WordPress for Android
by Nazly on Monday, 24th October 2011 13:36:38
Nothing much to say, but inspired by Himal‘s blogging from phone business, I just installed the official WordPress application for Android which is really cool.
Hopefully this will improve the rate of my blogging. Really hopeful..
Posted from WordPress for Android
Refresh Colombo October Meetup 2011
by Nazly on Tuesday, 18th October 2011 14:31:13
The October Meetup of Refresh Colombo will be happening this Thursday, 20th October 2011 at the Royal College Union Skills Centre. We have lined up a set of very interesting topics for this month as well. A lot has happened in the Tech industry since our last meetup and to sum it up all, we will have Bud and Chanux on board to pay tribute to Steve Jobs, one of the greatest visionaries of recent times. They hope to talk about some of the great ideas and insights Steve Jobs had and how some of those ideas have transformed our lives. Bud who needs no introduction, is probably the best person to share his valuable experiences with Steve Job’s inventions.
Finally I have moved to Android
by Nazly on Sunday, 16th October 2011 08:14:47
The day I decided to make a move towards an Android based device is so significant because the world was in tears for the loss of Steve Jobs. Though the events don’t co-relate, it took me a very long time to give up on my long lasting love towards Nokia / Symbian. I was disheartened to hear the news that Nokia would ship with Windows. Being a Nokia device fanatic, I expected that Nokia would ship with Android some day. When it was not the case, I had to make the move.
What’s up with October 1st?
by Nazly on Friday, 30th September 2011 10:27:58
If you didn’t notice or really didn’t care, October 1st 2011, tomorrow, seems to be a day that has been marked to bring quite a few changes in to effect. At least the changes that I have some interest over..
- Facebook announced to it’s developers that starting from October 1st, all apps must migrate to OAuth 2.0 for authentication and obtain a SSL certificate for use. Or else the apps would get disabled. Read more detailed explanation in the Facebook Developer Roadmap.
- Now this applies to Sri Lanka only. I got this SMS from Ada Derana today morning which has been the buzz for sometime. “Fastening of seat belts in front seats of all cars & dual purpose vehicles with English number plates is compulsory from tomorrow”. It’s a good move to make it compulsory, but I doubt for how long this will be enforced.
- Now into Cricket. As has always been the practice, changes to the playing conditions for Tests, One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) take effect from Saturday 1 October, the ICC has confirmed. Read More..
So what’s the deal with October 1st. Any other changes I might have missed?
How to make content visible only to users who Like the FB page
by Nazly on Sunday, 24th July 2011 21:41:53
A Facebook Page is a vital part of Social Media Marketing. One of the key features in a Facebook Page is the ability to add a custom Tab. Page owners can use a custom Tab to provide valuable information. On these Tabs, most of them provide content/information only to the users who have Liked their page. If this strategy is used effectively, the fan base of the Page will grow significantly. My primary focus is how we could technically provide the content based on the fact whether the user has Liked the page or not.
July Meetup of Refresh Colombo
by Nazly on Sunday, 17th July 2011 21:44:08
In just over a year, Refresh Colombo has gained popularity among the tech community in Colombo. As I keep saying it every time, the meetups keep getting better and better. The topics for this month’s meetup have been finalized and according to the FB event page, we will have 70+ attending the event. The plans have been made to shift to a bigger room to accommodate the crowd, so don’t miss out. It’s going to be an exciting meetup.. See you at Refresh Colombo July Meetup!
Hide WordPress Version from HTML Source
by Nazly on Friday, 8th July 2011 22:20:34
If you let your website visitors know, what version of WordPress you are running, you are potentially at risk. Hackers might use this opportunity to exploit the vulnerabilities in that particular version and will try to take down your website. Though you might keep your WordPress installation up-to-date, any lapses in failing to do so may open the doors to hackers. A good security measure would be to hide the WordPress version from the HTML source. By default if the theme uses wp_head() function which is true in most cases, the chances are that the WordPress version will be displayed in your HTML source.
WordPress 3.2 is here..!!
by Nazly on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 16:07:40
I’m just all excited.. That’s what this post is all about. It would be wrong if I don’t share it here. It’s time to upgrade to WordPress 3.2
Auto resizing the FB App canvas page
by Nazly on Friday, 24th June 2011 21:30:23
This post is more of a note to self. A canvas page in an FB app has a height of 800px. There won’t be any issues if the content of the page is within that limit. If the content is dynamic in nature and can grow above 800 pixels, only a part of your content will be visible. The canvas page won’t know that your content has grown since it uses iframes. To overcome this issue, we can use the setAutoResize() function in the Facebook JavaScript SDK. Unfortunately getting it to work can be pain. But I finally found a working code which would increase the height of the canvas page when the content grows.
FB iframe apps & sessions on IE8
by Nazly on Friday, 24th June 2011 21:06:31
Recently I was developing a Facebook iframe application using PHP and all was good until I got few complaints that the application wasn’t functioning as it’s supposed to on IE8. I was using the Facebook php-sdk and I have tested this app successfully on Firefox 4 and Google Chrome 11. Since I was on a Ubuntu box, I tested the app on IE6 under wine and I didn’t have any issues as such. I had to get a help from a friend using Windows and IE8 to dig deep into the problem. The issue seemed that session data didn’t persist across the application specifically on IE8.
