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American Censorship Day November 16

dropdeaddick — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:01:48 +0000

American Censorship Day November 16 – Join the fight to stop SOPA. Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. … Continue reading →

Kayako API: How to Post a Ticket

dropdeaddick — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:15:10 +0000

A basic PHP example of how to post a new ticket via the Kayako v4 Rest API


 
$apiUrl = "https://support.domain.com/api/index.php?e=/Tickets/Ticket";
$apiKey = "78db96b0-1t7c-aea4-bd51-7xf39d50cdd6";
$salt = mt_rand();
$secretKey = "ZjBiZS0N2MtMzM3MTkyNTkxMjdiZWZkMGIjE3YmJiMGUtNmY0MC0yNW
U0LWY5x6DktN1NzE0LWMxMGYyZDIzOThmYjY5YT7m";
$signature = base64_encode(hash_hmac('sha256',$salt,$secretKey,true));
 
$subject = "Test Ticket";
$fullname = "DropDeadDick";
$email = "test@domain.com";
$contents = "Test test test test";
$departmentid = "1";
$ticketstatusid = "1";
$ticketpriorityid = "1";
$tickettypeid = "1";
$staffid = "1";
 
$post_data = array('subject' => $subject,
 'fullname' => $fullname,
 'email' => $email,
 'contents' => $contents,
 'departmentid' => $departmentid,
 'ticketstatusid' => $ticketstatusid,
 'ticketpriorityid' => $ticketpriorityid,
 'tickettypeid' => $tickettypeid,
 'staffid' => $staffid,
 'apikey' => $apiKey,
 'salt' => $salt,
 'signature' => $signature);
 
$post_data = http_build_query($post_data, '', '&');
 
$curl = curl_init($apiUrl);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $apiUrl);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data);
 
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
 
$xml = simplexml_load_string($response, 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
echo "".print_r($xml, true)."
";
 ?>

cPanel – Fix Ownership of /home/user

dropdeaddick — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:33:04 +0000

I recently had an issue with incorrect ownership of all files under /home/user/ due to mismatched UIDs after a cPanel server restore. The following script took care of this in no time.

echo -e "Checking ownership of /home/user \n" for i in `ls /var/cpanel/users/` do if [ "$i" != "root" ]; then chown -R $i:$i /home/$i chown $i:nobody /home/$i/public_html /home/$i/.htpasswds chown $i:mail /home/$i/etc /home/$i/etc/*/shadow /home/$i/etc/*/passwd echo $i fi done

WordPress for Android

dropdeaddick — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:16:10 +0000

Testing WordPress for Android via Droid X.

You can scan the code below to download WordPress for Android.

cPanel Webmail Direct Login Script

dropdeaddick — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:57:44 +0000

A simple and configurable script for direct login to the cPanel webmail applications(Horde, SquirrelMail, RoundCube).
// Modified version of the standard cPanel login page to allow direct login to a specific webmail application. // Must set $host , $login_path , and $mail_app, defaults to cPanel proxy subdomains and SquirrelMail $host = 'example.com'; // Uncomment one of the following to set login URL type
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cPanel Email Filter for IP Range

dropdeaddick — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:21:40 +0000

I recently needed to block a large amount of incoming email via IP range in cPanel for a single account versus blocking the IP range on the entire server. This was accomplished using cPanel’s Account Level Filtering for Mail.

Here is the filter setting using 192.168.0.0/24 as an example.

Rules:
Any Header
matches regex
192\.168\.{1,3}\.{1,3}

Action:
Discard Message

Snowing in Houston

dropdeaddick — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:04:45 +0000

It’s snowing here in Houston today! We don’t see snow that often here and it sure doesn’t compare to the snow when I am up in Michigan. However it is a welcome change and distraction from the normal Texas weather. It is expected to continue though the rest of the day and we may actually see more than 2 inches. I don’t mind at all, just gives me a reason to kick the dodge into 4 wheel drive.

Bookworm Addiction

dropdeaddick — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:03:18 +0000

I seemed to have a new found addiction to Bookworm. This is not a new game to me but I recently installed in on my notebook and can’t seem to stop playing it.

To make matters worse, Sharlet of SharletsWorld.com has been taunting me about my scores. I think I have her beat with my new score(3,452,580), but I really don’t see this ending well for me.

Edible Arrangement

dropdeaddick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:29:30 +0000

I received an edible arrangement today from a friend for helping with her web design class. I have seen these before but never tried them nor received one until now. I enjoy fresh fruit but don’t eat it as often as I should, so this was a welcome treat.

Thanks Cathy!

My New “Desk”

dropdeaddick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:31:37 +0000

My job requires a lot of hours at the keyboard, so I decide to swap my desk for something a bit more comfortable. After a little searching I opted for a recliner and a LCD stand.

To round out the setup, I tossed in a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and a nice lap board. My only complaints so far are that the stand is held in place by the weight of the recliner and I hate the keyboard. However, I have yet to knock it over and have pre ordered the new Logitech K340 compact keyboard.