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12 Mar

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Decoding Encrypted PHP Files

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Since I was just dealing with an encrypted footer.php file for the theme I use, I thought I would post how to decode encrypted Php files. This took me a few hours to find a source that actually worked. The most common way to decode a file is to create three files, decrypt.php, encode.txt, and decode.txt, to bad this didn’t work for me, and time consuming trying to figure out why it didn’t work. So as a result I found an easier way to get the information from encrypted php files.

I am posting this for legal use, if you use this for illegal use, keep it to yourself, because that’s not the reason I am putting this on here. I am posting it to keep WP theme creators honest, and not loading up the footer with links to webpages you do not support. In the case of this theme, they had lots of links to online casino and gambling websites. I have no problem keeping a link on my page to the theme creators website and WordPress.org, but anything else is pushing it.

Update – Try this method before proceeding to the code below. Change the php encrypted code from eval to Echo and then open the file in a browser, when the page comes up, goto view, page source, and this should be the exact code for the encrypted information. If this did not work, then try the code entered below.

Note: If the code is $_F=__FILE__;$, this is another type of encoding that will not work with this code, it is encoded using Source Cop.

This is the easiest way I found to get the encoded information

Copy this code into notepad, or whatever editor you prefer to use. » Read the rest of the entry..
10 Mar

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Quick Tips For WordPress Speed Up

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The subject of optimizing WordPress and making a website Stumble / digg proof, has been rehashed so many times, that I had to talk myself into even writing a post about it. This list is short and straight to the point about optimizing WordPress, with easy to use plugins and tips. Most of these have been mentioned several times before, but since I just re-did the design on my website and had to optimize it all over again so that it would load as fast as possible, I figured now would be a good time to post about how to do it, since it’s still fresh in my mind. This list is for people who don’t have access to the http.config file or the Php.ini file. It is over the top configuration, so no editing of the htaccess file.

Recommended website to check out the loading speed of your website, and how big the web site file that is sent to each visitor. Website Speed Test

WordPress Plugins – This article includes an advanced tweak for wp super cache, I have also included instructions on other things you should do instead of relying on the plugins to do all the work. I just wrote an article about must have and highly recommend WordPress plugins and all of these plugins are listed, with some other plugins that most bloggers should have and use.

Wp-Super-Cache – Whenever your website is viewed or indexed, your database dishes out the information for the page. This can cause the website to load slow if the database has to do this for every visitor on your website. Wp super cache, takes the database information and makes static content that can be resent thousands / millions of times, so that the database doesn’t have to recreate the webpages every time someone visits your website.
Advanced Wp Super Cache tip – Some people try to get the most out of this great plugin. The most common tweak is adding Gzip to the plugin, so that the page is zipped up and sent in a package to a visitor, which can result in a faster loading webpage. I say to use this at your own risk, I have had some issues with it where my webpage comes up as a blank index with nothing loading up, even though to me the page appears to be working fine. I ended up removing this tweak, even though the problem occurs only a couple times a week. For those brave souls out there that want to give it a try, heres how you add it. » Read the rest of the entry..
08 Mar

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Must Have & Highly Recommended WordPress Plugins

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List of highly recommended and must have WordPress Plugins for the casual blogger to the full time professional blogger.

Akismets – This plugin stops about 90% or more of comment spam on my website, for any blogger you need to make sure your website does not become over ran by spam.

Wp-super-cache – Anyone who has a WordPress based website needs this. It speeds up your website by Caching and creating Static pages of your content. This results, in faster loading web site, since the database which dishes out the pages and various types of information, doesn’t need to work as hard. You will find that your bandwidth usage for your website will go down, and your website will show a significant increase in speed.

All in one SEO Pack – This little goody helps to make your Blog SEO friendly, and to give you greater control over the basic SEO practices such as Page Titles, Meta Keywords, Meta Description, etc. Easy to setup, and is a must for anyone with WordPress who wants traffic from search engines.

Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin creates the Sitemaps that you should be using with your blog to dictate what to search on your website. This plugin notifies MSN, Ask, Google, and Yahoo about changes on your website so the new content can be indexed.

Optimize DB – I wrote a blog post on the plugin last week about Avoiding excessive CPU usage errors from your web host. This plugin optimizes the database of your website, so you do not have to log into you phpadmin every day to keep your database small and efficient, so it does not take up the processing power of the machine that is hosting it. It will speed up the loading of your website and it’s easy to use, so use it at the end of the day if you have been posting or modifying your website. » Read the rest of the entry..