Problem: I am using Drupal 6.x and I use lots of modules for file attachment, Image resize, imageupload, thumbnail creation etc. When I post a new article under any section with some images attached to it. It gets disappeared when I try to edit it again.
Why this problem occurs?
At first, I though it occurred due to my personal settings related to CKEditor. Then second thought goes to the another innocent module (assumed culprit by that time š ) Imagresize module. But disabling them and replicating the same issue didn’t solve my problem.
Then I found suddenly the real disaster behind this annoying image disappearance on edit. This problem exists because of ImageCache Module improper handling in Drupal.
How to make it working then (Any Solution) ?
ImageCache modules is of course is an efficient module and you should not uninstall it just because of this silly mistake. I have better idea to use it according to our requirements.
Go to Imagecache module’s setting page and flush it out. This will surely work.
To be in safer side, don’t enable extra unwanted sub-modules that you don’t need/require for your website. Uncheck option like imageMagick, GD2, UI etc.
ImageAPI is required to make this module working properly
Hope this will save your arse too as it saved mine! Note: Now Imagecache module is move to Drupal 7 core module š
Hi friends, according to present scenario every people who are above 14 are having mobile (except those who can't afford it). Its good thing to have to be in touch with friends and families but it may turn into devil if you misuse it either knowingly or unknowingly. So, its the right time to know that what we should do and what we should not do with mobile.
Only give your mobile number out to people you know and trust. (Specially for girls)
Don't do any transaction through smart phone if password or any personal information is getting to be stored in your mobile.
Don't talk rubbish or don't harass anyone on phone, it comes under Cyber Crime. (while break up couples usually do so. So beware guys!)
Avoid, unless absolutely needed, connecting to an unsecured wireless network through your mobile (whici is having wi-fi facility)
Do not use your mobile phone to communicate with strangers. Only text and call people or businesses you know in real life.
Never reply to text messages from people you don’t know. (One or two messages you can do to know his/her identity, if possible)
Make sure you know how to block others from calling your phone. Using caller id ,you can block all incoming calls or block individual names and numbers.
Make a record of your Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and/or your International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. You can find out your IMEI number by pressing *#06# on your mobile phone's keypad, it will display a 15 digit number – that is your IMEI number.
If your phone is lost or stolen, report it to your local police station and your network operator immediately.
Think about how a text message might be read before you send it. (Married couples may face many issues because of such messages. No need to explain i guess)
You should never give anyone else's number out without their permission.
You should never take pictures or videos of anyone with your phone if you do not have their permission.
Do not allow others to take pictures or videos of you without your permission. Remember – these pictures and videos can be posted to the Internet.
Be careful if you meet someone in real life who you only "know" through text messaging. Even though text messaging is often the "next step" after online chatting, that does not mean that it is safer.
We follow most of the steps but knowingly or unknowingly we do such mistakes which leads towards Cyber crime. So, play safe, be safe and make the nation Cyber crime free nation. Source: http://www.staysafeonline.org
In email spam they target only known email id, which they get from various sources like small consultancies or from training institutes or by doing some social engineering ;). Mail providers like Gmail, Yahoo are too intelligent to send it to spam folder without giving you trouble. So, you are somehow safe in case of email spam.
But in case of web spam, they want us to browse their website to buy or advertise their products. Web Spammers main motto is only to earn money. We need to be sure before any comment or post is getting published in our website. In worst case you may lose permanent genuine readers too!, which will ultimately affect your site and your revenue if any.
Web spammers are techie and hire social engineers too
Web spammers are not always automated bots or scripts. Now a days even employees from that target brand do web spamming. They are very good a SEO and know what to write to pass various anti-spamming modules. They will write like authentic commenters and will insert one link somewhere or will post the link as their homepage.
I have seen many such cases in WordPress and Drupal. After seeing the comment manually, sometimes you would get confused that “are they real reader who are writing such a good and almost real comments!” You would approve the comments most of the time, if you are not so much techie and well aware of such tricky spams. Specially, non-tech bloggers become victims of it.
So, make every comment under moderation or use some useful anti-spam plugin like Akismet (For WordPress users) and review it manually. Check every url and text. If you find anything irrelevant to your post or site, simply ignore it. Don’t show any temptation to show-off thousands of spammy comments in your site, rather have very few but original and worthy comments only. Like my site is for technical purpose then why to entertain shoes, apartment, bikes advertisements even though they seem real?
Stop Web spammers from advertising through your site/blog
You may not feel or experience that your site is being spammed (advertised in other terms) without your permission to other people/companies (through spammers). How do they do it? It’s very simple! They will approach you for guest blogging related to your site’s niche and will insert one or two external links, which is nothing but the advertisements through your site. Whatever money they will earn by selling those links, they will keep 100% of it and you will get nothing in return. In return, it may hamper your PR, Alexa Rank and genuine users too! So, think before you allow such spammers
Verify first even if they ask for just backlinks.
As I said, if someone approaches you 2 way backlinks, to boost mutual traffic and involve each other’s sites, then also verify first. I t should not harm your site, your readers and your PR.
But, if it is simply a kind of guest post with one or two links either in the content or at Author Bio section at the bottom. Be very careful before approving such links. You should allow only when it is of same niche as yours, should not be any malware or any non-related links. This trick is being used to redirect traffic from your website to their sites through those links.
IMHO, you should approve such posts very carefully and put it under paid post and charge them. Once, you will charge minimal amount, they would think before posting, because they are now barred from free advertisement.
Spammers are human being and employ human being.
When we hear the word like spams, malware etc we think they are just automated scripts/programs. But, its not always true in case of web spammers. They are human being and employers hire very skilled technical/content writer to write very specific suited for your website. But ultimately, it is nothing but the spam.
Usually those paid employess are low paid or unemployed students, professionals (who are having low educational background) or SEO people. Companies hire them for temporary purpose to advertise its own company’s new product or newly launched website. This way they can be viral and capture the market easily. Try to avoid being exploited by such web spammers.
I am not allowing any guest post now and if they approach, I would follow all above said steps and would charge and will stick to my and my site’s ethics to make it unharmed and popular for my trusted readers.
What is Scripting Language?
A scripting language or script language is a type of high level programming language that is interpreted instead of being compiled by the computer processor during runtime. Traditionally programs are permanently compiled into executable files before they are run. But, in programs written in scripting language this is not the case. Here, the programs take one command at a time and interpret it during runtime. So basically it automatically executes tasks which would have required a programmer to do so one at a time.
In email spam they target only known email id, which they get from various sources like small consultancies or from training institutes or by doing some social engineering ;). Mail providers like Gmail, Yahoo are too intelligent to send it to spam folder without giving you trouble. So, you are somehow safe in case of email spam.
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