Tutorials: October 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Magento

CMS name:Magento http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/magento/
http://www.magentocommerce.com/support/magento-user-guide-book/table-of-contents
is based on Zend Framework http://framework.zend.com/

Inno DB issue in wamp 2.4
Download Url:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/download.

System Requirements: http://www.magentocommerce.com/system-requirements
Other Helpful links:

Magento user's guide: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/welcome_to_the_magento_user_s_guide
Magento support: http://www.magentocommerce.com/support/overview
Magento screencasts: http://www.magentocommerce.com/media/screencasts

Good link :http://www.richardcastera.com/tag/magento/

SVN details

Class and interface documentation

CMS Type:

Installation: Install sample data into the first and then call magento url
http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magento-installation-guide
http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/magento/magento_installation.htm

Installation errors (protocol error http://,https etc) and database connection error
www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/460305/#t467824
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewreply/467822/
if sample data is to be imported follow the steps below after installation

drop database
if table_prefix was set remove it (in app/etc/local.xml)
After installation unzip magento-sample-data-1.2.0.zip,copy media folder into magento folder (overwriting the original one there) and import the sql file

d:
cd D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.33\bin
mysql -u root magento < magento_sample_data_for_1.2.0.sql
default admin login is
admin
123123

sample user in sample data

john.doe@example.com
123123

Admin login issue

with localhost/ admin login works only in opera
to enable admin login in firefox follow the steps below(not worked yet though)

http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/magento-cannot-log-into-admin/
http://web-funda.blogspot.com/2009/07/magento-admin-login-problem.html
The solution is to add the following line to your hosts file so you can access your localhost as www.localhost.com.

C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (edit this file in notepad)

127.0.0.1        magento.localhost.com www.localhost.com

Other solutions
http://asia-connect.com.vn/2009/04/after-installing-magento-cant-log-in-to-admin-panel/

http://www.vinagento.com/blog/magento-tutorial/fix-admin-login-issue-when-install-magento-at-localhost/
for magento 1.4

edit app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php
replace 'httponly' => $cookie->getHttponly() with 'httponly' => false
actually no need to change code .first time login with opera browser
go to admin >>System>>Configuration >>Web>>Session Cookie Management
set 'Use HTTP Only' to 'No'

to get default store code:

Mage::app()->getStore()->getCode();

Demo store
http://demo-admin.magentocommerce.com/

admin
http://demo-admin.magentocommerce.com/index.php/admin/
admin
123123

Tips
http://visionwidget.com/inspiration/web/374-free-magento-extensions.html

Add addtional admin user to magento

Whoops our bad issue when trying to access product details page in frontend
Cache control is located in admin panel at System > > Cache Management
Set All Cache in Cache control to 'disable' and submit the form
Magento: Clear the cache with PHP script.(not tested)

Class files missing error

Extensions folder

Installing extensions from magento connect through admin panel
File permissions for magento connect

Free Magento Template
In case categories are not showing in this template

check catalog.xml in \app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\layout
check the
< reference name="top.menu" >
< block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.topnav" template="catalog/navigation/top.phtml"/ >
< /reference >
check if there is template/catalog/navigation/top.phtml
if not copy the file from default template.

Custom attributes as in virtuemart

vide of custom attributes http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-on-the-fly/custom-product-options/

magento WSDL API (url of wsdl in magento site is index.php/api/?wsdl)    example of export with soap
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewreply/113901/
    First: I created a web services user in Admin -> Web Services -> Add new user
    Second: I created a new Role for that user in Admin-> Web Servivces -> Roles and gave it full access to all services.
    Third: I assigned that new role to the new user
    My Webservices user is “soaper” and the key or password is also “soaper”.
overriding a model or block(customize part of a configuration)

Add to cart with custom price based on attribues and Values
add a field ringsize to table `sales_flat_quote_item`.
ALTER TABLE `sales_flat_quote_item` ADD `osol_field_custom_size` VARCHAR( 10 ) NOT NULL
Product details page : app\design\frontend\default\default\template\catalog\product\view.phtml

Product Item in list page:app\design\frontend\default\default\template\catalog\product\list.phtml
add input box inside < ?php if($_product->isSaleable()): ? >(should edit for both // List mode and //Grid Mode )

add in \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Block\Template.php :class Mage_Core_Block_Template
public function showCustomSize()
    {
        ?>
        Size : < input name="customSize" size="3" type="text" />

            }

in app\design\frontend\default\default\template\catalog\product\view.phtml
add
$this->showCustomSize() where needed
http://magentodev.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-import-products-with-custom.html
http://todd.be/notes/exporting-importing-magento-product-options

To update products using Mage:getSingleTon('catalog/product')- >load($product_id)- >setSku('newSku')- >save();
* Updated the core code (/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Abstract.php) so it checks for a valid array on line 970.
* Added the following call to the controller:

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/67133/

dynamic product creation http://magentoexpert.co.uk/2009/02/10/creating-magento-products-on-the-fly/

http://activecodeline.com/programatically-manually-creating-simple-magento-product

http://ecommlab.com/21/how-to-import-images-into-magento/
image management through admin
changing product image sizes by editing code and this

Delete all products

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/general/removing_products_through_the_database

http://devzone.pratthost.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/

Terminology:

Tips:

Configuration:http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how-to/customize_part_of_configuration
Add Website:Admin > System > Manage Stores > Click Create Website
Add Store:Admin > System > Manage Stores > Click Create Store
To create a Role, navigate to System > Permissions > Roles and click Add New Role.
Add Category, import category summary (with images ),direct import with php and mysql
Manufacturers : is added as attribute
http://littleripplesproject.blogspot.com/2009/03/adding-new-manufacturer-field-to.html
Add product
Stock enabling and disabling Configuration, and click on the 'Inventory' under 'Catalog' tab in the left column.
Product Types : Simple,virtual,bundled,downloadable, Configurable Products ,Grouped Products
Attributes
Tax :System> Configuration > Sales > Tax > Tax Classes > Tax Class for Shipping . video .importing
discount: Admin > Promotions :forum thread
- It is possible make discounts per customer
- It is possible make discounts per product
- It is possible make discounts by category
- It is possible make discounts for the purchase value of a particular category
coupon :article
Customer Group :Customers > Customer Groups
Payment Modules : System> Configuration > Sales >
Shipping modules : System> Configuration > Sales >
Export ,
Export categories and this
Export products : Under Magento Admin, go to System → Import/Export → Profiles (profiles are saved in 'dataflow_profile' table) will be exported into \var\export\export_all_products.csv Forum discussion
Export products with addtional images :http://devzone.pratthost.com/2009/10/09/magento-import-multiple-images-for-products-module/comment-page-1/
Import category structure with products using DataFlow
Creating a copy of siteChange values of web/unsecure/base_url and web/secure/base_url in core_config_data table.
Import SQL http://activecodeline.com/moving-magento-site-from-development-to-live-server/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */; /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */; /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */; /*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */; /*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */; /*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */; /*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */; /*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */; /*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */; /*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */; Notice: Undefined index: 0 in /home/sygma/www/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Mysql4/Config.php on line 92
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/23276/P15/
ERROR: failed to mkdir after porting from one servet to another

Follow the steps and you’ll get it done. magento/downloader/pearlib/pear.ini
Delete the file - don’t try to edit it - it doesn’t work

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/3379/
moving magento from one site to another http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/groups/227/moving_magento_to_another_server
problem with SEF URLS http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1590/
Add site / multi store http://www.crucialwebhost.com/blog/how-to-setup-multiple-magento-stores/ different stores in frontend
Layout customizations (skins):to change akin Admin > Design > Add design change (later edit this)http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how-to/designing/designing-for-magento
http://vincirufus.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/magento-templating-jumpstart/
http://magentotuts.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/understanding-templates/
http://www.chr00t.com/2008/06/magento-theme-customization/
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1210/
http://www.free-ebusinesshelp.com/magento/how-to-edit-the-magento-footer-footer-links.html
Adding custom structuralblock: http://inchoo.net/ecommerce/magento/custom-reference-structural-block/
Show products in home page

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="2" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

cheange id to the id of the rquired category
retrieving base urls in php/phtml files magento http://activecodeline.com/retrieving-url-paths-in-magento see also http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/16324/
getting current url in template :http://blog.chapagain.com.np/magento-get-current-url-of-the-page/

at any place you can get the current url with Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();
$this->getRequest()->getRequestString()
or

$this->getRequest()->getRouteName()
to get the first subfolder like “customer” or “checkout”

eg:if(Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getRequest()->getRouteName() == 'cms' && Mage::getSingleton('cms/page')->getIdentifier() == 'home')
creating admin urls
http://subesh.com.np/2010/03/generating-backend-admin-url-key-parameters-magento/#more-228
changing title,keyword,meta description :http://blog.chapagain.com.np/magento-setchange-page-layout-title-tag-meta-keywords-and-description/
Setting breadcrumbs :http://blog.chapagain.com.np/magento-easily-add-breadcrumbs-to-any-page/
url tags used in magento cms pages http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/markup_tags
setting messages to show in 'global_messages' http://activecodeline.com/utilizing-magento-notification-system
in template file it can be retrieved as echo $this->getUrl('') or echo $this->getUrl('contacts') etc
same as Mage::getUrl('')
I had an issue with https in my custom module,my work around was like this
$loadFromSSL = $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']==443?true:false;
Mage::getUrl('', array('_secure'= >$loadFromSSL))
Change logo file through admin panel:http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewreply/141205/
Stuck on billing information in checkout
one page checkout breaks if right-column div class names are changed
Email Templates Path is \app\locale\en_US\template\email\
Very good magento tutorial http://alanstorm.com/category/magento
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/576908/how-does-magento-code-work
Creating custom module
Creating custom module example 2:Custom contact us form with zend mailing fuction
Creating addtional product tab with frontend display http://ecommerce.aheadworks.com/free-stuff/video-module.html
Best seller module :
Adding Language pack :http://inchoo.net/ecommerce/magento/adding-a-new-language-in-magento/
customizing magento code

important files and folder

app/etc/modules/XyzCorp_Catalog.xml
app/code/local/
app/code/local/XyzCorp/Catalog/etc/config.xml
Overloading Controllers
How to Add a Custom Module for Custom Admin Config Options
To get rid of index.php from magento urls ,in configuration set 'Use Web Server Rewrites' to 'Yes'
To show subctegories with images
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/14527/ and http://onerutter.com/web/magento-custom-category-images-listing-block-tutorial.html
Show subcategories of active category in left nav

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4810/P0/
New file -app\design\frontend\blank\default\template\catalog\layer\homeview.phtml
Edit file - app\code\core\Mage\Cms\controllers\Indexcontroller.php
Use magento code for custom pages(eg:logged in,cart contents etc)
Some API Tips
Database tables and fields of categories and tables
Write custom queries
Database connection object in magento(lib\Zend\Db\Statement\Pdo.php) http://gogotuts.com/site/node/10
to run select
$data = Mage::getSingleton(’core/resource’) ->getConnection(’core_read’)->fetchAll($sql);
to run other queries
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/2235/
Mage::getSingleton('core/resource') ->getConnection('core_write')->query($sql);
can also run prepared queries like this
$sql = "INSERT INTO

SET field1 = ?, field2 = ?, ..."; $connection->query($sql, array($field1_value, $field2_value, ...)); last insert id http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/51096/
Template positions
To know which all phtml files are included fo each postions
edit
\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Block\Template.php

add

echo "".$this->_viewDir.DS.$fileName."";

just above

include $this->_viewDir.DS.$fileName;
another usefull url for template
http://www.topinternetguides.com/2008/05/26/magento-tutorial-turning-on-template-path-hints/

http://classyllama.com/development/magento-development/enable-templateblock-hints-in-admin-panel/
Footer links editing

Compare Products
================

\app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\catalog\product\compare\sidebar.phtml

NewsLetter
==============

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\newsletter\subscribe.phtml

Polls
=====

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\poll\active.phtml

Cart
=====

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\checkout\cart\sidebar.phtml

FrontEnd Dashboard
===================

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\customer\account\dashboard.phtml

Customer registrationa nd related forms
=======================================

\app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\customer\form

logout
======

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\customer\logout.phtml

order
=====

\app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\customer\order\view.phtml

breadcrumbs
===========

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\page\html\breadcrumbs.phtml

Reecntly compared products
=============================

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\reports\product_compared.phtml

Reecntly viewed products
========================

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\reports\product_viewed.phtml

Currency Header
===============

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\directory\currency_header.phtml
get Currecy code(like USD,GBP)

$currency_code = Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();
Product under category
======================

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\catalog\product\list.phtml

Product Description
=====================

app\design\frontend\blank\lloyds\template\catalog\product\view.phtml
Config viewer :http://alanstorm.com/magento_config

handling static blocks
Writing a custom magento module

Security Issues:

Backup :

Porting:

Good Reference URLS:

Entity Relationship

downloads

General Details

What are the main features ?

Type of users

What can be done for each user?

What features can be extended?What can be added?

Main Extensions:Shopping cart,Forum,Seo,Gallery,Blog

Admin:

How to enable and disable offline mode

What all can be monitored?

How can a content be added

How can menu items be controlled?

How can template be changed?

How SEO is enabled?Limits of basic SEO options

How meta tags are set?

How mass mail is done?

Banner Management:

News letter

RSS

Backend:

How doest it differentiates betwee users

How ACL works

how could login be emulated

how can i know if a user is logged in and get user details?

How could logout be emulated

How could registration be emulated

How a user record be emulated.

How could a user be deleted

How can a content be added,edited and deleted

Programming Core CMS

Steps of Skinning screencast

Steps for customizing menus

Steps for creating an extention:Extenstion Type:Details

Popular Extensions

Ecommerce:

SEO:

Blogging:

Gallery:

Calendar:

Forums:

Directory Listings:

Social neworking:

Multi Language

Other:

http://www.fontis.com.au/magento/extension/recaptcha

http://subesh.com.np/2009/11/working-with-ajax-in-magento/

http://www.lakevillewebdesign.com/how-to-create-magento-payment-module/

http://ecommerce.aheadworks.com/blog.html

http://blogchapagain.com.np/magento-how-to-get-controller-action-and-module-name-in-template-file/

http://codes.prometsupport.com/2009/05/27/magento-how-to-create-an-extension-with-its-own-layout/

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/Daniel+Nitz/extension/1108/modulecreator

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/packaging_a_magento_extension

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how_to_use_magentoconnect

Invalid tag order in , found expected one of "lead"

solution:When you create a new package. You need to add a “Maintainer” with Level “Lead”.

Manually downloading extension file tgz

http://connect.magentocommerce.com/community/get/EXTKEY_EXCLUDING(magento-community/)-VERSION.tgz eg: http://connect.magentocommerce.com/community/get/

magento_easy_lightbox-1.0.1.tgz

if you are looking for the package of an already installed community module,its tgz will be there in your site at
downloader/pearlib/download/ folder

if you are creating a package for magento connect the tgz and the xml file of paths and other details(not package.xml) eg:outsourceOnlineCaptcha.xml will be saved in var\pear folder you can use this xml to modify and repackage the extension to submit a revised version of the module to magento connect

Manually Uninstalling a module from magento

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/22033/#t240922

DELETE FROM `core_config_data` WHERE path LIKE 'payment/something%'; DELETE FROM `core_config_data` WHERE path LIKE 'Ve;ndor_Something%';

DELETE FROM `core_resource` WHERE `code`='something_setup';DELETE FROM `eav_attribute` WHERE attribute_code LIKE 'something%';

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `something_audit_log`; Magento Outsourcing And Customization,Hire Magento Developers

Monday, October 19, 2009

Mootools tips

Basics

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/mootools-basics-5-useful-tips

Demos

http://demos.mootools.net/
http://demos111.mootools.net/

Validation
http://mootools.floor.ch/en/demos/formcheck/
datepicker
Selecting sub elements :http://mootools.net/docs/core/Utilities/Selectors
tabs
AJAX
Light box
Gallery
menu
Accordion
Drag and drop
Preloader
Uploader progress bar
slider
color picker

Saturday, October 10, 2009

PHP encryption

Encoding:Zend guard (needs zend opimizer toun encrypted php scripts)
Running:ioncube encoder: http://www.ioncube.com/encoder_eval_download.php need loader to run
http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

http://www.webhostgear.com/77_print.html
http://www.seocompany.ca/software/free-encryption-software.html

Cracking

info: http://foff.astalavista.ms/how2usecracks.html

http://www.serials.ws/
http://my.softarchive.net/

Friday, October 9, 2009

Google Maps

API Home:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
Google maps key signup: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
API Reference:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html

http://econym.org.uk/gmap/
JSAPI(good for client location from IP)
http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/

Geocoding with PHP/MYSQL

Documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/

Official Google Maps API Blog

Google Maps API Tutorial (IMPORTANT,contains examples)

Directions Sample
Car Trip Using the Google directions for an animated drive.
Car Trip 2 Same trip with polyline that grows as the car moves.
Car Trip 3 Using <canvas> to rotate the icon (HTML5 capable browsers only)

My Maps functionality(draw rectangle,lines etc)

Flash API

Google Static Maps API - Google Code

sample with key

Static map image sample without key

http://mt.google.com/mapdata?cc=us&tstyp=5&Point=b&Point.latitude_e6=40755374&Point.longitude_e6=-73988113&Point.iconid=15&Point=e&w=150&h=100&zl=6

Google Maps with PHP

marker icons

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Actionscript(AS3 and AS2) Tips

AS2 Best practices

OnRelease in Event in AS2 and AS3
hitTest Method of movieclip

Flash debug player installation
http://blog.hydrotik.com/2007/10/01/as3-useful-little-things/

Conventions: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Coding+Conventions

usefull downloads: http://www.senocular.com/flash/source.php
Good Tutorials:http://www.gotoandlearn.com/
Vector,Metrics 3D classes in CS4? used in globe:

preloader

disable right click with javascript and AS3
Code: http://www.uza.lt/blog/2007/08/solved-right-click-in-as3/

Adjust on resize

stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, onResize, false, 0, true);

//assuming that eh main movieclip is having 3 childs
1.header
2.footer
3.view: main content area which holds all other children in the page

public function resize(e:Event = null):void {
if (view.numChildren > 0) {
Page(view.getChildAt(0)).resize();
}
header.resize();
footer.resize();
footer.y = stage.stageHeight - footer.defaultHeight + 1;
}

loading and resizing display area with javascript and using asual classes

<script src="js/swfobject.js" type="text/javascript">

</script>

<script src="js/swfaddress.js" type="text/javascript">

</script>

<script type="text/javascript">

var size = getViewportSize();

function getViewportSize()

{

var size = [0, 0];

if (typeof window.innerWidth != "undefined") {

size = [window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight];

}

else if (typeof document.documentElement != "undefined" && typeof document.documentElement.clientWidth != "undefined" && document.documentElement.clientWidth != 0) {

size = [document.documentElement.clientWidth, document.documentElement.clientHeight];

}

else {

size = [document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].clientWidth, document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].clientHeight];

}

return size;

}

function createFullBrowserFlash()

{

// swfobject.createCSS("window", "overflow:auto;");

swfobject.createCSS("html", "height:100%; margin:0; padding:0;");

swfobject.createCSS("body", "height:100%; margin:0; padding:0;");

swfobject.createCSS("#flash", "margin:0; width:100%; height:100%; min-width:1024px; min-height:786px; display:block;");

window.onresize = function() {

var el = document.getElementById("flash");

var size = getViewportSize();

el.style.width = size[0] < 986 ? "1024px" : "100%";

el.style.height = size[1] < 800 ? "786px" : "100%";

};

window.onresize();

}

function setHeight( h )

{

if ( h < size[1] ) h = "100%";

var el = document.getElementById("flash");

if ( h != "100%" ) el.style.height = h < 786 ? "786px" : h + "px";

else el.style.height = "100%";

}

//bgcolor: "#513e2c",

var params = {

quality: "high",

scale: "noscale",

wmode: "window",

allowscriptaccess: "always",

bgcolor: "#513e2c",

allowFullScreen: "true"

};

var flashvars = {

controllerPath:"swf/THLM-THLM.swf",

totalExternalBytes:"7278224"//"3911744"

};

var attributes = {id:"flash"};

swfobject.embedSWF("Preloader.swf", "flashcontent", "400", "400", "10.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);

if (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("10.0.0")) {

swfobject.addDomLoadEvent( createFullBrowserFlash );

}

</script>

asual Deeplinking with.htaccess,setting page title,changing url in addressbar thereby enabling SEF pages in flash sites

changing url path in address bar
SWFAddress.onChange = goto;///this is setting event listener,inside go to function we must write code to load the xhtml file in the relative url set as follows

SWFAddress.setvalue('relative url');

if it is an absolute url(starting with http)write it as following in goto function

if(linkToGo.substr(0,5) == "/http")

{

GlobalVars.getURLFromMain(new URLRequest(SWFAddress.getValue()));

return;

}

Textfield cursor and string insetrtion
       first stage.focus = activeTextRef;

       private function insertCharAtCursor(stringToInsert)
       {
           var activeTextRef = _base.txtEmail;
           var cusrsorPos = activeTextRef.caretIndex;
           //trace("cusrsorPos = "+ cusrsorPos);
           var mainString:String = activeTextRef.text;
           var fstring = mainString.slice(0,cusrsorPos);
           var lstring = mainString.slice(cusrsorPos,mainString.length);
           if(stringToInsert == 'backSpace')
           {
               if(cusrsorPos >0)
               {
                   fstring = mainString.slice(0,cusrsorPos - 1);
                   if(cusrsorPos < mainString.length)
                   {
                       lstring = mainString.slice(cusrsorPos,mainString.length);
                   }
                   else
                   {
                       lstring = '';
                   }
               }
               stringToInsert = '';
           }
           //activeTextRef.text += stringToInsert;
           activeTextRef.text = fstring + stringToInsert + lstring
           /*if(!_base.mouseClickedOnTextbox)
           {

               activeTextRef.setSelection(activeTextRef.text.length,activeTextRef.text.length);
           }
           else*/
           {
               var midstring:String = fstring + stringToInsert
               var newCaretPos = midstring.length;
               activeTextRef.setSelection(newCaretPos,newCaretPos);
           }
       }

Masking Options

gradient maskwith alpha channel? <a href="http://www.senocular.com/flash/source.php?id=0.180">http://www.senocular.com/flash/source.php?id=0.180</a>

Options Presentation

Menu

Accordion

Slider(easing scrollbar)

Context menu

Skinning

Skinning Controls

Text format

Applying CSS in textfields

Transitions

"Masking Options

(gradient,solid)"

Slideshow

flip sample1 ,

carousal: gotoandlearn

Gallery

accordion

Audio Player :Sound Object , Sound channel ,load,close,play,stop

Video Player

Movement

Circlular(with sin and cos)

3d movement(Cube,papervision)

Sine wave type

Zigzag

Drawing:

Actionscript movieclip.transform.matrix

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/3dindex.htm
Simple 3D Drawing in Flash CS3
3dpicturebox.fla

Frontend (inbrowser)Communication

Js communication

Flash to flash communication in same browser page

Flash to Backend Communication

"XML handling"

loadvars

JSON

AMFPHP

FMS

basic functions

call function in serer from client

call function in client from serer

checking bandwidth

shared object

User interaction(chat)

whiteboard

Online teaching

Extending Flash

Creating And Deploying Component

Creating And Deploying flash Extensions

changin color of movieclips
AS2
var c:Color = new Color(box_mc);
c.setRGB(Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);

AS3
var c:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
c.color = (Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);
box_mc.transform.colorTransform = c;

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

RETS

PHP Class

http://rets.org/cms/documentation

QUERY SAMPLE (lastupdate field? )

DMQL reference

demoAPI url
http://www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets/variman/demo/

librets documentation
http://www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets/librets/documentation/devguide/

getting photos with phrets
http://troda.com/projects/phrets/index.php?title=GetObject

Menu Structure

Website Development

Type of websites
Building a new website
Hosting.
1. free hosting,
2. paid hosting
Free tools for website development
Website Programming
Frontend:-Graphics,HTML,CSS
LAMP - Linux,Apache,Mysql,PHP
Managing Website development

PHP

PHP Programming.
Different versions of php
Srength and weakness of PHP
PHP CMSs
1. Joomla
2. Different versions of joomla
3. Benefits of joomla
4. Joomla Website Development
5. Empowering Joomla with Flash
6. Magento
PHP Frameworks
1. PEAR
2. CAKE PHP
3. Code Ignitor
4. Zend Framework

Common PHP Tools
1. FPDF
2. NUSOAP
3. SMARTY
4. SNOOPY

MYSQL

MYSQL Database,
different versions, contraints
Srength and weakness of MYSQL

JAVASCRIPT

Srength and weakness of Javascript
Common javascript usages
AJAX
Javascript fameworks
Jquery
Mootools
Prototype Framework
Script.aculo.us

Flash and Flex

Flash and Flex
Actionscript Programming

Different versions of Acionscript
Flash and PHP
Action Message Format and PHP (AMF PHP)
Flash and Javascript
Simple applications
Flash and Media
Adobe Flex builder
Flash and Flex
3D scripting
interactive applications

Web Services

Using PHP,javascript and Flash
Payment
Shipping
Aweber
RETS
EBay
Google:maps.
Geocoding
Analytics
Adsense
OpenID

Website promotion

SEO(Search Engine optimization)

Outsourcing

What is outsourcing?
Benefits of outsourcing
Drawbacks of outsourcing
Type of Outsourcing
Outsouring and Oursource Online
Outsourcing web development
Outsourcing Joomla Development
Outsourcing Flash Delevopment
Outsourcing SEO(Search Engine Optimization)
BPO

Online and Offline
1. Online support
2. Online Data Entry
3. Online Marketing

adsense and adwords

Adsense:
http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/introducing-google-adsense

Adsense Application:Things to be taken care of
create a page with the text "This post confirms the ownership of the site and that the site adheres to AdSense policies and
Terms and Conditions" and submit it as primary url in google adsense application

Paste this text at the footer of all pages in teh site aswell(it can be removed once adsense is approved)

Make sure Whois record address and the address submitted to google adsense are same

adwords pricing : https://adwords.google.com/select/AfpoFinder

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

mail with headers

without headers

<?php echo "Mail send status = ".(mail(';toemail2@gmail.com', 'My Subject', "TEST"));?>

with headers test

<?php

$to = "toemail@gmail.com";

$subject = "My test";

$txt = "Hello world!";

$headers = "From:Sender name <fromemail@gmail.com>" . "\r\n" .

"To:Toemail2 Name <toemail2@gmail.com>";

echo "Mail send status = ".mail($to,$subject,$txt,$headers);

?>

Joomla

CMS name: Joomla 1.5 http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html

Download Url:http://www.joomla.org/download.html

CMS Type: (CMS), The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization.

Installation

http://help.joomla.org/content/category/15/99/132/
http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_installation
'JFolder::create: Could not create directory' .if this error is seen check 'Path to Temp-folder' in 'Global Configuration'.make sure the folder exists.
Or
It is indicated that some invalid paths setting found in the Joomla configuration file. You should try open up “configuration.php” and reset the paths for:
1) $log_path
2) $tmp_path
Also check at Admin panel > Help > System Info > Directory Permission > make sure all listed given as Writable

Migration Steps:

From 1.0 to 1.5 stable

Common Errors:

404 even if the pages are there as seen in admin:Reason-> either default item is not set in main menu OR the link item is unpublished OR SEF handling is incorrect.

Terminology :

Tips:

To view inline positions use index.php?tp=1
For additional security return ##configuration.php## to ##chmod 644## after making changes. Additional information on ##chmod## and permissions can be found at:
* http://catcode.com/teachmod
* http://www.evolt.org/article/A_quick_and_dirty_chmod_Tutorial/18/541/linux_The_chmod_command.html
Protect files in download directory from direct downloading
Legacy Plugin:
Enabling the Legacy mode is not very straightforward. This is done by enabling a system plugin. To enable the plugin, you need to go to Extensions > Plugin Manager, find the plugin named System - Legacy, and click on the red cross to enable the legacy plugin.
Once this has been enabled, any Joomla 1.0 template, component, module or mambot can be used on your Joomla 1.5 website. As we have already said, the legacy plugin does introduce additional overhead, and should be used with caution. If possible, always use Joomla 1.5 components and avoid using the Legacy plugin.
To add captcha in contact us form the captcha plugin mentioned in this tutorial is not available for download so use this one

Security Issues:

Backup :Backip all files,backup db dump

Porting:

create db
import db dump
edit configuration.php change $tmp_path,$log_path,$host ,$user ,$db ,$password(total 6)
if 'System - Canonicalization' plugin is installed,change the 'host' parameter through MYSQL
if
resetting user passwords

Good Reference URLS:

Entity Relationship:http://www.torkiljohnsen.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/joomla_15_database_schema.png

General Details

joomla 1.0 to 1.5 Migration guide , Migration guide 2 , Development Guide
What are the main features ?
Type of users: 1.0: http://help.joomla.org/content/view/476/153/ cant add more type in 1.0 (http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=267&t=59844)
What can be done for each user?
What features can be extended?What can be added?

Admin :

How to enable and disable offline mode:To put Joomla website offline, you must first login in the administration area. In the second step go to Site -> Global configuration.

The first option that appears at this moment is Site Settings. On Site offline option, click the Yes button. Click the Save button at the upper right.

To return online, follow the same steps, except at Site offline option, instead of Yes, you select No.

Then click Save at the upper right.
What all can be monitored?
How can a content be added
How can menu items be controlled?
How can template be changed?
How SEO is enabled? tutorial Limits of basic SEO options(cant always convert links to meaning full urls) : Artio ,(see more atio links in the bottom) sh404 :tutorial
, SEO tools
How meta tags are set? Can set in Global Configuration,for each article using JoomSEO plugin and and for each component with metadata class as in e2s component of insure-your-mobile
How mass mail is done? Tools >> Mass mail
Banner Management:
News letter:ccNewsletter
RSS: any article,category,section page can be viewd as RSS appending &format=feed.for example homepage can be viewd as RSS as index.php?format=feed
Rss feed of items in a section or category page eg:/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=29&format=feed&type=rss
custom RSS syndicator :http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/content-sharing/rss-syndicate/6392 ,for aggreagtion 'News feeds' component can be used, there are otehr componets that can be checked at JED
Integrating aweber auto responder script

Controlling Articles

To show articles in a module use 'news flash module'.
To show modules inside articles use load_position plugin
To remove/change copy right text in the bottom
To add Google Analytics to Joomla
Control frontpage parameters (no columns etc )
To embed Yourtube vide in article use Qtube plugin( JED page , demo )

Backend:http://docs.joomla.org/Framework

How doest it differentiates betwee users
How ACL works
how could login be emulated
how can i know if a user is logged in and get user details?
How could logout be emulated
How could registration be emulated
How a user record be emulated.
How could a user be deleted
How can a content be added,edited and deleted

Backend coding Tips:

Work flow:http://docs.joomla.org/API_Execution_Order
joomla1.5 equivalent of sefRetToAbs is JRoute::_($url)
Session handling is done byJSESSION( API,docs link, source ) class.Instance got with &JSession::getInstance();Only needed if to set a session variable or getToken
A component in MVC framework could be made with files componentname.php,controller.php and folders model,view,helpers,tables,language,images
To write an independant file in a component
define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define('JPATH_BASE', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../") );//$mosConfig_absolute_path

define( 'DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'framework.php' );
$mainframe =& JFactory::getApplication('site');
$mainframe->initialise();
//define('CANERI_TEST_MODE',0);
$mainframe->route();
//require_once(realpath(dirname(__FILE__)).'/canaryConfig.php');
$uri =& JURI::getInstance();
define('JOOMLA_BASE_URL', substr($uri->base(),0,strpos($uri->base(), 'components/')));

How can I get the path to Joomla! (or a component) folder?
The path to the folder where Joomla! is installed is stored in a constant defined by the framework
JPATH_SITE
This constant always contains a path on the server's file system. The statement
```
echo JPATH_SITE;
```
will output something like
```
/home/account_name/public_html
```
This only an example. If you try to echo the constant on your site, the result will likely be different. If you host your Joomla! site with an hosting company the actual path depends by how they organize user accounts on their servers.
But all these details are largely irrelevant. Use JPATH_SITE whenever in your code you need to build a path relative to the folder where Joomla! is installed and you will never be wrong.
While developing a Joomla! component we often need to build a path relative to the folder where the component is installed. We could simply use, for example
```
$mycom_folder = JPATH_SITE . DS . 'components' . DS . 'com_componentname';
```
DS means directory separator and is a constant used to build paths that are indipendent from the server's operating system where Joomla! is running. DS is initialized with / in a UNIX/Linux environment and with \ in a MS Windows environment.
But we also have available a handy shortcut
JPATH_COMPONENT_SITE
When used in a file that is part of a component, this constant contains the path to the frontend folder of that particular component.
There is also
JPATH_COMPONENT_ADMINISTRATOR
As it's now easy to guess, we can use this constant in a file that is part of a component to get the path to the backend folder of the component. In other words the constant is equivalent to
```
JPATH_SITE . DS . 'administrator' . DS . 'components' . DS . 'com_componentname'
```
Here's another one!
JPATH_COMPONENT
This constant is equivalent to JPATH_COMPONENT_SITE or JPATH_COMPONENT_ADMINISTRATOR respectively when used in a file that is part of a component frontend or backend.
Other important functions
Filepaths:
In Joomla! v.1.5.x the absolute path($mosConfig_absolute_path) is set in the index.php (line 17) file in the base directory to the constant JPATH_BASE.define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__) );

echo $uri->root()."
"; //root url
echo $uri->base()."
"; //base url
echo $uri->current()."
"; //current url pathj
echo JURI::base()."
";//$mosConfig_live_site = str_replace("/administrator/","/",JURI::base());*/
Confiuration Object
$config = JFactory::getConfig();
//echo $config->getValue('sitename');
Database Object:
//$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
/* select query

$query = "select * from #__canary_search_categories order by category_id";
$db->setQuery($query);
//echo $db->_sql."
";
//$db->query();
$results = $db->loadAssocList();
Other Queries:

                $query = "insert into `#__canary_search_places`(`category`,`title`,`Phone`,`Address`,
                `City`,`Zip`,`Region`,`country`,
                `longitude`,`latitude`,`staticMapUrl`,`accuracy`,`rating`,`source`,`Modified_date`)
                values
                ($category_id, $sqlFields '5','0',1,NOW())";


                $db->setQuery($query);
                showSQL();
                //echo $db->_sql.";\n";    //exit;
                $db->query();
                $placesId = $formats[$category_id]['place_ids'][$fieldIndex] = $db->insertid();

Get language
//$lang =& JFactory::getLanguage();
//echo 'Current language is: ' . $lang->getName();
//global $_CB_framework;echo $_CB_framework->getCfg( 'lang' ) ;
Get User Object
//echo $user->id
$user =& JFactory::getUser();
//echo $user->id

pre array or var:JUtility::dump()

        MAIL:
JUtility::sendMail();

or

jimport('phpmailer.phpmailer');
       //$mailer = new PHPMailer();
       /*jimport('joomla.mail.mail');
       $mailer = new JMail()*/
       $mailer = & JFactory::_createMailer();
       $shareLink = JOOMLA_BASE_URL.'/index.php?option=com_canarysearch&isSharedSearchPage=true&'.$_REQUEST['searchAddress'].'&shareId='.$_REQUEST['shareId'].'&task=sharedPage';
       $HTMLMsg = "please visit this ".$shareLink."";
       //echo $shareLink; exit;
       $mailer->From = $_REQUEST['youremail'];
       $mailer->FromName = $_REQUEST['yourname'];
       $mailer->AddAddress($_REQUEST['email']);
       $mailer->Subject = "Check this page at ".$config->getValue('sitename');
       $mailer->Body =$HTMLMsg;
        $mailer->IsHTML(true);
        $mailer->AltBody= strip_tags($HTMLMsg);

       if ($mailer->Send() !== true)
       {
           // an error has occurred
           // a notice will have been raised by $mailer
           echo $shareLink;
           //echo 'There was a problem sending this mail!';

       }
       else
       {
           //echo $shareLink;
           echo "Mail send successfully";
       }
       exit;
        Date
       $date =& JFactory::getDate();
        $date = $date->toMySQL();
Create encrypted password
$salt = JUserHelper::genRandomPassword(32);
$crypt = JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword("blabla", $salt);
$password = $crypt . ':' . $salt;
Add a user in backend with username and password only
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        $passwd = $_POST['passwd'];
        $password = md5($passwd);
        $full_name = $email;
        $username = $email;
        $usertype = 'Registered';
        $gid = 18;
        $date = $date->toMySQL();
        //check if username exists
        $db =& JFactory::getDBO();
        $query = "select * from #__users where username='$email'";
        $db->setQuery($query);
        //$db->query();
        $results = $db->loadAssocList();
        //echo "
```
";print_r($results);echo "
```
";exit;
        if(count($results ) >0)
        {
            echo "Username '$email' already exists'";
            exit;
        }
        else //if(count($results ) >0)
        {
                    $query = "INSERT INTO #__users (name,username,email,password,usertype,gid,registerDate)
                VALUES
                ('$full_name', '$username', '$email', '$password', 'Registered', '18', '$date')";
            $db->setQuery($query);
            showSQL();
            $db->query();
            $userid = $db->insertid();
            $query = "INSERT INTO #__comprofiler (id,user_id)
                    VALUES
                ('$userid', '$userid')";
            $db->setQuery($query);
            showSQL();
            $db->query();
            /*
            #__core_acl_aro:id     section_value('users')     value($userId)     order_value(0)     name($username)     hidden(0)*/
            $query = "INSERT INTO #__core_acl_aro
                    (id,section_value,`value`,`order_value`,`name`,`hidden`)
                    VALUES
                    ('', 'users', '$userid', 0,'$username',0)";
            $db->setQuery($query);
            showSQL();
            $db->query();
            $aro_id = $db->insertid();
            /*
        #__core_acl_groups_aro_map :group_id(18)     section_value ('')    aro_id ($aro_id);
            */
            $query = "INSERT INTO #__core_acl_groups_aro_map
                    (group_id,section_value,aro_id )
                    VALUES
                    ($gid, '', '$aro_id')";
            $db->setQuery($query);
            showSQL();
            $db->query();
            $usersipass['username'] = $email;//'admin';//$user->get('username');
            $usersipass['password'] = $passwd;//123456;
            $loginResponseObj = $mainframe->login($usersipass);
            echo "Registration completed successfully";
            exit;
        }//if(count($results ) >0)
        /**/
login with AJAX
        //$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];exit;
        //usinng code from
        //http://www.gjcwebdesign.com/nl/joomla-15-automatic-login-after-registration.html
        $usersipass['username'] = $_REQUEST['username'];//'admin';//$user->get('username');
        $usersipass['password'] = $_REQUEST['passwd'];//123456;
        $loginResponseObj = $mainframe->login($usersipass);
        //echo (trim($loginResponseObj->message) =='d');exit;
        if($loginResponseObj->message)
        {
            echo $loginResponseObj->message;
        }
        else
        {
            echo "Sign in successfull";
        }
        exit;
Add breadcrumb
//$mainframe->appendPathWay('Local Search');
Edit /Delete Bread crumb nodes
         $cmsPathway =& $mainframe->getPathway();
      if($cmsPathway->_pathway[0]->name =="Shop")
      {
         unset($cmsPathway->_pathway[0]);
      }
Change page title
//$mainframe->setPageTitle('Local Search');
Load Javascript and css(bundled with core cms)
        http://docs.joomla.org/Adding_JavaScript_and_CSS_to_the_page

            JHTML::script('joomla.javascript.js', 'includes/js/', false);
            JHTML::script('mootools.js', 'media/system/js/', false);
            JHTML::script('modal.js');
            JHTML::stylesheet('modal.css');
pclzip is available at administrator/includes/pcl/pclzip.lib.php : details here

Programming Core CMS

Steps of Skinning : See Templates below
Steps for customizing menus
Steps for creating an extention:Extenstion Type:Details
Component:
http://www.vojtechovsky.net/joomla/component-helloworld-2-create-tutorial-guide-en.html
http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component_-_Part_1
Module
http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_create_a_module
Custom module Development http://help.joomla.org/content/view/20/125/
Plugins:System Events
Authentication Plugin:http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Creating_an_Authentication_Plugin_for_Joomla_1.5
content plugin
http://developer.joomla.org/tutorials/184-how-to-create-a-joomla-plugin.html
All Plugins: http://forum.egypt.com/enforum/articles-f141/how-create-joomla-plugin-18810.html
Types of Plugins:
Authentication
Content
Editors
Editors XTD (Extended)
Search
System
User
XML-RPC
Templates:http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Creating_a_basic_Joomla!_template
http://developer.joomla.org/tutorials/33-tutorials/165-understanding-output-overrides-in-joomla.html

displaying component messages < jdoc:include type="message" / > in component controllers $this- >setRedirect($link, $msg);

$this- >setTitle(html_entity_decode($mainframe- >getCfg('sitename'). ' - ' .$this- >title));

setting 'base' tag with $this- > setBase( '/' ); when artio sef component is used

Javascript features available:JHTMLBehaviour:http://api.joomla.org/__filesource/fsource_Joomla-Framework_HTML_joomlahtmlhtmlbehavior.php.html

adminside toolbars

mootools lightbox(Squeezebox) http://digitarald.de/project/squeezebox/
JHTML::_('behavior.modal')
use

rel="{handler: 'iframe', size: {x: 900, y: 500}}" in 'a' tag

To custom open use

<a href="link" rel="{handler: 'iframe', size: {x: 900, y: 500}}" onclick="return showModal(this);" >View Selecteda>

function showModal(aObj)
       {
        //alert(aObj.href);
      
        SqueezeBox.fromElement(aObj);
        
        var scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
        
        if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") > -1 )
        {
         document.location = "#top";
        }
        
       
        return false;
       }

To close use

window.parent.document.getElementById('sbox-window').close();
OR
window.parent.SqueezeBox.close()

datebox

JHTML::_('behavior.calendar');

then for your date field in your form:

< input class="inputbox" type="text" name="startdate"
id="startdate" size="25" maxlength="25"
value="" / >
< input type="reset" class="button" value="..."
onclick="return showCalendar('startdate','%Y-%m-%d');" / >
tooltip:
AJAX http://docs.joomla.org/Ajax_using_MooTools
this explains only get method for post the change requried is
method: 'post',data: $('idOfForm')
To show content without template html use &format=raw .The same effect cacn be cuased with the codes below in controller as in ,http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=1936378
    $document = &JFactory::getDocument();
   $document = JDocument::getInstance('raw');

   parent::display();
validation tools?(email,number,website etc) http://docs.joomla.org/Form_validation
is done with motools.js and validate.js

remember to set the following in template.css

.invalid{ color:red !important;}
.form-validate label { font-size:12px;}

And

    $script = '';
    $document =& JFactory::getDocument();
    $document->addScriptDeclaration($script);
creating tabs
WYSWYG editor for text area
< ? php
$editor        =& JFactory::getEditor();//http://docs.joomla.org/JFactory/getEditor                         // parameters : areaname, content, width, height, cols, rows,show buttons( image,pagebreak,readmore )
echo $editor->display( 'header', $row->header , '500', '250', '75', '20' ,false) ;
?>

and in javascript form validation/submit script
               <?php

// var headerContent = getContent( 'header' )?>
//alert(headerContent);
<?php echo $editor->save( 'header' );?>
// alert(form.header.value);

                ?>

just above submitform( pressbutton );

When you false for show buttons( image,pagebreak,readmore ) add the following CSS
<style type="text/css">
.button2-left{
margin:10px 0px 10px 0px;/*to reposition 'Toggle editor' button which otherwise will jump upwards when other buttons are disabled */
}</style>

in backend/controller if you are using JRequest::get('post') add JREQUEST_ALLOWHTML to make it

JRequest::get('post', JREQUEST_ALLOWHTML))

Popular Extensions

Ecommerce:Virtuemart:download , svn details
; tutorial
SEO: artio: download ,tutorials FAQ demo is insure-your-mobile.co.uk,sh404(now commercial): download ; tutorials:(to have urls ending with .html,it has to be set explicitly in "Configuration edit File suffix"
Blogging: component list,smart blog :download ,tutorial,demo
Gallery:component list ,
Calendar:component list
Forums: component _list, Kunena ; Agora,fireboard(currently abandoned);
Newsletter:Acajoom , aweber integration .
Directory Listings:SOBI :component download , extensions download
Social neworking:joomsocial (commercial ): buy-now.html demo , documentation
Multi language: Joomfish: download , Tutorials ,Tutorial(with virtuemart) .(components >> joomfish.Then click 'translations tab' )
Other:

Content Comment tool:Jcomment article category is selectd to have comment feature.if an article doesnt need this feature it should be in a different category
Export and import contents : http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/4054/details
Custom Form creation from admin: JED list ; Fabrik ;ChronoForm: download , tutorial , tutorial 2 ,
Community builder:download , plugin development , download helloworld plugin login required to download
Captcha :JED list
Downloads Management:Phoca download (after installing edit function getPhocaId($id){ in dministrator\components\com_phocadownload\helpers to get rid of the footer set by phoca guys); JED list
Glossary & Dictionary:Component List , Glossary
File management
eXtplorer(1.5 native)(Good but starts with DOCUMENT _ROOT,needs to be changed to show from joomla home),
for that edit administrator/components/com_extplorer/include/init.php
change line $GLOBALS['home_dir'] = !empty( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ) ? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] : '.';

to
$GLOBALS['home_dir'] = realpath(JPATH_BASE."/../");//!empty( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ) ? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] : '.';

,Joomla explorer(1.5 legacy only) ,
backup :component_list; JoomlaPack (good for downloading sites whenthere are customization projects),just download the zip and call the joomla path and it will show the joomla pack installer screen(not core joomla installer),change database setinngs and proceed clicking 'Next" and you are done.- JoomlaCloner(GOOD to install in aremote site) - LazyBackup 2
database management :
backup with System - JBackup ,
Enable plugin
set paremeters
'Download with Cron' to Yes
'Send Mail' to No
Apply and click 'Execute Cron Link'

run sql with easy sql component component_list
Auction module : JED list ;
Jumi : tutorial enable to include php, html, javascript scripts into the modules position, articles, category or section descriptions, or into your own custom made component pages
Jumi
Jobline
Hotel Booking : joomres

PS:
SVN of joomla 1.6 is available at http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/trunk/ username:anonymous

http://www.blogingbloging.com/download-latest-version-joomla-16/

It is actually pretty straight forward, let me give an example of a command line export on Ubuntu (subversion client is installed of course).

cd /var/www
svn export http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/trunk/ --username anonymous
Authentication realm:  Document repository
Password for 'anonymous':

As you can see we do a checkout from the 1.6 trunk location (http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/trunk/) and use anonymous access to retrieve the repository. There are several different clients available that can read the subversion repository on a variety of platforms (Windows, Linux, MAC). Under windows you can use for example Turtoise SVN, all you then need to do is to right-click on a folder in the explorer en you can select the export option.

Subversion Terminology
Developer tools
Template wizard:
Component creater:
Non Joomla tools

Creating custom components

create a basic file structure with http://www.notwebdesign.com/joomla-component-creator/
create required database tale for the first section of the component(add fields id,published,ordering)
create admin menu entry of the section by manually inserting a record into jos_components
Create tool bar
Add required values in component's config file
create controller,view with display,search,delete,publish,unpublish options
create model and table classes appropriately
add static functions in helper class appropriately

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Magento

Monday, October 19, 2009

Mootools tips

Saturday, October 10, 2009

PHP encryption

Cracking

Friday, October 9, 2009

Google Maps

Official Google Maps API Blog

Google Maps API Tutorial (IMPORTANT,contains examples)

Google Static Maps API - Google Code

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Actionscript(AS3 and AS2) Tips

Deep-linking with SWFAddress(video tutorial)

http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

RETS

Menu Structure

adsense and adwords

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

mail with headers

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