After hours of research, I found a way to clean my wordpress sites. So if your site was marked as a “harmful site” by Google or if you got an HTTP Error 500 Internal server error in your server’s error log, allow me to help you fix that.

First of all, how do you know your site was hacked and injected with malware? You need to check the source code of some important files in your wordpress to see if you found a “<?php eval” at the beginning of the file. Check these files to begin with:

• /index.php
• /wp-config.php
• /wp-includes/functions.php

If you found the ”<?php eval” piece of code at the beginning of the source code of the files above, your site has been successfully injected by malwares. So what’s next? What should I do, you might ask.

Backup Your Website

I know it was probably be too late for you to do this step, it was also in my case. I wish I have a clean backup of my site, which include the MySQL database, wp-content directory, and your wp-config.php file. These are the basic things that you should always backup at least once a month.

Replace ALL of Your WordPress Installation Files

That’s right. You need to replace all of your wordpress files with the new clean-fresh one. Don’t try to clean the infected files. Why? because you don’t know how deep and how much your files have been infected. Plus, it will take so much time to clean the files one by one.

There’s one caveat though. You need to have a clean backup of your WordPress’ MySQL database, wp-content directory, and your wp-config.php file, so that after you re-upload the fresh WordPress installation files, you can replace the wp-content directory and the wp-config.php file with yours.

• MySQL database (.sql) contains all your posts and wordpress settings. Contrary to what I know previously, WordPress does not keep each of your WordPress postings as a single file. Instead, it will store them as text in your MySQL database. So if you have this file, your blog posts and WordPress settings are safe.
• Wp-content directory contains all of your plugin, themes, and uploaded files. Remember when I told you WordPress saves blog post as a database entry above? Now…it saves all pictures that are attached to your posts in this directory wp-content/uploads. So if you want to keep all of those precious images in your blogs, you might want to save wp-content/uploads somewhere safe. I would say that this is the most important directory to save from other directories in wp-content/. The wp-content/themes and wp-content/plugins are important, but you can always install them back manually, if necessary. All the settings will stay intact (even without the plugins and themes backup files) since settings are stores in your MySQL database.
  If you modified any of your plugins or themes, your modified files are stores in this directory also.
• wp-config.php file contains the information to connect between your WordPress files and your MySQL database, such as the database host, username, and password.

What if you don’t have clean backups of the files above? Well…the only way is to copy your current wp-content/ directory and wp-config.php file (the current and infected ones) to your local drive, run a find and replace function using your favorite text editor to find any occurrence of “<?php eval” and delete them. I recommended you to use a text batch editor software like TextCrawler to the the job for you.

….and backup your MySQL database manually.

After all the necessary files in hand, then you can delete all of your files and re-upload WordPress’ new installation files. Once the upload process is done, restore your WordPress database, and replace the wp-content/ directory and the wp-config.php with your backup ones.

You can download the latest wordpress installation file from http://wordpress.org/download/ 

The Result

I’m not saying this whole backup and restore task is gonna be, but if everything went smooth, you will have your WordPress clean and working again!

Tips

1. Keep your WordPress updated all the time. This includes ALL WordPress installation in your web hosting. I made a mistake to only pay attention my main site, which is this blog and keep it up to date. I missed to check the other installations whether they are up to date or not. I think that’s my biggest mistake in my case.
2. Install a security plugin on your WordPress. I recommended WP Security to do the job for you.
3. Install a backup plugin on your WordPress. I recommended Backup Scheduler to do the job for you.
4. When you backup your files, don’t forget to backup your .htaccess and any WordPress non-default files (images, videos, etc.)

Good luck on your journey. I hope you can have your WordPress site back (clean and sound). Let me know if there’s anything I can help by dropping a comment below.

This morning, I was listening to Ps. Joseph Prince message about “Qarah”, a Hebrew word for “right timing”. He says that when we are focusing on Jesus, He will lead us in such a way so that we are at the right time and the right place to fulfill His purpose in our life. In the business world, your competitor might have a better product with better price than you. However, somehow you are the one that got the business deal. Isn’t if weird? You product and offer are obviously “lost” to your competitor; but, it’s just so happen that you are at the right place where you met the right person and you are click with that right person, which end up you got the business deal.

How could this happen? It just doesn’t make sense that the inferior could beat the superior. Well friend…that’s exactly the kind of blessing that Jesus promised you, an unmerited favor. You might ask why does God do that? The answer is so that you can’t take any credit for it. God has ALL the credit and glory. You simply can’t take any credit for it, because you can’t earn it, even though you want it.

This afternoon, Multiply Indonesia, the place where I work, just held a gift-exchange event to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Strangely, out of 50 people who participated in this event, I got this Android cup/action figure. And if you know me, I’m a big fan of Android, so I’m thinking, how in the world I can get this Android cup and not the other 49 gifts that I could’ve picked randomly.

I really encourage you to read the blog post from one of NCC Singapore’s member about “God-Moments Give You Success“. I hope it can be a blessing to you as it is for me.

As usual, I welcome any comments on the comment section below. Have a blessed day!

Few days ago, when I got back from my church, by myself, I remembered that I wanted to try out this place, so I decided to go there alone and eating by myself *anybody wants to accompany me?? HINT: F.Y., this invitation is for you

If you don’t know the address of this place, here it is:

Sushi Joobu Sushi Restaurant
Ph. 021-581-9091
Jl. Pesanggrahan 10G
Jakarta Barat

Life can get tough…trust me it will. Perhaps, the very reason you are reading this now because you are in tough times now. However, our response to it will make a whole lot difference. You can either be defeated by the toughness of life, or you can be triumphant over it and live more than a conqueror life. It’s up to you.

Romans 8:37 – “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

Can you see the key for being more than conquerors here? It’s through HIM and through the consciousnesses that He loves us so much!

You can be either troubled by your daily problems and any future problems, that you think may arise (which, in reality, may not happen after all), or you can surrender your worries to God and live a restful life.

But you might wonder what made God, with all of HIS majesty, wants to hear your worries and burden of life and actually do something about it? Is He not too busy with other stuff? and with million other people in the world?

1 Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”

The answer is very simple, but yet profound, for HE cares for you! Yes…you as in you are the person who’s reading my post now. HE cares for you personally.

Very simple, right? But it’s oftentimes really hard for us to just simply believe that God cares for us…that He’s thinking about us all the time…that He wants the best for us…and if it bothers us, it bothers Him also. Think of what you would do for someone that you care the most, now multiply that by 100. You will start to have a glimpse what would God do when He falls in love with you

My friends…aren’t you glad that our life is in a good hand?

I’d like to close with this verse.

Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10

Believe it…meditate on it. You will walk your day with your chins up, a smile in your face, and excitement!

To summarize, the key to conquer problems in life is by resting in Him and by consciously realize that God loves you so much.

Be Blessed,
S.S.

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Review:
Bakmie Awai adalah bakmie yang boleh dibilang paling enak dari seluruh bakmie keriting babi yang pernah saya coba. Tekstur bakmie-nya pun sangat pas, tidak terlalu keras ataupun terlalu lembek. Dipadu dengan potongan panggang babi, daging potong, dan sayur-sayuran (caisim dan toge), bakmie keriting Awai adalah salah satu favorit saya ketika saya makan kedaerah Pluit.

Apakah anda ada rekomendasi tempat bakmie yang enak lagi untuk daerah Pluit dan sekitarnya? Jika ada, silahkan bantu saya dan teman-teman lain yang membaca blog ini untuk mengetahui tempat bakmie favorite anda.

Satu hal yang unik juga ketika saya makan di daerah Pluit, yaitu bahwa ada banyak tempat-tempat makan enak disekitar anda, jadi jangan kaget kalau amda melihat ada kwetiau di foto-foto saya dibawah ini. Saya memesan kwetiai tersebut dari restaurant persis di sebelah bakmie keriting Awai.

Yang saya menyesal adalah saya tidak menanyakan harga per mangkuknya berapa, karena kebetulan ada orang lain yang bayarin untuk kita semua. Yang pasti, kami memesan 1 porsi pangsit, 1 porsi besar bakmi keriting, 1 porsi kecil bakmie keriting, 2 es teh tawar, dan 1 teh tawar hangat. Total pembayaran adalah sebesar Rp. 80,000.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa foto yang saya ambil ketika saya makan disana.

Travelling to China would be a fun and great experience to have. However, it will overwhelm you and can give you a headache if you are not prepared with what you will be facing there. Western and Asian cultures are like 2 different worlds that are miles apart. That are things that are common in US are unknown of in Chine and vice versa, so it would be better to prepare yourself for what lies ahead.

Few weeks ago, I just got back from my 2 weeks trip to China. Let me tell you…it was a wonderful experience to be able to visit China. I love the scenery, the buildings, and the way people lives there. It really shows their thousand years of history.

I’ll try to share some of the pictures on my future posts. For now, allow me to share some things with you of what I learned when I was in China.

• First, choose your visit date carefully. This is really important. It’s probably the most important factor that will determine whether your visit would be pleasant or not. I went to China during the rainy season, which is between June-August and a not-so-good time to go to Chine. It rained 60% of the time I was there. Rain will prevent you enjoying your stay to the fullest, because you need to bring your umbrella everywhere and use it quite often. You can’t take a good pictures with your camera. Not just because of the bad weather, lighting, etc., but it also became kinda hard to operate your camera while holding umbrella on the other hand.
  My suggestion is to visit China during Autumn, which is between September – October. The temperature would be just perfect, between 50-72F, and very little of raining, if any.
• Bring some cable extension (or splitter). If you have been following my blog, you would probably know that I’m a gadget freak. Especially when travelling like this, I’ll make sure to bring my tablet, 2 of my cellphones, and a camera. The bad news is that all of them need a charger of their own, so I brought 4 different types of charger. For this, I need power plugs, especially when I charged them all at the same time. The problem is that hotels in China have limited wall plugs.
  It’s kinda ok if you were the only one in your room. But when you are sharing your room with 1-2 other people, it means that you need to share those limited power plugs with others, which will give you some headache sometimes. Therefore, please bring a cable extension/splitter of your own the next time you visit China, so you don’t need to “fight” for your own share of power plugs.
• Bring plastic bags. In my opinion, taking more plastics bags could never go wrong. You just never know when you will need them. I used them as a trash can while we were travelling in the bus, as a laundry bag, as a camera rain protector when it rains, etc.
• Bring a rain coat or wear a waterproof jacket. Since I went to China during their rainy season, I regretted the fact that I didn’t bring my waterproof jacket with me. If you were using a rain coat, you have no need to hold an umbrella the whole time you are out in the rain.
  If you want, you can just buy a really simple rain coat from people on the street in China. Those sellers will recognize that you are a tourist and will offer you to buy one, especially when it was raining. They surely do understand that the right time to sell an umbrella is when it rains. LOL….
• Bring a rubber slipper/shoes. Again…since I went to China during rainy season, I would definitely recommend you to bring a rubber slipper/shoes, something like Crocs. Why? It’s for couple simple reasons. It won’t be as slippery and it will dry fast.
• Bring enough water and some can food/snacks when going up to the mountain. I went to Mt. Huangshan and spent 2 days there. O boy…it was the most beautiful mountain range I have ever seen.

  

  However, its beauty will take its toll. It’s not easy for older people to climb Mt. Huangshan. When I say “climb”, it doesn’t mean that you have to rappeling through the cliffs. The Chinese government has paved the road and stairs for you to get to the top of Mt. Huangshan, but still, it’s not for the faint heart. My parents were having some hard time going up and down the stair there, so make sure you take a lot of rest along the way and bring plenty of water, since water is so expensive if you were to buy when you are up in the mountain.
  Some can food/snack would be helpful too. Since you are burning a lot of calories when you are climbing the mountain, you will feel hungry more often, especially due to the cold weather. Some granola bar would be enough to give you some extra energy.

• Always bring some toilet paper with you, everywhere you go. Toilets in China are not the cleanest and the best toilet in the world. Most of them are just plain dirty and unsupervised. Many of them have no doors, no toilet papers and smell pretty bad. I apologize if I ruined your image of China here, but don’t worry the only bad part about China is their toilets ha3x…I’m not talking about hotel toilets here, but more of the public ones, so when you are in your hotel room, don’t worry. Everything will be very tidy and spotless!
  Also…be prepared for using squat toilet. Although most toilets are the seating ones, you will find in some places that they only have squat toilets, so it will take some time until you get used to it.
  Anyway…the most important thing is to have your toilet paper ready all the time. I had some pretty rough time looking for one in one instance Luckily I found some, otherwise I’m not really sure what’s gonna happen
• Bring a calculator. Language is definitely a barrier when I was in China. It’s really hard to even guess what they are saying. A calculator can be very handy when you are shopping. Since numbers are universal, both you and the sellers will understand each other when you are bargaining using a calculator to show what price the seller offers and what price that you are bargaining for.
• Lastly, pay attention to your baggage weight. We, Asian, are known for our shopping habit, so you can imagine what our tour group would buy during the 2 weeks period we were there. Most of the time, we don’t think about our baggage weught when we buy things. Well…you should have thought of your baggage weight everytime you buy something.
  The tour that take you to China will bring you to certain shopping locations, whether they are government owned or privately owned places, so most likely you will do some shopping in China. Not to mention that goods in China are considered pretty cheap for most Americans, so you will tend to buy things there since they are cheap. Make sure you can bring those stuff you bought home, Ok! Unless you are willing to pay the ridiculously expensive excess baggage fees.

That’s all from me.

I hope my tips can help you little bit while you are travelling to China. There actually are a lot more tips I can list here in this post, but it will be too many ha3x so couple bullet points above from me would be enough for now.

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Well…error #357 can be triggered by different things. I was searching through the Internet, and it seems most of the time, this error happened when:

• Replying a message
• Inviting new members

To save you some time, let me share you with the solution that I found. I tried this solution when I was trying to invite new members to my Google Group, so hopefully the same principle would work in replying a post too….so far, I don’t have any problem in replying a post though.

Make sure the following are true.

1. Your welcoming message are shorter than 800 characters.
2. The email addresses that you use to invite your new members are in this format:
   “name1″ <email1@domain1.com>, “name2″ <email2@domain2.com>, etc…

That’s it. Please try them and let me know whether the solution above worked for you.

Luckily our HR department came out with this brilliant idea to have “Bokek” Lunch Day “Bokek” is an Indonesian slang word for “broke”, so the idea is that the company will sponsor a lunch for everybody in the company one day before the payday. Isn’t it nice and thoughtful?

This month’s menu is cap-cay, bakwan jagung, and ayam bumbu bali.

If you haven’t been following the news, Multiply has decided to move their headquarter to Indonesia, as soon as next year. This was a shocking news for me. I would never think that a US company would even consider moving to Indonesia. But knowing the stats how much we grew this past year since its first inception of Multiply 5.0 last year, I can understand their decision. Indonesia is just such a vast ecommerce market that still has a huge growth potential. I can’t wait to see how Multiply would become a year from now.

My hope is to see Multiply grow so big that it will become the Indonesian’s version of Amazon in US. Honestly, one thing that I missed the most from US is Amazon.com. I relied heavily on Amazon.com to satisfy my crave for computers and gadgets LOL I’m glad that Multiply.com starts to fill my “emptiness” with its growing marketplace.

You can now find me in Multiply at ssentosa.multiply.com. I’m actually looking to sell something on Multiply, so if you read this post and you have something that I can sell on Multiply, just let me know. We can have a nice conversation how I can be your online seller and make two of us successful

If you were curious how Multiply Indonesia office look like, here are some pictures of it

More about Multiply to come….