More information on this page.

 Release notes:

• Corrected an issue with ip_files/countries.php: does not use PHP short tags anymore
• Added an updated Spanish translation by José Delgado (Thanks to him!)
• Added a warning message when no Counterize plugins are activated
• Set all the plugins to the version of Counterize because a WordPress bug nag users to update the plugins and report a wrong version information.

I will be unavailable for about 10 days because it’s the Chinese New Year there in China.

I uploaded the new version of Counterize (3.1.0) into the WordPress repository so you will be able to upgrade.

If you worry about the upgrade, please wait for about 10 days and I will be able to answer questions and provide support.

Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐！

Update 1: There was a (stupid) error in the file “counterize_install.php” for early updaters, I am sorry for that. You can grab the new file in the ZIP on the WordPress plugin repository, or on my website in the download section, or you can manually replace “counterize_countries()” by “counterize_countryTable()” in the file “counterize_install.php”.

Update 2: I have a slow Internet connection, but I will try my best to address ASAP the various issues that Counterize users may have during those 10 days.

Version 3.1.0 of Counterize is a first step of the modernization of the plugin. So far, here are the release notes since version 3.0.33:

• Counterize has been splitted into several plugins, so that you can enable/disable what you want, and also create your own plugin easily.
• Outlinks and exit pages tracking
• Added a [counterize] shortcode
• Added email reports
• Added a Counterize button in the Visual editor to easily insert the [counterize] shortcode
• Added possibility to use the wildcard characters % and _ in the filters of the History page
• Added the LIKE and NOT LIKE filters on the History page
• Added a debug check-box to see the generated SQL query in the History page
• Added a date filter in the History page
• Added help sections using the new WP_Screen API
• Vertical diagrams bars will reflect the actual percentage better and use the available space in their cells
• Fixed the counterize_current_post_hits() function, with many thanks to Subhash and terrah
• Added a lot of actions and filters that you can hook into
• Improved the required capability dropdown list-item and added roles inside (roles are easier to understand than capabilities…)
• Now use pure CSS to display the diagram bars, no more images, for faster loading time and less server requests
• Counterize will load the file user_botlist.txt if it exists. Users can create this file and put their bots inside, so that it is not overwritten after an update
• Corrected a bug in the Counterize Javascript that made switching between Visual and HTML tab impossible in editor, and possibly many others problems
• Updated IP to Country database
• Optimization of the counterize_delete_bots() and counterize_delete_broken_entries() functions
• Added some indexes to speed up things, especially on counterize_referers.keywordID during execution of the function counterize_delete_broken_entries()
• Added the following countries: Ascension Island, Åland Islands, Saint Barthélemy, “Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba”, Bouvet Island, Clipperton Island, Curaçao, Chrismas Island, Diego Garcia, Ceuta and Melilla, Western Sahara, Guernsey, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Canary Islands, Isle of Man, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Saint Martin (French part), Montserrat, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, “Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, South Sudan, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, East Timor, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Zaire
• Modified the following countries: Libya, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US)

Our website is already running the new version, and if no problems occur, it should be released next week. Thank you for your interest in Counterize, and for your patience!

• New front page with the latest news below the “Welcome” section
• Refreshed style-sheet
• Added support for post featured image
• Headers are now displayed correctly (they were previously all the same size)
• Pagination on the bottom of the front page
• Better menu with less entries and fixed CSS issues
• Improved readability

We hope that you will enjoy browsing our website more than before!

You will find here some experiences, advices, how-to, anything that we are willing to share if we think it can be useful for someone. We hope that you will enjoy this new section !

There are already two tips :

1. How to extend XHTML using XSLT, deal with email obfuscation, link obfuscation, Javascript and CDATA sections
2. How to install Gnome 2.28.2 in a fresh installation of OpenBSD 4.7

And more to come !

Good reading.

Regards,

Gabriel Hautclocq from GabSoftware

If you installed Windows Vista, Windows Seven or newer, you probably already noticed that Microsoft removed the blinking icon which provided informations about the network interfaces traffic and connectivity in the notification area. The new icon does not give you any information about incoming and outgoing traffic activity, and now only give you the choice to open the Network and Sharing Center and to resolve connectivity problems, no direct access to the network interfaces of your computer is provided anymore. This is a notable regression in functionality, if you come from the 2000/XP world.

GabNetStats is a small utility that adds the blinking network icon back in the notification area of your Windows Vista or Windows Seven operating system. It looks like exactly the same as the XP icon and is blinking when some traffic activity occurs. Here is a more complete features list of GabNetStats :

• Configurable blinking icon for a quick overview of network traffic activity

  

  GabNetStats looks like exactly as the icon found in Windows XP

• Direct access to the network interface controllers (NIC) and to the Network Connections window, no need to pass through the Network and Sharing Center anymore

  

  Overview of GabNetStats context menu

• Quick view of which network interface is up and connected or not, as well as its maximum speed; if connected, the IP address and the current speed will be displayed

  

  IP address shown in the context menu

• Simple network traffic statistics when left-clicking on the icon
  

  Overview of the simple network traffic statistics window

• Advanced network statistics when clicking on the “advanced” button
  • IPv4 and IPv6 protocols statistics
  • Per interface statistics
  • Global statistics
  • TCP & UDP statistics
  • TCP & UDP connections and listeners
  • ICMP statistics
  • Statistics are updated in real-time, using the same time interval as for the blinking icon
  • Overview of the advanced statistics window :

Overview of the advanced network traffic statistics window

• Low system resources consumption
• No installation required. Just run the executable !
• Last but not least, GabNetStats is FREE for personal use ! (*)

If you miss these functionalities in your Windows Vista/Seven operating system, then this utility is a must-have !

System requirements

• Windows XP, Vista, Seven or newer Microsoft operating system
• x86 and x64 platforms are supported
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer is required to run GabNetStats
• About 30 MB of free RAM
• About 1 MB on a storage device

Download

Do not wait any longer, download GabNetStats.

Notes

(*) : This product is free for personal use. Corporate use is however subject to restrictions. For corporate use, please contact us.

GabSoftware proudly present its captcha plugin for the comment section of WordPress based blogs, Gab Captcha.

Gab Captcha in action

Based on the simple but efficient Amcaptcha from Alexey Moskovsky (with great thanks), Gab Captcha improved the security and customization of the plugin, but not only. The interface has been improved and the code has been cleaned up. Valid XHTML should be produced as well now. It is now possible to display 3 questions and to specify whether each checkbox should be checked or not by humans, thus improving security against spam bots. The three questions can be modified as well, as it was possible to do it on Amcaptcha.

Available settings for Gab Captcha

The installation is quite straitforward : you only need to copy the file gabcaptcha.php in your wp-content/plugins directory of your WordPress blog and to activate it in the administration interface of your blog. You can eventually change the settings of the plugin (recommended).

To uninstall Gab Captcha, simple deactivate the plugin then remove gabcaptcha.php from your plugins directory.

With Gab Captcha, spam should now be a thing of the past !

You can download Gab Captcha in the downloads section.

It is based on the famous and reliable CMS WordPress. Why WordPress ?

• It fits our needs
• It’s very customizable
• Maintenance will be easier than before
• Less time to think about developing website = more time to think about developing good software…

We welcome any comments and suggestions. The design is still a work-in-progress, so now is time to give your opinion !

And last but not least… GabSoftware wish you have a HAPPY NEW YEAR !