March 2008

Mar

Completely uninstall your Mac application

Submitted by admin on Fri, 28/03/2008 - 15:17

AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to completely and properly uninstall unwanted apps.
It isn't, in fact, sufficient to just delete an application. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.

AppCleaner can find all these small files and safely delete them.

Free download: Appcleaner Read more about Completely uninstall your Mac application

Mar

Search 404, baby!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 26/03/2008 - 21:29

Yes, i got excited and just had to blog about this. Thanks to Naveenpl for recommending Search404 module. What's that? i hear you cry. It's a module to replace your error 404 pages (pages that does not exist on your site when someone tries to search for it by typing in a URL that does not exist). So search404 steps into play and tries to match what they are trying to search for.

Try this example: http://www.duvien.com/page/not/found Read more about Search 404, baby!

Mar

Using Patterns from ColourLovers

Submitted by duvien on Tue, 25/03/2008 - 16:15

You can download patterns from ColourLovers and create your own background paper and more. There are many very beautiful patterns there and this video shows you how to use them in Photoshop.

Thanks to putri for the tutorial video.

Mar

Using phpMyAdmin to manage MySQL

Submitted by duvien on Tue, 25/03/2008 - 12:12

Mar

Semantic Search - Web 3.0 for Drupal

Submitted by duvien on Tue, 25/03/2008 - 02:18

One great thing i like about Drupal is that it keeps pushing the boundaries. I was searching for a module that will allow me to create a customised search feature on a Drupal powered site and came across Faceted Search module.

I don't remember how but later i come across this 'Semantic Search - Faceted search & Web 3.0 for Drupal' and it's this that i want to talk about. Read more about Semantic Search - Web 3.0 for Drupal

Mar

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Super Nav...

Submitted by duvien on Tue, 25/03/2008 - 01:24

Drupal has a lot of functions in the admin panel and at times can get quite tiresome having to click thru page after page to get to the features you want, unless you know the shortcut by typing in the URL. Read more about Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Super Nav...

Mar

Penguin and Six to Start launched Web 2.0-style mashups - We Tell Stories

Submitted by duvien on Fri, 21/03/2008 - 02:05

The alternate-reality game genre has a new friend, and a new format, thanks to Penguin Books, the famous British publishing house.

On Tuesday, Penguin and startup Six to Start launched their new ARG, We Tell Stories, a new-style game that its creators say is a hybrid of traditional story-telling, Web 2.0-style mashups, interactive games and classic novels.

We Tell Stories is actually a seven-part adventure, said Jeremy Ettinghausen, the digital publisher for Penguin. It will begin with six weekly installments, each of which is based on a classic novel--and written by a different Penguin author--and which tasks participants with finding their way through the story using tools developed for the game.

Mar

Upgrading from Drupal 5.x to Drupal 6.x

Submitted by admin on Thu, 20/03/2008 - 01:19

This video tutorial discuss the upgrading process of your Drupal site. In order to fix security issues and take advantage of many new features, upgrading your Drupal site to Drupal 6 is recommended.

Thanks to DrupalMaster. Read more about Upgrading from Drupal 5.x to Drupal 6.x

Selected Works

Some of the completed quality design and websites i have worked on.

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Mar

Load mambot (plugins) for Virtuemart 1.0.15

Submitted by admin on Wed, 19/03/2008 - 03:14

Good news! i've checked Virtuemart 1.0.15 with the modified files to allow loading mambots (plugins) into Virtuemart contents area and there hasn't been any changes to the files that have been modified for this purpose. So you can use the previous versions for VM 1.0.15.

To simplify it, i've packaged a new one for VM 1.0.15 which is essentially the same as the previous version. Read more about Load mambot (plugins) for Virtuemart 1.0.15

Mar

Building your own social networking site in 24 hours

Submitted by duvien on Tue, 18/03/2008 - 13:41

You have all probably come across IT self-learning books like Sam teach yourself 'whatever' in 24 hours. While some of the books are helpful, most of them expect you to be an expert in the field even though it's aimed at beginners. Read more about Building your own social networking site in 24 hours