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One of the dilemmas I had faced after publishing my blog on Blogger was how to integrate forms? A simple feedback or Contact Us form can go a long way in making your blog more user focused and interactive. I have found to simple methods to overcome this handicap. And yes you don’t need to be a coder to do this!
1. Use Formstack Forms (http://www.formstack.com) to build professional looking online forms:
A simple but very effective solution is offered by www.formstack.com . Formstack allows you to design and build forms online and then allows you to embed forms on any blog or website. The simple drag and drop interface allows you to easily create an HTML form and add any type of form element (e.g. Text fields, email field, file upload). You can manage your field types, add sections, and rearrange your fields. The Process is very simple:
Sign up on Formstack.
Build your forms using the form builder. The interface is intuitive. Use a few minute is get familiar and no harm experimenting.
Assign the email address where you want to send form data. This is important as this is where you will receive the feedbacks.
Select a suitable design template and Save your form.
Generate the code to embed on your Blog. Save the code in a notepad file.
You are pretty much done with Formstack! Now log in to your Blogger account to integrate the code on your Blogger website:
On your blogger add a page using the page widget. . If you don’t have the widget already you can do so my going to Design > Add Widget and Select Pages Widget. The page widget on Blogger allows you to add up to 10 static pages on Blogger.
After added the page widget go to Posting > Edit Pages > Create a new page.
Create a new page with the name “Contact Us” using pages widget
On the page editor click Edit HTML tab.
Paste the embed code generated from Formstack. And Voila! You have a working feedback form on Blogger!
Do a quick preview. You may have to do small adjustments to the form field lengths if there are any overlaps with your Blogger sidebar but that is simple. The Formstack form builder interface is so simple that you can quickly find your way to generate a visually pleasing feedback form.
2. Use feedback tool from getsatisfaction (http://www.getsatisfaction.com)
Get satisfaction is one of the most popular feedback tools on the Internet. Integrating this on blogger requires some careful template code embedding. The Integration process is simple though:
Sign up on getsatisfaction.com.
Generate the code for embedding.
There is not straight forward blogger integration widget here so you will have to go to your blogger template source to integrate the code.
Go to blogger Design > Edit HTML
On template XML source code look for tag.
Paste the get satisfaction embed code just before the and save the template and you have the feedback widget on blogger!
Proper Hosting Environment
A properly configured server is highly recommended for your joomla website. Host your site on a server that runs PHP in CGI mode with su_php. This means that PHP runs under your own account user instead of the global Apache user and you don’t need to set insecure global permissions like CHMOD of 777.
a. Set register_globals OFF
b. Disable allow_url_fopen
c. Adjust the magic_quotes_gpc directive as needed for your site. The recommended setting for Joomla! 1.0.x is ON to protect against poorly-written extensions. Joomla! 1.5 ignores this setting and works fine either way.
d. Don’t use PHP safe_mode
Change the Default Database Prefix (jos_)
While installation, change the default database prefix to something random. This will prevent most of the SQL injection attacks as hackers try to retrive superadmin details from jos_users table. Disable FTP Layer
While installation, dont enable the FTP layer as it opens up a potential security hole since your FTP details are stored in plain text under a Joomla! configuration file. FTP layer is not required if your hosting is secured and configured properly for Joomla. Change superadministrator username
After installation, change the username for the super-administrator. By default, its admin. So change it something like ravi.chamria so that the username/password combination becomes difficult to guess or crack. Strong password
Always use strong password for the administrator accounts. An example of strong password is E@^M!$<9@k. You can use sites like www.strongpasswordgenerator.com to generate a strong password.
A good addition is to password protect the administrator folder. In apache web server, you can do this htaccess file or in cpanel, you can use Password Protected Directory option to setup a password. This will add another layer of username/password before someone reaches your Joomla admin details. Needless to say, have this password different from Joomla admin password.
Enable SEF URLs
Most hackers use the Google inurl: command to search for a vulnerable exploit. So enable SEF urls from site configuration if you are using Joomla 1.5. You can also use extensions like SH404SEF for both Joomla 1.0 and Joomla 1.5. This will prevent hackers from finding the exploits as well as benefit you in SEO perspective. Upgrade to latest release of Joomla
Always upgrade to the latest release of Joomla as soon as possible. The current release is 1.5.11. You can subscribe to http://feeds.joomla.org/JoomlaSecurityNews or our blog feeds http://feeds2.feedburner.com/joomlainblog to get updates about the latest security releases.
Always download Joomla! from official sites, such as the Joomla! Forge, and check the MD5 hash
Third party extensions
There are more than 4000 extensions available for Joomla many of which are non-commercial. But dont take this as an opportunity to install unnecessary extensions on your website. Remember that most hacking attempts occur due to vulnerability in these extensions. So, always use extensions which are popular, has strong community backing and development process. Proper file/folder permissions
The proper file/folder permissions for your joomla website is:
* PHP files: 644
* Config files: 666
* Other folders: 755
You can CHMOD the files and folders using your FTP client.
Setup a backup and recovery process
Always rely on a strong backup and recovery protocol for your live website. Its not just hacking that may compromise your website but other factors like a faulty upgrade or extension install, hardware failure, hosting provider issues. You can use JoomlaPack, a non-commercial component native for both Joomla 1.0 and 1.5 for backup.
selection of an ideal business website hosting is required before the user propose any strategy should complete the goods and services for sale on its Web site business, you have to be assessed on an ideal business website hosting. You can have several options with regard to services and business website get hosting .
When you think about business website hosting, there are three types of alternatives available to him / her:
1st Dedicated Server,
2nd Virtual Hosting and
3rd Co-location.
You can put a question to him / herself, “wow, I can receive as an ideal business website hosting?”
While looking for a business website hosting will be counteracted by multiple ads and links that several large selection explains, for his / her business. These options range from free to cheap < b> Web Hosting and expensive business website hosting, and. It is superlative to remain vigil, all the necessary requirements by analyzing the user and try to ignore all forms of propaganda.
Solutions to some fundamental questions, the user needs to be kept in mind: “Which is preferable server and what kind of company is to have you? Do you have the transaction is a simple business site or rather a complex e-commerce site have? ” One can answer all these questions on the analysis of business website hosting.
When one speaks of a dedicated server business website hosting, then this type of hosting you can rent the entire server. missing for the Webmaster Capitol at the start, this can be proved to be a clever alternative. When one talks about a Dedicated Server hosting user can enjoy a large amount of disk space and file-transfer capacity. You can fast connectivity as the presence of only one local business on the Dedicated Server. When one talks about the majority of cases, the user service is excellent as ever to enjoy his or her obligation. The disadvantage is that you pay extra amount to compare virtual hosting and not the command, which one is to enjoy co-location business website hosting.
In a virtual-hosting business website hosting, you have to rent the space at the comparatively larger server and the server must be shared with multiple number of other websites. This kind of business website hosting is quite reasonable and has several properties and alternatives that can be adapted by each of the business website. However, the only drawback is that a prime number, has to down-counter that can harm the accounts of sales and visitors. Sales are crucial to business website hosting. For this reason you should only hosting service to its Web hosting business, the best to go as far as possible.
During the discussion of the co-location business hosting site you will find that it is a hosting server, the user equipment in a safe state of the art equipment is used placed at a different location. The highest value of the co-location business website hosting, is that the user to get full command over the reliability and accuracy of the data of his / her website. Overcoming the quality of the co-location business website hosting is a daunting task, but for a beginner in the business website, it can be a costly option. The price are not things when you get the best performance, this is with co-location business website hosting.
One can be business website hosting services with several alternatives on the market. One should patiently Compare all should and most appropriate option to choose as his duty.