Archive for February, 2010
Custom made plugins and web 2.0 effects for Sobi2
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The guys behind the Joomla accommodation directory SA STAY, have given us inside information on all the tools used and modifications made to there joomla system and sobi2 component. There use of extensive frameworks and WEB 2.0 effects is phenomenal. Today we take a look at some of these great features that they have applied to there Joomla system. The components used where Joomla and Sobi2 as there base system. There aim was to remove all Mootools frameworks and plugins and build  Jquery into there base system and design some custom plugins. We’re not going to go into full detail...
3 Must Have Web Developer Tools
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To create a website you need a toolbox full of tools – software, add-ons and some more software. Perhaps in theory a simple text editor is enough to create necessary code. But in real life comfort comes first and you will need the following three tools to create a website as smoothly as possible. 1. A Ftp Client – FireFTP Uploading files to your shared hosting account is a common bottleneck in the web development process. It is thus important to minimize programs used and make sure they include all the functions possible. FireFTP is a FireFox add-on that allows...
Captcha For Joomla 1.5.x and integration with Sobi2
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OK so we finally managed to crack this bad boy for Joomla 1.5.9 . This script allows users to add a Captcha form to there Sobi2 contact page, helping the prevention of spam.  Snake was kind enough to modify and donate this script to us. This Captcha script can be used for any component in Joomla 1.5.x. If you need help setting it up please use our forum and we will assist with the setup and integration into your components. But this should be easy to setup. This specific demo will show you how to set it up using joomla...
Posting twitter posts with Curl using PHP, Sobi2 and Joomla
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Being experimenting with the API of Twitter. I started out playing with curl to send updates from a joomla directory, once a user added a listing. The concept was to have followers follow the updates live via twitter. Tools used: Joomla , Sobi2 and some basic PHP. Firstly make sure your server supports curl and that the extension is active. A simple install to linux would look something like this. sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl Now you have PHP cURL installed, the next thing you need to do is to restart apache2, run the following command in your...
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