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Posted on 20 Nov 2008 - by Ali In: Random Thoughts

Rapidshare Down or Shut Down

Rapisahre.com was down for a couple of hours and there was no official announcement by the rapidshare staff. Some of  the ISPs block rapidshare to make better use of their bandwidth, because all these file sharing sites have 60-70% of  illegal stuff (as far as I have seen). All those blackhat-under-world websites and the people sharing copyrighted material use such website.
 
While the downtime, it was giving an impressions that rapidshare has been shut down by the authorities, as stated on the Wikipedia
 
On 19 January 2007, news broke that German collections agency GEMA had claimed to have won a temporary injunction against both RapidShare.de and RapidShare.com. “The latter is said to have used copyright protected works of GEMA members in an unlawful fashion,”.[4]To date RapidShare has claimed not to have any knowledge of the content uploaded by the users and of not being in a position to control the content. Through its injunctions the District Court in Cologne had now however made it clear to the company that the fact that it was the users and not the operator of the services that uploaded the content onto the sites did not, from a legal point of view, lessen the operator’s liability for copyright infringements that occurred within the context of the services, the spokesman added.
 
I personally believe there should be some sort of legal action against website hosting copyrighted material and such websites MUST be shut down.
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 - by Ali In: Random Thoughts

Automatic Community Forum Poster

I coded this bot about 6-7 months ago, but never got time to promote it or even release it for free, what it does it (actually gets data from Yahoo Answers)
 
1. Gets new questions - based on your specifications, keywords
2. Gets new questions from any specific category
3. Registers an accoun on your forum.
4. Posts new thread automatially.
5. Automatically posts replies to existing threads.
6. Keeps the posting member active in the online users’ list.
7. Set user signature and promote your own website.
8. Set keywords and / or any specific category from yahoo answers.
 
now on your forums, it will post to any specific forum ID that you would specify, but it looks like its all posted by human being, WHY ? becuase Yahoo Answers has all the legit information and its very reliavle source, where millions of people search for questions.
 
My bot gets quesitons from there, registers an accoun on your forum, post the specific quesiton, you can set Many Signatures, the newly registered user will have a random signature fro mthe list, the same for avatar.
 
Now, the best part is that it automatically fetches the NEW answers and adds that to your forum thread. Another good thing is that to AVOID flood of new users, while osting answers it does not register new user, but it picks one of those YAHOO users and posts reply with it. So it all looks like a real active community.
 
The bot also increases the number of views, and also keep the replying USER active for next 30-60 minutes depending on your forum configuration.
 
It does not reply with your ACTUAL Forum username (member), the bot knows if it was a Yahoo user or a REAL member of the forum, the real member of the forum can also contribute into the thread posted by Yahoo user.
 
You an se this bot live here : http://www.yablee.com/
cheers :)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 - by Ali In: Random Thoughts

Accept Paypal in Pakistan and all other countries

Now you can accept Paypal in Pakistan and other countries - how ?
Well, that was a big issue until now for me atleast, since I usually sell online products like templates, logos and ebook. But now its almost gone. People buy from my online shops and pay from their paypal acount transparently..
Paypal actually sucks, it has its own limitations and that’s why some countries are restricted, I wonder as to why Pakistan not being listed there, even though some small countires are also listed in their list of allowed countries.
 
I have been using 2checkout since last 5-6 years now, YES, I had problems with them, as sometimes their support sucks and is tremendously slow in response, but they are good enough to give you relief when it comes to accept Paypal, the 2checkout has now offered a service where buyers can pay you through their Paypal account, that’s a cool feature and gets you out of doom.
 
If you dont have a 2checkout account, then get one and start selling your products e.g templates, services or anything you want and to even those people who just use Paypal for their online transactions.
 
 
you can find more details about this here
 
good luck with the sales..
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 - by Ali In: Random Thoughts

My old C.V 2006

ALI ROMAN KHAN

 

Sex : Male

Age : 29

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Contact Information

ali@flaxweb.com
Cell / Mobile : 0300 XXXXXX - Residence : 051 92XXXXX


Languages Command
INT : English, Urdu, Arabic (r/w)
LOC : Saraiki, Punjabi and Pushto

Education : M.C.S: C.P.S, Islamabad Campus

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

Programming / Scripting Languages

PHP, ASP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, XML, Javascript (AJAX), C, C++, Visual Basic, Pascal

Internet / Web Designing Tools
Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Swishmax, Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, Real Draw Pro, Ulead Graphic tools, Xara Web Tools and many other web design utility tools.

Office Automation and Operating Systems
MS Office, Open Office, DOS, Windows 98, Windows XP


WORK EXPERIENCE

I have been working with different programming languages since 1994. I started my career as freelance Web Developer in 2002 with technologies such as PHP, MySQL, JSP, HTML, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Swish 2 (currently Swishmax) and many other web design related tools.

 

I am currently working as Senior Web Developer at Flaxweb (www.flaxweb.com). My major job responsibilities include:

 

  • Development of new products i.e. web templates, logos, web elements, plugins for Swishmax, PHP and MySQL based products i.e. Content Management Systems, Shopping carts, Custom Scripts (third party credit card processor gateways for 2checkout, Paypal) etc and provide support to existing customers.
  • Marketing Flaxweb products through different advertising channels i.e. Google Adwords, Yahoo Marketing, Overture, Msn etc and keeping track of generated leads and conversions.
  • Generating traffic through effective link building (including article and directory submission, traffic through online communities, forums and blogs, traffic from press release, social networking and social bookmarking websites i.e. PRWeb, Digg, MySpace, Delicious etc), search engine optimization (meta, keyword density, popularity, the right anchors etc) and submission.
  • Designing newsletter templates, sending newsletters to Flaxweb forum subscribers (65,000) and monitoring traffic (time, location, conversion) through different scripts and websites such as Alexa.
  • Implement unique strategies to improve revenues through different sources such as Google Adsense, Commissions Junction, Chitika etc.
  • Management of customers, sales and products
  • Work online with international clients/companies mostly based in USA and UK.
  • Regular updates of Flaxweb Network websites (25) and ensuring the security measures. Optimization of scripts to keep CPU usage low to avoid extra charges for web hosting.
  • Writing articles/tutorials on internet technologies to generate traffic.

 

PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS

 

I have completed several freelance projects for different companies mostly based in US and UK. The complete list can be provided on request. Below is a short list of products and projects that I developed / accomplished.

 

PRODUCTS

 

Flax Article Manager – Content Management System

 

Flax Article Manager is a unique and efficient product designed to manage News and Articles on any website. This product has a user friendly interface and is highly scalable. It has an advance Administration Panel at backend to control the whole website including, articles, news, categories, user groups, permission, comments, general site settings, titles, search engine optimized urls module, Adsense settings, database backup, advance HTML newsletter sender module etc. The skinning of Flax Article Manager is extremely easy as the whole system is template driven. Technologies used are PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and Javascript. Its advance WYSIWYG Editor is cross browser compatible. Please visit the url below for details

http://www.flaxweb.com/products/articles

 

Flax Products, Sales and Customer Manager

 

This product was designed to meet company’s requirements for managing its non-tangible products, sale records and customers. This product includes shopping cart, a gateway API to third party credit card processor company 2checkout.com, news module, link directory module, management of orders (pending, approved, refunded, cancelled), products (templates, logos, or custom software), customer management area, customer download area (automatic generation of customer login IDs upon successful payment through credit card). Front end design can be seen below

 

http://www.swish-shop.com/

 

 

DawnBoard – Messageboard / Forum Software

 

Dawnboard is a message board (forum) software for building online communities similar to other forum softwares such as Invision, vBulletin and phpBB. The concept is based on Flaxweb product LiteBoards that does not require any database but works with binary file system. Dawnboard is improved and also supports MySQL database as well. This product is still in beta testing phase and not yet released to public, however LiteBoards can be downloaded FREE at

 

http://www.liteboards.com/

 

Web templates, Logos and banners

 

Designed top selling flash animated web templates, logos, banners, plugins using Flash, Adobe Photoshop and Swishmax. I have also developed small Flash and/or Swishmax tools such as guestbook, counters, news randomizers and contact forms. These products can be found at the following url

 

http://www.swish-shop.com/

 

Flax Image Manager

An advance PHP and MySQL based script for Free image hosting, that utilizes GD functions to stretch, crop, watermark and resize images. This script provides an easy way to upload images, generate thumbnails and image series, AJAX based updating, user profiles, creation of online Instant Autorun Flash CD presentation from uploaded images, photo albums/galleries, image management area, image randomizer from a static URL, Flash slideshows and many other features. It also generates search engine friendly urls for each image and photo albums. The backend Administration Panel provides full control over all areas of the website. For more features and demo please visit

 

http://www.imageox.com/

 

Flax CMS – Content Management System

 

This product was specifically designed for Flaxweb Network websites to manage them quickly and update easily. This product supports unlimited categories, pages, sections, modules and templates. The backend administration panel makes it easy to add new pages with a few clicks. This product not only generates static search engine friendly urls but also provides options for each page to optimize its meta, keywords and description tags. Demo sites can be seen below

http://www.swishclimax.com/

http://www.flaxweb.com/

 

 

MOST RECENT PROJECTS

Fanslogon.com Case Study

Completed project for New York based company Stratagem Communications LLC. The company requirement was to develop an advance user and search engine friendly content management system for a sports portal. The main competitors of SC LLC are ESPN and SportsLine. Company requirement also included management of sports news, standings, articles, blogs, user management, groups and permissions, polls, competitions, categories, sections, custom pages, advance header optimization area, advertisement handling, fans forum, fans videos, RSS feeds with full description from Yahoo and Associated Press to set with Cron Jobs that automatically updates the site, produce RSS for onsite articles and news, comments management, newsletter subscription and sending, general site tags, automated approval of articles, news and blogs. This project was completed within 3 months.

 

http://www.fanslogon.com/

 

Aiwwerx.com Tele Communication Company

 

Starband’s and SkyEdge’s affiliate US Ford based company AirWerx required a Flash based dynamic website to display their products and information about their company. The main requirement was to design a website with natural look and keep the taste of Montana lake and this was accomplished with full customer satisfaction. A dynamic Flash website was developed that makes it easy to update information by just updating external files (.tpl or .txt). Time calculation feature displays different taste of website on different timings.

 

http://www.airwerx.com/

 

 

 

Other recent clients

 

http://www.alstrasoft.com/

http://www.scriptsfrenzy.com/

http://www.vdox.com/

http://www.aviationnews.us/

http://www.tapelib.com/

http://www.viperlair.com/

http://www.wordsforhire.com/

http://www.sukodo-online.com/

 

Find more information about clients, products and work details please visit my blog

http://www.aliroman.com/

 

Recently designed Flaxweb Company Websites

 

Please find the list of sites below that I have designed recently.

 

http://www.flaxweb.com/

http://www.swishclimax.com/

http://www.swish-shop.com/

http://www.swish-db.com/

http://www.imageox.com/

http://www.xitalk.com/

http://www.templatedesire.com/


Ongoing Projects (March 1, 2007 to date)

 

Yahoo Answers Standard Development Kit

http://answers.yahoo.com/

 

Currently developing an API that fetches information from Yahoo Answers (xml) and adds that information to phpBB (Open Source forum software). This script automatically checks for new questions and answers. It registers users automatically while posting a new topic and utilizes existing yahoo usernames to post replies. It adds useful information to your existing forum that gives an impression of highly active community and motivates other users to join the discussions.

 

Open Source Content Management System

http://www.xitalk.com/

 

Developing an open source content management system that supports different styles, templates, skins and languages. It makes easy for laymen to update their website quite efficiently and easily.

 

References on request. Visit www.aliroman.com or www.flaxweb.com for details.

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