28.02.13

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Getting Attachments in Posts Under Specific Categories in WordPress with SQL

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This post is actually a refinement to another post ‘Extracting Data From WordPress Database and Convert Into XML Format‘ that I wrote couple of years back. In that post I was using nested php-mysql calls to get attachments of posts in Read the entire post…

10.07.12

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Microsoft To Allow Upgrades To Windows 8

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We all know that Windows Vista was a bit of a mistake. Okay a very big one, and plenty of us are still struggling with it. Things are looking up though. Microsoft is putting a special price tag on the Read the entire post…

29.06.12

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Customized Mass Mailing With Gmail

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If you have a Gmail account (or a Google apps email account), did you know that you can mailmerge emails, so each recipient receives a personalised email? A consulting firm called IT4SmallBusiness whipped up a simple e-mail merge tool in the form of a Google Docs template. The spreadsheet and accompanying script are provided free for your use, and without any warranty. Whether its for wedding invitation or other invitations, you can now send personalized messages to 100′s of people in Gmail with just one click.

31.08.11

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Update PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.0 to PHP 5.3.8 and MySQL 5.5.15 on CentOS 5.5

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To upgrade PHP and mysql on CentOS we cannot rely on the ‘yum update’ command as CentOS default repositories don’t provide versions above PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.0.77. So we will have to rely on alternative repositories. For this purpose Read the entire post…

25.08.11

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MySql Mass Convertion of Database Table’s Storage Engines from Other Types to InnoDB

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A Few months back I had to convert moodle LMS database storage engine from MyISAM to InnoDB. Moodle has some 200+ databases and to manually convert each table takes an awful lot of time. My friend who was responsible for Read the entire post…

04.08.11

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Joining Three or More Tables in SQL With MySql (Nested Joins)

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Joining three or more database tables seems a bit tricky. But once you know how to join three tables you can literally join any number of database tables. For the purpose of this tutorial I have four tables named Table1 Read the entire post…

12.07.11

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Simple Multiple Word Search Engine Concept With PHP & MYSQL

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Searching the database for a single word is easy. How about if you want to have a multiple word search? With ordinary search it will only show the result if there is an exact match for the word sequence. What Read the entire post…

11.07.11

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How to Create and Handle an Array of Models or Objects in Codeigniter

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In most object oriented programming situations we want to dynamically create varied number of instances(objects) of a specific class. Therefore its impossible to rely on predefined variable. The best solution is to use an array to hold the objects dynamically Read the entire post…

09.06.11

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OpenStudy – World’s Largest Study Group Helps You Learn Smarter And Faster

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Internet had revolutionized the world. Out of all the ways that the internet had transformed the world, the most outstandign one is knowledge sharing through interaction and Collaboration. Second most important thing after the internet itself are the search engines Read the entire post…

03.06.11

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Easily Convert PDF to Page Flip Book or Brochure at codebox (free online software)

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Have you ever seen a ebook or e-brochure that can be flipped like a real book. Mostly its done with flash that requires a lot of action script knowledge and a good foundation in geometry to make the flip effect. Read the entire post…

14.03.11

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Horizontal Multilevel Menu That Expand On Mouse-Over With CSS (Without Javascript)

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Commonly the multilevel navigation menu in the websites were powered by JavaScript to show and hide the sub-menu elements when the mouse is over a parent menu. The same effect can be achieved by simple CSS. Now you might think Read the entire post…

12.03.11

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3D Visualization of Location and Magnitude of Earthquakes With EQuake3D Software

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Just 3 months into the new year we have already experienced two devastating earth quakes. I wanted to get a visual presentation of the earthquake locations and their magnitudes. I found a free earthquake 3D model software that does just Read the entire post…

04.02.11

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How To Adjust Textarea Label Position Without Table

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If a label is placed next to a textarea the text will be place at the bottom line. Often this don’t look good. In this tutorial I will show how you can have the label placed anywhere along side the Read the entire post…

30.01.11

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Rounded Corner Elements in HTML Using CSS And Images With Variable Width and Height

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There are many ways to make rounded corners in HTML. Many of the new browsers support CSS styles to make rounded corners especially the ones that support CSS 3.0. This post show how you could make rounded corners with CSS Read the entire post…

29.01.11

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CSS Positioning: Tips and Tricks With Relative and Absolute Positioning

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It pretty easy to understand the idea of positioning the HTML elements with CSS. There are 4 types of positioning; Static Positioning, Fixed Positioning, Relative Positioning and Absolute Positioning. The main idea of this post is not to explain the Read the entire post…

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