Archive for the “PHP” category

How to make content visible only to users who Like the FB page

by Nazly on July 24, 2011

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 (…)

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Hide WordPress Version from HTML Source

by Nazly on July 8, 2011

If you let your website visitors know, what version of

Auto resizing the FB App canvas page

by Nazly on June 24, 2011

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 (…)

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FB iframe apps & sessions on IE8

by Nazly on June 24, 2011

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 (…)

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Multiple custom field handling in WordPress

by Nazly on February 6, 2011

Since WordPress 3.0 introduced Custom Post Types, I have been using it extensively in my projects. Each Custom Post Type had multiple Custom Fields, but I had major concerns on building an algorithm to search across multiple Custom Fields using (…)

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Optimizing the MySQL tables of a WordPress Website

by Nazly on February 4, 2011

If you are running a WordPress Website or a Blog where the content is updated and/or deleted frequently, you will need to optimize the MySQL tables more often than not so that you don’t run into database issues and down (…)

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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 (…)

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WordPress Security @ Refresh Colombo

by Nazly on October 29, 2010

The Refresh Colombo event yesterday evening was one of the best meetups we had so far and I would like to thank everyone for coming and making it a great success. Special thanks goes out to Chandika and Naveen for (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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