Posts made in July, 2008

  • SkywayCup 2008 – Dev Contest

    Not really a PHP topic, but though that Java readers to this blog may be interested in this. Have received notification that Skyway Software, a US-based developer who considers India “a leading force in software development�, is running an international developer contest, the SkywayCup 2008, where winners can get cash prizes of $25,000 for the [...]

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  • Zend Framework Architecture @ PHP::Impact

    Federico Cargnelutti’s PHP::Impact blog has a good article which looks at the architecture of Zend Framework. He starts the article with a comparision of the Three-Tire and MVC Architecture and how MVC is used in Zend Framework. He also points out some of the cons of the framework. “Zend Framework not only offers a solid [...]

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  • Here are some interesting Zend Webinars coming up in August: Aug 13th, 9am PST What’s New in Zend Framework 1.6? Come join the Zend Framework team for an hour long jaunt through the new features added in Zend Framework 1.6. If you currently develop using Zend Framework then you won’t want to miss this one. [...]

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  • mbstring Functions by default in PHP

    Image via Wikipedia When dealing with multiple languages and internalization in PHP, some of the default functions in PHP end up mangling up the unicode characters in PHP. This is evident when you have a lot of funny looking characters coming up on your web page instead of the actual characters. Apart from setting the [...]

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  • Here’s a how-to from AskApache.com which shows you how to improve the delivery of your WordPress blog. The article oulines a few hacks to the WP-Cache plugin to improve the cachability of WordPress. After the Wp-Cache hacks they go on to give you a few lines which you can add to your .htaccess file which [...]

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  • Matt‘s just announced the latest release of WordPress: I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,â€? named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post [...]

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  • Installed One-Theme here.

    I just got One-Theme installed (after reading about it at John Chow’s blog) and configured on this blog. It’s a cool theme which comes with it’s own admin section where you can change a lot of the theme settings, like selection of featured articles, the layout of the site, logo upload and more. They also [...]

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  • Anthony Short’s got a great article which shares tips on how to get your CSS cross-browser compliant everytime. Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most time consuming tasks for any web designer. We’ve seen many different articles over the net describing common problems and fixes. I’ve collated all the information I could find to create [...]

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  • MVC Frameworks and 404s

    Mark Kimsal has an interesting article on whether your MVC frameworks handle 404 errors properly. “This post is about the consistency of frameworks. Consistency is key to a low learning curve. If all parts of a framework behave the same way, then a developer is less likely to be surprised by behaviors in the framework. [...]

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  • Zemanta – More Platform Coverage

    Zemanta‘s plugin now works with Drupal, MySpace, Tumblr and Ning, making Zemanata now available for 9 major platforms. Other Improvements in Zemanta’s new update: Zemanta widget is now much faster on all platforms. Related articles don’t have [via Zemanta] text anymore. Plugins for MovableType and WordPress got updated to not clash with installed Browser add-on [...]

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