Archive for November, 2007

Side project: A station ID commercial for Astro Oasis Channel

I was organizing my files when I accidentally found the copy of my video shoot for a TV commercial in Astro Malaysia. This video was shot for the channel Astro Oasis and is intended for a station ID commercial.


Designing database structure: Dynamic profile fields

Among the core features that I would like to integrate with the Glued! project is the dynamic profile fields for the users where users can selectively choose and edit fields in their profile. They will have the option to add fields, define field visibility (whether to display it publicly or only to selected user or group of users), and an in-place edit of the values of the fields.


Mocha UI - A new approach to submodals using MooTools

I was looking around the possibility of using MooTools for my development with cakePHP but unfortunately wasn’t able to find a decent cakePHP “helper” available online. I’ve heard the library is the most lightweight one.
Accidentally, i bumped into this cool snippet by Greg Houston named MooTools Mocha UI. What’s great about this user interface [...]


Search engine friendly URLs in CakePHP

Just want to share this piece of code I used to create a search friendly url on the Glued! project. If you want to create a URL in the form http://www.domain.com/users/user-1234.html where 1234 is the uid. Go to -> config -> routes.php. Add the line:


Lightwindow with FlickrRSS

I have made a new integration to the FlickrRSS plugin with Wordpress and this time around, with LightWindow. You can see how the integration works on the “Photos” section on my blog. I also added a shuffle feature so that the photos display in random order.


WebOutsourceIT gets a new look

After WebOutsourceIT’s dark times, here it is. You probably noticed the new design of this blog. I am not much of a web designer so this is what I can come up for now. I am trying to achieve a “Web 2.0″ look and feel. Furthermore, I am learning usability and accessibility so I decided [...]