Zend and the Art of WebApp Development

Zend and the Art of WebApp DevelopmentI’ve worked on several web applications recently and I’ve been using pieces of the Zend Framework for them. A while back I reviewed a number of PHP libraries and decided that for our needs, the Zend Framework was ideal. Now that I’ve used it for a few applications, I’m convinced ...

Flash Lite Games - With Verizon Wireless

Getting a Flash Lite with a Verizon handset requires using the BREW platform. This is an instruction set on how to push a cell game to your verizon handset.

Embedding CSS in a Post

Add CSS inline html: <style type='text/css'> sytle from .css </style> Or like this within a div: style="border: 1px; " An example: class .intro ‘Rather than a mass customer base, advertising on these blogs gives lobbyists unbridled access to an extremely valuable audience: Britain’s political elite’ <font style="margin:0px; margin-bottom: 9px; padding:0px; ...

Embedding CSS in a Post

Add CSS inline html: <style type='text/css'> sytle from .css </style> Or like this within a div: style="border: 1px; " An example: class .intro ‘Rather than a mass customer base, advertising on these blogs gives lobbyists unbridled access to an extremely valuable audience: Britain’s political elite’ <font style="margin:0px; margin-bottom: 9px; padding:0px; ...

Performance Talk Slides

The slides for my talk on Performance at Pace can be found here - http://imgdr.massmind.com/uploads/suretech/file/Pace Performance talk.pdf

Hiding .svn Folders through .htaccess

One way many people use to keep their website updated is through a source control tool such as SVN. We've found it a useful tool to keep track of changes, allow developers or designers to work on files and to make sure the right files end up on the web server ...

You can now automatically submit a request to change your SureFiles™ password. Your password is not changed automatically. We will send you an email when your password has been successfully changed.   1.  To change your password, connect to at least one of your shared drives.   2.  Then click this ...

How do I set up my IMAP Email Configuration?

How do I set up my IMAP Email Configuration?The following are steps to configure your IMAP email account with SureTech.com. Setting up your IMAP Account with Outlook 2007   1.  Open Outlook and Select Tools->Account Settings from the main menu. 2.  Select "New" from the "Account Settings" window.     3.  In the new "Add New ...

Benefits of NAS in the SMB

THE EVOLVING SMB Contrary to common assumptions, SMBs have many of the same technology needs as larger organizations albeit on a smaller scale. Fundamentally, they need to share and print documents to facilitate workgroup collaboration and streamline workflow. Additionally, they need to have a system that provides data redundancy ...

Windows Domain and Workgroup Definition

A Windows Server domain is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that share a central directory database. This central database (known as Active Directory starting with Windows 2000[1], also referred to as NT Directory Services on Windows NT Server operating systems, or NTDS) ...

Here are our current SureHealth™ ratings. Note that the computer must full-fill the requirements in all columns in order to receive that rating.   Level Color Memory Hard disk size Hard Disk free space Security Disaster Recovery Platinum Green 4+ GB 500+GB 40%+ Firewall & AntiVirus Real-time monitoring/Certified Semi-annual snapshots ...

What's your job?

This may seem like a silly question to some, but I think it's often easy for us to forget what our job really is. I'm going to write this from the perspective of a Software Developer, but it applies equally well to all job functions. As programmers, we have often ...

Installing FAME

== FAME Installation Instructions == * [http://osflash.org/getting_started_with_fames Instructions from OSFlash] === FAME Components === * [[Installing Eclipse]] IDE - [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Download] (i've just used the SDK, not the distros) * [[Installing ASDT]] - [http://aseclipseplugin.sourceforge.net/wordpress/?page_id=2 How To Install] * [[Installing FDT Instead of ASDT]] - ...

Putting HTML elements on top of Flash movies

In order to have HTML elements on top of Flash movies, you need to include the parameter - wmode="transparent"- in your <embed> element. We use HTML elements for our dropdown menus and we generally want them on top of any content on the page. If you also have an <object> ...

Using SureFiles from a wireless connection

Using SureFiles from a wireless connectionThere are a few things to know about using SureFiles from a wireless connection. The main issue is that you are not likely to automatically get your connection to the gateway as you do when you are connected through the wire. This is because your wireless connection generally takes some time ...

How Do I Change My SMTP Port

How Do I Change My SMTP PortMany ISPs, including America Online, EarthLink, and MSN, will not allow access to an external SMTP server. This is most commonly implemented by blocking traffic to port 25, the SMTP port. If your e-mail reader supports it, you may work around this restriction by using port 2525 instead.   Outlook ...

VOIP Resources

VOIP Codec information RingCentral SNOM FAQ 1 - SNOM SIP telephones - Installation and Setup instructions FAQ 2 -

But I am an Administrator

It's annoying when the things designed to protect us just get in our way. Today I was doing some work on our file server and wanted to check out some ways to see how much disk space was being used by certain clients without having access to their folders (I'm ...

Sharing QuickBooks File between Windows and Macintosh

Sharing QuickBooks File between Windows and Macintosh  How to Share QuickBooks Data Between Mac and Windows, updated 11/4/05  •     1    How to Share QuickBooks Data Between Mac and Windows    Mac > Windows    Once you receive a .QBB file from a QuickBooks 2006 for Mac user, follow these instructions to restore the ...

SurePhones Manual

Known Issues Call conference only works with 3 way calling on hard phones.  Soft phones can reportedly handle up to 10 simultaneous calls Currently it is not possible to automatically hit dial and successfully call a number from the Caller ID list - these must be redialed manually.   Key ...

Creating an Outlook Signature

Creating an Outlook SignatureAdding a signature to your e-mails will add a professional look to your emails especially when sending corporate emails. Adding a signature to emails is the same way as in Outlook 2003, only difference is that you can add a signature using the ribbon feature in Outlook 2007.   Open ...

Never trust user input

One of the most common security issues I see in code from new web developers (and even some experienced ones) is not sanitizing user input. They trust user input to have always come from a non-adversarial user interacting with the site through a web browser. Given the HTTP(S) protocol, there is ...

Expanding a virtual disk in parallels on a mac

 From: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/01/9404/   Having a small bootable volume would make the below duplication easier, but making the volume in the first place would take more time than the duplication.   SFW This doesn’t have to be this complicated… (from my posting last year at parallels mac forum): (0) For Mac ...

Watching your code execute

When I was a younger (and more foolish programmer) I was fortunate enough to learn from some talented software developers. One of the many important lessons I learned was the benefits of watching your code excute. Now, to some, that may sound as exciting as watching the grass grow. But ...

Book Review: The Security Development Lifecycle

Security is something that is very important in all kinds of applications today. I have many more articles I want to write about security (particularly since we fixed a recent security hole). I'm going to start, however, with a review of one of two books I read recently on security. ...

Book Review: Secure Coding: Principles and Practices

Last time I reviewed one of two books on security that I had recently read. This time I'll review the other book - Secure Coding: Princeiples & Practices by Mark G. Graff and Kenneth R. van Wyk (and published by O'Reilly which puts out excellent books in general). This ...

Why am I Blogging?

A reasonable question to ask really. My main audience at this point is the development staff at Topaz Group. We are separated both by space and time. By space, because we are spread out and do not share offices or even the same area code. By time because I know ...

Communication and Flash

Methods Used to Communicate with Adobe Flash and Flex Type Setup Cost Maintenance Performance Reliability Delivery Method Message Format Communication Best for URL Variables Low High Very low Very low HTTP/HTTPS URL‐encoded text Asynchronous Simple data types XML Connections Low High Very low Very low HTTP/HTTPS XML text Asynchronous ...

FlashGames

= install FAME = http://fgpwiki.corewatch.net/wiki/FAME#.5B.5BFAME.5D.5D [http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2005/11/subclipse.html Using SVN in Eclipse] [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ Subversion Documentation] = Flash Tools = [[UsingJSFL]]

Num Lock Getting Stuck on a Macintosh

I couldn't get the Numbers keys on my apple keyboard to work, nothing I could do seemed to help.  The digits refused to work. Every time I hit the "clear" button, which is the apple equivalent of Num Lock, I got a little squat sound like the fart of ...

Num Lock Getting Stuck on a Macintosh

I couldn't get the Numbers keys on my apple keyboard to work, nothing I could do seemed to help.  The digits refused to work. Every time I hit the "clear" button, which is the apple equivalent of Num Lock, I got a little squat sound like the fart of ...

Installing FDT Instead of ASDT

= FDT = (Flash Development Tool) is a commercial PlugIn for the [[Installing Eclipse]] IDE to use it for authoring ActionScript 2.0. It is developed by the german company [http://www.powerflasher.com/ Powerflasher]. * '''Manufacturer:''' Powerflasher GmbH * '''Website:''' [http://www.powerflasher.com/fdt/flashsite/flash.htm http://www.powerflasher.com/fdt/flashsite/flash.htm] * '''License:''' ...

Installing MTASC

= MTASC = (Motion Twin ActionScript Compiler) is an open source command-line compiler for [[Flash]] [[ActionScript 2.0]]. * Official website: [http://www.mtasc.org/ http://www.mtasc.org/] * License: GNU GPL

Installing ASDT

= ASDT = (ActionScript Development Tool) is a free PlugIn for the [[Installing Eclipse]] IDE to use it for authoring ActionScript 2.0. * '''Website:''' [http://www.asdt.org/ http://www.asdt.org/] * '''License:''' GNU GPL

Installing SWFMill

= SWFMill = a tool that uses [[XML]] files to create a Flash SWF file. It can be used to create a SWF file that contains assets like graphics, sounds, fonts etc. which then can be used with [[Installing MTASC]] to inject [[ActionScript]] [[bytecode]]. * '''Website:''' [http://iterative.org/swfmill/ iterative.org/swfmill] ...

UsingJSFL

===Notes=== You can have JSFL scripts available within the Flash authoring environment by storing them in one of several folders within the Configuration folder. By default: * Windows 2000 or Windows XP: * boot drive|Documents and Settings|user|Local Settings|Application Data|Macromedia|Flash 8|language|Configuration| * Mac OS X: * Macintosh HD|Users|userName|Library|Application Support|Macromdia|Flash 8|language|Configuration| To ...