Just a tip, if you’d like to make JRE 1.6 the default after you install it, then you will probably want to get the script discussed on this forum post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=58817

Here is a modified version of the code to work with the 1.6 JRE instead of JDK, name the file changeJRE.sh and make sure you ‘chmod +x changeJRE.sh’ before trying to execute the script.

#!/bin/sh

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions

CURJRE="`readlink Current`"
echo Current JRE version: $CURJRE

if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
echo Installed versions:
ls
exit
fi

VERFOUND=`ls | grep $1 | head -n 1`

echo You must now enter your Mac OS X password to change the JRE.
sudo ln -fhsv $1 Current


About Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6
Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 and Java SE 6. Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 supersedes all previous updates of Java for Mac OS X 10.5.

This release updates J2SE 5.0 to 1.5.0_22, and updates Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17.  J2SE 1.4.2 is no longer being updated to fix bugs or security issues and is therefore disabled by default in this update.  This release is only for Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later versions of Mac OS X 10.5.  This release of J2SE 5.0 supports all Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. Java SE 6 is available on 64-bit Intel-based Macs only.

For more details on this update, please visit this website.

Luckily the open source community had my back and after a lot of research I was able to find and get working several conversion scripts that I found online, these scripts with a little love will help you get out of that musty old perl-based UBB classic forum, once and for all.

The code (UBB.x_Convertor_0.1.1) that I found will work with all flavors of UBB forums, UBB.classic, UBB.threads and UBB.x, it will allow you to convert to phpBB 2.0.x, I used 2.0.23 and have included phpBB 2.0.23 for your convenience, I have also attached all of the other referenced documents for you as well.

Convert UBB Classic 6.7.2 to phpBB 2.0.x
This is where the magic of the script that I found really shines, it reads the data from the UBB forum and flawlessly converts that data into phpBB and stores it in the MySQL database that phpBB is using, previously as most of you are aware, UBB uses flat files to store the forum data, finally getting that information into a database is exciting! I have also included some other converter code originally developed by Genfect Media, which was the converter code that Graham Eames used to develop the working version (UBB.x Convertor 0.1.1) that I used.

Convert phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.0.x
Once you have converted your forum to phpBB 2.0.x, you are going to need to perform an upgrade to phpBB 3.0.x. This should be fairly simple and straightforward, just follow any phpBB upgrade documentation on their website to accomplish this conversion to a 3.0.x forum, here is a copy of phpBB 3.0.6 for you to download and use.

Convert UBB phpBB 3.0.x to Kunena 1.5.6
Once the forum has been upgraded to phpBB 3.0.x, you are now ready to convert it over to Kunena 1.5.6. Now this script was originally created to convert the phpBB data to a Fireboard forum, but since Kunena was developed from Fireboard, most of the infrastructure framework is the same still and I was able to successfully convert over to Kunena.

The important thing to note is that this script may require a little hacking to make it work for your specific environment, one thing I specifically remember having to adjust were the memory settings in my php.ini. This all depends on the amount of forum data that you’re working with though, make sure to also adjust the runtime of PHP scripts, as it could also take a while to run.

During my research I also came across this other conversion code, this may be helpful to you if you are having trouble with the converting the data. There is also good news if you’re wanting to go with a vBulletin solution in the long run instead of Kunena as the guys over at vBulletin have included their own conversion script for migrating directly from UBB to vBulletin.

The idea of the network is to naturally extend the homeowner services currently being provided by Timer Warner seamlessly into the mobile market, while still providing the well established quality of service that Time Warner has worked so hard to maintain. I could see this wireless network deployment as an initial push for them to eventually be planning to provide a mobile triple-play style service.  Even if that is several years away though, this deployment is giving their current fiber/coax network an immediate additional redundancy, as well as numerous additional bandwidth regeneration/backhaul points throughout the existing network.

The wireless internet service is said to be able to provide speeds up to 6mbit/s downloand bandwidth and part of a mbit of upload bandwidth, almost exactly comparable to the home cable modem service that they currently provide throughout this region. “This is an important part of our strategy to give our customers any content, on any device, anytime, anywhere,” says Carol Hevey, executive vice president of the Carolina region for Time Warner Cable. The first product to launch is Road Runner Mobile, with a monthly charge between $40 and $80 for customers with at least one other Time Warner Cable service.

Comparably, Verizon recently launched the MiFi service on their 3G network in Charlotte, and of course we had to get one to try out! So far we’ve been really happy with the result. Though the bandwidth is a bit slower, 3mbit/s down when I did the last speed test in the university area of Charlotte. The technology of the MiFi is pretty neat as well, the connection is stable and the WiFi signal transmitted from the MiFi device is surprising strong.

Wireless technologies such as these are only going to become more and more prevalent in the immediate future, and as I predict, continue to be targeted only in the densely populated urban centers and major metropolitan areas for at least the next 5 years. Though I must admit that being able to provide guaranteed 6mbit mobile wireless internet services in the Charlotte market is quite impressive. Making a service like this truly affordable is going to be the key, it’s likely not going to be much cheaper until a massive amount of investment is put into additional nationwide infrastructure though. When I get the opportunity to try this wireless service out, I’ll be sure to get an update posted on here for all of you.

Here is the schedule for the summit:

< ?php

// Hande form upload
if(isset($_POST['import'])) {

$mysql_host = trim($_POST['mysql_host']);
$mysql_user = trim($_POST['mysql_username']);
$mysql_password = trim($_POST['mysql_password']);
$mysql_schema = trim($_POST['mysql_schema']);

$table_prefix = trim($_POST['table_prefix']);

if(!mysql_connect($mysql_host, $mysql_user, $mysql_password) || !mysql_select_db($mysql_schema)) {
echo ‘Supplied MySQL details were incorrect - aborting’;
return;
}

// Get the joomla groups
$sql = sprintf(‘
SELECT  `id`, `value`
FROM    `%score_acl_aro_groups`
‘,
$table_prefix
);
$rs = mysql_query($sql);
$groups = array();
while($group = mysql_fetch_object($rs)) {
$groups[$group->value] = $group->id;
}

$fp = fopen($_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'], ‘r’);
while($user = fgetcsv($fp)) {

printf(‘Importing ”%s” … ’, $user[0]);

// Lookup and verify user group
if(!isset($groups[$user[4]])) {
printf(‘error: Invalid group (%s) for %s. Defaulting to Registered%s’, $user[4], $user[0], PHP_EOL);
$user[4] = ‘Registered’;
}

// Insert record into wsers
$sql = sprintf(‘
INSERT INTO `%susers`
SET
`name`            = ”%s”,
`username`        = ”%s”,
`email`           = ”%s”,
`password`        = ”%s”,
`usertype`        = ”%s”,
`block`           = ”%s”,
`sendEmail`       = ”%s”,
`gid`             = ”%s”,
`registerDate`    = NOW(),
`lastvisitDate`   = ”0000-00-00 00:00:00″,
`activation`      = ”",
`params`          = ”"
‘,
$table_prefix,
sql_prep($user[0]),
sql_prep($user[1]),
sql_prep($user[2]),
isset($_POST['md5_passwords']) ? md5($user[3]) : sql_prep($user[3]),
sql_prep($user[4]),
sql_prep($user[5]),
sql_prep($user[6]),
$groups[$user[4]]
);
mysql_query($sql);
// Get back ther user’s ID
list($user_id) = mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query(‘SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()’));

// Insert record into core_acl_aro
$sql = sprintf(‘
INSERT INTO `%score_acl_aro`
SET
`section_value`   = ”users”,
`value`           = %d,
`name`            = ”%s”
‘,
$table_prefix,
$user_id,
sql_prep($user[0])
);
mysql_query($sql);

// Insert record into core_acl_groups_aro_map
$sql = sprintf(‘
INSERT INTO `%score_acl_groups_aro_map`
SET
`group_id`        = %d,
`aro_id`          = LAST_INSERT_ID()
‘,
$table_prefix,
$groups[$user[4]]
);
mysql_query($sql);

echo ‘done.’;
flush();
}

echo ‘

Done’;

} else {
// show upload form
?>

Import Users to Joomla


Use this script to do a bulk import of users into Joomla 1.5.
Upload a CSV file with the following format:

name, username, email, password, usertype, block, send_email

Wrap details with commas in them in quotes.






CSV File: 




MD5 Hash Passwords: 

*Check this option if the passwords in your CSV are in plain text


Joomla Table Prefix: 




Joomla Database Name: 




MySQL Host: 




MySQL Username: 




MySQL Password: 












< ?php
}

function sql_prep($var) {
return mysql_real_escape_string($var);
}
?>

Years ago, before the days of the huge Joomla and WordPress boom, I recall looking into an enterprise grade content management system for Zestra Laboratories (before the purchase by Semprae Laboratories). The system I was interested in was built on JSP (JavaServer Pages) and had an extremely advanced GUI for the day and age, allowing you to manage the content directly from the front-end, much like Concrete5 now gives you the ability to do now free with open source PHP.

On a side note, Magnolia is also a very robust CMS with features such as Concrete5, Magnolia strives itself on being extremely simple though may lack certain features and a large community supporting it, though it is a very clean content creation and enterprise style publishing tool, the problem with Magnolia is that it just can’t keep up with what these PHP systems are capable of pulling off. But this blog post is not about the Magnolia CMS anyway, we are focusing on Concrete5, check out this video for a quickie on what Concrete5 is all about:

Click here to view the embedded video.

It seems that they have really brought together the ability for a basic blog user to be able to start beginning to create more advanced web applications directly without any developer expertise. The most impressive part of Concrete5 is the ability for you to logically understand what element it is that you are adding to the page visually, this is going to be a key part of the trend that I see web publishing following in the course of the coming years.

The only thing that I would like to see extended onto Concrete5 is the ability to create your own types of data models, data grids or other types of media and form controls. Since I haven’t spent much time in the back-end programming of Concrete5 yet, I can only assume that they have built it cleanly on an objected oriented architecture and have some form of API (Application Programming Interface) built into the application framework.

Being able to integrate something like Concrete5 with QCubed/QCodo would give the average user the ability to edit and create more advanced web applications as well as advanced database manipulation without the intervention of experienced programmers. Currently the only CMS that has been integrated into QCubed/QCodo is a module that integrates the QCubed PHP5 Framework with Drupal called QDrupal.

With the ability to extend Concrete5 with more AJAX based, user-centric tools, users will growingly have direct access to the way data is created and stored, and ultimately how web applications are born.

The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.

If you happen to be using Mikrotik routers, The Dude also features seamless integration, allowing for a more unified network management platform. Best of all, The Dude is entirely FREE, thanks Mikrotik!

Loading this file into Cacti will allow you to create Tranzeo specific graphs for any wireless Tranzeo equipment that may be deployed on your network. Simply make sure that SNMP is turned on in the Tranzeo control panel and you should be ready to start receiving the wireless statistics in Cacti.

Then edit /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386:

alias bond0 bonding
options bonding mode=2 miimon=100 downdelay=200 updelay=200

Then edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and insert something like the following (as a replacement for the configuration of eth0 that you might currently be using). Note that XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX must be replaced by the hardware address of one of the interfaces that are being bonded or by a locally administered address.

Edit /etc/network/interfaces:

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
pre-up modprobe bond0
hwaddress ether 00:02:55:E1:36:32
address 10.0.0.199
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1
slaves eth0 eth1

The special file /proc/net/bonding/bond0 can be used to view the current configuration of the bond0 device.

/etc/init.d/networking restart