Minimum System Requirements:

OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card.
Graphics card memory: 512 MB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Recommended System Requirements:

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

My Battlefield 3 Gaming Machine

CPU / Processor:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…82E16819103849

Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…82E16813128510

Video Card:
SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…82E16814102908

with 8GB 1333 DDR3 memory and my current power supply / case which will fit the new components well.

Take the build found here in this article:
http://pc.mmgn.com/Articles/Building-A-PC-For-Battlefield-3

This build budget is $1000.

With the 3 components I have above I am at $445 with a promotional code (HARDOCPX817E) on the processor. This promotion ends TODAY – 8/23/11.

If I added on a Power Supply, HDD, CPU cooler, Case, DVD Drive, and memory:

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W – $59.99 (After rebate) + Free Shipping
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB – $49.99 + Free Shipping
ZALMAN CNPS10X Performa 120mm – $40.24 – Free Shipping
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – $49.99 + $9.99 Shipping
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Drive – $19.99 + Free Shipping
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) – $49.99 + Free Shipping

Total: $749 (Plus Tax)
Saved: $250!

Now whether you are looking to put together a new computer all together or just upgrade some components, this may be helpful to you.

1. Establish your price range – Sounds simple, but careful – you may find yourself stretching your boundaries reaching for some luxurious hardware.

2. Look for the deals – Always look for specials online for websites like Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com.

Promotional codes and coupons can be found online  as well from places like RetailMeNot.com or Google. It pays to be patient as well for some upcoming deals for PC components. Check combo deals as well online for Motherboards/CPU’s or GPU/CPU’s.

3. Check compatibility -  It is very important when picking out computer parts to make sure they are compatible with everything else you are getting or with what you are keeping in your system.

With Processors (CPU’s) you want to make sure your motherboard and CPU are both either Intel or AMD. For example my processor is “AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition” and my motherboard is “GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X.” Both are AMD. You also want to make sure that the motherboard accepts the CPU socket type of your processor. My CPU socket type is “Socket AM3” and if you look under details on my motherboard it says “CPU Socket Type: AM3+.” Your power supply must also have the power inputs that match your motherboard’s CPU power input. My motherboard has a 8 pin spot for the CPU and my power supply has that input.

You also want to make sure your motherboard is compatible with both the video card and memory you have. Most motherboards have multiple “PCI Express 2.0 x16″ inputs. You will need at least one for your video card and more than one if you plan on having other components that will use these inputs (sound card, 2nd video card, etc.) The video card must also have the same “Chipset Manufacturer” as the motherboard/CPU brand (Intel or AMD). You should also check if features that are available from your video card are possible through your motherboard, such as SLI and CrossfireX. If you are getting a video card for any games (Battlefield 3) make sure it is DirectX11 under 3D API DirectX.

Most memory online and in stores now is DDR3. If you are upgrading your motherboard you will need to make sure the memory you will have is a compatible speed and type.  If you look at “Memory Standard” under details for my motherboard it says “DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066.” So it is DDR3 and runs at those speeds – 2000 is “Over Clocked.” My memory is 8GB DDR3 1600MHz so it is compatible.

Here is my motherboard layout:

Enjoy building your new PC! Post your builds here or at BFGamerz!

Reign Water Design’s 5 Star Rating System

This was a very nice easy to use Javascript 5 star rating script. All I had to do was make some tweaks to my preference and add on some PHP/Mysql code to submit the rating.

See the demo or download this script.

To view the PHP source code, images, and everything together you must download this script.

Javascript:

Insert the following in the <head> tags of your page:

Javascript Source Code

<script type="text/javascript">
function insertParam(key, value)
{
    key = escape(key); value = escape(value);
    var kvp = document.location.search.substr(1).split("&");
    var i=kvp.length; var x; while(i--)
    {
        x = kvp[i].split("=");
        if (x[0]==key)
        {
                x[1] = value;
                kvp[i] = x.join("=");
                break;
        }
    }
    if(i<0) {kvp[kvp.length] = [key,value].join("=");}
    //this will reload the page, it's likely better to store this until finished
    document.location.search = kvp.join("&");
}
function alterDisplay(id){
	var dropdown = document.getElementById(id);
	if(dropdown.style.display == "none"){
		dropdown.style.display = "";
	} else {
		dropdown.style.display = "none";
	}
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="./scripts/ratingsys.js"></script>

CSS

You will need to include this in the <head> tags as well either in <style> tags or by <link>:

CSS Styles

#rateMe #rate_overlay {
	position:absolute;
	display:block;
	float:left;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	height:30px;
	width:auto;
	background:#eee url(./images/star_overlay.gif) repeat-x;
	z-index:2;
}
#rateStatus{width:100px; height:20px;margin:2px 0 0 5px;font: 12px "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold}
#rateMe{width:152px; height:50px; padding:0px; margin:0px; vertical-align:top; z-index:auto}
#rateMe li{float:left;list-style:none;}
#rateMe li a:hover,
#rateMe .on{background:url(./images/star_on.gif) no-repeat;}
#rateMe a{float:left;background:url(./images/star_off.gif) no-repeat;width:30px; height:30px;cursor:pointer;}
#rateMe a:hover{background:url(./images/star_on.gif) no-repeat;}
#ratingSaved{display:none;}
.saved{color:red; }

Basically I took the script that Water’s made and changed a few things to the css styles, added an overlay for the current rating, and wrote a php script to insert rates and determine the current rating, etc. I also added the Javascript functions insertParam() and alterDisplay(). You do not need to use this function insertParam() to create the url, you can simply set the <a> tags to something like this:

Source code

<a href="./index.php?r=1" id="_1" title="Terrible" onmouseover="rating(this)" onmouseout="off(this)"></a>

The Javascript function alterDisplay() is used to hide and show the overlay <div> that holds the current rating (if there is one). So when you mouse over the rating bar holder it hides the overlay so you can rate.

The PHP script grabs the information from the Mysql table that you specify in the function. You will need to adjust the following values:

• $var – The column to base your mysql selection off of. Grab all rows where this column equals $id.
• $table – The table where the ratings are being held.
• $star_width – Width of the stars, default is 30px.

You will need to be connected to a MYSQL database before calling the rating bar function.

Since the syntax of the function is the following:

Rating Bar Syntax

function rating_bar($id);

You will need to supply the identifier ($id) which tells the PHP script which row to grab from the Mysql table.

To display the current rating after it has been rated on – because Javascript alone is not enough – I added an overlay <div> which will hold the current rating. This is done by setting the css style of this overlay div to the following:

Rate Overlay CSS Style

#rateMe #rate_overlay {
	position:absolute;
	display:block;
	float:left;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	height:30px;
	width:auto;
	background:#eee url(./images/star_overlay.gif) repeat-x;
	z-index:2;
}

The position: aboslute and z-index: 2 style attributes make the div lay over top of the rateMe div which holds the rater and has a z-index: 1.

After a beta release of the patch version 1.51 for Battlefield 2142, EA Games has released a final patch now available for download. The patch includes a number of bug fixes, an increase in account security, four brand new maps, and the unlock of the expansion pack “Northern Strike” for all players with the patch installed. You will need patch 1.50 installed before installing 1.51.

You can download the Battlefield 2142 v1.50 Full Patch (525.30 MB) full patch here:
http://bfgamerz.com/downloads.php?id=10&key=Battlefield-2142-v150-Full-Patch

Patch Notes:

• No Digital Rights Management on BF2142.exe file.
• Northern Strike expansion free for all.
• Four new maps: Strike at Karkand 2142 Operation Blue Pearl, Yellow Knife, and Molokai.
• Account security updates.
• Added fix for nVidia drivers to solve tinitus visual effect.
• Hit detection bug fix: Changed so that latency compensation history takes correct stored positions from buffer.
• Updated as_titan_wake.tweak to allow for two attack choppers instead of the one previously allowed.

Download the full update and much more at BFGamerz.com here:

Click here to download the Battlefield 2142. v1.51 Full Patch!

So to do this we use the function mysql_list_fields to grab the fields out of a table and run through them with a for loop until we find the one we are looking for – using the function mysql_field_name, in which case we return true. If we don’t find it, the function returns false.

<?php

function fieldExists($table,$field)
{

global $db; // DATABASE NAME
// This function is made to have a mysql connection previously established. You can pass the database name globally like this.

$tableFields = mysql_list_fields($db,$table);

for($i=0;$i<mysql_num_fields($tableFields);$i++){
// Run loop through fields.

if(mysql_field_name($tableFields, $i) == $field){
return true;
// We found the field we were looking for. Return true.
}

}
// No return otherwise, false.

}

?>

And it’s that easy!

So firstly, we need to create a new server in the Servers menu and a product in our Products and Services menu in WHMCS.

Assuming you have your WHMCS installed, go to the admin directory “whmcs/admin/” and login.

Under Setup go to Servers (if you don’t have a server already made) click Add New Server. You generally have one main server for the WHMCS you are using, but some larger companies and business/groups have multiple servers – VPS, Dedicated, etc. Here you need to fill in the information for your server. Below is an image of what mine looks like:

Depending on the software you are using you will need to select it in “Type” and input your connection username and password. You will then need to create at least one group for the server you just made. These groups are the different types of accounts that will be setup to run off of this server you select.

Then, under Setup go to Products/Services. If you don’t have any groups or products, click the add group/new product links to create a new group and a product inside that group. Set up whatever specific details you want for your new product. If it is hosting of some kind, or just a purchasable service, fill it out to its entirety.

Under the Module Settings tab, you will find the fields and inputs for setting up the cPanel and Cron Job properties. Below is an image of what my Product Module Settings looks like:

I use cPanel so that is my Module Name. Then you just select the server group you just made for your server.

Web Host Manager Settings

In your cPanel at the very bottom of the index (homepage) there is a link for your Web Host Manager (WHM). This is the software that cPanel uses for maintaining all of the hosting accounts you have on your server. You must set up your nameservers here that are used in the server you setup in WHMCS. You do this by clicking the “Basic cPanel & WHM Setup” link. You must also add the packages here that are the same titles you used when setting up the products and services in the Module Settings tab under “WHM Package Name.” Your WHMCS will run Cron jobs based off of these values so make sure they are correct.

Finally, we must set the Cron Jobs Settings in cPanel.

On your cPanel index page, towards the bottom there is a link for Cron Jobs.

1. Enter an email address for support on these accounts affected.
2. Enter the time interval for this Cron Job to be ran.
3. The Command is the address to your cron.php file in WHMCS.

My command line is something like so:

php -q /home/mysite/public_html/whmcs/admin/cron.php

This tells cPanel where to get the cron.php script from so it can run the automated jobs for your WHMCS services. Be sure to go through all the settings for the Product/Service you setup. There are a lot of features you may want on or off depending on what the service is.

And that’s it! Enjoy setting up endless hosting accounts, hands free!

What is a duplicate content page?

Duplicate content is content that is showing up on the Internet by multiple URLs. Another words, a page like aboutus.php might be coming with the same content as aboutus.php?do=send.

This causes some problems with search engines as far as determining which page the engine should use for query matches, page ranking, use of meta tags between the two versions, and just which one to include for their indices.

How do you avoid duplicate content?

Let’s say these are your pages that are coming with the same content:

Original source:
post.php?id=1.

Duplicate content pages:
post.php?id=1&lang=en
post.php?id=1&do=login

On post.php we can include a <link> tag that will reference to the original source so Search Engines gather the original correct information from the server, rather than trying to decide between the serveral duplicate pages.

Place in the <head> tags of post.php:

echo '<link href="./post.php?id='.((int)$_GET['id']).'" rel="canonical" />';

This will take the $id and put it into the URL as just post.php?id=$id. So any other URL parameters, such as lang=en, or do=login, will not be read as a duplicate page, but tell search engines to use the content of just post.php?id=$id.

If you do not need to use PHP and you just want the page to load a set content of just post.php then you would use the tag like so:

<link href="./post.php" rel="canonical" />

When using this method, you want to be sure that you are consistent throughout your website with your canonical URLs. If your canonical url is like: “http://www.bgallz.org/” then you want to use “www” in all of your URL references and tags for the domain.

Now, if you have pages that you do NOT want included in any search engine queries or crawled by search engine bots, then you want to use a META tag with “noindex, nofollow”.

To block a page from search engine indexes places the following in the <head> tags:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

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The BFGamerz Gaming Script allows you to easily add/edit/remove:

• Screenshots
• Videos
• Downloads
• Reviews
• Maps
• Resources

for every game you include on your website. Viewers will easily obtain all the information they need for your games. Create categories and sub-categories for your games as far as expansions, mods, etc. Members can use private messaging, add games to their profile with their in-game names, comment on nearly everything, and share videos and so much more.

Login to the BFGamerz Gaming Script using the following demo details:

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You want your domain to be simple, obvious, effective. Think of what your website is going to be about, think of all possible searches, keywords, and most commonly used phrases or words when talking about your “niche.” A niche is a specific/special idea or description to your site. Like any website can be about cute puppy dogs, but your site is about… “Where to adopt cute puppies!” Try to keep the domain name short as possible. Something like “adoptapup.org.”

You can register one at any of the following domain registars:

• Namecheap.com
• Godaddy.com
• Networksolutions.com

There are plenty of others, these are just some I know of. Select the domain you want (that’s available) and register it with a registrar. This takes some time to get configured and defined on the registrar’s side.

After you have decided on domain name, you need to get space to put the site on. This is where web hosting comes in to play.

Check out our web hosting packages!

Web hosting is not something to just pick any cheap possible option for. Your website is going to be hosted on the place you order from, so make sure it is reliable, dependable, stable, and yeah – a good price. At bgallz.org you can get 250 GB disk space and 10 TB bandwidth for just $3.99/mo. Web hosting is usually set up very quickly, and once you have your host paid for and cleared you can put your domain on it! You do this by either transferring your recently bought domain to the web host, OR by changing the nameservers to point to your new web host.

You can change the nameservers on your domain at the registrar you just registered at. In your account somewhere under each domain you have there, you should find a link to change domain nameservers or domain name setup.

Here is a screenshot off Namecheap where I have mine:

Then you can enter your nameservers that are provided from your new web host. They are usually like ns1.webhostingsite.com and ns2.webhostingsite.com. These tell the registrar where to load your website’s files from.

Here is an image:

Now that your domain is setup with your new nameservers, you are ready to load your site’s files onto your new host.

Don’t have any files or web design? Check out my web design packages. This is where the programming comes in to play. I recommend using Dreamweaver or something of similar power to program your web code into a beautiful working website. Please contact me for all your web programming needs! My email: support@bgallz.org.

With the purchase of your web hosting you should receive login details for your FTP and cPanel (or whatever system they are using).

I like to use Filezilla as my FTP program, download it here.

Here is my FTP screen once logged in:

Once you are connected to your FTP you can upload all you want. Well based on whatever your limitations are as far as disk space. Usually you connect to ftp.yourdomain.com with the username and password your host provides you with. You want to upload in the /public_html/ directory, this is the main directory for your website.

So when people access your website, such as http://yourdomain.com/images/image1.gif – this would be uploaded to:

/public_html/images/

Your done! Once your files are uploaded and your domain settles into its new nameservers, everything should be accessible and ready to go. Enjoy.

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\call of duty black ops\players\

But first, open Steam. In your games list, right click on Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer and go to Properties. Click on Updates and uncheck the “Enable Steam Cloud Updates” button. This can cause some extra unwanted CPU/bandwidth usage and lag.

In your profile’s folder you will find the config file.

Right click it, edit as Administrator if possible. Opening it with notepad makes it display all crunched into an unreadable mess. Open with Wordpad and you should be fine.

Search in wordpad: multi

First two changes:

1. r_multiGpu – Set “1″ to “0″ if you do not have multiple GPU’s (graphics cards) on your machine.
2. r_multithreaded_device – Set “0″ to “1″ if you have multiple cores on your processor. It’s required to have multi cores to play the game so you probably do…

You can also change the following things in the config_mp file to reduce lag and glitchiness in game:

• cl_maxpackets – Change to “100″. Increases your packet count so it will not fail as easily.
• r_blur_allowed – Set “1″ to “0″.
• r_glow_allowed – Set “1″ to “0″.
• r_distortion – Set “1″ to “0″.
• r_dof_enable – Set “1″ to “0″. Turns off depth of view.

On top of these changes you should definitely consider the following:

• Exiting all other unneeded programs running in the background.
• Try lowering game resolution / graphic settings. Turn anti-aliasing and game shadows OFF.
• Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and open task manager. Under processes right click the game and set affinity to one CPU.

I am assuming that Steam will release a patch to update the game and fix these things and others as well as far as the simple bugs in the new release.

These worked for me and many others, hope it works for you.

Div Float Layout

Let’s say we want a page to look like this:

First I’m going to set up the CSS styles we will set our <div>’s to in the HTML to give this page the right look as far as padding, margins, borders, etc. Once we have all the styles defined we will call them to the DIV tags in our HTML like so: <div class=”CLASSNAME”>. Using the right float’s in the right order will place our DIVs in the right places to make this layout.

This will go in our <head> tags of the HTML page:

html, body, center {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
height: 100%;
}
.header {
padding: 8px;
vertical-align: middle;
height: 80px;
background: #d60000;
}
.banner {
float: left;
border: 0;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 500px;
height: 60px;
}
.ads {
padding: 10px 0px;
float: right;
width: 300px;
height: 60px;
vertical-align: middle;
background: #ffb448;
}
.wrapper { /* Main page holder. */
padding: 10px;
width: 875px;
background: #fff;
height: 100%;
}
.page {
padding: 10px 0px;
width: 630px;
float: left;
height: 100%;
}
.top {
padding: 5px;
height: 40px;
background: #ff7c7c;
margin:0;
}
#boxes {
padding: 5px 0px;
}
.box {
width: 197px;
height: 197px;
padding: 3px;
margin: 3px;
background: #ffddaa;
float: right;
}
.rightside {
float: right;
text-align: center;
height: 100%;
padding: 10px 0px;
}
.nav {
padding: 5px;
background: #ccc;
width: 200px;
height: 100%;
min-height: 600px;
}
.content {
margin: 20px 0px;
width: 600px;
text-align: left;
}

Now we have to write the HTML to use these styles appropriately.

Here is our <body> HTML:

<body>
<center>
<div class="wrapper" align="center">
<div class="header">
<div class="ads">Ads Here</div>
<div class="banner">Banner Here</div>
</div>
<div align="center" class="rightside">
<div align="center" class="nav">Navigation</div>
</div>
<div class="page">
<div class="top">Content Here</div>
<div id="boxes">
<div class="box" id="3">Box 3</div>
<div class="box" id="2">Box 2</div>
<div class="box" id="1">Box 1</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here! Content Here, lots and lots of content here!Content Here, lots and lots of content here!</p>
<p>Content Here, lots and lots of content here!Content Here, lots and lots of content here!Content Here, lots and lots of content here!Content Here, lots and lots of content here!Content Here, lots and lots of content here!</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>

Take a look at the HTML in action here!

If you notice in the HTML the box’s are placed in descending order inside the “boxes” div ID. Since the box class is set to to the right:

.box {
float: right;
}

We put the boxes in descending order so that the HTML will read down the page and float the first one to the right, then the next, then the last. So it floats BOX3, then BOX2, then BOX1.

Using the float style property of DIV tags is really useful in making layouts because it does not require any real guidelines to follow as far as where it is on the page. This sounds a little wordy but basically with a combination of float, and position style attributes you can make your DIV’s go where ever you want.