Prevent Spammer to Register Using The Same Gmail Email (Duplicate User Accounts)

Gmail,  Gmail is …, ah I really don’t need to explain this. So, continue reading The Facts Gmail ignores . (dot) in username If you have Gmail account example@gmail.com, actually you also have ex.ample@gmail.com, exam.ple@gmail.com, and so on until all characters in the username are separated with dot. These all have same inbox, and you can [...]

Styling Scrollbar to Look Like Facebook ScrollableArea Using jScrollPane

What Is Scrollbar? According to Wikipedia, A scrollbar is an object in a graphical user interface (GUI) with which continuous text, pictures or anything else can be scrolled including time in video applications, i.e., viewed even if it does not fit into the space in a computer display, window, or viewport. It was also known [...]

Creating a WordPress-Alike Hook For Your Own CMS

Probably you have known this, WordPress code is pretty good, especially when compared with other CMS or what we ever found on PHP tutorials. The one I like is how WordPress uses hooks.   If you ever created WordPress plugins, you may experienced that you don’t need to modify any of core code just to add [...]

Searching File Within Directory Recursively Using PHP

Recently I had to find my file stored somewhere in my server. Although I can do this easily using the built-in feature in cPanel File Manager, but what I need is to search file programaticallyusing a script. So, I created this function. The function accepts three parameters: $dir (string), absolute path of the directory to [...]

72 New Top Level Domains will be available by October 2012

In 2012 the next stage in the Internet’s revolution begins with the arrival of new top level domains (TLDs) such as .sfo, .berlin, .nyc, .web, .eco, .shop, .gay, .x-x-x, .hotel, .film, .radio, .green, .site, .sport and .music. ICANN, the organization in charge of domain names, is planning a dramatic rewriting of the rules for web [...]

[PHP] How To Parse Youtube URL to Get Video ID, Thumbnail Image, or Embed Code

Hello, sometime we need to parse Youtube URL to get video ID, thumbnail image, or embed code automatically with PHP. To do so, I have created a function parse_youtube_url(); With this function we can: – Get video ID – Get Embed code – Get Thumbnail or HQ Thumbnail URL Check this out:

List of Available ‘Unique’ Domain Name for Your Website

May be you want to build a new website but don’t have idea about the domain name. Some of the requirements of domain name is short, pronounceable, easy to remember, and as much as possible has a dictionary meaning. And no less important is, has dot com extension. The following is the list of available [...]

How to Create Simple jQuery Tooltip

There are so many jQuery Tooltip we can find on Google.  However, sometimes we just need something simple. So, why don’t you create your own? Basic This tooltip would replace title attribute of an HTML element. This tooltip text is extracted from the title attribute. This tooltip is compatible with common modern browser. This is [...]

Honesty Is Not Always the Best Policy

Suddenly I’m interested to talk about search engines. Many people talking about search engine comparison, the techniques of Search Engine Optimization, even just exposing new features. No, I do not want to talk about it. So? It’s about honesty. Yeah, their honesty in revealing the crime. Hahaha. Pictures mean a thousand words: Yahoo.com: Ask.com: Google.com: [...]

jQuery PHP: Facebook Friend Selector Without FBML

Facebook friends selector is one of important thing when you develop a Facebook application. It will simplify the way your visitor select their Facebook friend’s instead of manually find friend’s user ID. Just type part of the friend’s name, the matches name will appears below the field and select one you want. This is not [...]