After evaluating various PHP based frameworks for a set of high-profile websites that I’m planning to build, I finally narrowed down to Yii PHP Framework and was very happy with my choice day by day as I’m progressing in it.
As both my test ground for an upcoming SaaS based product for which I’m heavily considering Yii and as part of my initiative to migrate my existing websites to Web 2.0, I’ve started applying Yii in my existing Matrimonial site for Worldwide Tamilans, Tamil Kalyanam.com.
I’ve currently taken the old site down to implement the full site in Yii and the current version in live is the design I’ve done from scratch and it’s fully based on Yii. The way things are progressing, I’m guessing I’ll be in full blow by end of November and the site will be fully ready for public.
The site is Unicode based multi-lingual site that can be viewed in Tamil / English at any part of the site without having to revisit the URL. So far the site is currently having only Language Changes, Contact Us, Terms and Conditions, and Privacy Policy page implemented.
I’ve also translated all of the Yii Framework Core Messages into Tamil for this website. Anyone interested can download the full copy here.
Please visit the site and let me know your comments/suggestions.
Posted in General, News, PHP, Unicode.
Tagged with Frameworks, PHP, Tamil, Tamil Kalyanam.com, Unicode, Web 2.0, Yii.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– October 26, 2009
Yii PHP Framework was a pleasant surprise for me when I initially found about it. For quite some time, I’ve been intrigued by Ruby on Rails for it’s ease of use and rapid development nature. Though I’m not a big fan of Ruby language or Python for that matter, I’m of course a huge fan of PHP.
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Posted in MVC, PHP, PHP, Web Apps.
Tagged with Development, Frameworks, MVC, Patterns, PHP, Programming, Yii.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– October 25, 2009
SQL Server always keeps a log of every activity performed in the Database in a Log file named as DatabaseName_Log.LDF. Over a period of time if the number of operations increased in the database, this Log file will tend to get really heavy and can grow many times in multiples of the actual database size. Unless until you need to have the whole history of what happened in the database from the beginning of creating it, you can seriously consider truncating this Log file to save some essential space.
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Posted in MS SQL Server, Microsoft, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting.
Tagged with Database Servers, Microsoft, MS SQL Server, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– October 16, 2009
Microsoft has announced recently that the next major release of their Microsoft Office suite of applications is named 2010 and expected to be released for a Technical Preview (Beta) by July 2009. The last major release MS Office 2007 is actually Version 12. However, the Office 2010 is versioned as 14. This is probably because of the common belief on number 13.
Microsoft created a website called Office2010themovie.com based on Blockbuster Movie designs.
They mentioned that the Technical Preview will be available to general public until July 2010. However, the Office 2010 Technical Preview applications will start automatically shutting down after 2 hours of use starting from March 2010.
Though the official version of Technical Preview is not expected until July 2009, Torrent sites has already released the version and is quite popular because of the increasing number of downloads.
The major change in the new Office 2010 is that it is available in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors (something that should’ve happened long before). The next major thing I noticed is that the design has gone under a major rework based on Office 2007 theme. They also introduced new themes for Office Suites (however, only default theme is available in Technical Preview). The screen shots so far leaked are amazing and I tried the 64 bit version of Office 2010 in my Vista PC and was awesome by its beauty. Major rework has gone on many applications in terms of functionality. The ribbon from Office 2007 is now available in all the applications (Office 2007 does not show ribbon in some applications like Outlook to make them feel compatible with Office 2003). Instead of the round button that showed Start Menu in Office 2007, it is now a rectangle button which shows a different screen for all menu operations and allows you to go back to work area. All office suites are following their official color schemes throughout the Menus. The performance is slow but acceptable due to its beauty. Unusual introduction is Minimize, Close and Cancel links in Splash screens.
Posted in Applications, Microsoft, Previews.
Tagged with Applications, Beta, Microsoft, MS Office, Previews, Technical Preview.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– May 19, 2009
Ever wondered why everything looks so beautiful and clear in Mac OS X? It is basically it’s font rendering engine and graphics abilities. Windows is already playing catch up with the font rendering using their own ClearType technology. However, even ClearType can’t stand up to the beauty and clarity given by Mac OS X font rendering. Anyone using Apple Safari on windows would’ve already know about this. I used to switch to Apple Safari on my Windows PC just to read new sites in that glorious smooth font rendering.
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Posted in Alternatives, Apple, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Tips & Tricks, Tweaks, Utilities.
Tagged with Alternatives, Apple, Mac OS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Tips & Tricks, Tweaks, Utilities, Windows.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– April 8, 2009
In all the things that technology can give, some choose to use it for harm and their major wish is about to be granted or may end up as world’s most famous April fool’s day!
Major Computer Security companies are already waging a war against the new entrant to their enmity named Conficker. It is a malicious program that is right now spreading all over the world through internet connected PCs by using hacked websites as spreaders. The program was found as a small footprint around February and slowly the author(s) seems to be updating the software with versions that strengthens the Worm. So far from what security experts can get from the various versions spread, it seems that the Worm is pre-programmed to listen to an unknown ‘Controller’ on April 1st. Given the nature of the worm’s capabilities so far showcased in disabling famous Anti-Virus softwares and Windows’ security updates, security experts fear that the worst can only be expected of it. It will most likely be a harmful worm than a mere April Fool’s joke. With the power it has already grown up, it is evident the the author(s) were extremely good in latest security technology and are increasing improving the program by releasing updates at a rate that is surprising for any single techie. It could be used to collect important data from all the infected computers or get all the infected computers to work as one forming the largest botnet ever. This botnet can be used very effectively to spam Internet and its beloved users at rates unthinkable. So, far major corporations failing to find a cure to this Worm is only saying so much about it’s power and the technological supremacy of its creator(s). Microsoft has already announced an award of $250,000 to anyone who can help find the authors of this Worm.
Read more about this worm in The New York Times.
Posted in News, Virus & Worms.
Tagged with Announcements, News, Security, Threats, Virus, Worms.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– March 30, 2009
Open Source as a implementation is as old as the Internet dating from APRANET. The RFC (Request for Comments) of ARPANET is the first Open Source distribution of specifications that were proprietary. However, Open Source as a term was credited to Netscape the company that once owned world’s most popular browser beside Internet Explorer. Failing the great Browser War to Microsoft in a law suit that costed its existence, Netscape created the first real Open Source initiative, the Mozilla as we know today. Ever since, organizations and public alike from all over the world were always on the lookout for Open Source alternatives whenever their proprietary solutions hit their nerves.
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Posted in Alternatives, Open Source, Tips & Tricks.
Tagged with Alternatives, Open Source, Proprietary, Tips & Tricks.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– March 19, 2009
I’ve been a fan of WikkaWiki. It’s the light weight, ultra fast and highly customizable Wiki software. However, there are few glitches in WikkaWiki and some of it’s features like Actions and Handlers can be highly confusing to new users who never used Wiki software or used some standard stuff like MediaWiki (the software used by Wikipedia).
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Posted in Open Source, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Web Based.
Tagged with Open Source, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Web Applications, Wiki, Wikipedia, WikkaWiki.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– February 23, 2009
After my hugely successful Vibrant Ink theme port for Komodo IDE, NotePad++ and Visual Studio, it’s time to go for Eclipse based IDEs. Please follow the instructions carefully to have Vibrant Ink theme readied for your Eclipse based IDEs like Eclipse 3 or greater, Aptana, Flex Builder, Zend Studio, etc. Continued…
Posted in Alternatives, Applications, Designs, IDEs, Programming, Tips & Tricks, Tweaks.
Tagged with Alternatives, Aptana, Designs, Eclipse, Flex Builder, IDEs, Programming, Themes, Tips & Tricks, Tweaks, Vibrant Ink, Zend Studio.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– February 19, 2009
We couldn’t thank the Open Source Community or Apache and Mozilla for their initiatives on Open Source that helped shape the Software World well enough. Adding up to that gratitude or vast collection of Open Source products that are available as alternatives to Proprietary Products. Also, please do not think Open Source means free software. Many People has that misconception by logic. An Open Source can be free to modify but has some fee to use. There are commercial and non-commercial Open Source applications to be precise. Here, I’m listing some of the very good alternatives that helps you to reduce your cost as well as troubles with a proprietary closed source product. Continued…
Posted in Alternatives, Applications, Comparisons, Frameworks, IDEs, Open Source, Programming, Technologies, Tips & Tricks, Utilities.
Tagged with Alternatives, Applications, Comparisons, Development, Frameworks, Open Source, Programming, Technologies, Tips & Tricks, Utilities.
By Srinivasan A Paul Joseph
– February 19, 2009
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