thetechgenius

I dont think the logo is made in photoshop, its probably made in Adobe illustrator.

Exactly. Its a spam bot that is sending 400 or more bots out to spam forums. If it was a DDoS Attack, them bots would all have different IP's, because they all would be coming from a different bot net host. And that many bots would probably take down your servers network.

Codelink v2 is a hacking simulation game inspired by Uplink. However, its a lot different in many ways then one. For more info visit - http://codelinkv2.net You can download the Game Client here - http://clv2.thetechgenius.net/clv2/game/codelinkv2.zip Codelink was created by a friend of mine who goes by the name momoguru, and is hosted by me TheTechGenius aka limitzcash, its hosted on my small farm of dedicated servers. Download the Game Client, click on New and create a new account. Once the account is created, you can then sign in with your account. The game client is 100% virus free, its just a client that connects to the game server. Its basically just a Flash player that connects to a remote server, thats about it. But the client lets us keep track of the players and lets us make sure there are no cheaters. Have fun and I will see you in-game! My in-game username is limitzcash. EDIT: The main domain has changed. The original domain (codelinkv2.com) had expired, and I couldn't get in touch with the original owner to renew it in time. So I had buy a new domain, its the same domain, just ".net" (codelinkv2.net), instead of ".com". This edit was to edit the main domain URL.

The link to the script is dead. Can you please upload the script? I would like to try it out on my servers.

The best way to prevent a DDoS attack on your site, is if you have physical access to the servers hardware. There is always a way around software, and any software will be limited. If the attack is strong enough, the best Anti-DDoS Software in the world wont help you. But if you have physical access to the servers, when the attack starts, you can disable the internet connection to the servers, or disable all incoming connections, until you switch to an unused IP, or until the attack stops. So the attack doesn't cause major damage and downtime. Actually, thats one of the main reasons why I built my own small server farm and network.

If you need Web Hosting space until you find a decent host, let me know. I have my own small server farm, the only thing I pay for is Internet and Electricity, and I have that covered so you don't need to worry about payment at all. Send me a message if you need temporary hosting. If it turns out that you like my servers and want to stay, then we can talk about a more permanent basis.

I have been running forums, and building them for clients for many many years. And this is what I have learned... If I were you, I wouldn't start a Gaming forum. There are millions of gaming sites/forums already out there, and the chances of your gaming forum being succesful is very, very slim. If you still want to start a gaming forum, you have to do double the work, you have to work harder then all the other people with gaming forums, because you have to make your forum very unique and very original. You have to stay up-to-date with all the news and updates. Such as, when a very important update has been released, you have to post it on your forum within about an hour, and also post your point of view about the update, and maybe a review. If you don't work harder then your competition, or don't make your site feel or look original/unique, then your "Gaming" forum will not succeed. First thing I would do with any new Forum, is buy a custom style/theme. A custom style/theme is a theme that no one else has, its built from the ground up just for your forum. That is the first step of making your forum original/unique, and having it stand out from your competition. But like I said, I wouldn't start a gaming forum, there are just so many gaming forums out there. Actually, when most people want to start their first forum, most of the time they make a "Gaming Forum". Thats why there are just so many of them already. If you need help with anything, with the forum or the server your forum is running on, let me know. I am always willing to help. Also, if you cannot contact me on WebFlake, message me on Steam. SteamID: TheTechGenius.Net Good Luck with your forum!

Actually PhpBB is "updated", the developer's are always updating PhpBB, they are even releasing a new version of PhpBB soon. I think it's PhpBB4 or something like that. I believe PhpBB4 is in the Alpha or Beta stage right now, but I could be wrong. But your right, PhpBB lacks features and a lot of other things. But besides MyBB, PhpBB is the next best free forum software out there. That's my opinion anyway.

I am curious to see just how fast some forum web sites are, and how well people are optimizing their site files. You can go here to test your website speed: http://tools.pingdom.com Screenshot your result, and post/upload the screenshot in your reply. Here is the result of my website running vBulletin 4 (Paid License): This is my main site, and its not running through a CDN such as Cloudflare. But it is running on Google Page Speed for IIS7 (Windows Server 2008R2), and A LOT of custom optimizations by me, including my own IMG Cache System. So when a user posts an image from another site (e.g. imageshack.us), the system stores/caches that image into the filesystem, and displays the local cache image in the user post, and not the offsite image. Thats just one of the many optimizations I have done to my site. If anyone needs any help with optimizing their website load speed, please let me know. I am always willing to help out any way I can.

I would change and add a few things. First, why would he choose a "K" series CPU without a decent cooler? I recommend a decent Water Cooling Unit for a "K" series CPU, because the K series is an Unclocked CPU for Overclocking. You will need a decent CPU cooler if you are going to be overclocking. Of your not going to be overclocking, then why choose a "K" series CPU at all? Second, please dont get an PNY SSD. Go with a Samsung SSD, such as the Samsung 840 Pro. As for Hard Drives go, its more of a personal preference and what you have the best experiences with. Me personally, for hard drives I go with Western Digital all the time. When I build my gaming Rigs, if I am going to be using RAID, I also grab a dedicated RAID Card, and Western Digital RED Hard Drives. The WD RED's are built and tested for RAID Arrays, thats where they really shine. However, if your not going to be using RAID, go with a cheaper and faster Western Digital Hard Drive. As for the GPU(s), why do you need x2 780 Ti's 3GB ? What are you going to be doing on the PC that you need that much GPU power? There is nothing wrong with having that much horsepower, but i am saying, if you dont need that much, you really dont need to spend all that money on dual 780 Ti's. I can see if you were getting dual 660's or 770's, but there isnt much that a single 780 can't do, that dual 780s can. However, if you really want to spend the extra money on Dual 780's, and really don't care about the price, then go for it. I would. (Actually, I have. I got a rig with dual 780 Ti's too. But its built for 4K gaming, and Nvidia Surround).

Huh?? Does anyone understand this, I'm curious. lol. I mean its english, but it still doesn't make any sense. .

Thats what I do too, just on Windows. With the command: cd C:pathtoMySql Serverbin mysqldump -u root -prootpass databasename > C:backupsavepathdatabasename.%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%.sql I put that code in a batch file, and have Task Scheduler run the batch file once a day. That command is just to backup a single database, I have it set to backup my Live Site Database. All my other databases are for testing purposes only, so there is no need to backup all of them, it would be wasting space, time and resources.

The best way to backup your databases is with the mysqldump command terminal, or CMD for windows. If you want to Automate your database backups, you can use mysqldump with a Cron Job, or as a scheduled task on windows. I use it on windows server 2008R2, I made a batch file that backs up the databases I want, and set that batch file to run with a scheduled task once a day.

I'm not really interested in being a full time member, staff, or supporter, but I can help you if you need help or advice with anything. The reason why I can do it full time is because I'm really busy with running my own sites, and I also own my own beast dedicated servers. So I manage my own servers, troubleshoot problems on my own and everything. Managing a server rack of this scale is a full time job by itself. But let me know if you need help. PM me for my contact info.

Yeah, like Debug said, android had most of them features for a long time now, and Apple is just now trying to catch up. Lol. I think it's really because Apple doesn't listen to there customers, they don't want to hear what people like and dislike. That's why Android is the most selling mobile OS in the world. I mean come on, you have to kick out $100 per year just to put an app on the App Store. Lol. You know how much it is to put an app on Google Play? It's a one time fee of $25, and that's for lifetime! Apple tries to get you for every single dollar they can, no matter what it is there selling. Apple doesn't have "free" or "open source" in their vocabulary. Apple doesn't even know the meaning of "Reasonable". iPhone hardware is even behind with the times. Always a tiny little screen, and the latest iPhone only has an 8 megapixel camera. Really? My Galaxy S4 has a 13 megapixel camera on the back, and 8 megapixel on the front, and a huge screen, with UHD Playback and record. Apple isn't anything special, I'm speaking in terms of hardware and software.

Username: thetechgenius First Name: Gary Age: 27 Rate your English out of 10: 10 Additional languages spoken: N/A Software specialization: vBulletin (All Versions) IPB skills: 8/10 XenForo skills: 6/10 vBulletin skills: 10/10 WordPress skills: 8/10 HTML / CSS skills: 9/10 Other qualifications: I know C#, VB, Flash, Javascript, C++, PHP, and a few other languages. I have been coding since I was 13 years old. What can you bring to the team? I have very good knowledge about everything that has to do with Forum Software, and HTML/CSS. And I must say, I can code my butt off. So I can give support to those who need it. I also run my own small data center, with all kinds of OS and Control Panels, Centos x64, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2008/2012, I also have an Active cPanel License for my Data Center. I also have an Active Lifetime vBulletin License, my IPB License ran out, but I was going to Renew it soon. So I could upload anything from vB or IPB sites, via Requests, and also give support for the Product. I also know the ins and outs of Databases, VPS's, Dedicated Servers, etc... Thanks for reading!

Free video server hosting? Do you know how much space and bandwidth is used for Video Hosting? Lol. I highly doubt you will find a half decent free video host, if any free hosts. You will only find Shared Hosting for free, and most hosts don't allow video hosting with free accounts. And if they do, the service will be so bad because your using a free host for video hosting.

If you use the ipbwi api, remember you have to code it to work with your site. It's just an API, that's why it's free. You should contact EdenWebs, and see what they can do for you and how much. They do all kinds of custom work for IPB, vB, Wordpress, etc..

Designing/creating a custom skin by yourself can be VERY time consuming. You should pick out a decent skin you like, and use that as your template and edit it to your needs. If you start from scratch without knowing a lot about CSS and HTML, you will run into a lot of problems back to back. Also when you are creating your skin, make sure you backup your progress after every major edit/addition. So if you break the template, and dont know where the problem is at, you can always restore your backup. If you have the cash, you can always pay someone to create your custom skin. I got a custom skin done by EdenWebs for my vB forum, and its probably the best skin I have seen for vB. Its amazing. EdenWebs even put my skin on their website to show off their work. I mean, you can't buy it, its just there to show people how good they are. lol

Use google custom search, I embed the google custom search on my vbulletin forum. And I have a very custom skin installed, so its not that difficult. Its bassicly just removing the Forum Software search engine, and pasting the Google Custom Search in its place. But you have to configure the custom search to work with your site. Google search: Google Custom Search , or something like that.

No. Lol. That would be a breach in your computer security, and a violation of your privacy. The only way for them to track you, is from torrent trackers. And even that must be done from the ISP level. Basically it's more trouble and money then it's worth. Even most ISPs won't do anything about it, because your paying for their Internet service, your privacy is very important. Without a court order, an ISP won't give up your personal information.

I believe this is done in the .htaccess (Linux) or web.config (Windows) file. I run vBulletin on my site, so im not sure how IP.Board handles Friendly URL's, its been a very long time since I used IPB, so I can't help you with the .htaccess code. But maybe someone else has a solution to your problem. Sorry.

You really don't have to use specific albums as the ranks, you could use images, and create the images based on Album covers, but not of an Artist. just an Album cover in general designed in photoshop just for your forum. If you need an example, let me know and I will create a sample of a Rank image based on music/mixing to show you. I have created Usergroup images and level ranks for my forum, however my forum is about Tech, and Custom PC Building. But you could get an idea of my work. Here is a link to a test thread on my forum: https://thetechgenius.net/threads/7-Test-poll-This-is-a-test-title.-This-is-a-test-title.-this-is-a-long-test-title. Sorry about the long URL lol, I was testing out the Poll's system I just revamped. The first image is the Usergroup Image, and the second image at the bottom is my custom level system that I created in Photoshop.

If you want to test it, just backup your database and root folder, then make another database, import your backup SQL file to the database you created, edit the config file to match the new database info, then upload your backup files to another directory (ex. /forum/ OR /community/ ). Then go to that directory in your browser: yoursite.com/forum OR yoursite.com/community You will also need to edit the Forum URL to the new directory.