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Links for 2008-02-04 [Digg]
2008-02-05 07:00:00 MS Yahoo VS Google Back to Auguest last year, Google unveiled Google Apps for Your Domain, which clearly shows their interests of the business software market. Obviously, it is not going to be an online version of MS Office, and as Dave Girouard said, Google is not going to compete with MS Office. More About: Links , Digg , 2008
MS, Yahoo VS Google
2008-02-05 00:02:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2008/02/ms-y ahoo-vs-google.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Back to Auguest last year, Google unveiled Google Apps for Your Domain, which clearly shows their interests of the business software market. Obviously, it is not going to be an online version of MS Office, and as Dave Girouard said, Google is not going to compete with MS Office. But, is google aiming to build a platform for online business software, and possibly going to allow outside developers like myself to offer services? If not, why the hell they do that for? However, is the marriage of MS and Yahoo going to kill this baby product of Google's enterprise division? Combining two dogs could possibly make a pony, who know :) More About: Yahoo!
Google Page Rank Updated?
2007-11-14 01:12:00 Was there a Page Rank export today? Anyway, this blog got a Rank 3 now. :-) More About: Google
Links for 2007-10-11 [Digg]
2007-10-12 07:00:00 Back from FOWA London Back from the three-day web 2.0 conference...I like it! cos I left with loads new ideas to digest; I hate it! It is as dangerous as a bomb which will releases all my energy very rapidly. :-) More About: Links , Digg
Back from FOWA Expo
2007-10-11 23:49:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/10/back -from-fowa-expo.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Back from the three-day web 2.0 conference...I like it! cos I left with loads new ideas to digest; I hate it! It is as dangerous as a bomb which will release all my energy very rapidly. :-) More About: Expo
Links for 2007-09-20 [Digg]
2007-09-21 07:00:00 BlogSpot VS WorldPress - Which One Your Like Recently, I posted a question on Linkedin asking which blogging service provider is better? BlogSpot or WorldPress or any other .... I am quite impressed with all the interesting answers and would like to share them with you here. Thanks once again for all people who answered the question! Please don't hesitate to comments on this post to ... ... More About: Links , Digg
BlogSpot VS WordPress - Which One Your Like
2007-09-20 20:57:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog spot-vs-worldpress.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Recently, I posted a question on Linkedin asking which blogging service provider is better? BlogSpot or WorldPress or any other .... I am quite impressed with all the interesting answers and would like to share them with you here. Thanks once again for all people who answered the question!Please don't hesitate to comments on this post to tell us your thoughts and blog examples!Here is a list of all the 17 answers by September 20, 2007 (20:20:00)David Cote I?ve been using WordPress for a blog tool for years now. With thousands of developers working around the clock to improve this software each release update gets better and better. At this point, I find it much more than a blogging application. Now it?s perfect for building complete websites. Sure - you can never get a website to be EXACTLY the way you want it unless you do it yourself from the groun... More About: Wordpress , Blogspot
Links for 2007-09-18 [Digg]
2007-09-19 07:00:00 My blog is one month old - Site Traffic Analysis 1. I will write more posts during the weekend as the blog traffic goes down during each weekend; 2. Long posts are better than short ones (Blog traffic goes up a lot after I write a long post); 3. Use images, and upload them to flick.... More About: Links , Digg
My blog is one month old - Tips to improve site traffic
2007-09-18 22:10:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-b log-is-one-month-old-site-traffic.html';d igg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';I would like to express my thanks to everyone who visits my blog. You are the reason why I am keep doing this ... ...Google Report - Blog Traffic OverviewLearning Point:I will write more posts during the weekend as the blog traffic goes down during each weekend;Long posts are better than short ones (Blog traffic goes up a lot after I write a long post);Use images, and upload them to flickr;---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------Google Report - Usage SummaryLearning Points:Share my knowledge & experience (Posts of those type getting more page views than others);Use proper labels which indicating what the blog is about;List your best posts as they will attract your new visitors;Encourage and help people to subscribe the feed;------------------------------------ ------------------------... More About: Anniversary , Page Rank , Tips
Links for 2007-09-16 [Digg]
2007-09-17 07:00:00 5 Web Structure Rules 1. No more than 5 clicks to finish any task on your app, and no more than 3 clicks for 95% of them ... More About: Links , Digg
Technology review for this 29 days old blog (section one)
2007-09-16 00:09:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-b log-is-one-month-old-brief.html';digg_bgc olor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Feed - The feed does look good by using Feedburner, and it reaches the widest possible audience. I am using the rotating highlights (screenshot 1) and the counter (screenshot 2) at the moment.(screenshot 1)(screenshot 2)SnapShot - Without clicking a link, SnapShot can help you to get a general impression of what the page behind looks like. (screenshot 3)(screenshot 3)Footer - I made a transparent footer, just trying to improve the usability. If you like it, please read my previous post CSS-Driven Footer.Google Analytics - It is just too good a web monitoring tool to miss. It tells you absolutely everything about site traffic (a sample report as shown in screenshot 4). If you not using it, better give it a try. (Click here to start)(screenshot 4)Motigo - Another useful web statistics tool, and it provides some interesting reports, like a page-v... More About: Technology , Review , Blog , Days , Section
Web 2.0 is a feature
2007-09-15 11:55:00 Web 2.0 is actually more of a feature than a technology, and not all web 2.0 sites care about using of new technologies. Take MySpace and YouTube for example, they are using flash content and HTML forms all over their sites. More About: Feature
Links for 2007-09-14 [Digg]
2007-09-15 07:00:00 Google Webmaster Tools Updated Not only the looking feel changed, but also some new functions they are providing, including Top Search queries, etc. Take a look see if anything interesting there ....... :-) Use CAPTCHA to protect sites from abuse - PHP Sample CAPTCHA is very very secure as it uses two layers of protection when generating the image. It starts with images that can't be read by computers, and then distorts them even more as shown in the screenshot above. The OCR software read the image (screenshot above) as "ibataz Iueqm" ..... Sunrise Or Sunset .... Take a look at the image ... ... More About: Links , Digg
Sunrise Or Sunset
2007-09-14 23:46:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/sunr ise-or-sunset.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Sunrise ?Sunset Moments of life?are measuredand?treasured.Life is shared in laughter and love.Love comes from the peaceful bliss of just being together.Sunrise or sunsetIt is a special event?a moment to last- forever.Sunrise and sunset-one and the same?yet far apart in years-but, still connected in the cycle of life.Sunrise or sunsetIt is a cherished moment?a symbol of unity,of being togetherlike for a parentand a child.Sunrise and sunsetEver after to be rememberedAs a sunset too soon!And yet, treasured as asunshine of love!(Author: M. Matthews)
Use CAPTCHA to protect sites from abuse - PHP Approach
2007-09-14 22:40:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/use- captcha-to-protect-sites-from-abuse.html' ;digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';First thing first, lets take a look at CAPTCHA's physical appearance (a screenshot from my application) :Ah... CAPTCHA is a program to tell whether the user is a human or a computer.Secondly, CAPTCHA is very very secure as it uses two layers of protection when generating the image. It starts with images that can't be read by computers, and then distorts them even more as shown in the screenshot above. The OCR software read the image (screenshot above) as "ibataz Iueqm". :-)-------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ------------------------Now, Lets implement it by using PHP:Step One: Display the imagerequire_once('recaptchalib.php');$pu blickey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";$capImg = recaptcha_get_html($publickey);echo $capImg; //Display the imageStep Two: Check if the user input is correctThe r... More About: Security , Abuse , Sites , Captcha , Prot
Google Webmaster Tools Updated
2007-09-14 10:00:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/goog le-webmaster-tools-updated.html';digg_bgc olor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';The google webmaster tools updated this morning, and it looks like this now:Not only the looking feel changed, but also some new functions they are providing, including Top Search queries, etc. Take a look see if anything interesting there ....... :-) More About: Google , Tools , Webmaster Tools , Webmaster , Page Rank
Links for 2007-09-13 [Digg]
2007-09-14 08:00:00 How web developers can help to improve page rank in search engine results Google runs on a unique combination of advanced hardware and software. The speed you experience can be attributed in part to the efficiency of our search algorithm and partly to the thousands of low cost PC's we've networked together to create a superfast search engine.... The way I manage my projects 1. A product backlog of prioritized work to be done; 2. Completion of a fixed set of backlog items in a series of short iterations or sprints; 3. A brief daily meeting, at which progress is explained, upcoming work is described and impediments are raised. 4. A brief planning session in which the backlog items for the sprint will be.... Web 2.0 is a feature Too many people are doing too many different and irreconcilable things all at once on the web, should we say that web 2.0. Gadgets That Make Google Different Google's position was the most curious to me. At WidgetCon here in NYC last week, Christian Oe... More About: Links , Digg
Links for 2007-09-12 [Digg]
2007-09-13 07:00:00 MySQL Transaction in PHP (Commit & Rollback) We all know that an SQL query will either execute completely or not at all (i.e. they are atoms). But, sometimes, we want several queries to be bundled together as response to business logic. Transaction processing will help you to ensure this and maintain database integrity. More About: Links , Digg
MySQL Transaction in PHP (Commit & Rollback)
2007-09-12 20:31:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/mysq l-transaction-in-php.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';We all know that an SQL query will either execute completely or not at all (i.e. they are atoms). But, sometimes, we want several queries to be bundled together as response to business logic. Tran saction processing will help you to ensure this and maintain database integrity.If you are new to MySQL transaction with PHP, then this article will definitely help. :-)Step One - Make sure the type of your database table is innoDB not MyISAM.(Here is a screenshot of from phpMyAdmin)Step Two - Start transaction $dbh->query('BEGIN');$dbh is an pearDB object ($dbh = new pearDB(), if you are not familiar with pearDB, please click here.)Step Three - Specify your queries which reflect the business logic. ($sqlA and $sqlB)Step Four - 'ROLLBACK' to cancel $sqlA and $sqlB, and 'COMMIT' to confirm the changes.Code Example:(Click the image to Enlarge) More About: Tutorial , Mysql , Rollback , Ansa
Links for 2007-09-11 [Digg]
2007-09-12 07:00:00 6th anniversary of 9/11 NEW YORK - Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site. More About: Links , Digg
6th anniversary of 9/11
2007-09-12 00:34:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/6th- anniversary-of-911.html';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';We will always remember ... ... More About: Anniversary , 9/11
Smarty Templates - PHP Presentation Framework
2007-09-11 19:11:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/smar ty-templates-presentation-framework.html' ;digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Smarty templates can help to separate php coding from presentation. So, your code looks clean and tidy while the HTML templates are much easier to maintain. The beauty of it is that designers don't break your application code and you never messing with templates.It is more like to put your php code on a layer beneath its presentation and keep a same logic.Here is an example explaining how I use smarty:Step One: Specify the smarty template file structure:Create a folder named smarty under /home/www, and then create 4 sub-folders as named in the php file below. Make sure you change the file permission to 0777 on the templates_c folder./*zSmarty.php*/<?require_once(' /usr/local/lib/php/Smarty/Smarty.class.ph p'); //Download it from smarty.orgclass zSmarty extends Smarty {public function __construct () {$this->template_dir = '/hom... More About: Templates , Presentation , Framework , Ework , Temp
Links for 2007-09-09 [Digg]
2007-09-10 07:00:00 Google Page Rank Prediction Tools It has been 132 days since the last google pagerank update, and it is certainly the longest wait in the last 2 years. After weeks of anxious waiting for this update, I start to look for some page rank predicition tools to give myself some fresh air. I've found 2 tools so far, working fine. Give the tools a try while you are making your best ..... More About: Links , Digg
Google Page Rank Prediction Tools
2007-09-09 12:22:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/goog le-page-rank-prediction-tools.html';digg_ bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';It has been 132 days since the last google pagerank update, and it is certainly the longest wait in the last 2 years. After weeks of anxious waiting for this update, I start to look for some page rank predicition tools to give myself some fresh air. I've found 2 tools so far, working fine. Give the tools a try while you are making your best guesses for the next update. :-)RaketforskningIwebtool More About: Google , Tools , Page Rank , Page , Rank
Links for 2007-09-08 [Digg]
2007-09-09 08:00:00 AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 5) - Debug & Performance AJAX applications don’t exist in a vacuum, while much of the code can reside on the client, the essence of AJAX applications is the interaction with the server, which necessarily involves load... More About: Links , Digg
AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 5) - Debug & Performance
2007-09-08 17:56:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/ajax -web-20-tutorial-section-5-debug.html';di gg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';1. AJAX applications don?t exist in a vacuum, while much of the code can reside on the client, the essence of AJAX applications is the interaction with the server, which necessarily involves load.2. Debugging AJAX applications can be challenging for a couple reasons, including:- Browsers suck- Multiple languages involved- Development environment probably doesn?t support debuging PHP & JavaScript- Communication between client and server may notbe visible3. Debugging Tools- Firebug - Firefox Extension(Supports step by step debugging, breakpoints and watches; Handles multiple JavaScript documents concurrently; Gives you somewhat nicer error messages)- Ethereal/Wireshark (Industry standard tool for packet sniffing)-Live HTTP Headers and HTTP Inspector(built into Komondo, acts as a proxy for requests)-Yahoo! Logger library (YAHOO.log) More About: Performance , Tutorial , Ajax , Section , Web 2.0
Links for 2007-09-07 [Digg]
2007-09-08 07:00:00 AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 5) - Applications If you ask someone what Ajax stands for, they might answer it doesn’t stand for anything, or they might say “Asynchronous JavaScript And XML”. Asynchronous means that you’re welcome to send requests one after another, but they’re not guaranteed to return in that order (really, they’re not guaranteed to return at all, but that’s rare) Google Reader Gears Up - they have SEARCH Now Finally ... Google reader adds SEARCH which is too good a feature to miss. :-) More About: Links , Digg
Google Reader Gears Up - they have SEARCH Now
2007-09-07 19:48:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/goog le-reader-gears-up-they-have-search.html' ;digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';Finally ... Google reader adds SEARCH which is too good a feature to miss. More About: Reader , Search , Google Reader , Ears
AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 5) - Applications
2007-09-07 18:54:00 digg_url = 'http://luxplus.blogspot.com/2007/09/ajax -web-20-tutorial-section-5.html';digg_bgc olor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';If you ask someone what Ajax stands for, they might answer it doesn?t stand for anything, or they might say ?Asynchronous JavaScript And XML?Asynchronous means that you?re welcome to send requests one after another, but they?re not guaranteed to return in that order (really, they?re not guaranteed to return at all, but that?s rare)Server load affects your scripts in two similarbut different ways, including:Everything gets slowerDifferent parts of things get slower (So some scripts that originally took similar amounts of time can now take drastically different amounts of time)While Ajax encourages more communication between client and server, it?s generally the same information you would provide anyways, developers simply need to maintain their normal level of vigilance.There are many situations within Ajax applications where this is sub-optima... More About: Applications , Tutorial , Section , Web 2.0
Links for 2007-09-06 [Digg]
More articles from this author:2007-09-07 07:00:00 AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 3) - JSON # JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of how objects are represented in JavaScript# It’s presented as a lightweight information transfer protocol, similar in many respects to XML ... Snap Shots Looks Cool on My Blog I signed up for SnapShots today, and really like it! Suggest you to get one for yours.. :-) AJAX & Web 2.0 Tutorial (Section 4) - Yahoo User Interface (YUI ) # The Yahoo! User Interface Library is a set of utilities and controls that make your life easier;# They’re released under a BSD style license;# Apart from solving cross browser problems, the library also includes code to do a lot of nifty things; More About: Links , Digg 1, 2, 3 |
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