Browsing Category: "FireFox"
Digg being suspicious?
Digg, Google, FireFox, security September 3rd, 2008
Is Digg.com being a suspicious website? Well I was digging some stuff at Digg.com when I got this message in Firefox:
I got back to Digg and it was alright. I got back to the site that had the content that I was digging and it was alright.
If you hit the site www.antispywaremaster.com you will see the same message.
So why it was blocked? check this out
Creating a template for Joomla 1.5
Joomla, Great Ideas, graphic design, Web Development, FireFox, PHP July 2nd, 2008
There is not too much secret to create a template for Joomla 1.5. The concept is the same as breaking a design for any site and you just need to know some content anchors and some “must have” files to make it work.
Let’s start with the “must have files”. No matter what kind of template you are building you will need the following:
- index.php
- templateDetails.xml
- template_thumbnail.png
- a css folder with template.css (or whatever name you want to use.css) inside
- a images folder with at least the logo.png file (must have this name)
If you have this, your template is half away to be complete.
The templateDetails.xml is tricky and it have changed from the 1.0.x version to the 1.5.x version. Anyway this file must have the following parameters:
- xml opening tag: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
- install open with version and type described: <install version=”1.5″ type=”template”>
- name: this will be the name displayed on joomla for your template, but it will be as well the directory of the template
- creationDate
- author
- copyright
- authorEmail
- authorUrl
- version: the version of the template
- description: the description that will be shown for the administrator on joomla
- and files: all the files that you use on your template
- with filenames (off course has to contain the “most have” files)
Now all you need to do is break the design and attach the content anchors on your file and this is how it works. When you go the module manager on Joomla you will see a bunch of module positioning availabe. Copy those names, you will need them. They are the current anchors that you have available to use on your template. You can definitly change what module is on which positioning on the module manager, and that can affect the use of your template.
Anyway, for any module positioning on your template, let’s say, left, you will use the following command:
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”modulename: left for example” />
You don’t need to write a html header, those Joomla will take care of, but you will need to tell Joomla to do that and for that you will need to use:
<jdoc:include type=”head” />
At the very first line of your index.php you will need to test if you can execute Joomla. It’s required for the template. Anyway, you still have to work out some other checks needed for Joomla to work, so this is how your header must be:
“<?php
defined( ‘_JEXEC’ ) or die( ‘Restricted access’ );
JPlugin::loadLanguage( ‘tpl_SG1′ );
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; <?php echo _ISO; ?>” />
<?php if ($my->id) { initEditor(); } ?>
<jdoc:include type=”head” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”templates/system/css/system.css” type=”text/css” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/css/template_css.css” type=”text/css” />
</head>
Now, construct your template how it should be. Add the anchors and for the content area, add the following anchor:
<jdoc:include type=”component” />
You are done. Keep these tips and tricks in mind and you will create a Joomla Template in no time.
Firefox 3 RC1 Released
Web Development, FireFox May 29th, 2008
I’m one of the biggest fans of the Firefox browser and I’m also a bigger fan of the Firebug extension.
As a developer, seeing how the page is being displayed and how the site is working is essential and Firefox and Firebug combined became a big tool for the development process.
Today I have received an email from a friend telling me that Firefox 3 RC1 just became available for download. As advertised, the new release is much faster comparing to the stable version and the interface and browser messages became much more friendly.
I must admit that I loved the new version, but Firebug extension does not work with this current release and one of my favorite tools for development is gone. This was definitely a downer.
I have returned to the old stable Firefox version and I will keep like that until the new version of Firefox and Firebug can work together again.
Facebook Chat Exposed
Facebook, FireFox April 17th, 2008
Facebook chat was released to a very limited group about two weeks ago as a pre-beta release. Today I happen to bump into the chat application while playing around with the web developer toolbar in firefox.
There is not much to it. Login into facebook, then make sure you have the tool bar installed, then go to “miscellaneous” > “Show Hidden Elements” as shown in the image below.
If you are lucky like me and my co-workers you should see the chat appear in the lower right part of your browser. I played with it for a while and was able to connect after a few attempts but was not able to chat with anyone. Let us know if you are able to hack it and maintain a conversation.
This is a sign that the chat application is coming to the general public very soon!
CSS Rounded Box Generator Tool
CSS, Web Development, FireFox, Internet Explorer November 9th, 2007
Creating rounded boxes usually it’s a pain to make it work in all browsers and all screens sizes. I found this tool that it’s pretty smart and you can put it in a good use if you need to create any, simple, rounded box.
Just click the link, select the colors, and copy the result.
http://www.neuroticweb.com/recursos/css-rounded-box/
Tips For Speeding Up Your Website
Web Development, FireFox September 14th, 2007
I bumped into a cool extension for FireBug/FireFox today called YSlow developed by Yahoo Inc.
This cool little extension scans your website and then provides you a quick report about the speed of your website.
YSlow’s report seems to follow 13 simple rules.. those rules can be found on an article posted by Yahoo.
Thirteen Simple Rules for Speeding Up Your Web Site
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