It would certainly allow me to update this blog easily and can be on the go. I no longer have an excuse not to post something new. 
Their trick puzzled me a bit. Its not quite obvious with just one look but with time i figured the secret out. They are returning a transparent gif, which for some odd reason is of the same filesize when it online and offline. They are returning for online a 1 pixel by 1 pixel transparent gif when online and a 1 pixel x 2 pixel image when offline. Since Flash is not my strong points i created a simple php file to check the returned image for its height and return it to flash.
PHP Script contents follow:
$domain = 'domain.com';
$port = 1234;
$config_id = 1;
if(strlen($port))
{
$domain .= ':'.$port;
}
$x = getimagesize("http://".$domain."/ChatScript.ashx?config=".$config_id."&refresh=1&time=".time());
echo $x[1];
And on the flash side of things on the first frame of your movie clip that shows the online and offline image.
stop();
x = setInterval(this, "checkData", 2000);
function checkData()
{
domain = 'domain.com';
var c:XML = new XML();
c.load("http://" + domain + "/status.php");
c.onData = function(data)
{
if(parseInt(data)== 1)
{
//online - modify this to fit your needs
onlinechat.gotoAndStop('online');
}
else
{
//offline - modify this to fit your needs
onlinechat.gotoAndStop('offline');
}
}
}
Then i found WPSpamFree, it very simple to install with the new WordPress 2.7. Its been 48 hours since i activated that plugin and it has blocked about 80 SPAM comments. Hopefully this ANTISPAM solution will hold. Right now it is such a relief to not get countless comment alert on my email and to spend hours sorting through all the comments. I think this is something that WordPress should come with by default to help newbies on dealing with the thousands of spammers out there.
]]>I may need to scrap the photo gallery and code something better. I really dont like the way it is right now. Have to be off the keyboard as well and take a number of shots to update my photogallery. Its been a while since i last posted something new in there. Work has been strapped to a chair in my office for i think a year now. Hopefully i can get some updates into that area as well.
I think the new version also removed the lightbox for all images embedded on my post. I do however like the “Media Library” feature. Yet another thing that makes life a lot easier. I can only wish that install plugins on oscommerce could be as easy as how wordpress does it. Oscommerce does not even have the update notification feature even that would help a lot of people. The beauty of open source is that if you dont like how something works you can always grab the code and make it work your way, hopefully i can have enough time this year to work on my own release of Oscommerce. But for now will have to go Line By Line Day by Day and slowly but steady.
]]> ) Please download the zip file i have uploaded on the downloads tab on google code. For some reason i have to commit directory by directory otherwise the when i do the whole oscommerce code it present some sort of error message. Im still trying to sort out the error out.
]]>The ultimate goal is to release some sort of a branch of oscommerce added with essential contributions much like oscmax or oscreloaded with some modifications to make the learning curve for using oscommerce a bit easier. One area that needs a lot of work is the product options area, the one that comes with oscommerce is very complicated and is very hard for novices to get their minds around it.
After 48 hours of work, i have sort of finished the configuration area. I think it is a much faster way of working in the configuration area. Hopefully i will have the time and the resources to convert the rest of the admin area to the look and the feel of the finished configuration area.
You can download the code at Google Code. You can download my first release there. I do however suggest not using it for anything in production since it might have MAJOR vulnerabilities.
]]>We all im sure love all of the contributions. It allows oscommerce to be molded to suit the most brilliant and even the most obsurb of ideas. But the fact is sorting through all of the contributions can be daunting and sometimes just impossible.
My mission is to somehow get some reviews out of these contribution, provide screenshots. But first i will need to come up with sort of a rating scheme for the contributions.
The ultimate goal however is to provide with some sort of top picks of all these contributions. Since there are thousands of contribution, my idea is to start with at least the most popular ones. My initial target is to review at least about 3 contributions a week.
]]>I search the web for simple solutions to this very simple problem sadly nothing out there fit what i imagined a simple solution would be like. Added to that most are commercial solutions.
My simple solution includes adding one X icon next to the file icon, and have it call a function to delete the file. After on and off looking into the code fo FCKEditor, I finally got it to work. You can click here toi download the zip file. Sadly i dont have the time to patch the other browser connectors and added to that i only know PHP. If someone is kind enough to patch other connector, that would be awesome.
]]>WARNING:
The file you are about to download contains a very simple calculator. If every you get here cause you cant find the calculator in Windows. It somewhere in accesories. For those who just want to download this application Click Here