• Status on Dec 4: redemptionPeriod

• Status: redemptionPeriod

• Status: pendingDelete

• Status: Dropped, available for purchase!

How do I renew my domains?

To manually renew your domains, begin by logging into your account. Select the “Manage Domains” tab. In Step 1, select “Renew Domains”. Step 2, select the domains you would like to renew. Step 3, click the “Manage Domains” button. The domains will be added to your shopping cart. After you’ve completed the checkout process, your domains will be successfully renewed.

You can also set your domains to auto-renew and avoid the hassle of manually renewing your domains every time they’re set to expire.

What happens if I don’t renew my domains?

1. 60-days* before your domain(s) expire will send notices reminding you to renew them. The exact expiration date can be seen in your account.
2. If the domain expires it may still be maintained in the registration database for a 5-day* grace period where it can be renewed at the normal renewal price. During this time all services such as hosting or email will not be active.
3. After the grace period it will be deactivated and placed into a 30-day* Redemption Period (Note – Some domains may not make it to the redemption period if they are purchased by a third party. Be sure to renew your domains before they enter redemption status.)
4. Once the Redemption Period has elapsed the domain may be registered by another party.

_{* Number of days stated in the domain expiration/redemption explanation are approximate.}

My domain is in “Redemption.” What does that mean?

(see renewal process above) Once a domain goes into the redemption period it can be obtained by other parties. You may still be able to redeem the domain for up to 30-days by request by filling out this form (there is a link to the form below). The fee for reactivating a domain in the Redemption Period is $99.95 + the normal renewal fee. At the end of the Redemption Period the domain(s) will go into a 5-day delete cycle at the end of which they will become available for anyone to register.

To Retrieve URL path in STATIC BLOCK

To get SKIN URL

{{skin url='images/sampleimage.jpg '}}

To get Media URL

{{media url='/sampleimage.jpg'}}

To get Store URL

{{store url='mypage.html'}}

To get Base URL

{{base url='yourstore/mypage.html'}}

TO Retrieve URL path in PHTML

Note: In editing PHTML don’t forget to enclode the following code with PHP tag
Not secure Skin URL:

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/sampleimage.jpg') ?>

Secure Skin URL

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/ sampleimage.gif', array('_secure'=>true)) ?>

Get  Current URL

$current_url = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();

Get Home URL

$home_url = Mage::helper('core/url')->getHomeUrl();

Get Magento Media Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_LINK);

Get Magento Media Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);

Get Magento Skin Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);

Get Magento Store Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);

Get Magento Js Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);

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Run the file manager as root:

sudo thunar

Browse to the location of the boot screen:

/lib/plymouth/themes/xubuntu-logo

Make your changes:

I edited 16bit_logo.png (main logo in 16bit format), xubuntu-grebird.png (this is the background image) and xubuntu-logo.png (main logo)

Note: be sure to NOT change the file names, only edit the contents and re-save.

Finalize your changes with the following command:

sudo update-initramfs -u

Part II

If you simply want to disable the Xubuntu splash screen on startup and when shutting down, I found the following working for me in Xubuntu 11.10;

1. open Thunar (your file manager) as administrator;
   • Open a terminal screen
   • There type “sudo thunar” (and press enter)
2. With the Thunar as root ‘as root’ now open,
   • Navigate to /lib/plymouth/themes
   • Select and cut the two files default.playmouth and text.playmounth
   • Paste them somewhere in a backup directory, e.g. /lib/plymouth/themes/backup

In Xubuntu simply run this command from the terminal to load the file manager as “ROOT”:

sudo thunar

Here is the stock grub config file pulled from /etc/default/grub:

# If you change this file, run ‘update-grub’ afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n ‘Simple configuration’

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD …)
#GRUB_BADRAM=”0×01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef”

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo’
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640×480

# Uncomment if you don’t want GRUB to pass “root=UUID=xxx” parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=”true”

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE=”480 440 1″

Here are the changes I made:

# If you change this file, run ‘update-grub’ afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n ‘Simple configuration’

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD …)
#GRUB_BADRAM=”0×01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef”

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo’
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640×480

# Uncomment if you don’t want GRUB to pass “root=UUID=xxx” parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=”true”

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE=”480 440 1″

Finalizing your changes:

Be sure to run the following command after you have made any changes to the grub config file:

sudo update-grub

Another Helpful Post About Grub: Grub2 Basics – Ubuntu Forums

February 8, 2012

The Chrome team is excited to announce the release of Chrome 17 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.  17.0.963.46 contains a number of new features including:

• New Extensions APIs
• Updated Omnibox Prerendering
• Download Scanning Protection
• Many other small changes

Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix

• [73478] Low CVE-2011-3953: Avoid clipboard monitoring after paste event. Credit to Daniel Cheng of the Chromium development community.
• [92550] Low CVE-2011-3954: Crash with excessive database usage. Credit to Collin Payne.
• [93106] High CVE-2011-3955: Crash aborting an IndexDB transaction. Credit to David Grogan of the Chromium development community.
• [103630] Low CVE-2011-3956: Incorrect handling of sandboxed origins inside extensions. Credit to Devdatta Akhawe, UC Berkeley.
• [$1000] [104056] High CVE-2011-3957: Use-after-free in PDF garbage collection. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [$2000] [105459] High CVE-2011-3958: Bad casts with column spans. Credit to miaubiz.
• [$1000] [106441] High CVE-2011-3959: Buffer overflow in locale handling. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [$500] [108416] Medium CVE-2011-3960: Out-of-bounds read in audio decoding. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [$1000] [108871] Critical CVE-2011-3961: Race condition after crash of utility process. Credit to Shawn Goertzen.
• [$500] [108901] Medium CVE-2011-3962: Out-of-bounds read in path clipping. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [109094] Medium CVE-2011-3963: Out-of-bounds read in PDF fax image handling. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
• [109245] Low CVE-2011-3964: URL bar confusion after drag + drop. Credit to Code Audit Labs of VulnHunt.com.
• [109664] Low CVE-2011-3965: Crash in signature check. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.
• [$1000] [109716] High CVE-2011-3966: Use-after-free in stylesheet error handling. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [109717] Low CVE-2011-3967: Crash with unusual certificate. Credit to Ben Carrillo.
• [$1000] [109743] High CVE-2011-3968: Use-after-free in CSS handling. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
• [$1000] [110112] High CVE-2011-3969: Use-after-free in SVG layout. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
• [$500] [110277] Medium CVE-2011-3970: Out-of-bounds read in libxslt. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [$1000] [110374] High CVE-2011-3971: Use-after-free with mousemove events. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
• [110559] Medium CVE-2011-3972: Out-of-bounds read in shader translator. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).

The bugs [105459], [106441], [108416], [108901], [109716], [109743], [110112], [110277], [110374]  and [110559] were detected using AddressSanitizer.

In addition, we would like to thank miaubiz, Drew Yao and Braden Thomas of Apple, Sławomir Błażek, Aki Helin of OUSPG, Chamal de Silva and Atte Kettunen of OUSPG for working with us in the development cycle and preventing bugs from ever reaching the stable channel. Various rewards were issued, including a top $3133.70 reward to Aki Helin.

More detailed updates are available on the Chrome Blog.  Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in hopping on the stable channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Google Chrome Version 17.0.963.56
February 15, 2012

The Chrome Stable channel has been updated to 17.0.963.56 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.  This release fixes a number of stability and security issues in Chrome, and also includes a new version of Flash.  More info on the Flash update is available from Adobe.

Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [105803] High CVE-2011-3015: Integer overflows in PDF codecs. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts).
• [$500] [106336] Medium CVE-2011-3016: Read-after-free with counter nodes. Credit to miaubiz.
• [$1000] [108695] High CVE-2011-3017: Possible use-after-free in database handling. Credit to miaubiz.
• [$1000] [110172] High CVE-2011-3018: Heap overflow in path rendering. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• [110849] High CVE-2011-3019: Heap buffer overflow in MKV handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts) and Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team.
• [111575] Medium CVE-2011-3020: Native client validator error. Credit to Nick Bray of the Chromium development community.
• [$1000] [111779] High CVE-2011-3021: Use-after-free in subframe loading. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
• [112236] Medium CVE-2011-3022: Inappropriate use of http for translation script. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Jorge Obes).
• [$500] [112259] Medium CVE-2011-3023: Use-after-free with drag and drop. Credit to pa_kt.
• [112451] Low CVE-2011-3024: Browser crash with empty x509 certificate. Credit to chrometot.
• [$500] [112670] Medium CVE-2011-3025: Out-of-bounds read in h.264 parsing. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.
• [$1337] [112822] High CVE-2011-3026: Integer overflow / truncation in libpng. Credit to Jüri Aedla.
• [$1000] [112847] High CVE-2011-3027: Bad cast in column handling. Credit to miaubiz.

The bugs [106336], [106336], [110172], [110849], [111779] and [112847] were detected using AddressSanitizer.

More detailed updates are available on the Chrome Blog.  Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in hopping on the stable channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

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Register.com is partnered with the domain name auction service SnapNames.com.  So when a domain name expires that is registered with Register, the domain remains in an expired status for 35 days. (It may not appear to be expired if you look at whois information, as Register.com will add an extra year to the registration which is considered Auto Renew Period, so it’s to check SnapNames.com to see when or if the auction start date is).

During these 35 days, the domain name will be in the Available Soon section on SnapNames. On the 36th day, the domain auction starts if there are backorders for the domain name. (more on partnered domains below) If no backorders are in place, the domain will likely follow the “normal” drop process which is like this:

• Active: 1-10 years
• Expired: 1-45 days
• Redemption Period (RGP): 30 Days
• Pending Delete: 5 days
• Available
• Average time is 76 days from a domain names expire date to become available

Now again, each domain registrar is a little different and how they act upon their expired domain names. Technically, a registrar can just keep any expired domain name but that is very unlikely with any SnapNames.com partner registrar.

How do people “catch” an expired domain name?

I wish there was an easy answer to this, so the best thing to do is just place a backorder for your intersted domain name at SnapNames.com, that’s the easiest.

If or when a domain name reaches PendingDelete status, on the 6th day the domain name get’s released from the registry “drops”. Each TLD (.com, .net, .org) has a specific “time range” of when a domain name will become available.

• .com & .net domain names start dropping at: 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Central Standard Time
• .org domain names start dropping at: 8:30 am – 9:30 am Central Standard Time
• .info domain names start dropping at 3:30 am – 4:30 am Central Standard Time
• .biz domain names start dropping at 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Central Standard Time
• .us domain names start droping at 12:00 am – 1:00 am Central Standard Time

The process to catch the domain is pretty simple. It just needs to be registered when it get’s released from the registry which makes the domain name become available. Now doing this, is the hard part because it takes Luck and a lot of Speed.

Many of these released domain names get registered in milliseconds. Drop Catching companies like SnapNames.com, Pool.com and NameJet.com own Hundreds, yes Hundreds of domain name registrars (which cost about $30,000 Each). They all have software programs to automatically send “Buy Requests” to the registry at the drop times for specific domains. They input lists or specific domain names that drop each day and “catch” the domain names as they become available. The lists they input are mainly domain names that people “backorder” at their services.

Placing a backorder at all 3 major backorder services gives you the best chance to obtain a Pending Delete (expiring domain) and is the smartest choice. Trying to obtain the domain name by yourself would and is Very Hard to do.

So if an entity wanted to try and grab an expiring domain name during the drop, first you would need to own your own domain name registrar. This is very expensive and can run into the $30,000 range PER domain name registrar. Not all cash, but still. Now that you have your registrar, you need some Sweet software to send the “buy requests” to the registry. After you have the system in place, your one little registrar is bringing a wet noodle to a sword fight, because SnapNames has 100+ registrars, NameJet.com has about the same and Pool.com has about half (50ish) and you have 1. Now there are around 975 domain name registrars right now, so any or all of them could very well be going after the one little domain name that you want… I think you get my point here.

Again, the best thing to do if you really want a domain name that is in Pending Delete status or is expired and with a partner, is to use the Backorder services the main drop catchers offer. Keep in mind that partner domains are exclusive.

You place your order for the domain name and pay no upfront cost unless the domain name is captured by them. If you were the only one to backorder the domain name, you get the domain for the cost the service charges for the backorder (mainly under $99). If there are more then 1 backorder’s for one domain name, a 3 day auction will take place, with the highest bidder winning.

Partnered Domain Names

What is a partnered domain name? A partnered domain name is pretty much what it says. A domain name registrar will “partner” with a domain auction service like SnapNames.com or NameJet.com etc. Any domain name that reaches Expired status will go to it’s partnered auction service if not renewed by it’s old owner. Any domain name like this will be exclusive to the specific auction service.

Example: Domain X is registered with Register.com (registrar) and the domain name reaches expired status. With in a couple days after hitting expired status, the domain name will be listed on SnapNames.com with the status of “Available Soon” section. Again, partner domain names are exclusive to one auction service so that is important.

If you are unsure what registrar the domain name is registered with, just visit www.Whois.sc  and type in the domain name. In the information provided, you will see Registrar: .

If the domain name happens to be with a domain name registrar that “partners” with a domain name auction service, you will still need to place a backorder for the domain name to either get it when the backorder date is reached for the backorder price, or again if more then one backorder is in place, a 3 day auction will take place with the highest bidder winning the domain name. Each auction service is a little different, so be sure to check them out.

Here is a list of “partnered” registrars and where there expired domain names go for auction that I am aware of.

1. Godaddy.com/WildWestDomains.com stay in-house at Godaddy’s auction service called Auctions.Godaddy.com . Domain Names go to auction with 13 days left in the RGP (Redemption period). They run a 7 day auction on Expiring Domain Names. After you win the auction, you will get the domain name 7 days later, which means the RGP is over. IMO, this is how ALL domain auction services should be run! In english, it goes like this:

1. NetworkSolutions.com/eNom.com and any eNom or NSI resellers (NameScout.com etc) and now Tucows.com go to NameJet.com
2. Register.com, DirectNic.com, Moniker.com, MyDomain.com, Dotster.com, DotRegister.com, DomainPeople.com, Answerable.com and MelbourneIT.com go to SnapNames.com

Domain names that go to auction with a “partnered” auction service will also “Hold” it’s creation date. Domain names that go PendingDelete, get deleted and are captured, will have a creation date of when the domain is reregistered.

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Many people on the comments assumed the content was posted by us. This can happen to any site that allows public to post content. SOPA may not have passed, but what happened shows that it is already being practiced. All they have to do is to ask GoDaddy to take a site down. We have 2 millions user generated forms. It is not possible for us to manually review all forms. This can happen to any web site that allows user generated content.

I’m at a loss as to how this possibly makes sense. Even if the forms were being used for some illegal purpose (and it’s important to note that Section 230 does not apply to criminal activity — just civil offenses), I still can’t fathom a reason why it should lead to everyone else getting censored and an internet startup facing a massive hardship wherein tons of users have had their service disrupted with millions of useful forms being suddenly disappeared.

And I won’t even bother spending any time on the fact that apparently it was GoDaddy who helped the US government “suspend” the domain.

For a government that insists it’s trying to help small businesses and startups, to go and disrupt one and all of its users over some possible illegal usage by a small number of users is just crazy. It’s this kind of overly broad censorship (and, yes, this is clear censorship) that is what people were afraid of under SOPA. As JotForm notes, it’s important to recognize that the US government already believes it has these powers. And the damage here for a small business is massive. JotForm has been filling its Twitter feed with customer service attempts at helping upset customers, and making it clear it has no information on why the .com disappeared. It looks like the US government asked, and GoDaddy just took away the domain. If you’ve never worked for a startup, perhaps you can’t imagine just how insanely disruptive and destructive such a situation can be. Everyone is so busy working and building a company — but something like this means suddenly all of their time has to switch over to help all of those upset customers (and doing so without being able to use the site that everyone will go look at first!).

Activities like this will chill innovation and entrepreneurship in the US. Why locate here or even setup under a .com if the US government might kill your business with no explanation at any moment?

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• Domains can have up to 67 characters, including up to 4 characters in the Top Level extension. (i.e., .NET, .COM, .ORG, or .EDU).
• Domains can contain, numbers, letters, and hyphens
• Domains cannot contain spaces
• Domains cannot start or end with a hyphen
• Special characters, like the underscore “_”, the exclamation mark “!” or the “@” sign, are not permitted
• Domains are not case sensitive

How can I protect my online brand identity?

• Protect your online brand by registering multiple domain extensions. For example: When registering “yourcompanyname.com” add other top level domain names like “yourcompanyname.net”, “yourcompanyname.biz”, and “yourcompany.org”. If you don’t, others may purchase those domains and take advantage of traffic that could be yours.
• Get private registration for your domain names. WHOIS privacy protects you from SPAM, scams and identity fraud. Keep your online company and domain names safe and secure. Get more information.
• Get NameSafe to prevent account ownership updates, name server updates, contact updates, moving domains between accounts, and registrar transfers without your authorization.

How do I renew my domains?

To manually renew your domains, begin by logging into your account. Select the “My Domains” tab. In Step 1, select the domains you would like to renew. In Step 2, select “Renew Domains”. The domains will be added to your shopping cart. After you’ve completed the checkout process, your domains will be successfully renewed.

You can also set your domains to auto-renew and avoid the hassle of manually renewing your domains every time they’re set to expire.

What happens if I don’t renew my domains?

1. 60-days* before your domain(s) expire will send notices reminding you to renew them. The exact expiration date can be seen in your account.
2. If the domain expires it may still be maintained in the registration database for a 5-day* grace period where it can be renewed at the normal renewal price. During this time all services such as hosting or email will not be active.
3. After the grace period it will be deactivated and placed into a 30-day* Redemption Period (Note – Some domains may not make it to the redemption period if they are purchased by a third party. Be sure to renew your domains before they enter redemption status.)
4. Once the Redemption Period has elapsed the domain may be registered by another party.

_{* Number of days stated in the domain expiration/redemption explanation are approximate.}

My domain is in “Redemption.” What does that mean?

(see renewal process above) Once a domain goes into the redemption period it can be obtained by other parties. You may still be able to redeem the domain for up to 30-days by request by filling out this form (there is a link to the form below). The fee for reactivating a domain in the Redemption Period is $99.95 + the normal renewal fee. At the end of the Redemption Period the domain(s) will go into a 5-day delete cycle at the end of which they will become available for anyone to register.

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Pull up terminal:

sudo su

wget -O – http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu/remastersys.gpg.key | apt-key add -

Add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list

#Remastersys Oneiric
deb http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu oneiric main

Option 2) GUI

1. In a web browser, go to :

http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu/remastersys.gpg.key

save file as text someplace where you can find it.

2.  In synaptic, go to Settings/Repositories; select “Authentication” tab and “Import Key File” just downloaded.

3.  Still in synaptic, go to “Other Software” tab and click “Add”, then enter the apt line and replace oneiric with either lucid, maverick, or natty to match your Ubuntu version:

deb http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu oneiric main

3a. Remove the “source code” line item that the OS automatically adds

4.  Leave the repositories tab and “Reload”.

5.  Search for “remastersys” and select for install.  Edit/Apply Marked Changes.

NOTE:  There is no source repository so if you see a line starting with deb-src you need to remove it.

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