AJAX server to server direct file transfer UPDATED

Posted by guru in September 27th, 2007 | 5 comments

A while ago, I had posted an article about transferring files from one server to another directly, that also included an AJAX demo. An updated version of the AJAX demo is now available to download from this post.
I had always been missing a system like this in Wordpress and Joomla (to install plug ins). This […]

AJAX Server to Server direct file transfer

Posted by guru in September 26th, 2007 | 4 comments

Published in HTML, Javascript, PHP, Uncategorized

[An updated version of this code is now available!]
I had always been missing a system like this in Wordpress and Joomla (to install plug ins). This codes snippet lets to transfer files directly from one server to another without having to do a pesky job of downloading them to your computer first and uploading it […]

Persistent database connection, clearing the mysteries

Posted by guru in September 23rd, 2007 | 2 comments

Published in mysql, Apache, PHP

What are persistent database connections?
There are two ways that you can use database on PHP,

Open a connection to the database, perform your query and then close it. Repeat the same thing for each and every query or at least each and every page.
Open a connection to the database, perform your query, leave the connection unclosed so that […]

DIV vs. Table, what is the right way to do it?

Posted by guru in September 23rd, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in HTML

Everyone has their choices, some care about the right way to do it while others about the easier way.
CSS has revolutionized the web page designing process, its fun that way. DIV vs. TABLE when it comes to web designing is more of a confusion for some web page designers.
Simplicity is there with Tables, but with DIV […]

A better experience with file uploading through PHP

Posted by guru in September 23rd, 2007 | 7 comments

Published in HTML, Javascript, PHP

As web technology evolves, a focus has always been on trying to make a web application act more like a desktop application. This involves the implementations of techniques like AJAX and DOM to make web pages act more swift and sound. In this article we’ll talk about ways to improve the file uploading experience with […]

What is AJAX?

Posted by guru in September 20th, 2007 | 3 comments

Published in Quick Info, Javascript, PHP

AJAX is a soccer club in the dutch league.
You might have heard a thousand times that big websites like gmail or live mail uses AJAX technology. You might think its a component like flash or java applet. Infact its about 5 lines of javascript. So, lets reduce it’s name from AJAX technology to […]

HTML color picker

Posted by guru in September 19th, 2007 | 4 comments

Published in Visual basic 6

Choosing colors while making a website is a challenging job.
If you are not a natural designer, designing is the hardest job for you.
If you are a designer however, you provably don’t know the pain suffered by programmers while trying to make a fair looking website. We want THE best but get THE worst, when we […]

Grab title from other website

Posted by guru in September 18th, 2007 | 3 comments

Published in PHP

I used this code when programming a web application that needed to fetch the title from user’s website. It uses Ajax to pull and show the title from a website or webpage. I thought this might help some of my readers so, here is the code:
Download the file: Fetch title from other website
Use/Modify/Distribute the code freely, as you […]

Encrypting a password to store in database (MD5 - SHA 1)

Posted by guru in September 18th, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in Java

If you are making a web application that involved handling of several user accounts and your are thinking about storing a plain text password on your database then you should think again.
People tend to use same password while making account on different websites, it simply makes it easier to remember. While making same password in different […]

Why use CAPTCHA?

Posted by blogmaniac in September 18th, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in Quick Info

Should I use CAPTCHA in my registration or contact form? What is CAPTCHA?
“Are you a human?”
This is a line you sometimes see below a CAPTCHA in some websites. And it is quite right to ask that either. CAPTCHAs are simply used to set Human and Computers apart.
For example:
You have a website where users can make […]