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Website Popularity Checker v1.1

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:19:25 +0000

The website-popularity-checker has been updated to use PHP “multi-threading” and AJAX. It stills checks the number of back links according to 6 search engines.

The PHP “multi-threading” is actually implemented using stream_select(). When the checker fetches a report, it makes up to 24 http requests and now these run in parallel to speed up the response time. This means faster reports.

And the use of AJAX now means that the whole page doesn’t need to reload once a report is generated.

In the next version, the report presentation format will be updated.

Madina Arabic Course 1 - Word Dictionary

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:02:23 +0000

For those studying the very popular Medina Arabic course by Shaykh Dr. V. Abdur Raheem, here is a list of the Arabic words used and their English meaning. The left column sorts them alphabetically in Arabic, and the right column has the words sorted in English.

To download the complete pdf, please click below.

Right click here, and click “save as.”

Free SMS in Australia

admin — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:13:55 +0000

So you want free SMS? I've had a look at some free SMS sites which are listed below. I have outlined my recommendations and some of the pitfalls often associated with a "free" service.

SMSPup

SMSPup is free for you but they get their money back through advertising. It works on a points systems, that is, you gain points through clicking banners on their site, responding to email promotions and online survey invitations, and agreeing to receive SMS promotions. With the points you gain, you can send "free" SMSs.

5 Free SMS upon registration
Flexible in that the more you choose to consume advertising, the more points you get.
There's a link to their site at the end of SMSs you send

Free SMS Mate

One of the most popular free SMS sites in Australia.

5 free SMS per day
The more active you are on Freesmsmate the more extra credits you can earn
Website is very messy
"FreeSmsMate.com.au now does FREE SMS" is added to the end of your message.

Moto-Music

This is a site powered my motorolla, and uses the "from field" of messages to advertise itself.

50 Free SMS weekly (no roll over)
Your number is not displayed, so people don't know who sent the message

Web2msg

Literally allows you to send free SMS to anyone you like, quickly, simply. Not sure how long this will last though.

No sign-up required
Quick and very simple!
Your number is not displayed, so people don't know who sent the message
"web2sms.com is appended at the end of the message. 140 char message limit
Daily limits per carrier (e.g. optus, telstra etc). So you've got less chance of being able to send the later the day gets.
Not based in Australia (but who cares if it works!)

Wordpress Templates

admin — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:11:03 +0000

Want free wordpress templates? WordPress comes with a full theme system which makes designing everything from the simplest blog to the most complicated webzine a piece of cake, and you can even have multiple themes with totally different looks that you switch with a single click. Have a new design every day.

Below is a list of sites recommend by Info-Express. In fact, Info-Express uses a template from the first site below.

ThemeViewer

The philosophy behind this site is to provide WordPress users with the opportunity to view a huge amount of themes available and allow them a quick test run or demo at the same time.

Lots of Themes - 1,618 and counting

No registration required to download themes

Simple site with not a lot of mucking around to download files

Old themes that may not be compatible with latest version of Wordpress

WordPress Themes

Supports the Wordpress community with a huge collection of user-added themes.

New themes added frequently (users can upload themes)

No registration required to download themes

Sorting by theme properties (e.g. 1 column, 2 column etc) as well as category (e.g. Animal, Art etc)

Can only view 10 themes per page

WordPress Themes Archive

A dedicated site offering a nice collection of templates.

Can download zip files containing 100+ themes in one go

Over 1800 themes

New themes added frequently (users can upload themes)

No advertising on the website

Browse by theme properties (e.g. 1 column, 2 column etc) as well as category (e.g. Animal, Art etc)

~~Can only view 6 themes per page~~

Now you can view 21 themes per page! (see comment below)