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April 13, 2021 in News, Tips and Tricks

Camera doesn’t work in Windows 10

When your camera isn’t working in Windows 10, it might be missing drivers after a recent update. It’s also possible that your anti-virus program is blocking the camera, your privacy settings don’t allow camera access for some apps, or there’s a problem with the app you want to use.

Open Camera

Before you begin

Before working through the possible solutions listed, do these first:

  • Check for updates. Select Start , then select Settings  > Update & Security  > Windows Update  > Check for updates. If you see the option to View optional updates, select it to see if there are updates available for your camera. Allow available updates to install, then restart your device when it’s ready.
  • Restart your PC. If you haven’t restarted your device since the camera stopped working, you should do so. Select Start , then select Power  > Restart. Waking up your device from sleep isn’t the same thing as a restart.
  • Test your camera with the Camera app. Select Start , then choose Camera from the list of apps. If you’re asked to allow access to the Camera, select Yes. If the camera works in the Camera app, the problem might be with the app you’re trying to use. 

    Open Camera

If your camera still doesn’t work, here are some other things to try. For best results, try the possible fixes in the order presented.

Check for a camera switch or button your device

Some laptops and portable devices have a physical switch or button that turns the camera on or off. When turned off, your device won’t recognize that there’s a camera installed. If your computer has a switch or button, make sure it’s in the on position before using your camera.

Check your settings

Give your apps permission

If you recently updated Windows 10, you might need to give apps permission to use the camera. In newer versions of Windows 10, some apps don’t have default access to the camera. 

To let your device access the camera, select Start , then select Settings  > Privacy  > Camera . In Allow access to the camera on this device, if Camera access for this device is turned off, select Change and turn on Camera access for this device. 

Allow access to the camera on this device

Note: If camera access for the device is turned off and you can’t select Change, you’ll need an administrator on the device to turn on camera access for you.

Before any app can access your camera, make sure camera access is turned on for apps in your user account. Make sure that Allow apps to access your camera is turned on. 

After allowing access to the camera, go to Choose which Microsoft Store apps can access your camera and turn on camera access for the apps you want. Only apps installed from the Microsoft Store will show in this list. 

If you installed the app from the internet, a disc, a USB drive, or your IT administrator installed the app for you, it might not be a Microsoft Store app. To check, go to Allow desktop apps access to your camera and make sure it’s turned on. Many video conferencing apps, like Microsoft Teams, are desktop apps that require this setting to be turned on.  

To learn how you can configure your camera privacy settings in Windows 10, go to this Windows Community (in English) page.

Check your antivirus software

In your antivirus software settings, look for settings that block access to your camera or permission to use your camera. For help, visit your antivirus software company’s website. 

Check your hardware drivers

Try a different USB port and scan for hardware changes

If you’re using an external camera, try using it with a different USB port on your device first. If that doesn’t work, or your camera is built-in to your device, try this: 

  1. Select Start , enter device manager, then select it from the search results.
  2. Find your camera under Cameras, Imaging devices or Sound, video and game controllers.
  3. If you can’t find your camera, select the Action menu, then select Scan for hardware changes.
  4. Wait for it to scan and reinstall updated drivers, restart your device, then try opening the Camera app again.
  5. If these steps don’t fix your issue, continue to the next steps.

Check for an incompatible camera driver

Some older cameras that were designed for older devices aren’t compatible with Windows 10. Here’s how to check if you have if your camera is compatible:

  1. In Device Manager, look for your camera under Cameras, Imaging devices or Sound, video and game controllers.
  2. Press and hold (or right-click) the name of your camera, and then select Properties.
  3. Select the Driver tab, select the Driver Details button, and look for a file name that includes stream.sys. If it’s there, your camera was designed before Windows 7 and you’ll have to replace it with a newer camera.
  4. If you don’t find a file name that includes stream.sys, continue to the next steps.

Roll back the camera driver

If your camera stopped working after an update, try these steps:

  1. In Device Manager, press and hold (or right-click) your camera, and then select Properties.
  2. Select the Driver tab, select Roll Back Driver, and then choose Yes. (Some drivers don’t provide this option. If your driver doesn’t have Roll Back Driver available, go ahead to the next fix.)
  3. After the roll back is complete, restart your device, and then try opening the Camera app again.
  4. If rolling back didn’t work or isn’t available, continue to the next steps.

Uninstall your camera driver and scan for hardware changes

  1. In Device Manager, press and hold (or right-click) your camera, and then select Properties.
  2. Select the Driver tab, then select Uninstall Device. Select the check box for Delete the driver software for this device, then select OK.
  3. In Device Manager, on the Action menu, select Scan for hardware changes.
  4. Wait for it to scan and reinstall updated drivers, restart your PC, and then try opening the Camera app again.

source : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/camera-doesn-t-work-in-windows-10-32adb016-b29c-a928-0073-53d31da0dad5

April 9, 2021 in Tips and Tricks

gmail smtp settings

Check Gmail through other email platforms

Set up IMAP and change your SMTP settings to read Gmail messages in other mail clients, like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail. When you use IMAP, you can read your Gmail messages on multiple devices, and messages are synced in real time. You can also read Gmail messages using POP.

Note: To avoid temporarily locking yourself out of your account, make sure you don’t exceed 2500 MB per day for IMAP downloads and 500 MB per day for IMAP uploads. If you’re setting up a single IMAP account on multiple computers, try taking a break between each setup.

Set up IMAP

Step 1: Check that IMAP is turned on

  1. On your computer, open Gmail.
  2. In the top right, click Settings Settings and then See all  settings.
  3. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  4. In the “IMAP access” section, select Enable IMAP.
  5. Click Save Changes.

Step 2: Change SMTP & other settings in your email client

Use the table below to update your client with the correct information. For help updating your settings, search your email client’s Help Center for instructions on setting up IMAP.

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Serverimap.gmail.comRequires SSL: YesPort: 993
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Serversmtp.gmail.comRequires SSL: YesRequires TLS: Yes (if available)Requires Authentication: YesPort for SSL: 465Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587
Full Name or Display NameYour name
Account Name, User name, or Email addressYour full email address
PasswordYour Gmail password

April 9, 2021 in Digital Marketing, Tips and Tricks

What is a Noindex Meta Tag?

  1. Noindex: tells search engines not to include your page(s) in search results.
  2. Disallow: tells them not to crawl your page(s).
  3. Nofollow: tells them not to follow the links on your page.

What is a Noindex Meta Tag?

A ‘noindex’ tag tells search engines not to include the page in search results.

The most common method of noindexing a page is to add a tag in the head section of the HTML, or in the response headers. To allow search engines to see this information, the page must not already be blocked (disallowed) in a robots.txt file. If the page is blocked via your robots.txt file, Google will never see the noindex tag and the page might still appear in search results.

To tell search engines not to index your page, simply add the following to the </head> section:

<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex, follow”>

The second part of the content tag here indicates that all the links on this page should be followed, which we’ll discuss below.

Alternatively, the noindex tag can be used in an X-Robots-Tag in the HTTP header:

X-Robots-Tag: noindex

How Can I Use Noindex in a Robots.txt File?
A ‘noindex’ tag in your robots.txt file also tells search engines not to include the page in search results, but is a quicker and easier way to noindex lots of pages at once, especially if you have access to your robots.txt file. For example, you could noindex any URLs in a specific folder.

Here’s an example of a noindex directive that could be placed in the robots.txt file:

Noindex: /robots-txt-noindexed-page/

However, Google advise against using this method: John Mueller has stated that ‘you shouldn’t rely on it’.

What is a Disallow Directive?
Disallowing a page means you’re telling search engines not to crawl it, which must be done in the robots.txt file of your site. It’s useful if you have lots of pages or files that are of no use to readers or search traffic, as it means search engines won’t waste time crawling those pages.

To add a disallow, simply add the following into your robots.txt file:

Disallow: /your-page-url/

If the page has external links or canonical tags pointing to it, it could still be indexed and ranked, so it’s important to combine a disallow with a noindex tag, as described below.

A word of caution: by disallowing a page you’re effectively removing it from your site.

Disallowed pages cannot pass PageRank to anywhere else – so any links on those pages are effectively useless from an SEO perspective – and disallowing pages that are supposed to be included can have disastrous results for your traffic, so be extra careful when writing disallow directives.

How Can I Combine Noindex and Disallow?
Noindex (page) + Disallow: Disallow can’t be combined with noindex on the page, because the page is blocked and therefore search engines won’t crawl it to know that they’re not supposed to leave the page out of the index.

Noindex (robots.txt) + Disallow: This prevents pages appearing in the index, and also prevents the pages being crawled. However, remember that no PageRank can pass through this page.

To combine a disallow with a noindex in your robots.txt, simply add both directives to your robots.txt file:

Disallow: /example-page-1/

Disallow: /example-page-2/

Noindex: /example-page-1/

Noindex: /example-page-2/

What is a Nofollow Tag?
A nofollow tag on a link tells search engines not to use a link to decide on the importance of the linked pages (PageRank) or discover more URLs within the same site.

Common uses for nofollows include links in comments and other content that you don’t control, paid links, embeds such as widgets or infographics, links in guest posts, or anything off-topic that you still want to link people to.

Historically SEOs have also selectively nofollowed links, to funnel internal PageRank to more important pages.

Nofollow tags can be added in one of two places:

The of the page (to nofollow all links on that page):
The link code (to nofollow an individual link): example page
A nofollow won’t prevent the linked page from being crawled completely; it just prevents it being crawled through that specific link. Our own tests, and others, have shown that Google will not crawl a URL which it finds in a nofollowed link.

Google state that if another site links to the same page without using a nofollow tag or the page appears in a Sitemap, the page might still appear in search results. Similarly, if it’s a URL that search engines already know about, adding a nofollow link won’t remove it from the index.

In September 2019, Google announced an update to their nofollow directive and introduced two new link attributes, these are:

rel=“sponsored” – The sponsored attribute should be used to identify links that are for advertisement purposes, where sponsorship and compensation agreements are in place.
rel=“ugc” – As the attribute for User Generated Content, this value is recommended for links within user generated content sites, for example forum posts and blog comments.
In addition, all links marked with nofollow, sponsored or ugc are now treated as hints regarding which links to consider in search and when crawling, as opposed to just a signal, as was used previously for nofollow. You can find out more about this update in our post which also covers the impact of these along with expert insights.

What is Noindex Nofollow?
As mentioned above, adding a nofollow tag to a page won’t prevent it from being crawled completely. Therefore, to prevent it from being indexed, you’ll also need to noindex the page. This will allow Google to still be able to crawl the page but it will not appear in the index. Pages you will probably want to noindex include; admin/login pages, internal search results and registration pages. To stop Google crawling the page completely, you should also disallow it (see above).

Other directives: Canonical Tags, Pagination and Hreflang
There are other ways to tell Google and other search engines how to treat URLs:

Canonical tags tell search engines which page from a group of similar pages should be indexed. Canonicalized (ie. secondary pages that direct search engines toward a primary version) are not included in the index. If you have separate mobile and desktop sites, you are supposed to canonicalize your mobile URLs to your desktop ones.
Pagination groups multiple pages together so that search engines know they are part of a set. Search engines should prioritize page one of each set when ranking pages, but all pages within the set will stay in the index.
Hreflang tells search engines which international versions of the same content are for which region, so that they can prioritize the correct version for each audience. All of these versions will stay in the index.

How much time should you spend on reducing crawl budget?
You might hear a lot of talk on SEO forums about how important crawl efficiency and crawl budget is for SEO and, while it’s common practice to disallow and noindex large groups of pages that have no benefit to search engines or readers (for example, back-end code that is only used for the running of the site, or some types of duplicate content), deciding whether to hide lots of individual pages is probably not the best use of time and effort.

Google likes to index as many URLs as possible, so, unless there is a specific reason to hide a page from search engines, it’s usually ok to leave the decision up to Google. In any case, even if you hide pages from search engines, Google will still keep checking to see if those URLs have changed. This is especially pertinent if there are links pointing to that page; even if Google has forgotten about the URL, it might re-discover it the next time a link is found to it anyway.

Testing using Search Console, DeepCrawl and Robotto

Test robots.txt using Search Console
The robots.txt Tester tool in Search Console (under Crawl) is a popular and largely effective way to check a new version of your file for any errors before it goes live, or test a specific URL to see whether it’s blocked:

April 5, 2021 in Tips and Tricks

Right click off on website

// With jQuery
$(document).on({
    "contextmenu": function(e) {
        console.log("ctx menu button:", e.which); 

        // Stop the context menu
        e.preventDefault();
    },
    "mousedown": function(e) { 
        console.log("normal mouse down:", e.which); 
    },
    "mouseup": function(e) { 
        console.log("normal mouse up:", e.which); 
    }
});
<body oncontextmenu="return false;">
body {
    font-family: 'sf-ui-display-light';
    overflow-x: hidden;
    padding-top: 70px;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: black;
    user-select: none;
}

March 18, 2021 in E-Commerce, Only Happened In India, Php, Technology, Tips and Tricks

Upload resume file upload and send email in opencart

Job_Application Twig file content 

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        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
        opacity: 50%; */
        position: relative;
        z-index: 5;
    }

    .bgimage::after{
        content: "";
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        background-image: url("F:/instaDiet/march/bg.jpg");
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                              <h1 class=""><b>Apply For The Job!</b></h1>
                           
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                              <li>should be able modify scripts,worked on python scripting OR Hands on coding experience in python</li>
                              <li>Together with your engineering team, will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents</li>
                              <li>Debugs and fix hard problems in live production </li>
                              <li>Experience in AWS Infrastructure</li>
                          </ul>
                          <p><strong>Skills and Qualification:</strong></p>
                          <ul>
                              <li>4+ years of industry or open source experience.</li>
                              <li>Worked collaboratively on a software development team</li>
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                          <p><strong>Look forward to::</strong></p>
                          <ul>
                              <li>Working with a world-class team. </li>
                              <li>Fun &amp; work at the same place with an amazing work culture and flexible timings.</li>
                              <li>Get ready to transform yourself into a health junkie</li>
                              
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                      }
                      else if(phone_val.length == " ") {
                          $('#phonecheck').show();
                          $('#phonecheck').html("*Phone no must be valid!");
                          $('#phonecheck').focus();
                          $('#phonecheck').css({"color":"red", "font-size": "10px"});
                          phone_err = false;
                          return false;
                      }
                      else {
                          $('#phonecheck').show();
                          $('#phonecheck').html("*Please enter valid phone number!");
                          $('#phonecheck').focus();
                          $('#phonecheck').css({"color":"red", "font-size": "10px"});
                          phone_err = false;
                          return false;
                      }
      
                  }
                  

                  function job_check() {
                      var job_val = $('#input-job').val();
                      //    alert(email_val);
      
                      if (job_val.length == '') {
                          $('#postcheck').show();
                          $('#postcheck').html("*Required ");
                          $('#postcheck').focus();
                          $('#postcheck').css({"color":"red", "font-size": "10px"});
                          job_err = false;
                          return false;
                      }
                    // else if ((gender_val.length < 10) || (msg_val.length > 3000)) {
                    //       $('#gendercheck').show();
                    //       $('#gendercheck').html("*Enquiry must be between 10 and 3000 characters!");
                    //       $('#gendercheck').focus();
                    //       $('#gendercheck').css({"color":"red"});
                    //       gender_err = false;
                    //       return false;
                    //   }
                      else {
                          $('#postcheck').hide();
                      }
                  }
                 

      
                      if ((user_err == true) && (email_err == true) && (phone_err == true) && (job_err == true)) {
                          return true;
                      } else {
                          return false;
                      }
                      
                  });
      
              });
      </script>
<script>
    $('button[id^=\'button-upload\']').on('click', function() {
        var node = this;

        $('#form-upload').remove();

        $('body').prepend('<form enctype="multipart/form-data" id="form-upload" style="display: none;"><input type="file" name="file" /></form>');

        $('#form-upload input[name=\'file\']').trigger('click');

        timer = setInterval(function() {
            if ($('#form-upload input[name=\'file\']').val() != '') {
                clearInterval(timer);

                $.ajax({
                    url: 'index.php?route=tool/upload',
                    type: 'post',
                    dataType: 'json',
                    data: new FormData($('#form-upload')[0]),
                    cache: false,
                    contentType: false,
                    processData: false,
                    beforeSend: function() {
                        $(node).button('loading');
                    },
                    complete: function() {
                        $(node).button('reset');
                    },
                    success: function(json) {
                        $('.text-danger').remove();

                        if (json['error']) {
                            $(node).parent().find('input').after('<div class="text-danger">' + json['error'] + '</div>');
                        }

                        if (json['success']) {
                            alert(json['success']);

                            $(node).parent().find('input').attr('value', json['code']);
                        }
                    },
                    error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
                        alert(thrownError + "\r\n" + xhr.statusText + "\r\n" + xhr.responseText);
                    }
                });
            }
        }, 500);
    });
</script>
{{ footer }}

Job_Application Controller file content

<?php
class ControllerInformationJobApplication extends Controller {
	public function index() {
		//$this->load->language('information/tracking');

		$this->document->setTitle("Job Application");
		$data['breadcrumbs'] = array();

		$data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
			'text' => $this->language->get('text_home'),
			'href' => $this->url->link('common/home')
		);
		if(empty($this->session->data['success'])){
$data['success']='0';
		}else{
			$data['success']=$this->session->data['success'];	
		}
		$details=$this->load->controller('common/location');
		$data['countryCode']=$details->countryCode;
		$data['region']=$details->region;
		$data['city']=$details->city;
		$data['action'] = $this->url->link('information/contact', '', true);
		$data['column_left'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_left');
		$data['column_right'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_right');
		$data['content_top'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_top');
		$data['content_bottom'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_bottom');
		$data['footer'] = $this->load->controller('common/footer1');
		$data['header'] =$this->load->controller('common/header1');

		$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('information/job_application', $data));
	}
	
	
}

Update information/contact controller

<?php
class ControllerInformationContact extends Controller {
	private $error = array();
	private $post_applied=array("1"=>"iOS Devoloper","2"=>"Php Devoloper","3"=>"Android Devoloper","4"=>"Software Tester","5"=>"Web Designer","6"=>"Head Of Operations","7"=>"Marketing Manager","8"=>"Marketing Analyst","9"=>"Jr. Graphic Designer","10"=>"UI/UX Designer","11"=>"IT and Sales Recruiter");
	public function index() {
		$this->load->language('information/contact');

		$this->document->setTitle($this->language->get('heading_title'));

		if (($this->request->server['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') && $this->validate()) {
			$mail = new Mail($this->config->get('config_mail_engine'));
			$mail->parameter = $this->config->get('config_mail_parameter');
			$mail->smtp_hostname = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_hostname');
			$mail->smtp_username = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_username');
			$mail->smtp_password = html_entity_decode($this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_password'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
			$mail->smtp_port = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_port');
			$mail->smtp_timeout = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_timeout');

			//$mail->setTo($this->config->get('config_email'));
			$mail->setTo('ankit@instadiet.in');
			$mail->setFrom($this->config->get('config_email'));
			$mail->setReplyTo($this->request->post['email']);
			$mail->setSender(html_entity_decode($this->request->post['name'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
			$mail->setSubject(html_entity_decode(sprintf($this->request->post['subject'], $this->request->post['name']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));//$this->language->get('email_subject')
			$telephone='';
			if(isset($this->request->post['telephone'])){
				$telephone="Telephone: ".$this->request->post['telephone']."\n";
			}
			if(isset($this->request->post['post_applied'])){
				$telephone.="Post Applied: ".$this->post_applied[$this->request->post['post_applied']]."\n";
			}
			$mail->setText($telephone.$this->request->post['enquiry']);
			
			if(isset($this->request->post['file']) && $this->request->post['file']){
				$this->load->model('tool/upload');
				$upload_info = $this->model_tool_upload->getUploadByCode($this->request->post['file']);
				$phyname = DIR_UPLOAD.$upload_info['filename'];
				$temp_name = DIR_UPLOAD.$upload_info['name'];
				copy($phyname,$temp_name);
				$mail->AddAttachment($temp_name);
				
			  }
		  
			  $mail->send();
			  if(isset($temp_name)){
			   unlink( $temp_name );
			  }
			//$mail->send();
if(isset($this->request->post['redirect']))
{
	$redirect=$this->request->post['redirect'];
	$this->session->data['success']="Your query has been successfully submitted. one of our InstaDiet executive will contact you shortly.";
	//$this->response->redirect($this->url->link($redirect));
	$this->response->redirect($redirect);
}else{$this->response->redirect($this->url->link('information/contact/success'));}
			
		}

		$data['breadcrumbs'] = array();

		$data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
			'text' => $this->language->get('text_home'),
			'href' => $this->url->link('common/home')
		);

		$data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
			'text' => $this->language->get('heading_title'),
			'href' => $this->url->link('information/contact')
		);

		if (isset($this->error['name'])) {
			$data['error_name'] = $this->error['name'];
		} else {
			$data['error_name'] = '';
		}

		if (isset($this->error['email'])) {
			$data['error_email'] = $this->error['email'];
		} else {
			$data['error_email'] = '';
		}

		if (isset($this->error['enquiry'])) {
			$data['error_enquiry'] = $this->error['enquiry'];
		} else {
			$data['error_enquiry'] = '';
		}

		$data['button_submit'] = $this->language->get('button_submit');

		$data['action'] = $this->url->link('information/contact', '', true);

		$this->load->model('tool/image');

		if ($this->config->get('config_image')) {
			$data['image'] = $this->model_tool_image->resize($this->config->get('config_image'), $this->config->get('theme_' . $this->config->get('config_theme') . '_image_location_width'), $this->config->get('theme_' . $this->config->get('config_theme') . '_image_location_height'));
		} else {
			$data['image'] = false;
		}

		$data['store'] = $this->config->get('config_name');
		$data['address'] = nl2br($this->config->get('config_address'));
		$data['geocode'] = $this->config->get('config_geocode');
		$data['geocode_hl'] = $this->config->get('config_language');
		$data['telephone'] = $this->config->get('config_telephone');
		$data['fax'] = $this->config->get('config_fax');
		$data['open'] = nl2br($this->config->get('config_open'));
		$data['comment'] = $this->config->get('config_comment');

		$data['locations'] = array();

		$this->load->model('localisation/location');

		foreach((array)$this->config->get('config_location') as $location_id) {
			$location_info = $this->model_localisation_location->getLocation($location_id);

			if ($location_info) {
				if ($location_info['image']) {
					$image = $this->model_tool_image->resize($location_info['image'], $this->config->get('theme_' . $this->config->get('config_theme') . '_image_location_width'), $this->config->get('theme_' . $this->config->get('config_theme') . '_image_location_height'));
				} else {
					$image = false;
				}

				$data['locations'][] = array(
					'location_id' => $location_info['location_id'],
					'name'        => $location_info['name'],
					'address'     => nl2br($location_info['address']),
					'geocode'     => $location_info['geocode'],
					'telephone'   => $location_info['telephone'],
					'fax'         => $location_info['fax'],
					'image'       => $image,
					'open'        => nl2br($location_info['open']),
					'comment'     => $location_info['comment']
				);
			}
		}

		if (isset($this->request->post['name'])) {
			$data['name'] = $this->request->post['name'];
		} else {
			$data['name'] = $this->customer->getFirstName();
		}

		if (isset($this->request->post['email'])) {
			$data['email'] = $this->request->post['email'];
		} else {
			$data['email'] = $this->customer->getEmail();
		}

		if (isset($this->request->post['enquiry'])) {
			$data['enquiry'] = $this->request->post['enquiry'];
		} else {
			$data['enquiry'] = '';
		}
		if(!isset($this->request->post['telephone'])){
		// Captcha
		if ($this->config->get('captcha_' . $this->config->get('config_captcha') . '_status') && in_array('contact', (array)$this->config->get('config_captcha_page'))) {
			$data['captcha'] = $this->load->controller('extension/captcha/' . $this->config->get('config_captcha'), $this->error);
		} else {
			$data['captcha'] = '';
		}
	}

		$data['column_left'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_left');
		$data['column_right'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_right');
		$data['content_top'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_top');
		$data['content_bottom'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_bottom');
		$data['footer'] = $this->load->controller('common/footer1');
		$data['header'] = $this->load->controller('common/header1');

		$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('information/contact', $data));
	}

	protected function validate() {
		if ((utf8_strlen($this->request->post['name']) < 3) || (utf8_strlen($this->request->post['name']) > 32)) {
			$this->error['name'] = $this->language->get('error_name');
		}
		if (isset($this->request->post['telephone']) && ((utf8_strlen($this->request->post['telephone']) < 10) || (utf8_strlen($this->request->post['telephone']) > 13))) {
			$json['error']['telephone'] = "Valid mobile required";
		}
		if (!filter_var($this->request->post['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
			$this->error['email'] = $this->language->get('error_email');
		}

		if ((utf8_strlen($this->request->post['enquiry']) < 10) || (utf8_strlen($this->request->post['enquiry']) > 3000)) {
			$this->error['enquiry'] = $this->language->get('error_enquiry');
		}
		if(!isset($this->request->post['telephone'])){
				// Captcha
		if ($this->config->get('captcha_' . $this->config->get('config_captcha') . '_status') && in_array('contact', (array)$this->config->get('config_captcha_page'))) {
			$captcha = $this->load->controller('extension/captcha/' . $this->config->get('config_captcha') . '/validate');

			if ($captcha) {
				$this->error['captcha'] = $captcha;
			}
		}
		}
	

		return !$this->error;
	}

	public function success() {
		$this->load->language('information/contact');

		$this->document->setTitle($this->language->get('heading_title'));

		$data['breadcrumbs'] = array();

		$data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
			'text' => $this->language->get('text_home'),
			'href' => $this->url->link('common/home')
		);

		$data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
			'text' => $this->language->get('heading_title'),
			'href' => $this->url->link('information/contact')
		);
		$data['heading_title']="Enquiry Submitted";
		$data['text_message']=$this->language->get('text_success');
		$data['continue'] = $this->url->link('common/home');

		$data['column_left'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_left');
		$data['column_right'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_right');
		$data['content_top'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_top');
		$data['content_bottom'] = "";//$this->load->controller('common/content_bottom');
		$data['footer'] = $this->load->controller('common/footer1');
		$data['header'] = $this->load->controller('common/header1');

		$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('common/success', $data));
	}
}

March 18, 2021 in Digital Marketing, News, Only Happened In India, Tips and Tricks

Notes on Increment

Notes on Increment

  1. Types of Posts:

There are 3 types of posts

  • Permanent Post
  • Temporary Post
  • Tenure Post
  • Permanent Post: The post which carries a definite scale of pay and sanctioned without limit of time is called Permanent Post(FR 9(22)).  Whenever a person is appointed against a permanent post he is said to be appointed in a substantive capacity and the pay that is allowed on account of such substantive appointment is known as substantive pay.

No person can be paid anything less than substantive pay at any time as a result of fixation of pay in a new scale. If it has to be fixed at a stage less than substantive pay such a drop has to be protected by grant of personal pay.

Exceptions: 1. Reversion on own request 2. Reversion on punishment.

  • Temporary Post: The post which carries definite scale of pay and sanctioned for a limited period is called Temporary Post(FR ((30)).

 A Govt. servant is said to officiate in a post on which another Govt. servant holds a lien.  The pay allowed in such a post is known as officiating pay.

  • Tenure Post: This also a permanent post but a person appointed against that post can hold office only for a limited period (FR 9(30-A)).  Ex: Governor, CAG etc.,
  • Provisions under FR:

The general rules relating to pay fixation are contained in FRs 19 to 35.

FR 19: Next – below Rule

FR 20: Pay of candidates undergoing training

FR 22: When the appointment to another post is in a substantive capacity

FR 24 to 26: Increments (State & Subordinate Service Rules Rule10(g), 13,17(c)

FR 27: Pre-mature increments

FR 28,29: Reduction of Pay as Penalty

FR 30,31: When the appointments are made in officiating capacity FR 35: Pay of officiating Govt. at an amount less than that admissible.

  • Increment:
    • Authority:  FR 24,25,26,27 and FR 31A and Rule 10D, 13 of State & Subordinate Service Rules.
    • FR 24: 
      • An increment shall ordinarily be drawn as a matter of course unless it is withheld.   
      • An increment may be withheld from a Govt. servant by the State Govt. or by any authority to whom the State Govt. may delegate this power if his conduct has not been good, or his work has not been satisfactory.   
      • In ordering the withholding of an increment the withholding authority shall state the period for which it is withheld, and whether the postponement shall have the effect of postponing future increments.  

(iii) The Service which counts for increments:

  1. All duty in a post on a time scale (FR 26(a))
    1. Service in another post, other than a post carrying less pay, whether in a substantive or officiating capacity, service on deputation out of India, and leave other than extraordinary leave shall count for increments in the time scale applicable to the post on which the Govt. servant holds a lien (FR

26(b)(i)).

  • All leave other than EOL and the period of deputation out of India shall count for increment in the time scale applicable to a post in which a Govt. Servant was officiating at the time he proceeded (FR 26(b)(ii))
    • The period of EOL taken on account of illness or for any other cause beyond the Govt. servant’s control or for prosecuting higher scientific or technical studies with an undertaking to serve the Govt. on return from leave for a period of atleast 5 years, sanctioned by the Govt.   (FR 26(b)(ii) Proviso)

HODs are empowered to count the EOL upto 6 months vide

G.O.Ms.No.43, F&P, Dt.05.02.76 and G.O.Ms.No.261, F&P, Dt.23.-6.76)

5) Service in another post of Govt. of another state in India or the Central

                                        Govt.     in     officiating    capacity         (Note    under     FR     26(b)    vide

G.O.Ms.No.294,Fin., Dt.14.09.64 and G.O.Ms.No.183, Fin., Dt.19.07.65)

  • The period of officiating service in the higher post counts for increment in the lower post (FR 26(c)).
    • Foreign Service counts for increments in the post he would hold a lien (FR

26 (e)).

  • Joining time counts for increments in the post he would hold a lien (FR 26

(f)).

  • The EOL granted on the request of the individual for regularization of the dismissal / deemed suspension / suspension period, after exhausting all the available leave may also be counted for the purpose of notional increments and pension (Note 2 under the proviso to FR 26(b)(ii) vide

G.O.Ms.No.307, Fin.(FR.II) Dept., Dt.03.12.2012)

(iv)  Service which does not count for increment:

  1. The period of Willful absence from duty which is treated as Dies-non (FR

18).

  • The period of Suspension treated as not duty (FR 54-B(1)(b).
    • The period of Suspension and period of service preceding the suspension, if the Suspension is made for misconduct (Note 5(a) under FR 24).
    • EOL sanctioned for private affairs (or) for regularizing the period of suspension ( FR 26(b)(ii) and Memo No. 11302/FR.II/64-4, Fin.,

Dt.16.06.64).

  • The period of EOL taken on account of illness or for any other cause beyond the Govt. servant’s control or for prosecuting higher scientific or technical studies with an undertaking to serve the Govt. on return from leave for a period of atleast 5 years, not sanctioned by the Govt.   (FR 26(b)(ii) Proviso)
    • Over-stayal of leave not regularized (Ruling 2 under FR 26(b)).
    • Officiating service in a lower time scale without specific sanction of Govt. will not count for increments in the substantive post on a higher scale (Ruling 9 under FR 26(b)).
    • The service rendered in temporary capacity without having prescribed minimum qualifications for the post (Memo No.2329/64-1, GA (Ser.A), Dt.08.12.64).

(V) Sanction of Notional Increment:

  1. The pay of a Govt. servant whose date of seniority/promotion has been revised and fixed from an earlier date, pay may be refixed on the basis of notional duty in the post from time to time.  Monetary benefit shall be payable only for the period he actually discharged the duties of the post.  Pensionery benefits shall also be revised on the basis of notional pay in case of retirement/death.  (FR 26(aa) and Note 1,2,3,4 under FR 26(aa) vide G.O.Ms.No.163, F&P, Dt.30.06.78 and G.O.Ms.No.286, F&P, Dt.10.11.78).
    1. If Increment falls due on the day following retirement, he may be given the benefit of increment notionally purely for the purpose of pensionary benefits (G.O.Ms.No.235, F&P (FW.FR.II) Dept., Dt.27.10.98).

(VI) Stoppage of Increment:

  1. Without Cumulative Effect: The officer’s pay is restored to what it would have been, had his increment not been withheld from the next natural date from which he would have drawn an increment.(Ruling 1 under FR 24).
    1. With Cumulative Effect: It will have effect on the postponement of the future increments .
    1. In case of stoppage of increments, the increments falling due immediately after the date of issue of the order should be withheld.  The employee shall not be recommended for promotion during the period for which the increments were ordered to withheld with effect from the date of the issue of the order (G.O.Ms.No.342, GA (Ser.V) Dept., Dt.04.08.97 and Circular memo No. 34663/Ser.C/99, GA (Ser.C) Dept., Dt.04.11.99).
    1. The authority withholding an increment of an officer should expressly state in the order that the period for which the increment has been stopped will be exclusive of any interval spent on leave before the period is completed (Instruction under FR 24).
    1. When an increment of an officer is withheld with cumulative effect, it is not the intension that the instruction under FR 24 should be applied. (Ruling 2(b) under FR 24).
    1. The authority withholding the increment in an officer’s pay as a punishment should make it clear in the order whether it will affect the officer’s pension and if so to what extent (Ruling 4 under FR 24).  If the punishment is withholding the increment with cumulative effect, it wiil have effect on the Officer’s Pension also (G.O.Ms.No.252, Fin.(FR.I) Dept.,Dt.29.08.06).
  2. Stagnation Increments: 
    1. RPS 93: All the employees falling under Grade I To XXXII are entitled for 3 stagnation increments beyond the time scale and they shall count for the purpose of pension and pensionery benefits (G.O.(P).No.18, F&P (FW.PC.I) Dept., Dt.19.01.94).
    1. The stagnation increments beyond the time scale in RPS 93 be reckoned as pay for purpose of fixation of pay on promotion on to the higher posts/AAS. (G.O.Ms.No.173, F&P (FW.PC.II) Dept.,

Dt.07.10.97).

  • The stagnation increments be sanctioned at the higher rate as admissible to the Pay. (Memo No.5763/59/PC-1/99-1, F&P

(FW.PC.I) Dept., Dt.27.02.99).

  • RPS 99: 3 stagnation increments sanctioned beyond the time scale and they shall be treated as regular increments for all purposes such as fixation of pay on promotion/AAS. (G.O.Ms.No.152, F&P (FW.PC.I) Dept., Dt.04.11.2000).
    • The pay in RPS shall be fixed at the next stage over the aggregate by adding Stagnation Increments to the maximum of the Scale.  If the aggregate is more than the elongated scale even after allowing 3 stagnation increments, then the difference will be treated as Personal Pay to be absorbed in future increases of pay. (Clarification issued vide Memo No.40577/581/PC.I/2000, F&P (FW.PC.I) Dept, Dt.23.11.2000).
    • RPS 2005: All the employees falling under Grade I – Grade XXXII are entitled for 5 stagnation increments beyond the time scale and they shall be treated as increments for all purposes such as fixation of pay on promotion/AAS, Pension etc., (G.O.(P).No.180, Fin.(PC.I) Dept., Dt.29.06.06).
    • Stagnation increments are allowed at the higher rate beyond the time scale of pay in the revised pay scales 2005, since the Master

Pay Scales is elongated one. (Memo No.21445/367/A1/PC.I/2007, Fin. (PC.I) Dept., Dt.25.04.08).

  • RPS 2010: Govt. have sanctioned 3 stagnation increments falling under Grade I to XXXII, to be allowed beyond the time scale and these shall be treated as increments for all purposes such as fixation of pay on promotion/AAS, Pension etc., (G.O.Ms.No.52, Fin.(PC.I) Dept., Dt.25.02.10).
    • RPS 2015: Govt. have sanctioned 5 stagnation increments to Grade I – XXXII beyond the time scale and these shall be treated as increments for all purposes such as fixation of pay on promotion/AAS, Pension etc., (G.O.Ms.No.25, Fin.(HR-V-PC)

Dept., Dt.30.04.15).

  • Drawl of Increment:
  • Increment will be drawn from first day of the month in which it is due.  The first increment in the case of initial appointment or promotion will be drawn a few days in advance of the completion of 12 months (G.O.Ms.No.133, F&P, Dt.13.-5.74 and G.O.Ms.No.192, F&P, Dt.01.08.74).
  • In arriving at the date of next increment, the periods which do not count for increment will be added to the normal date of increment and if that date falls in the middle of the month, increment will be drawn from the first day of that month.
  • If the employee is on leave on the first day of that month in which it is due, it will be drawn from the date of joining duty after leave.
  • Increments withheld as a penalty without cumulative effect will be drawn from the date following the date of expiry of penalty.  (Memo no.49463A/21111/FR.II/74.1, F&P, Dt.06.10.74).

(IX) Sanction of Increments:

  1. No increment should be given unless an increment certificate in APTC Form 49 is enclosed by the drawing officer.  If increments are granted on the assumption of satisfactory completion of probation without an order of a competent authority, the drawing officer should append a certificate in the increment certificate as prescribed therein (Ruling 5(b) under FR 24).
  2. An increment watch register has been prescribed in G.O.Ms.No.104, Fin. & Plg. (FW.A&L) Dept., Dt.08.03.76.
  3. To ensure prompt drawl of increments the drawing officer should verify the Service Books of all his subordinates in the month of December of every year and maintain a register showing the names of all persons for whom increments are due in each month of succeeding year in the APTC Form 106 and if persons are transferred to his office, their names should be entered in the relevant pages with reference to their rates of increments. (Note 3 under SR 13, TR 16 of APTC Vol.I).
  4. Passing of an Examination or test confers on a Govt. servant the title to any right, benefit or concession, such should be deemed to have accrued on the day following the last day of the examination or test which he passed. (Ruling 2 under FR 26(b).
  5. When the period of probation is two years and when increment is annual, the probationer is entitled to draw the first increment after commencement of probation; his second increment will have to be drawn only w.e.f. the date following the date of declaration of probation but the period of service from the date of the first increment shall count for subsequent increments. (FR 31-A(2)(i)(a)).
  6. Increment Sanctioning Authority: The drawing Officer in each department is authorized to release and to sign the increment certificate of the Govt. employees in each Department.  In cases where the Drawing Officer and the officer who maintain the service records of the employees is different, a certificate of service particulars eligible for earning increment shall be given by the authority who maintain the service registers to the Drawing Officer, release of the increment. (Memo No.16965/677/A&L/5, F&P (FW.A&L) Dept., Dt.13.02.87).

(X ) Some other Important FR Provisions:

  1. FR 25 Sanction of Efficiency Bar Increment: Where an efficiency bar is prescribed in a time scale the next increment after such bar should not be given without the specific sanction of authority competent to withhold increments.
  2. FR 27 Sanction of Premature Increments: 
    1. An authority may grant a premature increment to a Govt. service on a time scale of pay if that authority has power to create a post in the same cadre on the same scale of pay.
    1. Govt. is the competent authority to create or abolish a post on a time scale of pay.
    1. The Administrative Depts. of the Secretariat have to obtain the prior approval of Finance Dept. to grant advance/premature increments.

March 8, 2021 in Tips and Tricks

Convert Date Format to dd/mm/yyyy in Excel

Microsoft Excel is a software that allows you to create efficient spreadsheets for the business of personal use. They permit you to stay organized while managing large amounts of data, which can be organized in a range of ways. One popular way to organize this data is by date. Excel comes with a default date format, mm/dd/yyyy, but you can always choose to change the date format, to dd/mm/yyyy, for example.

Change Excel Date Format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy

To change the date display in Excel follow these steps:

  • Go to Format Cells > Custom
  • Enter dd/mm/yyyy in the available space.

The dates listed in your spreadsheet should be converted to the new format.

March 3, 2021 in E-Commerce, Only Happened In India, Php, Technology, Tips and Tricks

We detected event code but the pixel has not activated for this event, so no information was sent to Facebook.

We detected event code but the pixel has not activated for this event, so no information was sent to Facebook. This could be due to an error in the code, but could also occur if the pixel fires on a dynamic event such as a button click

Overview

The Pixel Helper is a Chrome Browser extension that runs in the background to automatically review websites for Facebook Pixel code. When the extension is installed a </> icon, the Pixel Helper icon, will appear in the upper right corner of the browser next to the address bar. When a website has a Facebook Pixel installed the Pixel Helper icon turns blue and a small badge will appear indicating the number of pixels found on the webpage. If the icon does not turn blue, no Facebook pixels are installed on this webpage. Click the Pixel Helper icon and a small popup appears with information you can use to verify, troubleshoot, and improve our pixel.

Install Pixel Helper

Requirements

To use the Facebook Pixel Helper you must:

Verify Pixel Implementation

Navigate to your website in the Chrome browser, and click on the Pixel Helper icon. The popup will tell what pixels were found on the webpage, and whether they have loaded successfully.

Troubleshooting

The Facebook Pixel Helper reports errors and suggestions to improve performance.

Data Processing Parameters Sent

This section shows if data processing parameters are being sent with the Limited Data Use flag. DPOST and DPOCO will show 1, 1000 if it is sent with California/USA data.

source:https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel/support/pixel-helper#did-not-load

March 3, 2021 in E-Commerce, Tips and Tricks

How to Troubleshoot Your Facebook Pixel – Pixel Helper Explained

Pixel Helper Chrome Extension can show a number of messages, some of them being real errors, some of them simple warnings or false errors. We try to cover them all in this article.

Keep in mind that Facebook is in constant change, and some of the errors messages on this page might be replaced by others or simply out of use. We do our best to keep the list here up to date and useful.

What is Facebook Pixel Helper Chrome Extension?

Pixel Helper is an official Facebook pixel testing tools. It’s connected to Facebook itself, so the results it gives are usually pretty accurate.

Facebook Pixel Helper functions in the background in order to automatically review the websites you are browsing. It reviews the websites for code similar to a Facebook pixel. Whenever a website features an installed pixel, the extension icon will take the blue color, making a small badge appear. This badge will indicate how many events were found on that page. If you click the extension button after it has turned blue, useful information on the Facebook pixels will appear.

In case the pixel is placed where it’s supposed to be and is also being loaded the correctly, the site indicator will take the color green. In case something is not right, the indicator will take the color red. When the indicator is red, you also receive a short explanation about what needs to be fixed, and how to fix it.

IMPORTANT: The pixel itself won’t send any data if you use an ad-blocking software. Sometimes the extension will show the pixel with a message saying that no data was sent, sometimes it won’t show anything. It’s important to turn your ad-blocker OFF when you test the pixel.

How to Install Facebook Pixel Helper

If you want to use the Facebook Pixel Helper, you’ll have to first make sure that the web browser Chrome is installed on your computer. After that, check with the Chrome Store and get the Pixel Helper. Follow the instructions the Chrome Store has and install the extension in your browser. As soon as the Facebook Pixel Helper is installed, an icon </> will appear next to your address bar.

Click Here to Install Pixel Helper Chrome Extension

How to Verify Pixel Implementation

Navigate through the website with your Chrome browser. Click the Pixel Helper icon. A small window with pixel related info will appear. It will tell you what pixels was found on the page, and if these pixels have successfully loaded. In case your pixels have loaded successfully, you can start to run ads with them.

You will also see each pixel event that was fired. Click on the event to see its parameters, what type of Advanced Matching info was sent, URL called, load time and pixel location:

Troubleshooting Pixel Errors

Facebook Pixel Helper reports common errors that indicate something needs to be fixed in order for the product to be used properly.

pixel-helper-test

  • Pixel Did Not Load: Sometimes can be ignored

When this error appears it means that the Facebook Pixel Helper has managed to find what looks like Facebook pixel code on the website, but the actual HTTP call hasn’t been made. This usually happens because of an error in the code, but it can also occur when the pixel fires on a dynamic event, for example, a click button. In this case, the error will disappear if you click the button.

  • Resembles a Standard Event: Sometimes can be ignored

This error means that the Facebook Pixel Helper discovered a custom event that seems similar to a Facebook Standard Event. Let’s take an example: instead of AddToCart, it is AddtCart. It is recommendable that standard events are used whenever possible. If you actually intend to use that custom event with that particular name, you can ignore this warning.

  • Encoded Characters: Sometimes Take Action

When this appears, it means that the Facebook Pixel Helper came across something that seems to be double-encoded characters. This could happen because of a tag or a CSM system that encodes information that has already been encoded. For example, encoding &amp; into &amp;amp;. Please confirm and make sure that characters are not being encoded two times, for example, change &amp; to &. Sometimes this is not a real warning, if, for example, you use a & symbol in your title.

  • The Facebook pixel activated 2 times on this web page: Sometimes can be ignored

This is usually an error since an event should load only once on a page. There are some situations when this can be safely ignored. For example, when you have a dynamic event triggered on click that is activated multiple times. 

Facebook can show this message in relation to a single event, and not to the pixel. This means that the pixel code itself wasn’t activated twice, but just one event.

  • Invalid Pixel ID: Take Action

This is an error that means the sent ID for the pixel did not match a known pixel ID in the system. If you’re using the PixelYouSite plugin, double check the ID you enter and make the necessary correction.

Troubleshooting Suggestions

Some of the warnings you can see in the Pixel Helper are not exactly errors on your side, but purely improvement suggestions that the software thinks you can take into consideration.

Dynamic Ads & Product Catalog Related Errors:

Those are all messages that Pixel Helper gives (or used to give at some point) related to Facebook Dynamic Ads (Promote a product catalog option)

  • Facebook Pixel can’t match products
  • The Pixel is not paired with any product catalog
  • No products found for given content
  • Unable to Find Product Catalog
  • Pixel Doesn’t Have a Product Catalog Pair

They mean that the product ID sent by the pixel is not found in a Product Catalog, or that no Product Catalog exists.

If you are not using Facebook Dynamic Ads (Promote a product catalog option) or if the content is not a product, you can ignore this message.

If you do Dynamic Ads you must check the product feed and make sure that it has all the products you want it to have.

If you do Dynamic ads and you have a Product Catalog that is supposed to contain that specific product ID do the following:

  • make sure that the pixel and the Product Catalog ID and the pixel content_ids parameter are using the same logic (product ID or product SKU)
  • check if the product ID exits in your Product Catalog
  • check if the catalog is connected to the same pixel ID you are using on the site. You can control this from the Catalog Settings, Event Source.

Other warnings you might have:

  • Pixel Took too Long to Load: Sometimes can be ignored

This error indicates that it took too much time before the pixel was activated. This may happen because of the location of the pixel on the page. If someone who visited your web page closes it, clicks on a link, or simply just navigates away before the pixel event gets to be activated, the action is not going to be tracked. Because of this, an important percentage of actions and conversions can be lost. That’s why it is recommended for the pixel code to be placed early in the web page. Some prefer to put it, in HTML, just before the closing </head> tag. If you are using PixelYourSite the code is inserted on top of your page, so it will load fast.

  • Pixel is Not the Only Conversion: Sometimes can be ignored

It is not recommended to load multiple conversion events on one page. This will make the optimization inefficient, together with the tracking of those conversion events. You could use one conversion pixel across all ads optimizing or tracking for the event. If a secondary conversion event takes place when a person interacts with the web page (for example, when it does a button click), the warning can be ignored.

  • Content_type is missing, should be either ‘product’ or ‘product_group’: Sometimes can be ignored

This usually means that the content_type parameter is not “product” or “product_group”. If the event is not used for Facebook Dynamic Ads you can ignore it. It looks like Facebook decided to drop this message lately.

  • You Have Opted Out of Tracking: Take action

This is related to your Facebook Privacy settings and means that you have opted out of tracking from Facebook. Because of this, Facebook Pixel Helper extension will not work, leaving potential pixel problems undetected. To fix it, temporarily modify your ads settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

How to Uninstall Facebook Pixel Helper

In order to uninstall the Facebook Pixel Helper, just type chrome://extensions/ into the address bar of your Chrome browser. After that, click the trash icon close to the Facebook Pixel Helper extension.

source:pixelyoursite

February 23, 2021 in Only Happened In India, Php, Technology, Tips and Tricks

Testing Webhooks Locally for Amazon SNS

Testing Tools

To test the code I wrote for the blog post, I used PHP’s built-in web server (available in PHP 5.4 and later) to serve the code locally. I used another tool called ngrok to expose the locally running PHP server to the public internet. Ngrok does this by creating a tunnel to a specified port on your local machine.

You can use PHP’s built-in web server and ngrok on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. If you have PHP 5.4+ installed, then the built-in server is ready to use. To install ngrok, use the simple instructions on the ngrok website. I work primarily in OS X, so you may need to modify the commands I use in the rest of this post if you are using another platform.

Setting Up the PHP Code

First, you’ll need the PHP code that will handle the incoming messages. My post about receiving SNS messages provides a complete code example for doing this.

Let’s create a new folder in your home directly to use for this test. We’ll also install Composer, the AWS SDK for PHP, create a directory for the webroot, and create files for the PHP code and a log.

mkdir ~/sns-message-test && cd ~/sns-message-test
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar require aws/aws-sdk-php:~2.6.0
touch messages.log
mkdir web && touch web/index.php

Now take the PHP code from the other blog post and put it in index.php. Here is that same code, but with the require statement needed to load the SDK with our current file structure. I am also going to update the code to log the incoming messages to a file so we can easily see that the messages are being handled correctly.

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use AwsSnsMessageValidatorMessage;
use AwsSnsMessageValidatorMessageValidator;
use GuzzleHttpClient;

// Make sure the request is POST
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST') {
    http_response_code(405);
    die;
}

try {
    // Create a message from the post data and validate its signature
    $message = Message::fromRawPostData();
    $validator = new MessageValidator();
    $validator->validate($message);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Pretend we're not here if the message is invalid
    http_response_code(404);
    die;
}

if ($message->get('Type') === 'SubscriptionConfirmation') {
    // Send a request to the SubscribeURL to complete subscription
    (new Client)->get($message->get('SubscribeURL'))->send();
}

// Log the message
$file = new SplFileObject(__DIR__ . '/../messages.log', 'a');
$file->fwrite($message->get('Type') . ': ' . $message->get('Message') . "n");

Creating an Amazon SNS Topic

Before you can perform any tests, you must set up an Amazon SNS topic. You can do this easily in the AWS Management Console by following the Getting Started with Amazon Simple Notification Service guide. This guide also shows how to subscribe to a topic and publish a message, which you will also need to do in a moment.

Setting Up the Server

OK, we have an Amazon SNS topic ready and all of the files we need in place. Now we need to start up the server and make it accessible to Amazon SNS. To do this, create 3 separate terminal windows or tabs, which we will use for 3 separate long-running processes: the server, ngrok, and tailing the messages log.

Launching the PHP Built-in Server

In the first terminal window, use the following command to start up the PHP built-in web server to serve our little test webhook. (Note: you can use a different port number, just make sure you use the same one with ngrok.)

php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 -t web/

This will create some output that looks something like the following:

PHP 5.4.24 Development Server started at Mon Mar 31 11:02:14 2014
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8000
Document root is /Users/your-user/sns-message-test/web
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

If you access http://127.0.0.1:8000 from your web browser, you will likely see a blank page, but that request will show up in this terminal window. Since our code is set up to respond only to POST requests, we will see the expected behavior of a 405 HTTP code in the response.

[Mon Mar 31 11:02:44 2014] 127.0.0.1:61409 [405]: /

Creating a Tunnel with ngrok

In the second terminal window, use the following command to create an ngrok tunnel to the PHP server. Use the same port as you did in the previous section.

ngrok 8000

That was easy! The output of this command will contain a publicly accessible URL that forwards to your localhost.

Tunnel Status                 online
Version                       1.6/1.5
Forwarding                    http://58565ed9.ngrok.com -> 127.0.0.1:8000
Forwarding                    https://58565ed9.ngrok.com -> 127.0.0.1:8000
Web Interface                 127.0.0.1:4040
# Conn                        1
Avg Conn Time                 36.06ms

ngrok also provides a small web app running on localhost:4040 that displays all of the incoming requests through the tunnel. It also allows you to click a button to replay a request, which is really helpful for testing and debugging your webhooks.

Tailing the Message Logs

Let’s use the third terminal window to tail the log file that our PHP code writes the incoming messages to.

tail -f messages.log

This won’t show anything yet, but once we start publishing Amazon SNS messages to our topic, they should be printed out in this window.

Testing the Incoming SNS Messages

Now that everything is running and wired up, head back to the Amazon SNS console and subscribe the URL provided by ngrok as an HTTP endpoint for your SNS topic.

If all goes well, you should see output similar to the following on each of the 3 terminal windows.

PHP Server:

[Tue Apr  1 08:51:13 2014] 127.0.0.1:50190 [200]: /

ngrok:

POST /                        200 OK

Log:

SubscriptionConfirmation: You have chosen to subscribe to the topic arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:01234567890:sdk-test. To confirm the subscription, visit the SubscribeURL included in this message.

Back in the SNS console, you should see that the subscription has been confirmed. Next, publish a message to the topic to test that normal messages are processed correctly. The output should be similar:

PHP Server:

[Tue Apr  1 10:08:14 2014] 127.0.0.1:51235 [200]: /

ngrok:

POST /                        200 OK

Log:

Notification: THIS IS MY TEST MESSAGE!

Nice work!

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