Everything and Anything

Refereshing PHP

2009-08-28T13:29:00.007+05:00

It was a really nice experience doing a internal website for Mubasher.... I was able to recall lot of stuff which i learned ealier.. also new things. It was a wordpress customization and whist doing it i came across some cool plugins which i think might b worth sharing and also some little code modifications aswell.

Plugins:

WP-Table Reloaded - excellent plugin for table creation and it allows you to sort the table content as well.
wp-dtree-30 - This is one of the nice sidebar widget shows expand/collapsing links

WP-Highslide- this is also a awsome plugin which ucan use instead of a pop-up or even thickbox. You have multiple options and also examples of usage

Tips:
1.When you click on the image iframe, the parent image get hidden. Solution is to go to the highslide.css and change the property of .highslide-active-anchor to visible
2. To hide sidebar from multiple pages use the following code (page IDs are 451, 714):

<?php if (is_page('451')|('714')) : ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

3. I had to use a collapsing and expanding table within a highslide and i used the following java ascript which helped me to get this job done:

< script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"> </script >
< script >
$(function() {
$('tr.parent')
.css("cursor","pointer")
.attr("title","Click to expand/collapse")
.click(function(){
$(this).siblings('.child-'+this.id).toggle();
});
$('tr[@class^=child-]').hide().children('td');
}); </script >

<table id="detail_table" class="detail wp-table-reloaded" border="0" > <caption > <strong > Click on the Request to Expand </strong > </caption >
<tbody >
<tr id="row1" class="parent" >
<td >Authentication Request </td >
</tr >
<tr class="child-row1" ?>
<td >Tag</td >
<td >Field</td >
</tr >
<tr class="child-row1" >
<td >9</td >
<td >User Name</td >
</tr >
</tbody ></table >

Sunderland MBA

2009-05-05T16:13:00.001+05:00

I started the MBA offered by the university of Sunderland UK last Saturday, hope can complete it successfully without any obstacles... :D the first lecture was on Strategic planning and implementation and was cool and didn’t sleep at all. Since it’s a fast track program it is supposed to finish by 2010.

இணையத்தில் எனது முதல் தமிழ் ஆக்கம்

2009-04-24T15:02:00.004+05:00

எவ்வளவுதான் நாம் பிற மொழிகளை பேசினாலும் எழுதினாலும் தாய் மொழியில்.... ( நாம் சிந்திக்கின்ற அதே மொழியில்) எமது கருத்துக்களை அதே வடிவில் வெளிக்கொணரும் போது ஒரு தனி இன்பம் .... தொடரும் தமிழ் ஆக்கங்கள்

One of the worst experiences @ RMV

2009-04-17T10:31:00.000+05:00

One of the worst experiences so far in my life was when I went to the RMV to take the Diving license, I had a tipical Sri Lankan government organization which is as usual disorganized in work. It is a simple procedure which they had made a big puzzle and now the innocent publics are suffering. I went to get the medical @ 7.30 and got it around 11.30 only. They don’t give you token initially until you do the payment, once you go upstairs for the checkup only you will be given a token and it’s also not based on how you enter (not FIFO)how you document is sent upstairs. For me I was 15 in the first queue and when I went up for checkup I got the 60th number token L.

For those who would like to get their diving license follow the following steps it will make your job easily done with less hassle:

1. Take a Stamp size photo and go to the nearest CTB Medical center and get the medical (They will stick the photo on the medical, based on the category of the license you apply the test will vary). For people applying from Colombo the medical center is @ Nugegoda right opposite to the Bank of Ceylon towards Maharagama(where the overhead bridge ends). You have to do a payment of around Rs 600 for the test and this also depends on the category.

2. Take the Medical with a Identify card copy and hand it over to the RMV at Wehera hera(120 bus root, http://wikimapia.org/791967/RMV-Driving-Licence-Office ). It is less time consuming if you can go early in the morning around 6.30 – 7.00 am. You have to get a token, they will take pictures of you to be printed on the license and you have to do a payment around Rs 2000- 3000 based on the category of the license you apply for.

3. Once you hand over the document they will give a date for the test.

4. On successful completion of the test they will give a date for the trial.

Note:

One day service is only for renewal of license and for people who would like to take new license you have to get a special order showing your visa if you are flying abroad.

Do not ever bribe anyone to get things done, you will be fooled and you can easily get things done if you do the things accordingly.

ThiThaTa.Com web site goes offline

2009-02-19T16:20:00.001+05:00

ThiThaTa.Com web site goes offline.... i.e I did not renew the domain for many reasons. It doesn’t mean that I have given up my journey, journey will continue towards its destination slowly .

ThiThaTa in business

2008-04-02T17:48:00.003+05:00

Qatar United became a customer of ThiThaTa, we designed the official website of Qatarunited co
http://www.qatarunited.com.qa will give you a better picture of what ThiThaTa web designing is all about.
Qatar united is one of the leading business in Qatar spreaded its wing in Recruitment, Rent-a-car, Tiourism, Ticketting, Construction and they are going to expand their business to import and export in the near future....
As professional web designers we would like to mention that its not just business but it is our passion to design the best..

LOTS 2008

2008-03-03T08:44:00.002+05:00

LOTS 2008 organized by the Junior Chamber International Sri Lanka, held last Saturday at Hotel renuka from 9.00 am to 6.30 pm in the evening, was very useful. There were sessions on the JCISL constitution, meeting procedures, Project planning etc... was a superb experience and was a good opportunity for people who like networking..... :)

www.thithata.com is under construction

2008-02-29T09:53:00.002+05:00

Last 18th i put the basic site up, still under construction and getting feedbacks from people and still there are lot of spelling mistakes ;) anyway better than i expected I'm getting more queries for web development and hopefully kickoff is what I'm waiting for......

www.ThiThaTa.com Logo finalised

2008-02-17T12:41:00.002+05:00

Thithata.Com the climax

2008-02-15T15:27:00.002+05:00

I guess it is the turning point in my life, i have decided to startup my own site.... http://www.thithata.com hopefully I'm going to provide almost any service and product. Initially to start with I'm going to have web development, hosting, Selling computers & accessories , Networking solutions and consultations.

How to get listed in a search engine

2007-11-29T13:57:00.000+05:00

Following is a useful link for people who would like to get their web site listed in a search engine..

http://www.2createawebsite.com/traffic/search-engine-traffic.html

Effort Estimation tools

2007-11-27T09:12:00.000+05:00

I was searching for some open source estimation tools, found the following links useful, some of them were free ware....
http://www.laatuk.com/tools/effort_estimation_tools.html

Online Quran

2007-11-27T09:09:00.000+05:00

People who are searching for a good online version of the holly Quran might find this useful....

http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/

Employees’ Provident Fund

2007-11-27T09:06:00.000+05:00

Employees’ Provident Fund web site shall provide employees lot of information they are not clear of regarding the EPF. visit the following link for more info:

http://www.epf.lk

R U an outlook user migrated to Thunderbird ... some useful tips

2007-07-24T10:47:00.000+05:00

How to add UR Signature in Thunderbird ?

Open a word doccument
Create your signature as you want...... or copy one from ur freinds one and modify ;)
Save it as a webpage
Open the saved page using ur browser..
goto View menu -> select source
Save the source file in the html format.
Now open ur Thunderbird client
Go to tools -> select account settings
Click on UR email address
Click on "Attach this signature" check box
Brows the html file
Select OK............................UR done.

How to use Calendar with Thunderbird? or U wanna drag and drop your contact details to ur mail??

All these can be done using an add-on for each
Download the add-on from the following link

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/70
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4631

Open Thunderbird client
Go to Tools menu
Select Add-ons
Click on "install"
Browse the add-on to be installed........!!! thats it.

How to take Mysql backup/ export an existing database to a new one

2007-07-24T10:16:00.000+05:00

Normally its better to go for shortest way possible.....

Backing up a database

Go to /usr/local/mysql/bin/ (This is where normally mysqldump file will be installed- recomended or /usr/bin/ )
./mysqldump -u[user] -p[password] -d[databasename] >> [Output_filename.sql]

Exporting...
This is a common need with database users or administrators simple way is restore a dump to a new database :)

Copy the dump file to /usr/local/mysql/bin/
./mysql -u [user] -p [password] -h [host IP] -D [database name] < [filename.sql]

never make simple mistakes

2007-03-01T15:21:00.000+05:00

Ohh what a relief ...... because of a simple mistake i had to suffer hours thiking.

grant all privileges on *.* to 'user'@'%' identified by 'password';

this simple line in mysql made me suffer..... ;-(

Oscar without sarala

2007-02-28T13:08:00.000+05:00

???? sarala Kariyawasam a srilankan child actress who played a majour role in the film "Water" was not invited at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.... this captured the front pages of Sri lnakan news papers.

water was nominated for the best fogeign film

is sarala another curry leaf ?

more http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/02/27/front/06.asp

Me on Hi5

2007-02-27T11:22:00.000+05:00

check this out i am on hi5..... http://shamly.hi5.com

Export Jem

2007-02-27T10:52:00.000+05:00

Jem !!
Ya i dont know how to start with.. because of my friend only i got this stupid idea i guess. He is a real good businessman and he has been in the jem industry for a long time! well we like to export gem i dont know will there be any one to buy... actually im an IT guy and any how this sounds a good idea ! !

Finally I did it

2007-02-27T10:47:00.000+05:00

Oh my god !
I wanted to do this for a along time..... i mean i wanted to start blogging for along time but i didnt get a chance. Any way i hope to continue ... !