I am Googled at Wordpress !

Greetings everyone,

I wanted to share this news long ago, but lacked the time. *Blogging takes up lot of my time * but anyways, most of you might have noticed a new page on my nav bar named “Proposal”, actually that was my proposal for this years Google Summer of Code. You won`t believe it, I wrote that my proposal in an hour and posted it to google just 2minutes before the deadline… phew. So much for last minute submissions…. For aspiring GSoCers, it is one tip you should not follow Wanna find out what happened next ?!

Tutorial : Installing Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3, MySQL 5.1.34 & PhpMyAdmin 3.1.4 in Windows Vista/XP

The most recent version of this tutorial has been completely re-written at WebDev Codex.

Learn how to Install PHP 5.3,

To view the latest version, Goto Screencast #1 : Installing Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3, MySQL 5.1 & PHPMyAdmin 3.2 for Windows 7/Vista

If you want to see the screencast of this tutorial, then goto
Screencast #1 : Installing Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3, MySQL 5.1 & PHPMyAdmin 3.2 for Windows 7/Vista

Not everyone would spend money online to buy webspace just so that they can test out how their latest application works, Well… Welcome to Vision Master Designs Blog. This tutorial will teach you to set up a developer environment for PHP/MySQL in your computer in no time.

Index :

• Page 1 : Introduction
• Page 2 : Create Directories & Install Apache
• Page 3 : Install PHP5 & Configure php.ini
• Page 4 : Configure Apache 2.2
• Page 5 : Installing & Configuring MySQL5
• Page 6 : Installing & Configuring PhpMyAdmin

News : MyADManager Plugin for Wordpress 1.0 Wishlist

I had initially coded and released MyADManager for only my site and was not planning to release it to the public. I released MyADManager last October and I have had tremendous response from all the Users for this plugin.

The last version 0.9.3 is compatible with Wordpress 2.6.3 and currently has lot of issues with Wordpress 2.7.x .

Currently I am working on the new version 1.0 which will feature a lot of changes from the previous versions and will be fully compatible with Wordpress 2.7.x

Proposed Features for MyADManager 1.0

• Multiple Regions i.e  User can create various sizes of ADs as individual region.
  1. Every region can show ‘x’ number of ADS. Every region will support ‘x’ ADs horizontally and ‘y’ ADs Vertically.
  2. Individual Styling for every Region, template.
  For example : four 125×125 px ADS as region 1 in the sidebar, One  250×250 AD as region 2 above the sidebar etc.
• Various Currency options to accept payments. Currently only $ are accepted, the new version will allow different currencies supported by PayPal.
• Transaction table to offer more details regarding the User who has bought ADs.
• Custom Duration allotment. Currently there are 2 viz 1 week, 1 month.
  New Version will have 1 week, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year.
• AD/Image Upload Feature. Currently the ADs are linked Images.

Guys, I need more input from you guys as to what all features you would like in this plugin. I may not have been able to answer many of your queries regarding the plugin. There are lot of compatibility issues with Wordpress 2.7. So I intend to release the new version as soon as possible.

I really hope you guys will co-operate and help me out with this, and I am extremely sorry to those Users who have posted queries and I haven`t replied to yet.

Cheers

A month long ordeal finally over ! Product = OptimaPrime, Result = First Prize

Ok, so the title doesn`t make much sense huh !? I wasn`t available for an entire month and the reason…. Optima Prime – Enterprise Project Management System. Well,  this is my last year in graduation college and we had to create a project which will stand out, and here it is

So wat is it all about ?

Before I start, we had developed a Chart or Poster to depict what our software is all about. This is the poster, it may be a lil cluttered, but it pretty much explains what our project is all about

We won the first prize for our project along with another Project (Rank Retrieval System). But more than prize, I guess for all the hard work put in, we have got what we wanted, Exposure….

What is PMS ?

There are lot of Project Management Systems out there, Project Management Systems (PMS) in general help your company manage projects effeciently and effectively. Optima Prime is one such PMS which does both alongside a host of features

Features ?

1. Works on our Custom MVC based framework “Innovite”
2. 3 Different types of User Logins viz Project Manager, Team Leader, Team Member
3. Every Project has an individual “Message Board”(Forum) to communicate with the project members with Attachment Facility
4. Email Alert System. Whenever any project has been updated or any new message has been added, then an E-Mail is sent across all the users in that project.
5. Completely AJAX ‘ed so not much page transitions
6. Dynamic Timeline Charts (Gantt) and Dynamic Pie/Bar Charts
7. Automatic PDF report generation.
8. Themes
9. Install Package
10. Aimed for an IT Enterprise
11. Plugin System
12. Open Source

The basic framework of OptimaPrime.

So there are a long list of features, I have just given a few. Anyways, I`ll release the code soon here, till then you can check out the screenshots put up below.

Screenshots

Project Dashboard after logging in

Project Summary Page with Gantt Chart, Pie Charts etc

Project Edit Page

Well, these are just a few screens, there are more. I`ll upload em as soon as I get up.

Cheers Guys, I am extremely sorry readers for not answering your queries, but I am here now. I`ll try to answer as much as possible.

Really Easy Form/Field Validation using Prototype+Scriptaculous

Hey Guys,

Its been a while since I have started my final year Project called “OptimaPrime- The Enterprise Project Management System”. Most of you must have heard of project management systems. It helps enterprises manage their projects, lets them keep it on schedule, helps them allocate resources etc.
I needed to perform form Validation since I had a lot of forms and it had lot of fields. I googled for good form validation plugins for Prototype + Scriptaculous (Since I have got really used to this cool library) and thats when I found Dexagogo’s Really Easy Field Validation plugin.

Tutorial : Overlay a AJAX Spinner in the center of Web Page using Prototype

This tutorial is specially for beginners who are wondering how to place an AJAX Spinner. Its very simple guys. Just read below to find out.

To those people who have wondered how to show the spinner image + loading message when any ajax request is made and to hide the spinner image + loading message when the request is successfully completed, this tutorial will help you out in achieving it and also teaches you how to show this loading box in the center of the browser screen and grey out the background contents with cool fade effects.

Index :

• Page 1 : Introduction
• Page 2 : Required HTML/Javascript Code/CSS
• Page 3 : Complete Code of Demo

Pre-Requisites :

A little bit of CSS,HTML knowledge and know-how of Prototype, Scriptaculous.

A cool jQuery plugin : PHP / jQuery Image Replacement

How many times have you wanted to use a very cool looking font for your website, but have withdrawn the idea because you thought that font won`t display properly in everyones’s system.

Well fear not, I had previously posted a tutorial on how you can use PHP to display those lines of texts which use some odd font, by automatically converting it to an image (Tutorial : Convert Text into transparent PNG Image using PHP), this way, you can easily display text with odd fonts.

Recently I found a very neat plugin which automatically converts any text (with font of your choice) into an image i.e from now on you don`t have to worry about text with different or odd fonts. They`ll be automatically converted into a compatible image via this plugin, And don`t worry about the image tag and all, this plugin manages everything

Plugin name : PHP / jQuery Image Replacement
Plugin Home Page/Demo : http://www.xanthir.com/pir/

Usage

The usage was pretty simple.

1. After unzipping the archive, Open pir.php and First set the fonts folder in the php page.
2. In your website, include jQuery and then include the jquery.pir.min.js (for production).

3. $(function() {
   $.pir.options.php="pir.php"; //compulsary to include the php which converts text to image.
   $("h1").pir({font: "yourfont.ttf", wrap: true}); //will enable automatic text warping.
   

   });

Pretty Simple huh ! Enjoy

Welcome to a whole new VisionMasterDesigns.com

Hello Readers, bloggers and all my fellow mates,

Firstly Compliments of the Season to everyone.

Its been a long time since I have posted any article on my website. I know this place looks deserted… well …not anymore.

Welcome Everyone to whole new VisionMasterDesigns.com.

When I had begun this site 7months ago, I barely had any clue on how to manage a site or what to write on it. I decided to start a site on what I love to do most, “Learn new things about new Technologies”. I managed to learn a lot of the stuff I have written in this website by simply doing a lot of research over the internet and Hey ! to be frank, the Internet is a HUGE place and anyone can get lost (even while having the most powerful search tool i.e Google). Either ways the point is, I wanted to give a chance to newbies like me where they can get to know new programming languages or tips/tricks, techniques on existing ones and information about latest technologies @ one place.

What I wish to do in the future ? My Short term Goals.

• Expand my Wordpress Plugin MyADManager to be compatible with the latest version and provide more features.
• I am currently working on my B.E (final year) project called OptimaPrime – The Enterprise Project Management System and aim to complete it within the next 1month and win a prize
• Currently engaged with 2 web projects, wish to complete it and get paid
• Learn Ruby on Rails in and out.
• Get 500 Feed Readers & 50,000 Visitors/month for Vision Master Designs within the next 4 months.
• Write a lot of new tutorials and solve my readers queries

For now, I hope you like the new design. I have tried to make it more User Friendly. You might have noticed a Featured Section. This layout is more like a Magazine layout. No Clutters, simple Navigation. Comments always welcome

Regards.

Tutorial : Convert Text into transparent PNG Image using PHP

This tutorial will help you write text on a background and output as an image using the power of PHP. This is useful during those scenarios when you want to display text using a particular font (which isn`t web friendly i.e the text won`t be displayed with the same font in other’s computer). I have used this technique to display the number of RSS subscribers (top-right). So its pretty simple and very basic.

Click Here for a Demo.

Tutorial : Display no.of RSS Readers using Feedburner API and PHP (curl)

Most of you who have blogs/website might be aware of FeedBurner. Its a service which provides custom RSS Management tools like Analysing Web-Traffic, the number of readers subscribed to you blog etc. I too use Feedburner to help me keep track of my feeds and its readers. Although I love their service, I always found the FeedBurner Chicklet (It displays the number of readers subscribed to your RSS) to be a constraint, it isn`t that flexible i.e We can modify the color of the chicklet but not the chicklet it self. So I decided to create my own Chicklet to help me display the number of readers subscribed to my blog. (Although the number isn`t that big )