Recently I faced problem to move magento site from local (LAMP) environment to web server. I am posting steps to upload site on server.

1. Make tar / zip of code.

$ tar -cvvf site.tar /opt/lampp/magento/

2. Take backup of database through phpmyadmin. Check “Disable foreign key checks” to avoid error in restore process.

Google Latitude is free and have good coverage in India. I am using this for Chandigarh. It has My Location, Driving direction support for Chandigarh.

You can download it from here : http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/latitude/intro.html

The best feature of latitude is, track your friend’s locaiton on web (iGoogle). You can select your friends to view your current location. This application automatically activate backgroung services which update your location automatically on server.

Regular expressions are a very useful tool for developers. They allow to find, identify or replace text, words or any kind of characters. In this article, I have compiled 15+ extremely useful regular expressions that any web developer should have in his toolkit.

Many of you develop php applications for multiple server environment. Webserver environment may be different, have different directory structure, so you have to use paths very carefully. For example in file upload script, you manually write absolute path of image directory, the application may not work on other server. To avoid this you should use inbuilt php path variables. I am posting summary of all php related path variables.

As you know, swine flue is now a big problem for people like us who have to visit crowdy areas every day and come in touch of many peoples. If you find following swine flue symptoms, go to one of these hospital immediately!

Finally, the gr88 day has gone,, we enjoyed a lot and made a lot of fun.. This was really one of greatest b’day of my life.. Thanks to all friends… and thanks for nice gifts …

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated that from 1st Aug 2009 all online credit card transactions require an extra level of verification. Your credit card issuing banks are therefore, implementing a “Verified by VISA” or “MasterCard SecureCode” password. You will need this password to continue transacting online from 1st Aug 2009.
What is the “Verified by VISA”/”MasterCard SecureCode” password?
This is the password that your credit card issuing Bank provides. This password is the additional layer of security for all your online transactions.
Benefits of “Verified by VISA”/”MasterCard SecureCode” password …

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I am making this post for users with limited computer resources/old machines. Users with newer and faster machines may also try this if they want their completely customized operating system.
I must also clarify that I personally don’t like bloatwares like Windows Vista etc.
Take my example, when I first installed Ubuntu on my desktop, I had a complete GNOME desktop with many applications pre-installed which I had no use for! So, I started uninstalling that bloat from my system to make my OS slim so that it can run properly on …

Recently I received an email from my sister about AIDS from pineapple. Following is the copy of this mail.
Shocked to know that………………..AIDS spread like this also.
It’s in INDIA -karnataka – Bangalore
A 10 year old boy, had eaten pineapple about 15 days back, and fell sick, from the day he had eaten. Later when he had his Health check done… doctors diagnosed that he had AIDS.
His parents couldn’t believe it…Then the entire family under went a checkup…. none of them suffered from Aids. So the doctors checked again with the boy …

Hey my favorite  The Linux Foundation come up with Credit Cards. There is another way to support Linux apart form coding and testing. You can buy apply for these cards from here. Now probably you will ask why you should buy this. This is the answer.

0% Introductory APR on purchases and balance transfers for 6 months. After this period, a low variable APR will apply.
Earn bonus points for FREE airline tickets, merchandise, cash-back and more at participating merchants.
$50 donation by the bank when you first use the card plus ongoing …