Keithics Blog and Thoughts http://keithics.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Dreamweaver Tips – Document Defaults http://keithics.com/blog/personal-thoughts/dreamweaver-tips-document-defaults http://keithics.com/blog/personal-thoughts/dreamweaver-tips-document-defaults#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:06:45 +0000 admin http://keithics.com/blog/?p=264 Have been writing HTML and want to add a link to your CSS automatically?

For XP , just edit:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS4\configuration\DocumentTypes\NewDocuments\Default.html

for my case I have this default below, this applies to all other documents like CSS, PHP, JS etc..

  1. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
  2. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  3. <head>
  4. <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  5. <title>Untitled Document</title>
  6. <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/defaults.css" />
  7. <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/styles.css" />
  8. <!–[if IE 6]>
  9. <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/ie.css" />
  10. <![endif]–>
  11.  
  12. </head>
  13.  
  14. <body>
  15. </body>
  16. </html>

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AjaxCrop – inspired by PHP & JQueryPhoto Upload and Crop .I decided to make my own version and based on imgAreaSelect ,Jquery and Asido.
I hope you like it and please feel free to add a comment.

view demo | download files

EDIT: I have updated the link of asido to http://sourceforge.net/projects/asido/files/ – thanks to Johan.

What you Need:

  1. PHP 5
  2. GD Library
  3. Jquery
  4. ImgAreaSelect
  5. Asido

How it works:

  1. After uploading the local image, it will be processed and converted to jpg regardless of image type.
  2. It accepts Jpg,Gif and Png and then add a white background if the image will not fit on the exact dimension. You can change the background color by editing the php file. Please visit Asido for more details: http://sourceforge.net/projects/asido/files/
  3. The file upload is done via iframe to prevent page refresh thus mimicking Ajax (there is no way to do Ajax on file inputs) .
  4. Jquery will get the file content of the iframe and then load it to the main page. You will see the big image , cropped and converted to jpg or an error if the file upload is unsuccessful.
  5. Click create thumbnail to create a thumbnail, in the demo you can see the image source of the thumbnail so that you can use it in your application.
  6. Have FUn!

Screenshot

Screenshot

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Below is a custom function I made, I just modified Matt’s Function.

Anyway, here it is..

<ul>
<?php
$szSort = “user_id”;
$aUsersID = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare(“SELECT $wpdb->usermeta.user_id FROM $wpdb->usermeta where meta_key=’wp_user_level’ and metavalue=’2′ ORDER BY %s ASC” , $szSort ));
foreach ( $aUsersID as $iUserID ) :
$user = get_userdata( $iUserID );
echo ‘<li>’;
echo ‘<a href=”index.php?author=’ .$user->ID.’”>’;
echo ucwords( strtolower( $user->first_name . ‘ ‘ . $user->last_name ) );
echo ‘</a>’;
echo ‘</li>’;
endforeach;
?>
</ul>

As we all know that there is no such function like get_authors() , unlike categories there is get_categories , links have get_bookmarks().
]]> http://keithics.com/blog/wordpress/wordpress-tidbits-getting-the-authors/feed 0 Firefox using Fireworks – free PNG file http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/firefox-using-fireworks-free-png-file http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/firefox-using-fireworks-free-png-file#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:24:52 +0000 keithics http://keithics.com/blog/?p=232 here it is.. a quick drawing using Fireworks. Took me a couple of hours.. the curves are killing me!

Download the PNG file Here

firefox

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I got a chance to look into the new Adobe fireworks and here are the top 5 new features:

1. Custom Brush

custom1

The New custom brush from Fireworks Cs5 is the most awaited feature of every fireworks user, you can even add brushed from Illustrator and Photoshop!

2. Photoshop Filters

filter

You can now add stunning effects directly from Fireworks! No need to import from Photoshop to create visually appealing effects.

3. Table Layout

table

Laying out tables in Fireworks is tiresome, but now Table Layout makes is easier. from the left panel choose Table Layout and you will be presented with the one above.

4. Shear

shear

As we all know Shear tool is very important in having a nice curves in designs but this was not present in any Fireworks version until now.

5. Microsoft Help in Fireworks

help

The last but not the least, first time ever! Adobe and Microsoft are working hand in hand for this feature. They are also planning to put IE6 inside of Fireworks in the next release!

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*** update : they moved their server to godaddy. more info here ****

hacked

]]> http://keithics.com/blog/personal-thoughts/httptredosoftcom-hacked/feed 0 Wordpress get_page() function http://keithics.com/blog/php-programming/wordpress-get_page-function http://keithics.com/blog/php-programming/wordpress-get_page-function#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:15:25 +0000 admin http://keithics.com/blog/?p=211 Well this is the first time that I am having a hard time debugging this simple Wordpress get_page() function:

$p = get_page(2); // error : Only variables can be passed by reference

it has to be like this:

$n = 2;
$p = get_page($n);

Getting the title and content is easy..

_e($p->post_title)

_e($p->post_content)

I know it sucks but I hope it helps!

]]> http://keithics.com/blog/php-programming/wordpress-get_page-function/feed 0 Slicing with Fireworks : Exporting Slices – 3 of 3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-exporting-slices-3-of-3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-exporting-slices-3-of-3#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:00:07 +0000 keithics http://keithics.com/blog/?p=204 Exporting slices all at once! You need to properly name them before exporting . see part 2

[hana-flv-player video="http://keithics.com/video-tutorials/exporting-slices.flv" /]

]]> http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-exporting-slices-3-of-3/feed 0 Slicing with Fireworks : Naming Slices – 2 of 3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-naming-slices-2-of-3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-naming-slices-2-of-3#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:55:31 +0000 keithics http://keithics.com/blog/?p=201 Naming slices is a great deal, you also have to take note about naming conventions. Using underscores are my favorite. Also, I use bg_ for all background , icons_ for icons etc.. you can also put them in a separate folder under images if you want.

See Part One here

[hana-flv-player video="http://keithics.com/video-tutorials/naming-slices.flv" /]

]]> http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-naming-slices-2-of-3/feed 0 Slicing with Fireworks – 1 of 3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-1-of-3 http://keithics.com/blog/adobe-fireworks/slicing-with-fireworks-1-of-3#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:39:08 +0000 keithics http://keithics.com/blog/?p=180 Here’s how to slice a PNG file. I use this technique for years, hope this will help you out.

[hana-flv-player video="http://keithics.com/video-tutorials/basic-slicing.flv" /]

Shortcuts used:

ctrl+; -> show/hide guides
ctrl+l -> hide layer
ctrl+g -> group
ctrl and + -> zoom in
ctrl and – -> zoom out
ctrl+1 -> zoom 100%
tab -> hide/show panels

ctrl+shift+g -> ungroup
<hold space><drag cursor> -> move canvas left/right/top/bottom

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