Earthman Web & Media » Earthman

Framework for Building Flash Sites

Earthman — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:34 +0000

My good friend and flash developer, Aaron Fay, just pointed me to this today, it’s a new framework for developing Flash websites. The framework takes care of all the basics such as deeplinking, SWF object imports, transitions, etc.

Check it out: Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash

BBC News – China condemns decision by Google to lift censorship

Earthman — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:19:41 +0000

China condemns decision by Google to lift censorship

A computer screen in a Beijing internet cafe shows the new Chinese-language Google search home page, 23 March

Chinese users are being redirected to the google.com.hk site

China has said Google’s move to stop censoring search results is “totally wrong” and accused it of breaking a promise made when it launched in China.

Source: BBC News – China condemns decision by Google to lift censorship.

Top 7 Firefox Add-ons For Web Developers

Earthman — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:20:16 +0000

If you’re into web development these are the tools to make your work much easier. Need to debug your code? Increase your websites performance? Or want to simplify your everyday work? With these 7 Firefox add-ons you can accomplish that.

Source Link: Top 7 Firefox Add-ons For Web Developers | Online Blogger.

if you’ve been worried about the merge…

Earthman — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:07:38 +0000

“It was announced at WordCamp San Francisco last year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging codebases. This has now happened in 3.0-alpha, and we’re working on smashing bugs and tidying up a few screens. If you’re currently using a single install of WordPress, when you upgrade to 3.0 you won’t see any of the extra screens associated with running a network of sites.

If you’re currently running MU, when you upgrade you’ll notice a few labels changing, but upgrading should be as painless as usual. If you’re going to set up a new WordPress installation, you’ll be asked as part of the setup if you want one site or multiple sites, so that’s pretty simple. If you want to turn your single install into one that supports multiple sites, we’ll have a tool for you to use to do that, too.

So if you’ve been worried about the merge, have a cup of chamomile tea and relax; it will all be fine. ”

original source: Menus, the Merge, and a Patch Sprint! – GRATBLOG LAGI.

How to Change Your FireFox Location Bar Search Engine

Earthman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:01:38 +0000

If your computer has been the victim of a third-party toolbar invasion (aka Yahoo IM,Ask toolbar,OpenDNS, etc) then you may notice that in the firefox location bar if you type in a keyword, now it takes you to a different search engine or a preferences page.

Previously it used to perform a Google “I’m Lucky” Search and take you to the first page of its search results automatically.

If you want to restore the Google “I’m Lucky” search then perform this simple steps:

Type
about:config

in your Firefox location bar and press Enter
Type keyword in Filter textbox and you will see only the preference keyword.URL.
Double-click on keyword.URL and change the value to:
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=
You’re done!

That’s all it takes to restore default keyword search functionality in Google.

Note: You can use this to change to any search engine for keyword search.

Original article: How to Change Your FireFox Location Bar Search Engine.

testing FB integration

Earthman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:28:50 +0000

testing FB integration

integration one last test

Earthman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:48:27 +0000

testing the WordPress -> Twitter -> Facebook integration one last time….

Testing facebook and twitter blog integration

Earthman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:00:45 +0000

Well, just found a method to post to my blog, to Twitter, and to Facebook fan page all at once…

Instructions at : http://tinyurl.com/ydm3uqj

[Update]

I tried the instructions above, but they wouldn’t work, so i installed a different WordPress plugin called: WP to Twitter

Here I try again…

[Update]

IT Worked…Eureka!!!!

How to Keep WordPress Secure

Earthman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:27:31 +0000

“A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an upgrade now saves a lot of work fixing something later.

Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress….”

“…Upgrading is a known quantity of work, and one that the WordPress community has tried its darndest to make as easy as possible with one-click upgrades. Fixing a hacked blog, on the other hand, is quite hard. Upgrading is taking your vitamins; fixing a hack is open heart surgery. (This is true of cost, as well.)…”

Read entire article at: WordPress › Blog » How to Keep WordPress Secure.

Posted September 5, 2009 by Matt. Filed under Development, Security.

Website Designer Portfolio

Earthman — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:49:16 +0000

Screenshots from selected web design and website development projects I have worked on:

[ Click on the thumbnail images below to view a larger version ]

[svgallery name="portfolio2"]