Dagu on July 3rd, 2009

From the Joomla Security newsletter, I know that there’s a new version of Joomla. But, my email provider sent it to spam folder. I just don’t know why.. huff.. :( From the official Joomla website: The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.12 [Wojmamni Ama Woi]. This release contains a [...]

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Dagu on May 6th, 2009

Tobacamp has released a new WordPress theme, Facebook Addict. It is a facebook-clone, just like the previous theme. But, I think it’s more Facebook than before. Screenshot: It has many features such as: Facebook-like Widget ready Three columns layout Auto thumbnail Custom headline FREE OF CHARGE You can see the demo first or download it.

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Dagu on February 12th, 2009

I need to make a favicon for my website. Usually, favicon has *.ico extension. Meanwhile, my graphic software can’t generate it. And yes, I was googling for the answer and it pointed me to Dynamic Drive. Dynamic Drive is a web that provide a lot of javascript & css codes. They are available for free. [...]

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Dagu on November 5th, 2008

In default Joomla 1.5 installation, there is a file named htaccess.txt. This file will be used if we use Joomla SEO, that is option Use Apache mod_rewrite. Before it can be used, this file should be renamed to .htaccess. In Linux OS, this case is not a big problem, because it allows creation this kind [...]

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Dagu on November 5th, 2008

On the Internet, we often find URL which has many query strings, like show below: http://blog.danigunawan.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27 URL with form above will be hard to be indexed by the search engine if we compare with the URL below: http://blog.danigunawan.com/joomla15/joomla-overview URL which has many query strings can be formatted like in second example using rewrite URL. To [...]

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Dagu on November 4th, 2008

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is a great way to make our web “read” by the search engine. Many web owners hire SEO professional  to optimize their web. But for the Joomla 1.5 users, they should be happy because in this version, Joomla had improved better features for SEO.  There are three techniques [...]

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Dagu on December 19th, 2007

Case study: We would like to provide pdf files to be downloaded by visitors, but the file location is hidden. Visitors can download file with URL given only. Programming language used is PHP. Analysis: We could make a link directly to the file location. Example: <a href=”myebook.pdf”>Download MyEbook</a> What happen if the link above clicked? [...]

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