2014 – FIRST PLUGIN ” WP Property Sale/Rent “

WP Property Sale/Rent for creating and managing real estate agents and people who are willing to list their property. https://selvabalaji.wordpress.com

Great options to list properties on your own WordPress website. WP Property Sale/Rent for creating and managing highly real estate agents and people who are willing to list their property listing on their own WordPress site.

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sale-property/

WP Property Sale/Rent is the WordPress plugin for creating and managing highly customization real estate, property management, and completely custom listings showcase websites. Turn your WordPress powered site into a real estate site. Create listings, upload images, display a dynamic map, slideshow, agent information,Google Maps, Send A Inquiry to agents Directly, Image slide show, and much more.

As always, integration is seamless, the system is expandable and customization, functionality is rich, and we are here to support it.

If you are looking to build a site where you can list property for sale or rent, this is the plugin you need.

Features

1. Add Property
2. Add multiple property photos
3. Advanced property search
4. jQuery slider in property detailed view
5. property options so you can add any type of property listing
6. multiple categories
7. Property search widget.
8. Advanced search widget and custom page.
9. Custom property listing page
10. Custom manage-able property types
11. Manage the number of property listing per page

Advanced property search page

1. Create a normal page in your wordpress website
2. Editor of the page, add this short code [PROPERTY_ADVANCED_SEARCH]

Get any Website Page Title From URL in PHP

Hey guys,here below describe the how to get the page title form any website page using  URL. Here for getting the page title we are using the file_get_contents function.This one also achieve using fopen( ) but in some servers disabled this function now a days due to some security reasons.

Here below shows the PHP code to get the page title form the URL.

<!--?php
function pageTitle($page_url)
{
     $read_page=file_get_contents($page_url);
     preg_match("/<title.*?>[\n\r\s]*(.*)[\n\r\s]*<\/title>/", $read_page, $page_title);
      if (isset($page_title[1]))
      {
            if ($page_title[1] == '')
            {
                  return $page_url;
            }
            $page_title = $page_title[1];
            return trim($page_title);
      }
      else
      {
            return $page_url;
      }
}

?>

Jquery Timeago Implementation with PHP.

Nowadays timeago is the most important functionality in social networking sites, it helps to updating timestamps automatically. Recent days I received few requests from 9lessons readers that asked me how to implement timeago plugin with dynamic loading live data using PHP. In this post I am just presenting a simple tip to implement timeago in a better way.

Why Live Query
LiveQuery utilizes the power of jQuery selectors by binding events or firing callbacks for matched elements auto-magically, even after the page has been loaded and the DOM updated.

Code
Contains javascipt code. $(this).timeago()- here this element is refers to timeagoclass selector of the anchor tag.

 

// <![CDATA[
javascript” src=”js/jquery.min.js”>
// ]]>
// <![CDATA[
javascript” src=”js/jquery.livequery.js”>
// ]]>
// <![CDATA[
javascript” src=”js/jquery.timeago.js”>
// ]]>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(document).ready(function(){
$(“.timeago”).livequery(function() // LiveQuery
{
$(this).timeago(); // Calling Timeago Funtion
});
});
</script>

//HTML & PHP Code
<!–?php
$time=time(); // Current timestamp eg: 1371612613
$mtime=date(“c”, $time); // Converts to date formate 2013-06-19T03:30:13+00:00
?>

You opened this page <a href=’#’ class=’timeago’ title=”<!–?php echo$mtime; ?>“></a>

 

Login with Facebook using PHP SDK in CakePHP

Here we used PHP SDK 3.0 and CakePHP 2.X for the process of authentication and authorizing users for your app.

For Creating an App, which you can obtain from the App Dashboard.
You need App Id and App Secret for integration of the facebook login in cakephp.

In this CakePHP module we included the Facebook PHP SDK 3.0 in vendors of the app directory.And we define Some variables in Core.php

And We create one file which is facebook.php in config folder for the define of AppId and Appsecret.

$config = array(

  'Facebook' => array(

    'appId' => 'YOUR APP ID',

        'secret' => 'YOUR APP SECRET',

   )

);

We create one Controller which is FacebookCpsController.php

<?php

App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');

App::import('Vendor', 'Facebook',array('file'=>'Facebook'.DS.'facebook.php'));

class FacebookCpsController extends AppController {

    public $name = 'FacebookCps';

    public $uses=array();

    public function index(){

        $this->layout=false;

    }

    function login()

    {

        Configure::load('facebook');

        $appId=Configure::read('Facebook.appId');

        $app_secret=Configure::read('Facebook.secret');

        $facebook = new Facebook(array(

                'appId'     =>  $appId,

                'secret'    => $app_secret,

                ));

        $loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl(array(

            'scope'         => 'email,read_stream, publish_stream, user_birthday, user_location, user_work_history, user_hometown, user_photos',

            'redirect_uri'  => BASE_URL.'facebook_cps/facebook_connect',

            'display'=>'popup'

            ));

        $this->redirect($loginUrl);

    }

    function facebook_connect()

    {

        Configure::load('facebook');

        $appId=Configure::read('Facebook.appId');

        $app_secret=Configure::read('Facebook.secret');

         $facebook = new Facebook(array(

        'appId'     =>  $appId,

        'secret'    => $app_secret,

        ));

        $user = $facebook->getUser();

        if($user){

            try{

                $user_profile = $facebook->api('/me');

                $params=array('next' => BASE_URL.'facebook_cps/facebook_logout');

                $logout =$facebook->getLogoutUrl($params);

                $this->Session->write('User',$user_profile);

                $this->Session->write('logout',$logout);

            }

            catch(FacebookApiException $e){

                error_log($e);

                $user = NULL;

            }

        }

       else

       {

            $this->Session->setFlash('Sorry.Please try again','default',array('class'=>'msg_req'));

            $this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));

       }

   }

   function facebook_logout(){

        $this->Session->delete('User');

        $this->Session->delete('logout');

        $this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));

   }

}

?>

Here We create two view files for the FacebookCpsController which are located in app/View/FacebookCps directory.

index.ctp

<!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Login with Facebook In CakePHP</title>

<?php

echo $this->Html->script('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.3/jquery.min.js');

echo $this->Html->script('oauthpopup');  ?>

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function(){

    $('#facebook').click(function(e){

        $.oauthpopup({

            path: 'facebook_cps/login',

            width:600,

            height:300,

            callback: function(){

                window.location.reload();

            }

        });

        e.preventDefault();

    });

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<?php

$ses_user=$this->Session->read('User');

$logout=$this->Session->read('logout');

if(!$this->Session->check('User') && empty($ses_user))   {

echo $this->Html->image('facebook.png',array('id'=>'facebook','style'=>'cursor:pointer;float:left;margin-left:550px;'));

 }  else{

 echo '<img src="https://graph.facebook.com/'. $ses_user['id'] .'/picture" width="30" height="30"/><div>'.$ses_user['name'].'</div>';

    echo '<a href="'.$logout.'">Logout</a>';

}

    ?>

</body>

</html>

facebook_connect.ctp

<script type="text/javascript">

window.close();

</script>

Here I used one jquery plugin oauthpopup.jswhich is used for popup
(this file is located in app/webroot/js directory)

oauthpopup.js

(function (jQuery) {
jQuery.oauthpopup = function (options) {
options.windowName = options.windowName || ‘ConnectWithOAuth’;
options.windowOptions = options.windowOptions || ‘location=0,status=0,width=’+options.width+’,height=’+options.height+’,scrollbars=1′;
options.callback = options.callback || function () {
window.location.reload();
};
var that = this;
that._oauthWindow = window.open(options.path, options.windowName, options.windowOptions);
that._oauthInterval = window.setInterval(function () {
if (that._oauthWindow.closed) {
window.clearInterval(that._oauthInterval);
options.callback();
}
}, 1000);
};
})(jQuery);

In the PHP SDK 3.0,we change the facebook.php file.For the Session We uses the CakePHP core data source which is CakeSession. facebook.php file is located at app/Vendor/Facebook directory

facebook.php

//included this line the above class

App::uses('CakeSession', 'Model/Datasource');

  public function __construct($config) {

    if (!session_id()) {

//insted of session_start() we used CakeSession::start()

      CakeSession::start();

    }

    parent::__construct($config);

    if (!empty($config['sharedSession'])) {

      $this->initSharedSession();

    }

  }

ONLINE MARKETING TIPS

SEO-INTRODUCTION

Internet has become a powerful marketing source for the benefit of mankind. Many websites are available in the

internet, fulfilling various purposes. These websites need to be in the top rankings in the search engines to maintain

its popularity and to increase the volume of traffic to the site. Search Engine optimization (SEO) serves the above

purpose. If the pages of the website are optimized with high targeted key words, the rank of the site increases.

Higher the rank, higher is the amount of visitors to the site.

Maintenance of Ranks:

Search engine Optimization involves a number of techniques to increase the ranking and sales of the website

through search engines. Some of the points to be noted for Search engine optimization are,

Keywords: The web pages should be rich in content, communicative and item-specific. The web pages should

contain the highly specific keywords which are frequently searched by the users. This helps to increase the position

of the website in the search engine. For optimization purpose, the pages should be checked with keyword density

analyzers.

Link Popularity: The links in the website is marked factor which decides the ranking of the website. The number of

incoming links which conjoin to various files, directories, keywords and also to other sites is called as link

popularity.

Good Content: The content of the website should be periodically updated so that it becomes alive and effective. The

website should contain good content for the visitors to use it efficiently. Also, the content’s flow throughout the

page should be relevant. Thus clarity and relevancy are the key points to be noted for search engine optimization.

Pay Per Click: Another method of increasing the website’s popularity is pay per click advertisements. According to

this method, the website owner maintains an agreement with the search engine on a specific keyword. Every time

when a user clicks the keyword, the owner is supposed to pay a specific amount mentioned in the agreement. Thus

the ranking of the site is increased followed by good volume of traffic.

Accordant Title Tags: Relevant title tags and meta tags should be given to the web page for user convenience. The

title tags should be shorter in length with 6-8 words and should not be too critical to analyze. The description tag is

also required to describe briefly the content of the web page. Readability will also increase the number of visitors to

the site.

Web Design Factors: The factors involving web site design also affects the ranking of the website. Some of them are;

Frames: Certain search engines are not compatible using frames. For the website which uses frames, they should

also use NOFRAMES section in each page to avoid the above said backward compatibility of certain search

engines.

Better Indexing: Avoiding graphics in the web pages containing keywords will help in better indexing of the search

engines. If the html code is less, then the search engine can access it faster and easier. Search engines are not

comfortable with the pages which are more than 100 Kbps.

Things to be Avoided: Flash should be avoided in a web page since it takes more time to explain a single concept

and also to load. PDF s should be avoided since there is no summary of the concept in the HTML. This reduces the

ranking of the website. Frames also should be avoided.

It is better to create the website with the following guidelines rather than to alter it depending upon the

consequences. Thus, care should be taken to during creation and maintenance of the website to place it in the higher

position of the search engine.

BASIC SEO BASIC SEO STEPS

• 1. Choose relevant keywords for your site: It must be ensured that keywords chosen reflect the site’s purpose and

  content. Keywords and phrases which your target audience searches for should be selected. There is no point in

  using keywords or key phrases which nobody searches for. Any site needs targeted traffic and thus make sure that

  only relevant audience which may benefit or buy products from your site visits. So choose your keywords wisely.

  There are various keyword research tools – both free and paid which may help you in selecting the best keywords for

  you.

• 2. Keyword rich relevant content: A website should have excellent content reflecting the sites purpose and

  intentions. Care should be taken that keywords and phrases are not stuffed in the content. Keyword stuffing maybe

  construed as spamming by search engines.

• 3. Proper use of Title tags: Any webpage should have title tag with the keywords that you have chosen. This is

  single most important aspect of search engine optimization.

• 4. H1 tags with keywords for content titles: Content titles should have targeted keywords using H1 tags.
• 5. Link optimization: Placing targeted keywords into the links is an important factor because search engine robots

  read the links as they crawl the webpage. Their algorithms understand the association between the anchor text and

  the page that has been linked.

• 6. Image Optimization: A SEO Consultant must also ensure that images used in the website have descriptive,

  keyword-rich alternative attributes (alt) that are useful for visitors and search engines alike.

• 7. Sitemap: Sitemap with text links to all the pages of a website is very important to ensure that search engines bots

  crawl every webpage.

• 8. Directory structure: A SEO specialist should ensure that website should have a flat directory structure.
• 9. A website should be listed in open directory. And as part of regular site SEO maintenance a site submitted to

  trusted, human-reviewed online directories.

• 10. Meta tags: All the web pages in a site should have keyword-rich Meta descriptions. Though, their importance

  has decreased in last few years, using them appropriately is advisable.

BELOW, SOME HIGHLIGHTS (VIA SEARCH ENGINE LAND). BELOW, SOME HIGHLIGHTS (VIA SEARCH ENGINE LAND).

• Rather than rankings and traffic, focus on conversions – that is, impact on revenue – as measures of success.
• Calculate the ROI of our organic traffic as you would do for all other medium. Free organic traffic is
  possible, but investments are needed to attract masses and make changes to website, so you should invest
  resources, either with an agency or in-house people. Taking all the expenditure into account will give you
  an idea of how much profit you are getting from your organic traffic.
• Keep in mind the possible downfalls of making your site focused on conversions. An often repeated truism
  in SEO circle is that content is all important when it comes to SEO. Yet there is a trade-off between content
  and usability or design; you should neglect neither. Including more content on the page should not hurt the
  conversions of the website.
• Choose carefully and optimize SEO landing pages. Landing page optimization is as important in paid
  search campaigns as in organic SEO campaigns; both should be highly efficient in converting incoming
  traffic. A useful tool to test the success of SEO landing pages before you target them is Ad Words.
• Optimize the snippet that appears on the search results page. This is the user’s first interaction with your
  website, and ultimately may determine the click through rate from visitors coming from search engines.
• Use internal search to expand your keyword targeting on search engines and to give customers what they
  are looking for. Optimizing SEO by measuring the success of keywords bringing traffic to the website is
  great, but by doing that you lose a precious source of keywords your customers are typing in your website,
  i.e. your internal site search. This is what they are really looking for, and you should check if you are
  targeting those keywords.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY

• URL Names – include relevant keywords – unique to each page.
• Robots.txt – A file which permits or denies access to robots or crawlers to areas of your site.
• Navigation Structure – Keep it simple.
• Meta Tags – Title and Description. – Unique detail for each page, related to page content.
• H1 Tags – Use for the short on page content description.
• H2 and H3 Tags- Use for Headings for sub category’s within the Content
• Page Content – Critical Component.
• Keyword Visibility – Within page Content.
• Image Alt Tags – Helps with Accessibility.
• Privacy Policy – Assures trust and confidentiality.
• The site should confirm to the W3C standards.
• Create and submit sitemap’s – formatted in either .xml -.htm – .txt.
• Create and submit RSS feeds to relevant feed directory’s
• Create and submit Articles
• Find relevant websites within the same market sector or niche and form a link partnership.
• Submit your website to relevant or industry related directory’s.
• A link exchange should be formed by utilising relevant keyword Anchor Text.
• Utilise relevant Social Networks and Forums related to your Market Sector.
• Utilise Blog sites relevant to your Market Sector.

SEO WORKS IN BRIEF:

• Pre-optimization analysis of search engine readability, search engine saturation, domain name age and
  reputability

• Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI) research
• Competitive analysis (includes SEO analysis of competitors’ websites and comparing their SEO features
  with yours) upon request
• Site code enhancement (increasing keyword density, optimizing Meta tags, titles and other HTML elements
  such as alt-tags, etc)
• URL optimization – making your urls search engine friendly
• Manual submission to all major directories and search engines (if necessary)
• XML and HTML sitemaps, robots.txt and robots Meta tags. Ensuring full website crawl ability and
  synchronization of website structure and content updates with major search engines upon request
• Submission to Google Base, data feed updates, optimization upon request upon request
• Local search marketing – submission to Google Local, Yahoo Local, Super pages, Yellow pages,
  CitySearch and more. Local search optimization. Upon request upon request upon request
• Article submission, website reviews, blog advertising (blogvertising), and social book marking
• Featured listings in hand-picked online directories upon request upon request upon request

ONLINE MARKETING

SEO STRATEGIES & SYSTEMATIC SEO

SEO = ON PAGE OPTIMIZATION + LINK BUILDING + QUALITY CONTENT &

SERVICES

SEO – INTRODUCTION
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
IMPROVES TRAFFIC / INCREASES VISITORS
OPTIMIZING OUR WEBSITE SEARCH ENGINE FRIENDLY
ZERO SEO
PRE-ANALYSIS REPORT
PROPMOTIONAL ARTICLES
PROFESSIONAL VIDEO
MAKE YOUR WEBSITE READY
KEEP YOUR KEYWORDS & TAGS READY
SEO – DAY 1
SITE SUBMISSION (Google, yahoo, bing, ask)
YMAIL & GMAIL
BLOGSPOT & WORDPRESS
TWITTER
SMS CHANNEL
GOOGLE SITE
LOCAL BUSINESS
SEO – WHILE IN PROGRESS
SEO UPDATIONS – LINK BUILDING + PROMOTIONAL EMAILS & SMS + OTHER
ONLINE CAMPAIGNS & SEO REPORT
SEO – SUCCESS SCORE
ANALYTICS
WEBMASTER
ALEXA
GRADER.COM
SEO ADD-ONS
BASIC SEO TIPS
TRY TO USE COMMON USER NAME
TRY TO USE COMMON EMAIL ADDRESS (COMPANY)
TRY TO USE COMMON PASSWORD (ALPHA-NUMERIC)
ON-PAGE OPTIMIZATION
CONTENT REVIEW
META TAG OPTIMIZATION
URL+CSS+FEED VALIDATION (w3 standards)
0FF-PAGE OPTIMIZATION
LINK BUILDING
OTHER ONLINE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS
LINK BUILDING – HAS NO LIMIT
ARTICLE SUBMISSION
POST CLASSIFIEDS
FORUM & GROUP DISCUSSION
Q & A WEBSITES
BLOGS & COMMENTS
EXCHANGE LINKS
PRESS RELEASE
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
ADVERTISE ON ROI WEBSITES
IMPORTANT DIRECTORIES
INDEPTH SEO
RSS FEEDS
ROBOTS.TXT
WEBSITE OPTIMIZER
KEYWORD DENSITY
SEO TEAM
SEO TEAM HEAD
WEB DEVELOPER
CONTENT WRITER
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
UPDATE WORKS
KEYWORD RESULTS
ONPAGE OPTIMIZATION
LINK BUILDING
CONTENT (KEYWORD DENSITY)
DOMAIN NAME
HITS/TRAFFIC
CONVERSION FORM
DOMAIN AGE
SEO FOOTNOTE STANDARDS
W3 STANDARDS
SEO ANGLE
STATIC & DYNAMIC SITES
CONTENT ORIENTED SITES
BUSSINESS – LEADS
APPLICATION ORIENTED
E-COMMERCE SITES
CLISSIFIEDS & REGULARLY UPDATING SITES
Back Up
Take a back up of your website.
Take a back up of your webmaster.
Take a back up of analytics.
Page Rank
Increase the number of pages.
Domain Age.
Freshness of the Content.
Inbound-Outbound Links.
Web Server & IP Address.
Speed & Load Time.
Domain Extension.

Website Visibility

On Page Optimization – SEO Basics

On page optimization is one of the very first step of SEO which every webmaster should look into.

CHAPTER: 1

OPTIMIZE THE TITLE AND META TAGS

Sample Title and Meta Tags Optimization

<title> googlecasestudy.com – get your free seo report </title>
<meta name="Description" content="get your free seo report from google case study, google case study, selvabalaji,
seo chennai" />
<meta name="Keywords" content="get your free seo report from google case study, google case study, selvabalaji,
seo chennai" />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
<meta name="revisit-after" content="7" />
<meta name="author" content="selvabalaji" />

Refer : http://www.searchenginejournal.com/on-page-optimization-a-complete-walkthrough/6746/

Protect Your WordPress Site!

How Vulnerable Is WordPress to Hackers?

WordPress makes managing, updating and changing your blog incredibly simple – and that’s only one reason why millions of people are using it today. Due to this popularity, the platform was recently put under attack by hackers using a “botnet” strategy to take down numerous sites. This botnet attack was a large scale DDOS (direct denial of service) attack that crippled thousands of sites and put their data at risk.

Before you panic and switch your blog management software, there are a few things you need to know first. The good news is—you don’t need to stop using WordPress—you just need to be a little smarter when it comes to using it.

Why Is WordPress Vulnerable?

WordPress is easily one of the most popular blog management tools in existence and that means that it’s also a favorite of hackers. It’s unfortunately relatively easy to crack into a WordPress site due to the defaults such as the user name, that the software picks and site owners don’t change. There’s nothing inherently wrong with WordPress however, it’s simply a matter of being aware and taking the appropriate measures to secure your site.

How to Protect Your WordPress Site

Luckily, it’s pretty easy to secure your WordPress site. The first step is to make sure you’re using a more complicated password that includes letters, numbers and characters and that you are changing it often. Instead of using the “admin” default log-in, change your username to something more obscure. You can also take advantage of the “dual stage” log-in that WordPress offers to further secure your data and prevent most brute force or DDOS attacks.

It’s also important to keep your WordPress version updated and lastly, consider installing a security plug-in that will help create yet another layer of defense to keep your data safe.

Personally, I have found that blue-host does an excellent job with word press sites.

For more information please click here

http://www.bluehost.com/track/bluehostusa

 

WordPress 3.5.2 Security Release

WordPress security team resolved seven security issues, and this release also contains some additional security hardening.

This is the second maintenance release of 3.5, fixing 12 bugs.

Go to your Dashboard » Updates and do it with 1 click.

The security fixes included:

• Blocking server-side request forgery attacks, which could potentially enable an attacker to gain access to a site.
• Disallow contributors from improperly publishing posts, reported by Konstantin Kovshenin, or reassigning the post’s authorship, reported by Luke Bryan.
• An update to the SWFUpload external library to fix cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Reported by mala and Szymon Gruszecki.
• Prevention of a denial of service attack, affecting sites using password-protected posts.
• An update to an external TinyMCE library to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Reported by Wan Ikram.
• Multiple fixes for cross-site scripting. Reported by Andrea Santese and Rodrigo.
• Avoid disclosing a full file path when a upload fails. Reported by Jakub Galczyk.

Download WordPress 3.5.2 or update now from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.

DEVELOPERS : If you are testing WordPress 3.6, please note thatWordPress 3.6 Beta 4 (zip) includes fixes for these security issues.Download WordPress 3.6

 

Facebook introduces video on Instagram

NEW YORK: Facebook is adding video to its popular photo-sharing app Instagram, following in the heels of Twitter’s growing video-sharing app, Vine.

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said on Thursday that users will be able to record and share 15-second clips by tapping a video icon in the app. They can also apply filters to videos to add contrast, make them black and white or different hues.

“This is the same Instagram we all know and love but it moves,” he said at an event held at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

Vine, which launched in January, has 13 million users and lets people create and share 6-second video clips. Instagram has 100 million users, up from 20 million when Facebook bought the company more than a year ago. If users like it, Facebook’s move could propel mobile video sharing into the mainstream.

To use the video feature, Instagram users can tap on the same camera icon they use to snap photos. A new video camera icon will appear on the right side. Tap it and a screen with a red video button will let you record clips of sunsets, kids running in parks or co-workers staring at their computer screens.

The app will record as long as your finger is on the red button or for 15 seconds, whichever comes first. Not unlike Vine, taking your finger off the button will stop the recording, allowing you to shoot the scene from a different angle or record something else altogether. Once you have 15 seconds of footage, you can play it from the beginning and post it on Instagram to share with others.

Given Vine’s popularity, “it is perhaps more surprising that Facebook has not introduced video for Instagram sooner. There is no doubt Twitter will move quickly to up the ante on Vine and this could undercut Facebook’s efforts with video on Instagram,” said Eden Zoller, principal consumer analyst at Ovum, a technology research firm.

Step-by-Step guide to Facebook Conversion Tracking

Step 1: Once you log in to your ‘Ads Manager’ tab, click on the Conversion Tracking button on the left side bar.

Step 2: Then click on the ‘Create Conversion Pixel’ tab to begin the process.

Step 3: You will be directed to this pop-up, which will ask you for a:

1. Name: An appropriate name will help you remember what you are tracking. (Example: Lead Generation – GATE Ad)

2. Category: This will help you decide the type of action that you want to track on your site. You can choose from the following:

1. Checkouts

2. Registrations

3. Leads

4. Key Page Views

5. Adds to Cart

6. Other Website Conversions

(For the purpose of this example, we have selected ‘Leads’).

Step 4: You will be able to see a pop-up window with a JavaScript code. This is the code that you will have to add to the page where the conversion will happen. This will let you track the conversions back to ads which you are running on Facebook.

The code should be placed on the page that a user will finally see when the transaction is complete.

Here is the tricky part. The code should not go on all pages. For that matter, it should not even go to the landing page of your product. The code should be placed on the page that a user will finally see when the transaction is complete.

For Example: If you want to track when students register for your GATE coaching, paste the code on the registration confirmation page/thank you page and not on the form that they need to submit.

How do you confirm that your conversion is working properly?

1. Check that the javascript snippet has been placed on the correct conversion page. Visit the page where the pixel has been embedded, right click and go to ‘View Page Source’ to find the pixel. The code should have the tag of the HTML. See image below.

2. Check that Facebook is receiving the conversion events from your website. Go to the conversion tracking tab in your Ads Manager account. There you will see a list of the conversion tracking pixels that you have created. If the conversion tracking pixel has been successfully implemented and a conversion event has been recorded, it will be reflected in the Pixel Status column. If the status shows active, it means that the page which contains the pixel has been viewed by users. If it shows inactive, it means that over the last 24 hours, the page with the pixel has not been viewed.

3.Later, when you  create your Facebook ad , you need to check the track conversions box under the campaign, pricing and schedule tab to enable tracking.

How to create Facebook Ads in 8 Steps

Like Facebook says it, “Over 1 billion people. We’ll help you reach the right ones.”

The ultimate goal for any marketer/business owner is to convert his leads into customers. However, for leads to convert, you need to get hold of them first, right? Running ads on social media biggie, Facebook is a time tested approach to grab attention and get more leads for your business.

There are multiple ways to run ads/promoted posts on Facebook. Today, I will discuss how to create Facebook ads in 8 simple steps. Let us take the example of a GATE coaching institute trying to capture student leads through Facebook. For those of you who don’t know, GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, and is an all India examination for Engineering in MSc, MTech and PhD programmes. (This article is relevant for Facebook beginners).

Here is how to create Facebook ads

Step 1 – Logging into Facebook

Log into your Facebook account using your personal or business profile and go to the ‘Advertise’ page. You will get this in the drop down menu next to the settings button on your home page.

Step 2 – Start Creating Your Ad

You will be led to this page as shown below. Click on the “Create an Ad” tab to begin the process of creating an ad for Facebook.

Step 3 – Select Facebook Page/Landing Page to Promote 

The words, ‘What do you want to advertise?’ in the next section are pretty much comprehensible. This is where you choose the place, page, app or event that you would like to promote. For example: Here we are advertising a page which is dedicated toward GATE coaching.You can also add your own URL or landing page. Check out how you can create a Facebook Landing Page for lead capture.

Step 4 – Set the Ad Objective

Your next step is named, ‘What would you like to do?’ Here you can choose to:

1. Get more page likes: Drive more Facebook users to your ad/page.
2. Promote page posts: Promote a particular post out of all the posts that you have made on your page, ex. a blog post, picture etc. This will not only enhance your reach, but also your chances to be placed in news feeds – the center column of your home page.
3. See advanced options: Drive traffic to your website. You can configure your advanced creative and pricing options. This is so intricate that you can also bid for the number of clicks on a particular post. (Remember, each category is different and offers different features to help you target your audience better.)

Since our main goal here is to collect leads and get better control over our ads, we will opt for the ‘See Advanced Options’. 

Step 5 – Create the Ad copy 

You begin designing ‘Your ad’ here. FB ads are simple, comprising 25 character headline and a 90 character description. You can also add a thumbnail photograph measuring 100 pixels x 72 pixels here. Make sure to keep it very relevant for your audience. For instance, if you are a GATE institute, this would be a good ad copy:

Looking for Best Coaching for GATE? Join Now – 1 Week Free Trial Period!

You can then set the landing page of the ad. For instance, you can choose to land the visitors on your Facebook Page’s timeline, or a lead capture page (when you are aiming at lead capture, it is recommended that you set a landing page, instead of directing people to the timeline). Here’s how you can create one and the image on your right shows how your ad will look.

*Do go through these guidelines before you create your ad copy.*

Step 6 – Choose your Audience

Next, you narrow down your target audience under the ‘Choose your audience’ category. Before we begin, in the image shown below, see the number of people under ‘Audience’ section before the filters have been set.

This is the most important step, as this is where you choose your perfect target.

1. Location: You can micro target by location (state/city/zip code). Ex: Students on Facebook giving GATE ‘14 exams will be India specific only. If you are a physical institute based in Bangalore, you might want to choose by city: Bangalore, Nelamangala, Hosur etc.
2. Age: You can also target by age. Ex: GATE will mostly include students who have completed/ pursuing their B.Tech – 22-24 years.
3. Gender: You can also choose gender, based on the kind of ad you are advertising. Here, since we are talking about exam specific ads, gender will be categorized as ‘All’.
4. Precise Interests: Under the ‘Precise Interests’ section, you can choose interests that you are looking for in your target audience. In this case, your interests can be Engineering, IIT, studies etc. Once you have entered precise interest, you don’t have to choose the broader interest.

If you have opted for the ‘Advanced options’ under the ad category, you can also detail down to relationship status, languages spoken, college attended and workplace.  By the process of trial and error, you can boil down your audience from a whopping 167 million users in the US to as few as 1 lakh people in India or a particular city.

Now, take a look at the image shown below which shows the targeted audience once the filters have been set.

Step 7 – Campaign Pricing and Schedule Options

This step is ‘Campaign, Pricing and Schedule’ for your Facebook ad.

1. Choose the currency, country and time zone in which you are placing your ad.
2. The ‘New Campaign Name’ should be distinct and definite.
3. Next, choose how much you are willing to spend for your ad campaign. You can choose from a daily budget or a lump sum amount that you will spend for as long as the ad runs. (Payments on Facebook are either pay-per-click – you pay every time someone clicks your ad or per thousand impressions – you pay every time 1000 people see your ad.) We have opted for the Pay-per-click payment service.

Step 8 – Review your Ad

Once you ‘Review your ad’, you will be able to see the details of your ads that you have fed and how your ad will look. Next, you will be prompted to make payments for your ad. You can use a credit/debit card, PayPal or Facebook ad coupon.

Facebook will hold your ad for review for a minimum of 24 hours. Your ad will either appear in news feeds or in the right column of any page in search results.Later, you can use the ‘Ads Manager tool’ to keep track of your ads’ progress.

So, this is how to create a Facebook ad: Basic News-feed ad. Be creative, think outside the box and you are good to go. For further queries, please do visit Facebook’s Help Centre or leave us a comment and we will get back to you ASAP.

 

PHP Innovation Award Winner of 2012

The PHP Programming Innovation Award Winner of 2012 was announced. An interview with the winner, Karl Holz from Canada, was one of the main topics of the episode 33 of the Lately in PHP podcast conducted by Manuel Lemos and Ernani Joppert.

They also discussed the usual batch of PHP topics of interest like Zend Optimizer+ source code that was released, the PHP 5.5 feature freeze and roadmap, as well an article that compares PHP to an Hobbit, as well other languages to Lord Of The Rings story characters.

Listen to the podcast, or watch the podcast video, or read the transcript to learn about these and other interesting PHP topics.

WordPress Tips and Tricks

I have some Wp tips and tricks

• When you do a return in a post or page, you always get a double space. If you want it single, simply press on your keyboard.
• Creating a powerful password for your admin login is the first step in making your site more secure. The second is to change that password monthly.
• To get your readers to click through to your full post, stop it at exactly the spot where they will be most curious to read the next sentence. Every post has such a spot (or it should). To take advantage, stop the post there and insert the “read more” tag.
• If you have unused plugins or themes installed, and have not activated, delete them. This greatly beefs up site security.
• If you are looking for a WordPress developer to create your site, your first question should be: “Do you know php?” If they claim to be a developer (not a designer), but their answer is no,  run!
• Don’t use a widget because it’s cool and shiny. Use it because it is useful to your reader.
• Whether it’s your WordPress blog or website, make sure that people are able to contact you. Don’t hide your contact info in size two font in the footer of the page. Make a separate, highly visible contact page.
• Remember, it’s WordPress. Capital W, capital P, no space between. If you land on a site and they call themselves a WordPress expert, but spell the name wrong, beware.
• When inserting a photo into your post or page, don’t forget the alt (alternate) tag. This is what Google looks for when it’s indexing images on the web and the big G doesn’t like a site with alt tags missing.
• If you have chosen to block search engines in your privacy setting during the construction of your blog or website, remember to turn it back on when you go live. Because that little sucker blocks them good.
• Keeping your plugins up-to-date is just as important as keeping your WordPress version up-to-date.
• Do you want to change your homepage to a static page rather than your blog? Can’t figure out what to do? Create a page for your homepage and one for your blog. Then go to settings >reading and change the settings on the “front page displays.”
• If you are self-hosted, back up your database and all your files regularly. Hear that? Back up, back up!
• Think about the theme you choose for your blog or website. Does it meet all your needs? Does it allow your site to grow as your business grows? Because if you decide to switch themes down the road, chances are it’s not a simple one-click process.
• If you fly off the handle or rant in a blog post, remember, the moment you hit that publish button, it appears on the web and to your RSS subscribers. If you are angry when you write a post, it’s always best to save it as a draft and revisit it later for one last look.
• Use a photo to provoke emotions in your blog post. Not only will you attract more readers, but they will remember your content longer.
• If you have only one row of tools when you are creating a page or post, simply click on the far right button, “show kitchen sink,” and you will get a whole second row of tools.
• If you are still using the default “admin” for your user name, it’s time to get rid of it. Create a new one, then delete the old one, assigning all posts and pages to your new user name. Otherwise you are giving hackers 50% of your login info.
• If you cannot find an option on your edit post or page window, check the tab “screen options” in the upper right corner. That feature may be hidden.
• To expand your editor window, grab the lower right, ridged corner and drag it.
• Be careful when you underline text. Readers still have a habit of thinking any underlined text is a link.
• Remember to turn off your comments on static pages. No one wants to comment on your about or contact page.
• Remove or replace the default blog tagline under your general settings. Otherwise, people will see that generic message that says, “Just Another WordPress Site.”
• And lastly, don’t be taken in by over-promises.  Like most worthwhile things, WordPress has a learning curve.

PHP Image and Audio Upload Function

Function in PHP to upload an image and audio to the MYSQL database and move the uploaded file:

//fileUpload(“location of file”,”table”,”file_name_in_table”,”condition1″,”condition2″,”file type”)

function fileUpload($location,$table,$name,$condition1,$condition2,$T)
{
//image upload
if($T == “I”) :
$new_name = time(). “-”. $_FILES["image"]["name"] ;
$target = $location. $new_name ;

if ((($_FILES["image"]["type"] == “image/gif”) || 
($_FILES["image"]["type"] == “image/png”) || 
($_FILES["image"]["type"] == “image/jpeg”) || 
($_FILES["image"]["type"] == “image/pjpeg”)))
{ $err = 0; }

else { $err = 2; $_SESSION['errorMessage'] = “Invalid file format!!”; }

if (file_exists($target)) { $err = 1; $_SESSION['errorMessage'] =
 “Filename already exists!!”; }

if($err!= 1 && $err!=2) {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["image"]["tmp_name"], $target);
mysql_query(“UPDATE $table SET $name = ‘$new_name’ WHERE 
$condition1=’$condition2′ “) or die(‘Upload error’.mysql_error());
$_SESSION['addMessage'] = “Action succesfully!!”;
}

endif;

//audio upload
if($T== “A”) :

$new_name = time(). “-”. $_FILES["audio"]["name"] ;
$target = $location. $new_name ;

if ((($_FILES["audio"]["type"] == “image/gif”) || 
($_FILES["audio"]["type"] == “image/png”) ||
 ($_FILES["audio"]["type"] == “image/jpeg”) || 
($_FILES["audio"]["type"] == “image/pjpeg”)))
{ $err = 0; }

else { $err = 2; $_SESSION['errorMessage'] = “Invalid file format!!”; }

if (file_exists($target)) { $err = 1; 
$_SESSION['errorMessage'] = “Filename already exists!!”; }

if($err!= 1 && $err!=2) {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["audio"]["tmp_name"], $target);
mysql_query(“UPDATE $table SET $name = ‘$new_name’ 
WHERE $condition1=’$condition2′ “) or die(‘Upload error’.mysql_error());
}

endif;

}

Upload Cover Photo to Facebook via PHP

Here is a tutorial to upload a Cover Photo on Facebook via PHP. We will need Facebook Application ID and Secret, and Facebook files from Github.com then upload to your web space only the src  folder. Now create a file called upload.php and upload it to your web space. Open upload.php with notepad and add this code:

<?php
 
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
 error_reporting(E_ALL);

 require 'src/facebook.php';

 $facebook = new Facebook(array(
 'appId' => "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", //Facebook App ID
 'secret' => "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", // Facebook App Secret
 "cookie" => true,
 'fileUpload' => true
 ));

 $user_id = $facebook->getUser();

 if($user_id == 0 || $user_id == "")
 {
 $login_url = $facebook->getLoginUrl(array(
 'redirect_uri' => 'https://selvabalaji.wordpress.com/upload.php?cover='.$_GET['cover'].'', // Replace with your site url
 'scope' => "publish_stream,user_photos"));

 echo "<script type='text/javascript'>top.location.href = '$login_url';</script>";
 exit();
 }

 //get user album
 $albums = $facebook->api("/me/albums");
 $album_id = ""; 
 foreach($albums["data"] as $item){
 if($item["type"] == "cover_photo"){
 $album_id = $item["id"];
 break;
 }
 }

 //set timeline cover atributes 
 $full_image_path = realpath($_GET['cover']);
 $args = array('message' => 'Uploaded from hhttps://selvabalaji.wordpress.com/');
 $args['image'] = '@' . $full_image_path;

 //upload cover photo to Facebook
 $data = $facebook->api("/me/photos", 'post', $args);
 $picture = $facebook->api('/'.$data['id']);

 $fb_image_link = 'http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?preview_cover='.$data['id'].''; //redirect to uploaded facebook cover and change it
 echo "<script type='text/javascript'>top.location.href = '$fb_image_link';</script>";
?>

Now that just type in the URL of your site followed by the name of the image file and you’re done!
Example : http://yoursitename.com/upload.php?cover=selvabalaji.gif

Today – WordPress New Version 3.5 Released

On December 11, 2012, WordPress Version 3.5, named for jazz drummer Elvin Jones, was released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the WordPress Blog, and see the Changelog for 3.5. 

 

Highlights

• New Media Manager
  • Beautiful interface: A streamlined, all-new experience
  • Create galleries faster with drag-and-drop reordering, inline caption editing, and simplified controls
  • Insert multiple images at once with Shift/Ctrl+click

• New Default Theme – Twenty Twelve
  • Simple, flexible, elegant
  • Mobile-first, responsive design
  • Gorgeous Open Sans typeface
  • Uses the latest Theme Features

• Admin Enhancements
  • New Welcome Screen
  • Retina-Ready (HiDPI) Admin
  • Hide Link Manager for new installs
  • Better accessibility for screenreaders, touch devices, and keyboard users
  • More polish on admin screens, including a new color picker

• For Developers
  • WP_Comment_Query and WP_User_Query accept now meta queries just like WP_Query
  • Meta queries now support querying for objects without a particular meta key
  • Post objects are now instances of a WP_Post class, which improves performance and caching
  • Multisite’s switch_to_blog() is now significantly faster and more reliable
  • WordPress has added the Underscore and Backbone JavaScript libraries
  • TinyMCE, jQuery, jQuery UI, and SimplePie have all been updated to the latest versions
  • Image Editing API for cropping, scaling, etc., that uses ImageMagick as well as GD
  • XML-RPC: Now always enabled and supports fetching users, managing post revisions, searching
  • New “show_admin_column” parameter for register_taxonomy() allows automatic creation of taxonomy columns on associated post-types.

What’s New

Dashboard

• Switch to prompt text in QuickPress to accommodate longer translated input labels
• Button styles updated throughout Dashboard to more modern, rectangular shape
• Help Text improvements throughout

Posts

• Rename the “HTML” editor tab to “Text”
• Prevent child categories from being visually promoted to the top level after Quick Edit

Media

• Add oEmbed suport for SoundCloud.com, SlideShare.net, and Instagram.com
• New Media Manager: Insert multiple galleries per post and independently order images

Accessibility

• Add visible focus within admin screens for better accessibility.
• Add “Skip to content” link to all screens in the admin.
• Add “Skip to toolbar” accessibility shortcut in the admin.
• Add ability to log out of user account without mouse input.
• Add “tab out” of the plugins and themes editors textareas.

Links

• Link Manager is hidden for new installs and for any existing installs that have no links (all sites with existing links are left as is). This can be restored with Link Manager Plugin
• Display links in widget if no link categories

Appearance

• Widgets menu is hidden if your theme hasn’t defined any sidebars
• Improve display of available custom headers with jQuery Masonry

Plugins

• Plugins favorited on WordPress.org can be viewed per user and directly installed from within the Dashboard. (Marking plugins as favorite on WordPress.Org)

Users

• Display name defaults to first name and last name for new users
• Force the user to explicitly choose between content deletion and reassignment when deleting users

Settings

• Remove Settings Privacy Screen and relocate Search Engine Visibility option to Settings Reading Screen
• Remove oEmbed options from the Settings Media Screen. Width adheres to theme’s content width, height is 1.5 times width
• Enable XML-RPC by default, remove Writing Settings option
• Remove AtomPub from core, can be re-enabled with a plugin
• Hide charset option in Settings Reading Screen in new installs, default to UTF-8

Multisite

• Multisite installs now work with WordPress in a subdirectory
• Turn off ms-files.php by default
• File quotas disabled by default on new installs 

Related articles

• WordPress 3.5 at the Horizon (wpzoom.com)
• 15 Useful, Little-Known WordPress Plugins to Add to Your Collection | RYP Marketing (rypmarketing.com)
• 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 3.5 (technosailor.com)
• WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” Released (wordpress.org)
• WordPress 3.5 brings new photo flow, mobile-first default theme, and Retina support (thenextweb.com)
• WordPress Reaches 3.5, Rides The Coltrane (thepowerbase.com)
• WordPress 3.5 Released (sucuri.net)
• WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” Launches With A Completely New Media Manager, Retina Support, Responsive Default Theme (techcrunch.com)
• WordPress releases latest WP version [WordPress 5.0] – [WordPress News] (bloggingmatters.net)

 

Today RAJINI’S BIRTHDAY 12-12-12

English: Rajinikanth at the audio release of Enthiran (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Superstar Rajinikanth celebrates his 60th birthday today and he will be spending the day with his family. Rajini’s birthday is no less than a festival for his fans the world over.

It is reported that his family and close friends have organized a Shashitabadapoorthi puja (60th birthday celebrations) at the famous Tirukkadiyur temple near Tiruchi. However, it should come to no one’s surprise that Rajini’s fans will be lining up for special poojas and welfare activities for their favourite idol.

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was on December 12, 1949 and had very humble beginnings. He served as a ticket collector in a local shuttle bus in Bangalore when he was discovered by the legendary K. Balachander who renamed him Rajinikanth.

The year has been exceptional for Rajini. Breaking all box office records Endhiran has emerged as the biggest hit ever. There have also been two new additions to his family. Daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth, who is married to actor Dhanush gave birth to a baby boy and his other daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth got married to industrialist Ashwin Kumar.

selvabalaji.wordpress.com  wishes Rajinikanth a very happy birthday!

Related articles

• SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH – For the Day We Were Waiting 12.12.12 (ktrmurali.wordpress.com)
• Super Star is his First Name: Happy Birthday Rajinikanth (kanaamedia.com)
• ‘Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography’ released next week (digitalspy.co.uk)
• It was a small role, but people would remember him (thehindu.com)
• Thumbing through the superstar’s life (thehindu.com)

 

Watch Thuppakki Movie Online HQ (youtube)

Vijay’s Thuppaki Review – First Day First Show Report

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One of the key reasons for Thuppaki’s sky high expectations is because the movie marks the beginning of Vijay’s strategy to working with top rung directors (barring Shankar’s Nanban which was a faithful remake of 3 Idiots). This is probably the best line-up of crew members and technicians for a Vijay movie. On the casting side, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut, Sathyan, Jayaram have provided the required support for Vijay to showcase his talent.  Does the script keep you engaged throughout the running time of 2 hour 45 minutes? Will Thuppaki uplift the festive mood this Diwali? Definitely, Yes.

The story opens in Mumbai with a bomb blast in a public bus. Jagdish (Vijay) is on a mission to find the terrorist gang and people behind the blast. There are twists and unexpected turns along the way. The story has enough ammo to fire up Vijay’s fan base.

Thuppakki is Vijay; Vijay is Thuppakki

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Vijay has carried the movie from start to finish with his self-assured confidence and trade-mark style. The script makes frequent switch-overs from intense sleeper cell scenes to commercial love/comedy scenes. Vijay was able to make some bumpy transitions look convincing with his acting abilities. As always, Vijay dances effortlessly and comedy comes to him naturally. Vijay’s costumes, pleasant looks and mischievous expressions will surely win him more female fans. Vijay looks fit and younger in his toned muscular physique.

Story, Direction and Screenplay

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AR Murugadoss’ engaging story is narrated in gray tones balanced with commercially colourful compromises. The movie may have minor similarities to Ramana which has worked out well again. Murugadoss has done his homework by consulting ex-CBI chief Karthikeyan and the details are blended in nicely while dumbing it down for audience. AR Murugadoss has intentionally slowed down the pacing and narration in critical scenes (e.g., Hospital security chief conversation in the terrace) to get the message across. The dialogues about common people’s (un)willingness to put their life at risk to fight terrorism are well written and delivered by Vijay. Also, the hero putting his sister in a high-risk operation provides the impetus and emotional connect with the audience.

It is interesting to note that the villain (Vidyut) tracks down the hero instead of other way around, which is usually seen. Another aspect which is told subtlely is Vijay’s undercover act passing off as a common man similar to the way terrorist sleeper cells operate. Vijay’s exterminating the sleeper cell operations in Mumbai is not revealed to his lover, family or others (except his cop friend Sathyan). This aspect could have been underlined a bit for additional impact and stronger appreciation for Jagdish’s character.

The love/comedy scenes and songs definitely stick out like sore thumb since they are not integrated well with the story line. It is understandable why AR Murugadoss had to make these compromises. We are pointing this out without really complaining since such intrusions have become essential to satisfy the fan base and common audience with diverse set of expectations.

Highlights 

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• Stylish portrayal of Vijay in anti-terrorism operations have a perfect closure with mass elements. For instance, scenes such as simultaneous execution of 12-for-12 sleeper cell killings at precisely the same minute, sister rescue scenes with sniffer dog, and the final scene where he symbolically blows up the ship with his hand gesture and subsequent punch dialogue before villain killing are sure treats for fans.
• AR Murugadoss seems to have taken a tip from his association with Aamir Khan in Ghajini Hindi remake. Upon Aamir’s insistence, some emotional scenes involving Asin’s memory were added after climax action sequences in Hindi version. AR Murugadoss has used similar finish in Thuppakki giving a nice emotional touch and meaning to the movie by extolling the virtues of army.
• Kajal has done her role exceptionally well in perking up the lighter moments with her expressions, dance moves in songs and chirpy love scenes laced with humour. Kajal has good scope in both “Antarctica” song (interesting concept) and “Alaika Laika” (showcasing her dance moves). Kajal’s presence enlivens the scenes and songs for people looking for relief from action scenes.
• Santhosh Sivan‘s Cinematography and Sreekar Prasad‘s editing keep the narration tight despite relatively long running time. The candid capture of Mumbai adds to the style and character of the city. Santosh’s fast working style is critical to the successful shooting of scenes in real locations in Mumbai. Harris scores big in the final minutes with his song (“Poi Varavaa“) dedicated to army jawans which is sure to leave a lump in your throat. Harris’ BGM keeps up the pace and makes the operations look convincing with his theme track.

What could have been better?

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• Song picturizations look low-budget. Almost 4 out of 5 songs solely rely on Vijay’s dance moves, which gets a bit repetitive for general public. AR Murugadoss and Santhosh Sivan have pulled out some of the old tricks of picturizing the songs in big stadiums, by using bright incandescent lights in the background to make it look richer. Vijay’s introduction song “Kutti Puli Kootam” and opening fight scenes are speed breakers right after the word “go”.
• Screenplay could have been tighter. Even though the individual scenes were riveting, the bigger purpose required to latch the audience interest lacks full conviction. The objective of killing the head of sleeper-cell (Vidyut) lacks macro-connection resulting in lack of depth for Vijay vs Vidyut’s clash. Some of the lengthy climax fight sequences in the ship could have been trimmed. The final 10+ minutes of man-to-man combat scenes with Vidyut led to some chatter among audience.

Bottomline

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With right promotions and word of mouth reaching out to neutral and family audience, Thuppakki is well positioned to get tagged along with Ghilli and  Pokiri.

Reviewer Rating – 

 

MySQL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This article teaches you how to create pagination like twitter using jquery, PHP and MySQL. The content can be loaded at the end of old content when we scroll the page. Your can create your own pagination after completing this article. It is very easy to implement, you can just copy and paste the code. Please follow the steps given below to create your won pagination style.

1. Create table in MySQL using following query statement

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `job`  (  `job_id` INT(11) NOT 
 NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    `job_name` INT(11) NOT NULL, 
 PRIMARY KEY (`job_id`)  )
 ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

2. Create database connection file ie connection.php

$DB_Username = "root";
  $DB_Password = "";
 $DB_DATABASE = "database_name";
 $DB_HOST     = "localhost";
  $Connect = @mysql_connect($DB_HOST, $DB_Username, $DB_Password)
 or die("Couldn't connect to MySQL:
" . mysql_error() . "
" . mysql_errno());
//select database 
$Db = @mysql_select_db($DB_DATABASE, $Connect)
 or die("Couldn't select database:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());

3. Create index.php where you can write following codes

<?php
/*
Author: selvaBalaji
Email:selvabalaji@gmail.com
Date: oct 26 2012
*/
include(“connection.php”);
if(isset($_GET[‘lastID’]) && is_numeric($_GET[‘lastID’]))
$lastID =intval($_GET[‘lastID’]);
if(!isset($_GET[‘lastID’]))
{
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”&gt;
<head>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js”&gt;
</script>
<style>
#loader {
border:1px solid #ccc;
padding:10px;
margin:10px 0 0 0;
text-align:center;
}
.contentpane{}
.rowHolder{
border:1px solid #ccc;
padding:10px;
margin:10px 0 0 0;
}
</style>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(document).ready(function(){
function lastRecord()
{
$(‘div#loader’).html(‘<img src=”loader.gif” alt=”Loading…”>’);
$.post(“index.php?lastID=”+$(“.contentpane table tr:last”).attr(“id”),
function(data){
if (data != “”) {
$(“.contentpane table tr:last”).after(data);
}
$(‘div#loader’).empty();
});
};
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ($(window).scrollTop() == $(document).height() – $(window).height()){
lastRecord();
}
});

});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Pagination </h1>
<p class=”hr” style=”padding:2px 0 2px 0;”></p>
<div class=”contentpane”>
<table width=”100%” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>
<?php
$sql=”SELECT * FROM job ORDER BY job_id DESC limit 30″;
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$lastID = $record[‘job_id’];
?>
<tr id=”<?php echo $record[‘job_id’];?>”>
<td><div class=”rowHolder”><?php echo $record[‘job_name’];?></div></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
</div>
<div id=”loader”></div>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}
else
{
$sql=”SELECT * FROM job WHERE job_id < $lastID
ORDER BY job_id DESC LIMIT 3″;
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<tr id=”<?php echo $record[‘job_id’];?>”>
<td><div class=”rowHolder”><?php echo $record[‘job_name’];?></div></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
?>

 

Login with Google Account OAuth

We covered almost all the Open Authentication (OAuth) login systems for Facebook, Twitter, Google plus and Instagram, but unfortunately I missed most important Goolge Open Authentication login. Today I want explain how to implement this for your web project, this script is very quick and sure it helps you to increase your web project registrations.

Database
Sample database design

CREATE TABLE users
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
email VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE,
fullname VARCHAR(100),
firstname VARCHAR(50),
lastname VARCHAR(50),
google_id VARCHAR(50),
gender VARCHAR(10),
dob VARCHAR(15),
profile_image TEXT,
gpluslink TEXT
)

Step 1: Domain Registration
Add or register your domain at click here.

Step 2: Ownership verification
Verify your domain ownership with HTML file upload or including META tag.

Step 3: OAuth Keys
Google will provide you OAuth consumer key and OAuth consumer secret key.

Step 4: Google APIConsole
Create client ID OAuth Console here.

Step 5:
Create client ID.

Step 6
Here the application OAuth client ID and client secret.

config.php

You can find this in srcfolder, here you have to configure application OAuth keys, Consumer keys and redirection callback URL.

// OAuth2 Settings, you can get these keys at https://code.google.com/apis/console Step 6 keys ‘oauth2_client_id’ => ‘App Client ID’, ‘oauth2_client_secret’ => ‘App Client Secret’,’oauth2_redirect_uri’ => ‘http://yoursite.com/gplus/index.php&#8217;,// OAuth1 Settings Step 3  keys.
‘oauth_consumer_key’ => ‘OAuth Consumer Key’,
‘oauth_consumer_secret’ => ‘OAuth Consumer Secret’,

google_login.php
Google plus login system. Just include the file in index.php

<?php require_once ‘src/apiClient.php’; require_once ‘src/contrib/apiOauth2Service.php’; session_start(); $client = new apiClient(); setApplicationName(“Google Account Login”); $oauth2 = new apiOauth2Service($client); if (isset($_GET[‘code’])) { $client->authenticate(); $_SESSION[‘token’] = $client->getAccessToken(); $redirect = ‘http://&#8217; . $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] . $_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’]; header(‘Location: ‘ . filter_var($redirect, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));}if (isset($_SESSION[‘token’])) {
$client->setAccessToken($_SESSION[‘token’]);
}

if (isset($_REQUEST[‘logout’])) {
unset($_SESSION[‘token’]);
unset($_SESSION[‘google_data’]); //Google session data unset
$client->revokeToken();
}

if ($client->getAccessToken())
{
$user = $oauth2->userinfo->get();
$_SESSION[‘google_data’]=$user; // Storing Google User Data in Session
header(“location: home.php”);
$_SESSION[‘token’] = $client->getAccessToken();
} else {
$authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
}

if(isset($personMarkup)):
print $personMarkup;
endif

if(isset($authUrl))
{
echo “<a href=”$authUrl”>Google Account Login</a>”;
} else {
echo “Logout“;
}
?>

home.php
Contains PHP code inserting Google plus session details into users table.

<?php
session_start();
include(‘db.php’); //Database Connection.
if (!isset($_SESSION[‘google_data’])) {
// Redirection to application home page.
header(“location: index.php”);
}
else
{
//echo print_r($userdata);
$userdata=$_SESSION[‘google_data’];
$email =$userdata[’email’];
$googleid =$userdata[‘id’];
$fullName =$userdata[‘name’];
$firstName=$userdata[‘given_name’];
$lastName=$userdata[‘family_name’];
$gplusURL=$userdata[‘link’];
$avatar=$userdata[‘picture’];
$gender=$userdata[‘gender’];
$dob=$userdata[‘birthday’];
//Execture query
$sql=mysql_query(“insert into users(email,fullname,firstname,lastname,google_id,gender,dob,profile_image,gpluslink) values(‘$email’,’$fullName’,’$firstName’,’$lastName’,’$googleid’,’$gender’,’$dob’,’$avatar’,’$gplusURL’)”);
?>

db.php
Database Configuration file.

<?php
$mysql_hostname = “localhost”;
$mysql_user = “username”;
$mysql_password = “password”;
$mysql_database = “databasename”;
$bd = mysql_connect($mysql_hostname, $mysql_user, $mysql_password) or die(“Could not connect database”);
mysql_select_db($mysql_database, $bd) or die(“Could not select database”);
?>

Related articles

• PHP OAuth API (phpclasses.org)
• basic_oauth 0.1.5 (pypi.python.org)
• How to store sensitive userdata in mysql using php (stackoverflow.com)

Unzip a Zip File in php

<!--?php

    function unzip($location,$newLocation){

        if(exec("unzip $location",$arr)){

            mkdir($newLocation);

            for($i = 1;$i< count($arr);$i++){

                $file = trim(preg_replace("~inflating: ~","",$arr[$i]));

                copy($location.'/'.$file,$newLocation.'/'.$file);

                unlink($location.'/'.$file);

            }

            return TRUE;

        }else{

            return FALSE;

        }

    }

?>

//Use the code as following:

<!--?php

include 'functions.php';

if(unzip('zipedfiles/selvabalaji.zip','unziped/myNewZip'))

    echo 'Success!';

else

    echo 'Error';

?>