Permalink for WordPress – IIS 6 mod_rewrite FIXED – Free

If you install WordPress on IIS you will notice your friendly URLs do not work. This is because WordPress wants to use an apache add-on called “mod_rewrite.” The quick rundown of that this does is it will take your friendly browser URL and actually change them to index.php on the back end. One problem with this method is that IIS does not load apache mods. Here is an easy and free way around this:

1. On your IIS Server download and install ISAPI_Rewrite Lite. This filter does the job of mod_rewrite for IIS. When downloading make sure to use the free Lite version. This Lite version does not limit the product very much and will be perfectly fine (and free) for our wordpress blog. Just install Rewrite Lite to the default locations for this tutorial.

2. Next add the ISAPI filter to your IIS Site.
You will find this setting by right clicking yourIIS site -> properties -> ISAPI filters tab -> Add … Name the filter whatever you wish and your path to your executable should be:
C:\Program Files\Helicon\ISAPI_Rewrite3\ISAPI_Rewrite.dll
Click OK on both windows to save your settings.

3. Next navigate to C:\Program Files\Helicon\ISAPI_Rewrite3
Here we will edit httpd.conf (Note: This is the difference between the pay version and the Lite version. In the pay version you will need to edit the .htaccess file on your web folders root)

4. Open the httpd.conf file in wordpad and paste in these lines:
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?p=$1 [NC,L]

5. Save and exit this file.

6. To complete your IIS changes, Go to start, run and run the command: iisreset /restart

7. Now lets change your WordPress settings. Navigate to http://yourblog/wp-admin

8. Navigate to the left side menu bar -> settings -> Permalinks

9. Now you get to choose how you want your posts to look. I choose a custom setting and just: /%postname% This is how you see this blog working today.

10. Click “Save Changes” and you should see your new friendly URLs!

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Free Webinar: From Hobbyist to Technopreneur

The learning session in the DigitalFilipino Start Up 100 Project – Digital Entrepreneur Program continues with our third free webinar happening on January 11, 2012 from 8 pm to 9:30 pm.
Our topic is “From Hobbyist to Technopreneur” with club member and mentor Wilson Chua of Future Gen International Pte Ltd.  
Agenda as follows:
  • Lessons learned in making the decision from hobbyist to technopreneur.
  • Lessons learned in running a paging franchise – EasyCall.
  • Lessons learned as a Mozcom franchisee.
  • Lessons learned in running a BPO / contact center in Pangasinan – Farmout.
  • Lessons learned in current business: BitstopBNSFuture Gen International PTE Ltd.
  • What characterizes an entrepreneur?
  • Advice to college students and yuppies wanting to become technopreneurs.
  • How can I prepare to become an entrepreneur / technopreneur?
  • What to watch out for in running a start up?
  • Why consider putting up a start-up business in Singapore?
  • Suggested resources

Please fill-up this form to join the webinar.

Kindly expect Heidi Kleiber to send you an e-mail to confirm your registration to this free webinar.

22 Essential Tools for Testing Your Website’s Usability

A site’s ease of use, or its usability, is an integral part of its success, especially with websites becoming more and more interactive, complex and packed with features. User-centered design is all about building websites that fulfill the goals and desires of its users, and at the heart of this concept is that a user must be able interact with your website effectively.

Testing usability is an art and a science. There are many times when usability testers rely on qualitative measurements, intuition, opinions and feedback from users and experience. However, there are also factors you can test quantitatively to ensure that a site is usable.

In this post, we’ll discuss six crucial factors that affect usability. For each, you’ll be provided with some tips, tools and ideas on how you can measure these usability factors.

We’ll focus on practical usability testing, so the emphasis is on pragmatic and inexpensive strategies that most site owners can do. These things apply regardless of what type of website (blog, e-store, corporate site, web app, mobile device, etc.) you’re evaluating.

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BNS attend South East Asian Sharepoint Conference 2011

Bitstop President Mr Wilson Lee Chua attended the South East Asia Sharepoint Conpference November 8-9, 2011 in Singapore. One of the featured speaker Ryan Duguid, Senior Product Manager, ECM and Compliance, Microsoft.

South East Asian Sharepoint Conference 2011 tackled different topics and idea’s from the featured speakers. The key notes for the two days conference are “Microsoft Vision” and “Tales from the Field: Your Checklist for Successful SharePoint Governance” respectively.

See the Full Agenda of South East Asian Sharepoint Conference 2011

BNS to Attend TechVenture 2011 Event

BNS President Mr Wilson L. Chua is attending the TechVenture 2011 event in Marina Bay Sands Singapore. One of the featured speakers among a list of luminaries is Eduardo Severin, one of the founders of Facebook.

TECHVENTURE 2011

Now in its pivotal 15th year, TECHVENTURE is set to welcome the most seminal speakers of their respective fields. Be informed and inspired by their vital ideas and leading perspectives.

TECHVENTURE 2010

Philippine Data Center

BNSHosting now offers support for hosting on a per rack basis. This is specially suited for large applications developers that need their servers to be hosted in a Philippine Data center on a per rack, half rack or quarter rack basis. Each rack can support 42U (20 2U servers)

Each full rack in our Philippine data center offers :

  • Dedicated Firewall with VPN server
  • Up to 64 IP address per full rack mount rentals
  • Dedicated 24port Gigabit switch
  • 15 amp power supply
Benefits:
1.  Great Peering. Faster connections.
BNSHosting is a favored location by applications developers that are looking for Philippine data centers that provide seamless interconnectivity among the Philippines various carriers. BNSHosting boast of connectivity either directly or thru our various peering agreements to all of the Philippines’ premier telephone/carriers- PLDT, Digitel, Globe, Bayantel, Eastern Telecoms to name but a few.
2. Reliable Power Source
BNSHosting is the only Philippine Data Center that is hooked up to a utility line with 3 separate feeder source. In addition, BNShosting facility is backed up with two 50KVA diesel generators for emergencies.
3. Lower Operating Costs.
BNSHosting is the only philippine data center that is located outside of Metro Manila, which means that our lower cost location enables us to pass on the savings in terms of lowest pricing to our clients!
Interested parties are urged to contact us at team[at]bnshosting.net
4. 24×7 Operations
Our philippine data center is monitored by our team on a 24×7 basis using industry standard SNMP protocol and Solar Winds’ Orion Monitoring system. We can be reached by phone (PH, SG, US numbers), email or Live Chat on our website.
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DTI Privacy Rules

From: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60963054/DTI-Department-Administrative-Order-Number-8-Prescribing-Guidelines-for-the-Protection-of-Personal-Data-in-Information-and-Communications-System-in
Section 4.
General principles for the protection of personal data
4.1 Personal data must be:
4.1.1 Collected for specified and legitimate purposes determined before collecting personal data and are later processed in a way compatible with those purposes;
4.1.2 Processed accurately, fairly and lawfully;
4.1.3 Accurate, and, where necessary for the processing of personal data, kept up to date; inaccurate or incomplete data must be rectified, supplemented, destroyed or their further processing must be restricted.
4.1.4 Identical, adequate and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected and processed;
4.1.5 Kept in a form, which permits identification of data subjects for, no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were collected and processed.
 
4.2 Criteria for lawful processing of personal data. - Personal data processing is permitted only if not prescribed otherwise by law, and at least one of the following conditions exists:
4.2.1 The data subject has given his or her unambiguous consent;
4.2.2 The personal data processing results from contractual obligations of the data subject;
4.2.3 The data processing is necessary to a data controller for the performance of his or her lawful obligations but in such cases, the processing shall be permitted only to fulfill the intention of the parties; or
4.2.4 The data processing is necessary to protect vitally important interests of the data subject, including life and health.
 
4.3 Disclosure of Personal Data to Data processor
4.3.1 A data controller may entrust personal data processing to a personal data processor provided a written contract is entered into between them;
4.3.2 A personal data processor may process personal data entrusted to him or her only within the scope determined in the contract and in accordance with the purposes provided for therein;
4.3.3 Prior to commencing personal data processing, a personal data processor shall perform safety measures determined by the data controller for the protection of the system in accordance with the requirements in this“Guidelines” and the E-Commerce Law.
 
4.4 Storage of data - Personal data may be stored and used only for as long as it is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was processed. Unless otherwise stipulated in acts on individual types of personal data, personal data shall either be deleted from a personal data or blocked once the purpose from the preceding paragraph has been achieved.
4.5 Rights of the data subject- The data subject is entitled-
4.5.1 To be informed by any data controller whether personal data of which that individual is the data subject are being processed by or on behalf of that data controller.
4.5.1.1 If that is the case, to be given by the data controller a description of:
4.5.1.1.1 The personal data of which that individual is the data subject,
4.5.1.1.2 The purposes for which they are being or are to be processed, and
4.5.1.1.3 The recipients or classes of recipients to whom they are or may be disclosed.
4.5.2 To be notified -
4.5.2.1 The information constituting any personal data of which that individual is the data subject, and
4.5.2.2 Any information available to the data controller as to the source of those data, and
4.5.2.3 Where the processing by automatic means of personal data of which that individual is the data subject for the purpose of evaluating matters relating to him such as, for example, his performances at work, his credit worthiness, his reliability or his conduct, has constituted or is likely to constitute the sole basis for any decision significantly affecting him, to be informed by the data controller of the logic involved in that decision-making.
 
4.6 Rights to information - A data subject also has the right to request the following information:
4.6.1 The designation, or name and surname, and address of the data controller;
4.6.2 The purpose, scope and method of the personal data processing;
4.6.3 The date when the personal data concerning the data subject was last rectified;
4.6.4 The source from which the personal data were obtained unless the disclosure of such information is prohibited by law; and
4.6.5 The processing methods utilized for the automated processing systems, concerning the application of which individual automated decisions are taken.
 
4.7 Data subject’s right of access to his or her personal data. A data subject has the right, within a period of thirty(30) days from the date of submission of the relevant request, to receive from the data controller or data processor the information specified in the preceding Section in writing.
4.8 Data subject’s right to request rectification, destruction of his personal data or restriction of further processing of his personal data.
4.8.1 A data subject has the right to request that his or her personal data be supplemented or rectified, as well as that their processing be suspended or that the data be destroyed if the personal data are incomplete,outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected. If the data subject is able to substantiate that the personal data included in the personal data processing system are incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, the data controller has an obligation to rectify this inaccuracy or violation without delay and notify third parties who have previously received the processed data of such.a) If information has been retracted, a data controller
shall ensure the accessibility of both the new and the retracted information, and recipients thereof receive that the information mentioned simultaneously.
4.9 Right to object. - A data subject has the right to object (in writing, orally or in any other form) to the processing of his or her personal data if such will be used for commercial purposes