hide-pages/#hide-from-the-navigation-menu - this link will help you to hide page on menu. 

once you set a static home page , there are two home page will be display in main navigation bar, one is wordpress default and another is which is set by you. if you follow the wordpress default home as your static homepage. then you won't face this two home page problem, if you set your new page as static page , you will face this problem.  so here we go,

go to your FTP -  /wp-content/themes/themefolder/ - here i choose  /wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php - download this php file and open it. you will see below code line nearly 358 , edit it and upload it. thats it.

open functions.php  in /wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/  and change $args['show_home'] = true; to  $args['show_home'] = false;  

once you upload the file i to same folder and referesh your site, you wont see the first home link anymore..

List of Light Box Effect Tools and Scripts Which Lightbox is Right for You?

If you only want to display images:
Lightbox 2 - the original, by Lokesh Dhakar, is a "simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers."
Framework: prototype, scriptaculous
Displays: images (with transition effects)
Lightbox ++ - based on the original Lightbox but provides more options for image re-sizing based on browser window size.
Framework: none
Displays: images
Litebox - a code-reduced version of Lightbox, uses the moo.fx library and prototype-lite. A good choice if page weight is a concern.
Framework: Prototype Lite, moo.fx
Displays:images
Slimbox - a lightweight variation of the original Lightbox, built on mootools.
Framework: mootools,
Displays: images
If you want to display html, forms, flash, video etc.:
Thickbox is a "webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library. Its function is to show a single image, multiple images, inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX in a hybrid modal."
Framework: jQuery
Displays: images (no transitions but will resize images if larger than browser window), inline, iframe or ajax served content.
Lightbox Gone Wild! can be used to provide additional info, show an image or present a form for user input.
Framework: prototype
Displays: images, html, forms etc.
Multi-faceted Lightbox - prototyped based again, but offers a variety of options for different types of data that can be loaded in the lightbox.
Framework:none
Displays: images, html
Leightbox - very similar to Lightbox Gone Wild (prototype based, allows images, html etc) except that Leightbox keeps the lightbox content in the html, but hidden from view, so that it can be indexed by search engines.
Frontbox - self-contained script that doesn't rely on any other frameworks; degrades well, lightweight, cross-browser and can display images, html, ajax served content and hidden divs.
Framework: none
Displays: images, html, ajax-served, hidden divs
Lytebox - based on original Lightbox script but written to eliminate the need for the prototype and scriptaculous libraries.
Framework: none
Displays: Images (including slideshow option) and html content.
Bumpbox - an ajax lightbox script that can display images, html content, PDF's, remote content etc.
Framework:mootools
Displays: Images, html, pdf's, flash (in limited browsers), remote content
Lightbox++ - lightbox clone that's built to handle Flash as well as regular images.
Framework: prototype, scriptaculous
Displays: Flash, images
iBox - super lightweigh script that handles Images, inline divs, and external HTML pages, without any external libraries.
Framework: none
Displays: images, divs external html.
YUI Based Lightbox - a lightbox script built on Yahoo User Interface Library
Framework: YUI Library and dependencies
Better Modal Window - prototype based script that uses a hidden div in the html as content source for the lightbox.
Framework:prototype
Displays: anything you can put in a div.
Misc:
Almost CSS Only Lightbox - the author calls it a CSS Only Lightbox, but it's not quite that. It is mostly, only CSS though :)
Suckerfish Hover Lighbox - lightbox effect while keeping accessibility. Not classic lightbox-ish but a nice presentation, nonetheless.
Un-named Lightbox Variant - based on Version 1 of the original Lightbox script, this one adds subtitle and fullsize support, hides forms and Flash objects and works even when JS isn't on.
Execute Lightbox Scripts from Flash - a how-to.
AJAX for lightboxes - an informative article on bringing AJAX to lightboxes.
Add-ons to other scripts:
Slightbox - adds lightbox functionality to JonDesign's SmoothGallery.
Lightbox 2 for Wordpress - bring lightbox functionality to WordPress based sites with this script built on prototype and scriptaculous.

Textpattern Lightbox - lightbox script for Textpattern based sites.


Greased Lightbox - greasemonkey, creammonkey and Opera user script for adding Lightbox functionality to sites like Flickr, DeviantArt, My Space, Wikipedia
Galri - lightbox add-on script for Picasa
Did I miss any? Let me know via my contact form.
Added: Highslide JS - a simple thumbnail viewer script that differs from traditional lightboxes, in that it doesn't prevent the user from scrolling the containing page. It also degrades nicely and doesn't require any additional framework install. (Thanks Trevor, for passing this one on!)
Added: jQuery Lightbox which is an images only port of Lightbox 2 built on the jQuery Library. (thanks Tom for sending this link along!)

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Capture Google Maps - How to Capture Google Maps

How to Capture Google Maps for Printing and Poster Design
Its Really Works - i suggest you to get this. you need firefox and this add ons
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screengrab/
or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screengrab-fix-version/
Tools Required:

• Firefox Browser.
• ScreenGrab extension for Firefox : It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame… basically it saves webpages as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard.
• ScreenGrab extension for Firefox New Version
• Notepad.

Let’s Start:
1.  Open up Firefox and install the Screengrab extension.
2.  Go to http://maps.google.com/ and open a map of the location you want.
3.  Zoom to a level that would be right for whatever purpose you are finally going to use the map for. Just don’t bother about the size of the map now. We will deal with that later.
4.  On the top right hand side of the map you would find a link called…..’Link’. Click on it. In the little pop-up that appears, click on ‘Customize and preview embedded map’.

5.  A new pop-up window opens up where you can customize the size of the map. Select the ‘Custom’ option and enter the width and height (in pixels) that you want your final map to be. For example, you could  change the values to 5000×4000. The preview map will change to reflect the new size.

6.  Once you are satisfied with the size of the map, copy the html code that appears below the preview map.

7.  Open Notepad and paste the above code. Name the file anything you want but make sure you save it with the extension .html. For example, you can call the file mymap.html.
(Tip: In the Save dialog box enter the name as “mymap.html” including the quotes to force Notepad to save the file with the extension .html and not .txt)
8.  Open the html file you created in step 7 in Firefox. You would see your map displayed in the same size you selected in step 5. Of course, much of the map would probably be beyond the screen and you may have to scroll horizontally and vertically to view the hidden area.
9.  Now that we have the map of our desired size, all we need to do now is to capture and save the map as an image file. Here is where the ScreenGrab extension for Firefox comes in handy. Assuming that you have already installed ScreenGrab, you would find the ScreenGrab icon at the bottom right corner of Firefox. Click on the icon and choose (if you can't find the icon , just open tool->option->Add-ons.) Save>Complete Page/Frame. After a moment, a save dialog appears. Save the image as a PNG or JPG file.

That’s it. Your large size map is ready.
The above trick can be most useful for grabbing maps for use with your GPS enabled mobile phones . Of course, you would need to calibrate the image file before use with the GPS device.

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