Archive for the “Technology” category
jQuery noConflict() saves the day!
by Nazly on February 3, 2011
All these years I have been only using jQuery as a Java Script framework. But I came across this situation where I had to use both jQuery and Prototype in one of my projects. This unavoidable situation resulted in jQuery (…)
Sad state of online advertising in Sri Lanka
by Nazly on December 29, 2010
There are tons of Online Advertising Websites all over the Internet that are targeted to the Sri Lankan market. Since developing dynamic Websites became quite popular, classified Websites emerged as a great tool that bridged the gap between buyers and (…)
Short, Sweet WordPress Video
by Nazly on November 20, 2010
Came across this 5 min short video that gives a great overview of WordPress. In this video Matt Mullenweg, shares his experience about how WordPress and his company Automattic has come this far. Hats off to Matt for his hard (…)
Basics of maintaing a WordPress site
by Nazly on November 18, 2010
WordPress is simple, yet powerful. Those are the key ingredients why it is popular among the Bloggers and Web Developers alike. WordPress will always be the first choice as a blogging platform. In the recent times it has moved far (…)
Twitter @ Mentions via SMS
by Nazly on November 18, 2010
This is more a follow up post to Tweets via SMS: Now active for Sri Lanka which I published on 2nd April 2010 when Tweets via SMS was first activated for Sri Lankan users. Twitter only supported receiving tweets via (…)
PHP date() function usage and examples
by Nazly on June 19, 2010
I have been coding PHP like for almost 10 years. The date() function in PHP is a widely used function in most of my apps. The application or website I’m developing will require to associate with a date at some (…)
WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” released
by Nazly on June 18, 2010
It’s the moment that most of the WordPress enthusiasts were waiting for. The release of WordPress 3.0 bring lots of new features and updates that makes WordPress a powerful CMS to build complex and powerful websites. Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress (…)
Batch resize/rotate photos in Nautilus
by Nazly on April 17, 2010
It came as quite a surprise when I figured out that Nautilus, the file manager for the GNOME desktop actually had an extension to resize/rotate photos. I don’t do much post editing after taking photos. If any editing is required, (…)
