Guennadi M

Fast Hit supporting Moomba Masters 2008 by way of providing web hosting - visit Moomba Masters web site.

Fast Hit is now trying out various games - game servers, currently working on Soldat. If you’re into games - please let us know - we looking for feedback and requests from the actual game players and clans.

We have servers in Sydney and in Perth.

Games web site: http://games.fasthit.net/
Stats: http://games.fasthit.net/stats/
Forums: http://games.fasthit.net/forum/phpBB2/

GM

Here a simple way to convert video files to flv on the fly. Just right-click on the file name (avi or any other video format, I only tested a few though), and just select “Send To” > “Convert to flv”.

Here are some examples of flv files created that way: http://www.thewalkbeside.com/category/videos/.

The script uses ffmpeg.exe (For more information see: http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/ffmpeg/ ) which seems to be a standard for most media conversion software available out there.

The result files are optimised for use within blogs. You’ll obviously need to install an flv flash player plugin for your blog. We use WP-FLV from http://roel.meurders.nl/wordpress-plugins/wp-flv-video-player-plugin/

Here is how it works.

1. Download the files, unzip and save somewhere on your computer (e.g., c:\ffmpeg folder.)
2. Create a shortcut to the VBS file (right-click on ConvertAVI_FLV > Create shortcut) and drag it to the SendTo menu:
vista - C:\Users\-username-\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
xp - c:\Documents and Settings\-Username-\SendTo

That’s it!

Download the files here - converttoflv.zip

GM

There are some web sites out there that brighen up the rest of the internet. Here are some of them:

Ballad Of The Horse With A Spot On His Forehead
La La La
OOOOIIII

Chicken Sounds

And no, it wasn’t me who designed the web sites
You need your speakers turned on up and loud!

Does anyone know of any other sites of this nature?

Dear customer, we can not accept your order at the moment due to technical reasons.
We will appreciate if you come back to us later.

We’re going through the final stages of setting up HSPComplete to accept new accounts, but faced a problem - an error message during the new sign up process. It’s now solved and maybe this post will help others in some way, as google failed us this time.

When user signs up with an existing domain (Use existing domain, registered elsewhere > Order selected domains > [tick] Use DNS Hosting service > Continue > ) we get this message:

Dear customer, we can not accept your order at the moment due to technical reasons.
We will appreciate if you come back to us later.

This error only happened when a user tried to bring across an existing domain name or register a sub-domain.

To get to the bottom of the issue I had to do the following:

1. Set DEBUG_MODE equals “On” in the /var/opt/hspc-frontend/includes/settings.ini configuration file.
2. Try to buy hosting in the online store again;
3. Watch /var/log/hspc/xml_api.log file.

This was the message that appeared in the log:

‘FaultString => Creation of subdomain denied’ (strange… it treated all domains as sub-domains!)

Apparently HSPcomplete 3.3.2-01 XML API was changed in such way that it’s not compartible
with old store.

To resolve the issue, I had to edit the hspc_functions.php file (in the same directory as above) and in function ‘place_order’, replace this code:
'dm_action' => ($value['dm_action'] == 'domain_pointer' && $value['dns_hosting']) ?
'dns_hosting' : $value['dm_action'],
with this:
'dm_action' => $value['dm_action'],

CFCamp is coming to Perth and it looks like it will be a great event to, as Adobe puts it, “Celebrate the release of Adobe ColdFusion 8″. Ben Forta was expected to make an appearance, but apparently he pulled out.

CFCamp is a free mini-conference and it will be here in Perth on Tuesday 27 November 2007 @ Hyatt Regency 9am-4pm. You need to register if you want to attend of win prizes.

More info: http://cfcamp.pbwiki.com/Agenda%3A-Perth

Often thinking why and how advertising works… here is a good one:

We’re setting up a new account management system here that will come with a few long-awaited features, such as support for Ruby on Rails, Apache Tomcat, streaming media and more. And.. we’ll be able to provision hosting services (shared, VPS and dedicated) from Sydney as an option. Stay tuned - there is some exciting stuff on the way.

We have moved our offices to the city - Level 3, 80 Barrack St, Perth, WA 6000. We now have more room to accommodate for more support and technical staff, a server room and much more! Here are some pictures taken today - a rainy misty day in Perth.

This year’s WA Web Awards are getting a bit of publicity… this time it’s in WA Business News:

WA Web Awards Platinum Sponsor, FAST.hit says it’s pleased to be part of the Web Awards success story.

“FAST.hit Web Hosting works closely with web development firms and the importance of such a partnership cannot be underestimated. We make sure websites stay online, do daily backups and provide access to technology and tools which make web designers’ lives easier,” said FAST.hit’s Guennadi Moukine.