After hours of testing and coding templates for PrestaShop, I thought it would be nice to rewrite PrestaShop code, and make it more portable, flexible, and less dependent on Old JavaScript.

The first goal of the PrestaShop Revolution, is to use the latest JS librairies, as latest jQuery, and its plugins. Here is the place for everyone interested to share their knowledge, and work toward making PrestaShop a better e-commerce solution.

To be more efficient, I beleive that loaded JS and CSS files should all be defined in template files, and not main PrestaShop PHPs; e.g. the JS files for the Product Page, which are defined in /prestashop/product.php rather than prestashop/themes/mytheme/product.php

For longtime I’ve been a WordPress developper and I beleive that the success of WordPress not only relies on its community, but also on its way of handling themes and interfaces.

 Basically, Smarty – the templating framework used for PrestaShop – is complex and difficult to understand, so why making it more unreliable by using unclean and unhealthy coding?

I’m actually working on integrating latest jQuery 1.4.2 on PrestaShop and updating latest jQuery Plugins, and most important, I moved JS librairies to theme’s folder, rather than PrestaShop’s JS directory.

I invite everyone interested in this project to share their work, knowledge, experiences and ideas here, and on a dedicated forum in PrestaShop Forums called PrestaShop Revolution.

After all those rumors on iSlate, iTab, etc, at last the Apple’s tablet official information came out. iPad is the real name! After a tour on Apple’s website, comes few points:

iPad Advantages?

iPad seems to be the next best thing after iPhone, but compared to iPhone,

• it’s got a bigger screen,
• great touch-screen technology,
• faster processor,
• more storage space,
• ambient light sensor,
• and few little details…
• Cool design,
• iPad Applications
• Classy,
• …

But as far as it goes with the details on Apple, there aren’t many advantages to iPad.

iPad, a laptop or a HUGE iPhone?

iPad is definitely not a laptop and neither a netbook, it’s 9.7 inches big screen, it gets close to 10 inches netbooks but the fact that it does not have a great storage space, nor a built-in webcam, nor a USB support moves the iPad far from the competition of all-in-one computers!

To me, iPad is just a HUGE iPhone!

iPad Disadvantages?

• You can’t extend the memory!
• You can’t connect any devices to it, apart from a computer (or a headset/music stand),
• It doesn’t have a webcam,
• Limited language support,
• Not Universal data connection cable (Apple exclusive, not an issue if you got an iPhone already)

What now?

So, after all this, the question is, why should I buy an iPad? What are the best purposes of the iPad? Can iPad replace my iPhone? Can iPad replace my laptop?

What to use iPad for?

• iPad is best for:
• Reading books,
• Being your calendar,
• Be your small TV,
• Watch movies on it,
• Photo screen,
• Basic game console.

Now, if you get one (or already got) everyone reading this would be happy if you share your ideas and points of view. My last question before ending this post is:

“What problem iPad solves in your life?”

Entretien Ordinateur Portable

Il y a quelque jours, j’ai reçu un ordinateur portable Gericom Overdose 1360e pour maintenance, mis à jour et réparation. Première étape consistait a augmenter la RAM, donc j’ai remplacer la RAM par une barrette de 1Go DDR Sodimm. L’entretien du Windows a été un peu long, car après l’installation de Service Pack 3 sur Windows XP Édition Familiale, il a fallut Défragmenter le disque dure…

FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA

Un erreur rencontré, était par rapport a la mémoire virtuelle. L’erreur a apparue sur un écran bleu. La solution est de vérifier l’état du fichier PAGEFILE.SYS . Il faut que la taille du fichier PAGEFILE.SYS , soit au moins 1.5 fois la RAM installée. Ceci est a définir dans:

Panneau de Configuration > Système > Avancé > Performances > Paramètres > Avancé > Modifier

Une fois dans la fenêtre “Mémoire Virtuelle”, choisissez le disque principale de votre système, et choisissez l’option “Taille gérée par le système”.

Autre manipulation importante a effectuer est d’effacer le fichier PAGEFILE.SYS . Ceci entraîne l’utilisation de l’éditeur de registre. Exécutez la commande “regedit” dans l’outil d’exécuter ou dans l’invite de commande.

Une fois dans l’éditeur de registre, naviguez au clé:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

et changez la valeur de la clé “ClearPageFileAtShutdown” de 0 à 1.

Puis ARRETEZ votre ordinateur. (Boutton Démarrer > Arrêter l’ordinateur > Arrêter )

Maintenant votre PAGEFILE.SYS a été effacé, donc remmettez la valeur de la clé du registre à 0 pour accélérer l’arrêt de votre système.

Si le problème persiste, vérifiez le disque dur, en effectuant une défragmentation avec UltraDefrag, et ensuite vérifiez vos barrettes de RAM, car ceci peut provenir des problème hardware. Pour les anciens, veuillez passer de FAT à NTFS pour le format de votre disque dur. Probablement la réinstallation de Windows pourrait résoudre le problème, si ceci provient des conflits logiciel.

Pilotes Gericom Overdose 1360

D’après beaucoup de recherche, et après avoir contacter le service client de Gericom Allemagne, les pilotes du Gericome Overdose 1360 sont disponible pour téléchargement sur le site de téléchargement de Gericom sous le nom de G557. Voici les liens:

• Pilotes Graphique pour Gericom Overdose 1360
• Pilotes Touchpad pour Gericom Overdose 1360
• Pilotes LAN pour Gericom Overdose 1360
• Pilotes Son pour Gericome Overdose 1360
• Pilotes Wifi pour Gericome Overdose 1360 (Ou sur site du constructeur de la carte wifi RalinkTech: cherchez (RT2500) )
• Pilotes Modem pour Gericom Overdose 1360
• Tout les Téléchargements
  

BIOS Gericome Overdose 1360

Mettre à jour un BIOS (surtout sur un ordinateur portable) est très risqué. Donc vous serrez entierement responsable des conséquences.

Vous pouvez utiliser la mise a jour du BIOS pour le G557 (d’après le service client de GERICOM Allmagne) voici le lien de téléchargement:

http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/Overdose-Serie/Bios_G557/

Lisez le fichier AFUWIN.txt pour plus d’information.

Meilleur conseil que je pourrais vous donner, c’est d’acheter un nouveau ordinateur portable avec les configuration récentes du marché..

Microsoft Windows 7

Windows 7 is the latest Microsoft’s operating system. It’s something made out of Windows XP and Windows Vista. I found it a stable system and the visual effects are pretty cool. Something I do not really appreciate is the User Account Control which pops up everytime you make a system related operation. I disabled the UAC at the first startup.

Windows 7 was released first to computer manufacturers and leaked on the internet. Today, a retail version is available to everyone.

There are a lot of articles on the internet written about the features of Windows 7, its advantages and disadvantages. Lots of webhsites provide information on how to download and/or activate Windows 7. I would strongly recommend you buy a genuine version of Microsoft Windows 7, so you get all the benefits and avoid all problems. (Do not make/use illegal copies)

Windows 7 not booting?

Here in this article, I’m going to discuss a special case of error in which Microsoft Windows 7 does not boot. This specific case happens when you alter the hard disk’s Master Boot Record (MBR). This might usually happen if you tried to use an activator to activate Microsoft Windows 7 (which is an illegal procedure).

 There is a simple way to fix this issue. What you need to do is to fix the boot record. This is done using the Windows 7 installation disk.

“Repair Windows 7″ steps:

1. Set your computer to boot up from the DVD (using BIOS setup, or pressing a specific key on the keyboard while your PC is getting on which lets you choose what to boot from.)
2. Have the DVD inserted when booting the computer,
3. Press any key to start from the DVD once prompted,
4. Wait few moments,
5. Choose language, keyboard layout and click next,
6. Wait few seconds,
7. Click on the “Repair your computer” link on the bottom of the appearing window,
8. It scans for installed operating systems, and tries to fix it if possible, so wait a few seconds,
9. Then (if unsuccessful), click finish,
10. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click on “Command Prompt”,
11. Locate your Windows drive by navigating the hard drive(s), let’s suppose your Windows is installed in “E:”
12. Type in these commands (and press ENTER after each command) :

    Bootsect /nt60 E: /force /mbr

    Bootrec /FixMbr

    Bootrec /FixBoot

    Bootrec /RebuildBcd

    
    

    (More info on BootRec http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392)

13. Remove the DVD and restart your computer.

Your Microsoft Windows should be alive again now!

Ref:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=138888&postcount=1228

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?p=87550#post87550

I’ve been working with the best web hosting geek on website optimization, speeding up pages, securing data… He’s become also one of my advertisers and bought an ad spot on Gibni.

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Trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7600), I got the “Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation” error message. I tried the installation once again, but the error kept appearing.

The problem was that I had deleted my old Windows XP, and though I had no operating system on the PC. Fortunately I did burn a copy of ” The Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows” and it saved me a lot of time throught the process.

After searching for the possible solutions, I came to the conclusion that this error did appear regularly on Vista but as the Windows 7 is quite new, there where no clear documentation on how to resolve this problem.

Possible solutions are:

Disk Errors:

• Run a “CHKDSK X: /F” on your target disk (by replacing X with the proper drive letter)
• Format the installation target partition with tools like Ultimate Boot CD
• (WORKING SOLUTION FOR MY CASE) Using the Windows 7 installation wizard, firstly “DELETE” the installation target partition, then “CREATE A NEW” partition, and then with the same wizard, “FORMAT” the partition.

Unattend Setup:

• If you run an unattended setup, you might face the “Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation” error message, and this is most probably because of improper partitioning information in the “unattend.xml” file.
• Check “Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation” error on Microsoft knowledge base for details on this scenario.
• You can also try to remove the “unattend.xml” file and re-burn the source, to proceed with an attended install.

System incompatibility:

• To make sure that your hardware is not causing this error, I would recommend you remove all uneccessary connected devices, and keep only the strict minimum.
• Check for the minimum system requirements for Windows 7 on Microsoft’s ”Windows 7 minimum system requirements“

Installation Source:

It might be possible that the DVD you’re using for the installation be corrupt, so check it once, and if possible, get yourself another installation source.

“Un interpréteur de commandes, parfois désigné par l’anglicisme shell, est un programme faisant partie des composants de base d’un système d’exploitation, le Command-line interface (CLI) (ou invite de commandes).

C’est le mode de contrôle fondamental d’un ordinateur. Ce dernier prend ses données d’entrées en ligne de commande, qui sont transmises à l’interpréteur en mode interactif.

Son rôle est de traiter les commandes tapées au clavier par l’utilisateur. Ces commandes, une fois interprétées, auront pour effet de réaliser telle ou telle tâche d’administration, ou bien de lancer l’exécution d’un logiciel.

L’invite elle-même consiste en quelques caractères, en début de ligne (généralement, le nom de compte de l’utilisateur, et/ou l’unité logique par défaut, et/ou le chemin par défaut, et/ou date, …), se terminant par un caractère bien connu (souvent « ] » ou « > »), invitant l’utilisateur à taper une commande.” [1]

Ouvrir une “Invite de Commande”

Sur votre clavier, appuyez sur la touch “WINDOWS” (entre ALT et CTRL) et cliquer sur la lettre “R” du clavier.

La fenetre intitulée “Executer” apparaitra,

Tapez “cmd” et cliquez sur “Executer”,

Vous avez maintenant une “Invite de commande” soit un “SHELL”.

Ref:

[1] – http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpr%C3%A9teur_de_commandes

Who to call in case of website emergency?

Due to some yet unknown issue, Wordpress version 2.8.2 might be causing server errors.

Lunarpages, my “current” and might become “ex” webhosting company, shut down Gibni.com yesterday without any prior notice, saying they’ve taken an emergency action, as the “index.php” script in my wordpress root was using huge server resources, and could cause a server crash.

First problem is, not only they changed the “index.php” permissions to “000″  (no read permissions) but they took ownership of the file, so neither I could make any changes to the file, nor analyze it for troubleshooting.

Secondly, they made the domain return an “internal server error” to all visitors.

Third, they did not manage to put an “under maintenance” page at the root untill the issue is solved.

Anyway, thanks to my linux skills, I managed to put an “under maintenance” page for Gibni, and get the site back online very soon.

Until I figure out what caused wordpress to eat server resources, and was it really wordpress or Lunarpages’s poor servers and administration, was it the running theme which ran without any issue for months or even the plugins installed on wordpress a year ago; I’ve decided to switch back to wordpress default theme and upgrade to wordpress 2.8.4.

After all, I believe that you should now:

• Enjoy Gibni, Ad free!
• Always have a maintenance page and an emergency code, just in case!
• Be careful choosing your webhosting company!

Window Delayed Write Failed ? Solutions are here!

This topic is researched, tested and written by Amir Hossein Moradi.

This is the third article on the Windows Delayed Write Failed error occurring with hard drives (mostly external ones with USB/Firewire/Network connections). On 28th December 2007, I wrote the Windows – Delayed Write Failed – Solved! article which had more than 190,000 views, and helped many users till date. On 9th June 2008, the second article on this topic – Windows Delayed Write Failed – Latest Solution – which had more than 34,000 views till date, was out and is still getting many users out of trouble.

Now, it’s time to write the 3rd article and sum up all possible solutions for the Windows Delayed Write Failed error.

About Delayed Write:

Windows uses a special subsystem for certain disk functions, which caches write operations and performs them when the system is idle. This can improve system performance, but it’s typically turned off by default. The term for this kind of operation is “delayed writing”.

You can see how write-caching is handled for a particular volume by right-clicking on the icon for the drive in the “Disk drives” subtree of the Device Manager and selecting the Policies tabs. The options typically are “Optimize for quick removal” (everything is written to the drive immediately) and “Optimize for performance” (writes are cached).

About the error:

“Windows Delayed Write Failed” error occurs usually when the caching process gets interrupted or the files to be cached get corrupted, either because of a drive failure, a cable failure, or a USB interface fail!

This error might happen to brand new drives as well as good working old ones.

Cause:

This error might be caused by several factors:

• Cache settings
• System Restore settings
• Device drivers
• Media error, drive failure
• USB/Firewire host controllers
• Drive overheating
• Mis-configured BIOS settings
• Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) mis-configuration
• Unmatched cables
• Faulty cables
• Memory parity conflict
• Power management drivers

On the next page(s) I’ll discuss all the working and possible solutions to this issue.

“…So what do you do when you fall down? You get back up! Everybody knows to get back up because he first starts walking. . . But I’m not getting anyway… But I tell you, there is sometimes in life when you fall down and you feel like you don’t have the strength to get back up, do you think you have hope?

Because I tell you, Ii’m down here,  face down,  and I have no arms no legs;  it should be impossible for me to get back up, but it’s not!

You see,  I will try one hundred times to get up,  and if I fail one hundred times;  if I fail and I give up, do you think that I’m  ever gonna get up?  No!

But if I fail, I try again, and again and again…

but I just want you to know that it’s not the end. It matters how you gonna finish. Are you gonna finish strong?

And you will find that strength to get back up…like this…”

…By Nick Vujicic