I use http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html for a local (on my pc) php and mysql server. The great thing about doing it this way is there is no configuration you need to do, its basically a normal install, it also has all the extras like smarty installed.
Here’s a video off youtube, showing you how to set it up:
2 comments September 23rd, 2007
Roboform rembers your passwords for various sites and automatically takes you to the sites login page and logs you in when you click a button for that site. It saves loads of time and only costs $30. You can reduce the cost by $10 by entering ‘SNC’ into the roboform coupon discount code box and clicking update.
Add comment July 10th, 2007
Quick book reviews
I just sold a load of business books I have read on ebay so I might as well review them here.
Trump think like a billionaire
Good book with lots of general advice tips although some of the tips are a bit over the top like sleeping for 5 hours a day. Basically this is a book of short tips and not very in depth.
Rating 3 out of 5
The Amstrad story
This book is basically about Amstrad and how Alan Sugar built it up from nothing into a multi national business. This is a excellent book although its very rare and difficult to get hold of.
Rating 4 out of 5
Sell to win Richard Denny
A decent book on selling stuff it argues that the best way to sell is to give an honest opinion because if you do badly sell a product it will probably just get returned anyway. It also teaches you some selling techniques
Rating 3 out of 5
Motivate to win Richard Denny
A book on motivating people and yourself, its an ok book.
Rating 3 out of 5
Business the Richard Branson way
Good book that looks at the techniques of Richard Branson in business. He tends to pick on big companies such as BA and coca cola, then he winds them up until they bite back.
Rating 4 out of 5
Business the Rupert Murdoch way
Rupert Murdoch is often seen as a bad guy in business but he is successful. He owns loads of newspapers, sky tv, fox and also myspace. Murdoch is a good business man and this book tells you his techniques, to me he just seems to be a bit amoral eg dosen’t put morals into business.
Rating 4 out of 5
Forbes Greatest business stories of all time
Great book full of inspirational business stories. This is a book worth buying.
Rating 5 out of 5
How to start a home based web design business
This book will help you start a web design business. It has sample contracts and stuff and also some good tips. Its worth it for the tenner it costs.
4/5 if you are a web designer
Abramovich the billionaire from nowhere
More political then business, this book disappointed me as I would have liked a better background on abramovich and his early days.
Rating 2 out of 5
2 comments March 17th, 2007
Works with the version of phplinkdirectory 3.1 (also known as 3.07) and also 3.06 If you use this template you must keep the footer links intact.
Sample of a live site using the template:http://www.bizbookmarks.com
How to install
Download the zip file and unzip. Upload the freebrowntemplate directory to your templates folder.
Login to your admin panel and click the template manager link in the navigation bar.
Find the template and click the acitvate option.
The template is now ready for use.
Download
click here to download
1 comment March 13th, 2007
I have decided to close my hosting account with 34sp as I was paying out quite a bit per month £20-30($40-$60) and there hidden charges (such as £1 per month for smtp support per account) were horrible. For the last few month I have been running both accounts and slowly transfering my sites over.
I use hostgator for my sites and I think they are great, I have the baby croc package ($9.95 or £5 per month) which means that I can host unlimited sites with good space and transfer limits (5gb space and 75gb transfer), I haven’t been hit with any hidden charges and the sites haven’t been down, there tech support is quite good. Too improve I think the live help people could do more complex server tasks.
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Add comment July 26th, 2006
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