May
2009
29
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Google Wave – A New Communication Platform.

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Google Wave is a new model for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. In Google Wave, users create and invite other people to “waves”. Everyone on a wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It’s concurrent rich-text editing, where you see what other users on the wave are typing in real-time. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content – it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use “playback” to rewind the wave to see how it evolved.

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May
2009
27
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Migrate Wordpress to a new Server or Directory

If you decide to change the URL or link location of your WordPress Blog due to a new domain or moving to a sub-directory, here are some simple steps that should be done to ensure proper migration without breaking links.

To update WordPress options with the new blog location, use the following SQL command:

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com');

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May
2009
26
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Magento – Show blocks that are not loaded in the current Object or Template

Customizing Magento could be difficult. Here is an easy way to display any block in any template file that cannot be loaded with $this->getChildHtml().

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->getBlock('top.search')->toHtml() ?>

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May
2009
25
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Magento – Find which Class is loaded in the current Template

If you’ve just started working with Magento, you’ll find that figuring out which class is loaded in the current template file very difficult. Here’s a little snippet that helps you figure it out. Just place the following into any .phtml template files:

<?php
    print_r(get_class_methods(get_class($this))); 
?>
or 
<?php
    print_r($this->debug());
?>
or 
<?php
    echo Zend_Debug::dump($this);
?>

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May
2009
24
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Apple iPhone Apps for Designers & Developers

iphoneI purchased an iPhone about 2 months ago and I must say I love it. The only gripe I would say I have with this beautiful machine would be the Multi-media messages or lack thereof. This is something that Apple and AT&T really need to address. For a phone with all of this great technology to lack a feature that most basic phones come standard with is horrible. Anyway, (I needed to vent) here are a list of some really cool Apps that I’ve come across and use:

  • FTP On The Go – Allows you to Download, Edit, and Upload web pages or any other text files on your FTP servers.
  • List of Cheat Sheets – Cheatsheets for Regular Expressions, MySQL, World of Warcraft, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, Google, PHP and HTML
  • OmniFocus – OmniFocus Keeps track of actions by project, place, person, or date. Bring up a shopping list, agenda items to discuss at work, tasks for home, and any other lists you need.
  • WordPress – The official WordPress iPhone app, for writing drafts and publishing on-the-go.
  • Ego – A delicious looking app for tracking Google Analytics, Twitter followers, RSS subscribers and Google Analytics.
  • Air Sharing – Mount your iPhone or iPod touch as a wireless drive on any computer, drag-and-drop files, and view them on your device.
  • TwitterFon – is a simple, clean, easy to use, and is a superfast Twitter client for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

List some of your favorites… :)

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