Step 1

Download your WHMCS Template
Client Area -> My Downloads

Step 3

Open the file you just downloaded and extract it in your computer.

Step 3

Open your FTP Client and connect to your website.

Step 4

Upload the contents of the PHP Files folder to your WHMCS installation folder.
Overwrite existing files if necessary

Step 5

Upload contents of WHMCS Cart Template to your templates/orderforms folder
Upload subfolder

Step 6

Upload contents of WHMCS Template to your WHMCS Templates folder
Upload subfolder

Step 7

Login to WHMCS Admin Panel and go to Setup -> General Settings -> Template
Select the template you uploaded and click save

Step 8

Navgitate to etup -> General Settings -> Ordering
In the “Default Order Form Template” section, select the order form you uploaded and click save

Your template is now installed.

’twas a troublesome night and morning for me. Since last night I was trying to export / copy all O2 Xda Atom Exec phone contacts into a SIM card. This old cellphone, O2 Xda Atom Exec, by default, can only “Save to SIM” contacts individually. There’s no multiple selection. What I wanted to do was export the O2 Atom contacts into a SIM card, and from the SIM card export to another phone – Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503… or is it GT-15503?

I had so much trouble doing this last night, and I won’t elaborate that anymore. Here’s the hassle-free (or less hassle) way of moving your contacts from your O2 Xda Atom Exec phone into Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503. This might work too even if the other phone isn’t Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503.

Please bear with me – always mentioning the full model names of the phones! lol.

How to export ( backup | copy | move ) contacts saved on your O2 Xda Atom Exec into Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503

The following instructions are assuming you begin with your SIM card inserted to O2 Xda Atom Exec.

1. Download PPCContactsMgr and unzip into your O2 Xda Atom Exec phone. Find the zipped file attached to the post of dotfred (thanks so much to this developer), it was named FdcSoft PPCContactsMgr v1.6.zip when I downloaded it. This application will help you select multiple contacts and save (or even delete) them all at once.
2. Once you unzip the file into your O2 Xda Atom Exec, run the .cab file to install.
3. Restart your O2 Xda Atom Exec.
4. Open your Contacts. You can now select multiple contacts at once doing a “click and drag” action.
5. Select the contacts you’d like to copy into your SIM card, and click on Menu (on lower right of the screen).
6. Under Menu you will find the “Add Sel. Contacts to SIM”. This will copy all selected contacts from the O2 Xda Atom Exec phone into your SIM card.
7. Turn off O2 Xda Atom Exec, remove the SIM card from it, and insert it to Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503.
8. Turn on the Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503 phone, and open your Contacts (icon at the lower right area of idle screen).
9. Press the menu button to display available options.
10. Choose “Import/Export” from the menu, and then “Import from SIM Card”.
11. Select contacts that you would like to copy from the SIM card into Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503.
12. Press the “Import” button.
13. You should have successfully transferred contacts from your O2 Xda Atom Exec, to your SIM card, and into the Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503 now.

I hope that helped.

My Opinions on Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503

This is the first Android device I used. Kinda confusing at first but I guess I’ll get used to it. This kind of device can be fully enjoyed if you have wifi access and an SD card in it. You’ll be able to download so many free applications from the Android Market.

I hate the Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503 keyboard! The one called “Samsung Keyboard” specifically. I am not used to this kind of keyboard design, only alphabets and and the period key is present on the main screen. Not even the comma, which I often use in composing SMS, is placed there. To use the other keys I have to press a lot of buttons – one press to show the screen with numbers and some symbols, another for other symbols, and another for smilies. But yeah, maybe it will take some getting used to. I think my typing speed has slowed down 50% compared to when using O2 Xda Atom Exec.

Other things I do not like about Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503… (1) the multifunction jack’s cover. I had an old Samsung phone before with the same multifunction jack design and the cover didn’t last long. Sadly, this multifunction jack of Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503 will often (well, it’s a multifunction jack) be used because this is where we plug the travel adapter (charger), PC data cable, and etc. (2) The phone casing looks fragile… the material type that will break when you drop it. The casing’s glossy also seem to be scratch and dirt prone, especially the back part. So it’s best to use a protective casing on it. (3) Unlike O2 Xda Atom Exec, there’s no indicator LED that will let you know you have an unread message even when screen is off.

Don’t get me wrong! I love the Samsung phone. I was simply stating what I do not like. The free downloadable apps from Android Market, sleek interface, and other features cover up all these things I dislike about Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5503. lol.

Credits for this O2 Xda Atom Exec to Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-i5503 post

If I hadn’t stumbled upon this blog entry, it’s possible that I’m still stressing myself out right now. So thanks to whoever wrote this article:

Pocket PC Tips : Select Multiple Contacts on O2 Atom

The developer who wrote the PPCContactsMgr application also has my thanks:

PPCContactsMgr

There’s one thing that often annoyed me, regarding the Skype window. When I am busy working and have a lot of windows open, and want to minimize Skype to the system tray, it won’t do what I want it to. When I click on the “Close” button of Skype it just minimizes to the task bar. What I want is for Skype to minimize into the system tray when I close its window even when I’m still signed in. Yahoo! Messenger does that for me.

The solution for this is… For Skype version 5:
From the menu at the top, choose Tools -> Options…
In the Skype Options window, choose the Advanced tab on the menu on the left.
Uncheck “Keep Skype in the task bar while I’m signed in”
Click on the Save button. Try closing the Skype window while you’re signed in. Skype should minimize to the tray.

Thanks to the following article I stumbled upon: How to Minimize Skype to Windows 7 System Tray (Notification Area)

Anyways, I’m still posting this, in case there are some visitors browsing around who need help with properly displaying the transparency of .PNG images in IE5.5 and IE6. This also helps me easily find the needed code to fix the display. I need it from time to time when I design website layouts.

Tip: Most of us are probably using the newer versions of Internet Explorer. I suggest that you download and use the IE Tester. It’s a web browser that lets you see how web pages render in different versions of IE – 5.5, 6, 7, and 8.

I assume that as you read this, you are using Internet Explorer version 5.5, or the version 5.5 tab on the IE Tester.

The following .png image has a grayish background color that replaces the parts that are supposed to be transparent.

This is the code for what’s show above.

<div style="background:pink;padding:20px;">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/catzie/transparent1.png"
alt="" />
</div>

Please click here to open on a new window the fixed version of what we are trying to display. You’d notice that there’s no longer the grayish background on the parts that are supposed to be transparent. Now you can see through the pink background.

The final code is:

<html>
<head>
	<style type="text/css">
		body{
			background-color:pink;
		}
	</style>
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<script language="JavaScript">
function correctPNG() // correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 & 6.
{
   var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")
   var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1])
   if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters))
   {
      for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++)
      {
         var img = document.images[i]
         var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase()
         if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG")
         {
            var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : ""
            var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className
                               + "' " : ""
            var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " :
                               "title='" + img.alt + "' "
            var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText
            if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle
            if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle
            if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle
            var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
            + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height
            + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
            + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
            + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"<>/span>"
            img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
            i = i-1
         }
      }
   }
}
window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG);
</script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
  <div style="background:pink;padding:20px;">
         <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/catzie/transparent1.png"
                alt="" />
  </div>
</body>
</html>

The code above uses conditional comment to check if your current browser is older than IE 7. If it is, the JavaScript code which corrects the display of the .png is executed.

This method has limitations though. It works only on IE5.5 and IE6. It needs JavaScript enabled on your browser, or else it won’t work. And it only works on images placed using the <img> tag. It won’t work on background images.

I learned about this fix from this website

Let me share to you this tutorial on how to tune a guitar manually.

Refer to the image above. Let’s call the thinnest string #1 and the thickest string #6. The letters over the right are the corresponding notes of each string, but just ignore them for now. We’ll use the numbers instead to make it easier. Read the following directions carefully.

directions

1. Press #6 on the 5th fret and pluck it. Listen to its pitch. Pluck the open #5 string. Adjust it until it gains the same pitch as that of #6.
2. Press #5 on the 5th fret and pluck it. Listen to its pitch. Pluck the open #4 string. Adjust it until it gains the same pitch as that of #5
3. Press #4 on the 5th fret and pluck it. Listen to its pitch. Pluck the open #3 string. Adjust it until it gains the same pitch as that of #4.
4. Press #3 on the 4th fret (yes, 4th fret!) and pluck it. Listen to its pitch. Pluck the open #2 string. Adjust it until it gains the same pitch as that of #3.
5. Press #2 on the 5th fret (yes, 5th fret again!) and pluck it. Listen to its pitch. Pluck the open #1 string. Adjust it until it gains the same pitch as that of #2.

tips and notes

• You need to listen very well when you pluck each string. Try plucking it as hard as you can to produce a louder sound. You must know how to distinguish the difference of the pitches/notes that you hear.
• After adjusting all the strings, strum them. If you’re not satisfied with the outcome, you might want to do the tuning all over again. Be patient. It will be easy when you get used to it anyway. If the outcome pitch is too high, adjust string #6 to a lower pitch and do the tuning over again; If the outcome pitch is too low, adjust string #6 to a higher pitch and do the tuning all over again.

Comments on this tutorial will be appreciated. Please note I’m just an amateur guitarist that I might not be able to answer questions that might be asked about guitars.

If you find this article helpful, feel free to link back through this permalink.

This is for PHP beginners, but I assume that you have basic knowledge about PHP variables and form submission methods if you would read this tutorial.

In this simple tutorial I’m writing, the content page will contain only contents. The layout is separated from contents, which makes updating the layout less complicated than if it were in the same file. Usually, I put the layout codes inside header.php and footer.php. Whenever I have to make changes to the layout, the only files I edit are those two.

An example

Let’s say that the following is your layout code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <table border="1">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="page1.php">page1</a> &nbsp; <a href="page2.php">page2</a>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="background:pink;">
        This is your website's homepage.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>

Let’s consider the code of the table as the layout, and the text inside the second <td></td> tag is the content of your homepage.

We’ll be separating parts of that code and put them into separate .php files.

This chunk of code goes to header.php. You will notice that the links have changed. We’ll get to its explanation later.

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <table border="1">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="index.php?page=page1.php">page1</a>&nbsp;<a href="index.php?page=page2.php">page2</a>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="background:pink;">

The following goes to homepage.php

        This is your website's homepage.

This one goes to footer.php

      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>

Let’s create page1.php

You are viewing page1.php

Let’s also create page2.php

You are viewing page2.php

The following is your index.php and is a very important part because it’s the chunk of code which forms your website structure.

<?php
     include('header.php');

     $x = $_GET['x'];
     if (!empty($x)) {
          include($x);
     }
     else {
          include('homepage.php');
     }

     include('footer.php');
?>

Explanation of the modified links

The href attribute has the following value in our links in header.php

index.php?x=page1.php

Here’s how it works. Using the get function, we assign to the variable $x on line 3 of index.php the name of the page we want to open, which is page1.php.

We have an if-else statement after the assignment. If variable $x is not empty, the page is included as the content. Or else, the homepage.php is included.

If we have another page, page3.php for example, then we would link to it using the following code:

Go to page.php

I hope that helps.