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2011-09-27T01:35:00.002+05:00

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Automated PHP Deployment - Capistrano

2011-03-31T12:17:00.001+05:00

Extracted from: http://www.jonmaddox.com/2006/08/16/automated-php-deployment-with-capistrano/ Automated PHP Deployment With Capistrano Sure, I’d like to spend my days and nights writing Ruby and cap deploy ing it to success, but I have to face the facts. I Still Have PHP Apps To Maintain. I have no one to blame but myself. I wrote them. And I still work where they were written. There’s no

9 Most Common IE Bugs and How to Fix Them

2009-11-18T13:17:00.001+05:00

Author: Siddharth Original Article is at: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/9-most-common-ie-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/1. Centering a Layout Centering an element is probably something every web developer has to do while creating a layout. The easiest and most versatile way to center an element is to just add margin: auto; to the relevant element. The above method will take

Installing PHP on IIS 6 (Windows 2003)

2009-11-09T11:49:00.003+05:00

We had a customer who was paying good money for a Dedicated Server of Windows 2003, and had his site hosted. We had to develop a newer version of the site on PHP/MySQL, and then consolidate both sites, the old one and new one. When we came to the stage of Consolidation, we needed a separate PHP enabled server, and that would have costed the customer, so on mutual understanding with customer we

phplist - Opensource Newsletter Management Script

2009-11-03T12:23:00.005+05:00

Newsletter Managementphplist Featuresphplist is a one-way email announcement delivery system. It is great for newsletters, publicity lists, notifications, and many other uses. (It is different from group mailing list systems like mailman.)The Web Interface lets you write and send messages, and manage phplist over the internet. phplist keeps sending messages from your web server, even after you

Convert any website layout or template into a Drupal theme - easily!

2009-10-29T16:49:00.000+06:00

How to convert website to Drupal themeTheming for Drupal is not actually as hard as you may think. Certainly there are more advanced areas of theming possible with Drupal, which may or may not be necessary depending on the needs of your site or whether there are subtle defaults which you wish to change (and which you can learn about if and when they become necessary for your site). Creating the "

Flash with Drupal Modules and References

2009-10-29T16:45:00.001+06:00

Having trouble integrating Flash with Drupal? The following links might help:http://drupal.org/project/Serviceshttp://drupal.org/project/amfphphttp://www.amfphp.org/

BuildExec - a website Package Installer for PHP

2009-10-28T03:31:00.002+06:00

Easily make Installation Packages for your php web applications, for details follow the link below:http://www.buildexec.com

Actionscript Cookbook - A developer's guide to Actionscripting

2009-10-26T16:06:00.003+06:00

Actionscript Cookbookhttp://books.google.com/books?id=ICVvNLPpN_4C&pg=PA785&lpg=PA785&dq=google+actionscript+cookbook&source=bl&ots=TqMiKcaiMt&sig=CbQ17vDCsDO4ssp1DBRl_HyaxoA&hl=en&ei=dHLlSvmcGc-y4Qap9tyLDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

vTiger CRM Developer Guide

2009-10-21T20:26:00.001+06:00

Developers How To's available at:http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Developers_How_To%27s

Error Message Guidelines

2009-10-14T12:15:00.002+06:00

The following link may help regarding a basic guidelines for error messages:http://www.experoinc.com/resources/papers/2005-06-ErrorMsgs.htm

Document Generator Tools

2009-10-04T17:54:00.005+06:00

One of the popular Document Generator Tools for PHP are listed below:DoxyGen Source code documentation generator toolDoxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors), Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some extent D.(It's used by Drupal as well I guess, so this one should be

InputEX - javascript library to build fields and forms.

2009-10-03T15:12:00.003+06:00

Introduction inputEx is a javascript library to build fields and forms.It can also be considered as an interface framework, since it provides a good structure to create you own fields. It is built on top of the YUI library, and we try to keep it as close as possible to the YUI philosophy. It is of course fully skinable using CSS and currently supports Firefox 1.5+, Safari 2.0+, IE 7.0+,

System Analysis and Design Methods and Tools

2009-09-29T17:58:00.003+06:00

Following are some System Analysis Design Methods and Tools for Design Module:Analysis Approach• Rumbaugh and Booch Approach• Unified Modeling Language (UML)• Method-1 of AMEX• ISO-2000 standards, and IEEE 1058aTools for Design Model• Rational Rose 7.0• ERWin (for ER-model)• MS-Visio 2007• MS-Word 2007• MS-Excel 2007

Team Viewer - Easy way to do Remote Desktop Connection

2009-09-28T00:20:00.000+06:00

TeamViewer - the All-In-One Solution for Remote Access and Support over the InternetTeamViewer establishes connections to any PC or server all around the world within just a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. Find out whymore than 15.000.000 users trust TeamViewer!Fast - simple - safe.Download TeamViewer

Magic Admin Panel - excellent look and feel, free to use Admin Panel

2009-09-15T10:55:00.004+06:00

Excellent look & feel and almost all components have been designed and provided in the Magic Admin Panel.Magin Admin Panel template can be downloaded from:http://www.box.net/shared/q9rjrunzbs

Coding and Documentation Standards

2009-09-10T10:25:00.004+06:00

Drupal or PHP Coding Standards:http://drupal.org/coding-standardsCode Documentation Standards:http://drupal.org/node/1354Doxygen - Useful Documentation Tool:http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/features.htmlSQL Coding Conventionshttp://drupal.org/node/2497

ADOdb Database Abstraction Library for PHP (and Python)

2009-08-25T13:39:00.002+06:00

ADOdb is a database abstraction library for PHP. There is also a Python version; see the ADOdb for Python docs. The PHP version currently supports an amazing number of databases, thanks to the wonderful ADOdb community: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, Firebird, Informix, Oracle, MS SQL, Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase, FrontBase, DB2, SAP DB, SQLite, Netezza, LDAP, and generic ODBC, ODBTP. The

What is a Bad Design for a Website?

2009-07-28T15:33:00.000+06:00

Robin Williams Below are features that can make a web design look dorky. These are not just my personal opinions, but are ideas I have collected from speaking to groups around the country. Examples of many of these features and more detailed explanations of the problems and solutions are in my book, The Non-Designer's Web Book, written with John Tollett. Backgrounds Default

What is a Good Design for a Website?

2009-07-28T15:27:00.003+06:00

Robin Williams One of the elements of good web design is a lack of the elements that make bad web design. If you stay away from everything listed on the page about dorky web pages, you've probably got a pretty nice web site. In addition, keep these concepts in mind: Text Background does not interrupt the text Text is big enough to read, but not too big The hierarchy of

How to embed any kind of Font in HTML, without using an IMAGE

2009-07-09T12:41:00.001+06:00

sIFR 2.0: Rich Accessible Typography for the Masses April 27, 2005 Over the last several months, a small group of web developers and designers have been hard at work perfecting a method to insert rich typography into web pages without sacrificing accessibility, search engine friendliness, or markup semantics. The method, dubbed sIFR (or Scalable Inman Flash

CSS Alert Messages

2009-07-04T23:52:00.000+06:00

Create a valid CSS alert message By Bruce on April 1, 2006 in Internet. 32 responses Tags: css, howto, Internet, webdev, wordpress. In various places around the net you may have seen alert boxes which, as far as I can tell, owe their origins to the K2 template for

Some javascript Tabs scripts that you can try out

2009-06-26T13:19:00.000+06:00

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/apTabs/index.shtmlhttp://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/tabber/

Image Effects

2009-06-18T02:13:00.002+06:00

There are lots of little tricks to add special effects to images. This tutorial shows a few of the popular ones, done in Paint Shop Pro 7. Below is the image we'll be working with, taken from my free photos archive. Grid Overlay A nice addition to images, usually when used in layouts, is to

5 Beautiful Icons Set For Web Designers

2009-06-16T19:32:00.003+06:00

A Must Visit Link:http://www.instantshift.com/2008/09/24/5-beautiful-icons-set-for-web-designers/Material extracted from the above site:Icons are the basic requirement of any web related projects and good icons are like a treasure for web designers. Being a successful creative web artist has a lot to do with the way you work. Sure, you can’t teach good design in some lessons or you can’t create

Useful image to understand Cardinality and Indexing a column in database (Reference only)

2009-06-12T17:57:00.002+06:00

How to Make AJAX work Fast

2009-05-31T12:47:00.000+06:00

Making Ajax Elegantly Fast Source code documentation generator tool Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors), Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some extent D. It can help you in three ways: It can generate an on-line documentation browser (in HTML) and/or an off-line reference manual (in ) from a

PHP Login System v2.0

2009-04-04T19:55:00.003+05:00

You can download the system from:http://www.4acetech.com/downloads/Login_System_v.2.0.zipIt is related with article of PHP Login System at:http://4acetech.blogspot.com/2009/04/php-login-system.html4 Ace Technologies

PHP Login System

2009-04-04T18:38:00.001+05:00

Extracted from: http://www.evolt.org/node/60384 (recommended) Introduction I wrote the popular evolt.org tutorial PHP Login Script with Remember Me Feature mainly as an introduction to user sessions and cookies in PHP. Since it was created as a learning tool, many advanced features were left out of the script. By popular demand, I have written and am presenting here a complete Login System,

Training Session - PHP Developer

2009-03-23T16:29:00.003+05:00

We welcome you to 4 Ace Technologies and hope you will learn, grow, and give quality output on our projects as an individual/team member at our organization.To get you started and make productive, we require you to read or go through the following material as thoroughly as possible as it will be very handful for you while working on projects. Also, you can refer to our blog at http://

AJAX Tutorial (from w3schools)

2009-03-23T16:27:00.001+05:00

You can refer to the following link to learn AJAX basics:http://www.w3schools.com/Ajax/Default.Asp4 Ace Technologies

PHP Tutorial (from w3schools)

2009-03-23T16:25:00.004+05:00

Please go through all the sections related to PHP (especially database and AJAX sections) in the tutorial of w3schools, that can be reached at the following link:http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/You have to4 Ace Technologies

SQL Introduction (from w3schools)

2009-03-23T16:22:00.002+05:00

You are required to go through the SQL Basic and SQL Advanced tutorial from w3schools, which can be reached at the following URL:http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_intro.asp4 Ace Technologies

MySql Optimization / Tuning (Case Study)

2009-03-23T16:09:00.002+05:00

Extracted from:http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-db-design-ch18.pdfRecommended reading from the above link, if doesn't work, refer below:Case Study: High-Hat Delivers!To augment his already-stellar decision-making skills, High-Hat Airways’ CEO employs adiverse squadron of soothsayers, astrologists, and fortune tellers. For months, these expertshave been pushing him to enter the

Entity-relationship model (from Wikipedia)

2009-03-23T16:04:00.004+05:00

Extracted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity-relationship_modelEntity-relationship model From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A sample ER diagram An Entity-Relationship Model (ERM) in software engineering is an abstract and conceptual representation of data. Entity-relationship modeling is a relational schema database modeling method,

Entity Relation Diagram - Tutorial (Getahead)

2009-03-23T15:50:00.003+05:00

Extracted from: http://www.getahead-direct.com/gwentrel.htmThe information in this free Entity Relationship Diagrams tutorial is taken from "GetAhead - Entity Relationship Diagrams". It explains the entire process of drawing entity relationship diagrams, including worked examples and exercises. Click here to see details of this course.

PHP Session Management

2009-03-23T15:49:00.002+05:00

PHP Session Management - Reference is mentioned below for your overview:http://php.net/session4 Ace Technologies

PHP - Object Oriented Programming (OOP) (PHP5)

2009-03-23T15:47:00.001+05:00

Object Oriented Programming in PHP5, read basics from the following link:http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php4 Ace Technologies

PHP - Getting Started

2009-03-23T15:46:00.001+05:00

Do a general overview of PHP at the following site:http://www.php.net/manual/en/getting-started.php4 Ace Technologies

PHP Language Reference

2009-03-23T15:43:00.001+05:00

Learn PHP from the following link:http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.phpIt's basically language reference that will get you used to PHP syntax, commonly used methods, and what you can do in general with it.4 Ace Technologies

PHP and Object Oriant Programming (OOP) Basics

2009-03-23T15:40:00.001+05:00

Please read Object Oriented Basics from the following site:http://php.net/oop4 Ace Technologies

PHP Coding Standard

2009-03-23T14:32:00.006+05:00

EXTRACTED FROM: http://www.dagbladet.no/development/phpcodingstandard/ -- RECOMMENDEDSuggested reading is the above link, in case if does not work, read the following article. Contents * Introduction o Standardization is Important o Interpretation o Accepting an Idea * Names o Make Names Fit o No All Upper Case Abbreviations o Class

Using TortoiseSVN (tutorial)

2009-03-15T01:02:00.002+05:00

Using TortoiseSVN (tutorial)http://www.igorexchange.com/node/87 Guided Tour Overview Creating tags TortoiseSVN Configuration Creating patches Getting data into your repository Applying patches Checking out a working copy

Tortoise SVN Tutorial

2009-03-15T00:34:00.003+05:00

Article was customized from the original version of Mind ProjectIntroduction This tutorial will review Subversion (SVN), and teach 4 Ace Technologies staff how to use the popular Windows SVN client, TortoiseSVN. For More Information For more SVN info, see Version Control with Subversion. QuickLinks Please Note: There is often more than one way to perform an operation. I have written

Tortoise SVN Client Tutorial

2009-03-15T00:11:00.003+05:00

Setting Up Subversion for Development on WindowsBy Akash Mehta 2008-07-02To manage our code using our SVN server, we're going to need a client. One of the most popular clients for Windows, which we'll be using today, is TortoiseSVN. Tortoise integrates well with the Windows shell: we'll generally be using it through the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer. Tortoise is

PHP Agile Method

2009-03-14T22:21:00.002+05:00

Extracted from: http://www.leftontheweb.com/message/agile-php-how-do-we-do-itSince a few weeks we've really truely implemented some agile methods in our biggest project (Jongeren in Beeld). Since others may benefit from knowing how we have approached this, I want to share our implementation of the agile approach of software development in a PHP project with the world. First of all, I actually

Knowledge management

2009-03-13T23:05:00.001+05:00

Extracted From WikipediaKnowledge Management (KM) comprises a range of practices used in an organisation to identify, create, represent, distribute and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organisational processes or practice.KM efforts typically focus on organisational objectives such as

Agile web development

2009-03-13T22:52:00.002+05:00

Extracted From WikipediaAgile web development is a model for development of web applications. Its concept is similar to Agile software development, but is limited to web applications. It is more efficient and powerful within a short timeline than other models,[citation needed] incorporates face-to-face communication, and includes technical personnel as well as customers as part of the team. Agile

Agile Software Development

2009-03-13T22:45:00.001+05:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAgile software development is a group of software development methodologies that are based on similar principles. Agile methodologies generally promote a project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation, a leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability, a set of engineering best practices that

20 Useful PHP components

2009-03-10T22:36:00.006+05:00

20 Useful PHP components Visit http://www.noupe.com/php/20-useful-php-components-tutorials-for-everyday-project.html to see tutorials mentioned below, and their Demos .... 1. Charts pChart is a PHP class oriented framework designed to create aliased charts. Most of todays chart libraries have a cost, our project is intended to be free. Data can be retrieved from SQL queries, CSV files, or

Web Standards Checklist

2009-03-08T12:54:00.003+05:00

Web standards checklist Author: Russ Weakley 13-August-04 Web standards - more than just 'table-free sites' The term web standards can mean different things to different people. For some, it is 'table-free sites', for others it is 'using valid code'. However, web standards are much broader than that. A site built to web standards should adhere to standards (HTML,

Drupal Coding Standards (6/2/2009)

2009-03-08T12:30:00.004+05:00

Article taken from Drupal.org Coding Standards (RECOMMENDED - read from drupal.org site, as it will be the most updated version as well as properly formatted)Coding standards Last modified: February 6, 2009 - 17:03 Note: The Drupal Coding Standards applies to code within Drupal and its contributed modules. This

PHP Coding Standards (23-1-2002)

2009-03-08T12:20:00.005+05:00

Download PHP Coding Standard documentIntroduction Standardization is Important It helps if the standard annoys everyone in some way so everyone feels they are on the same playing field. The proposal here has evolved over many projects, many companies, and literally a total of many weeks spent arguing. It is no particular person's style and is certainly open to local amendments. Good Points

Why Coding Standards?

2009-03-08T12:08:00.004+05:00

Author: David MyttonThe best applications are coded properly. This sounds like an obvious statement, but by 'properly', I mean that the code not only does its job well, but is also easy to add to, maintain and debug. This "maintainable code" is a popular talking point among those involved with PHP and probably with other languages as well. There's nothing worse than inheriting an application or