Author: daniele

  • base 64 encode by ebay (ending with **)

    I found this and thought it was my bug .. but .. When I get IEASToken in getUser ebay api request it returns a token with == a the end. It is a base64 encoded string, and have ‘=’ sign at end as expected. But when eBay send notification, there are ‘**’ in place of…

  • Moving development to the extreme

    For sparing time, you end up wasting all time. A colleague, when first time talked my about XP (more than 10 years ago), said something like “It’s wonderfull. You are much quicker. You know it? Beautifull: you write tests, and then …”, and me “tests?!?”, “yes, then the system continue to work along time ..…

  • Drupal 7: Views, view modes, templates and conditional field formatting

    Using drupal 6 I had chosen contemplate module for theming a contenttype, I also thought it was the right thing. But the problem was the need to have another place where to storetheming files, or put it in db, that is a practice I do not like. Also there could be a number of Views…

  • Signal page as correct in Google Webmaster Tool (simulate mouse click)

    Google webmaster tool signals scanning errors. The is option to signal error a scorrected, but sometime a lot of error is solved at once, but interface do not give option to select it all. Also this trick could be usefull in other service.. I loaded this code in chrome console (developer tool), modified from example…

  • How to hide image to the visitor right click

    Well, I found this hack in http://coollogo.net/cool_logo_70/ a good resource for social icon. Given you want to show image.jpg, just put a transparent image in a div tag with the background-image: url(‘image.jpg’) this way: Ok, then you can use jQuery Context Menu to show your context menu, anyway, even if javascript is disabled the standard…

  • Why not to use remove link

    This is my experience: I have to rewrite administration page where there is remove button (in a form) with only javascript confirm. I thought: “no one had problem with no limitation in the past, why they should now? I’ll use a link with javascript confirm. It happened I have a dashboard page where is listed…

  • Google Chrome no-cache and Login throw oauth services

    I found this very annoying, it seem chrome optimization make it not works things like “login via facebook” or “login via twitter” button with this browser and make it wait forever. I implemented oauth support for http://www.cellularmagazine.it/recensioni/inserisci.php and had a similar problem: Expires setted to access plus 10 minute (via .htaccess , this happen to…

  • php goodies: filter

    Filter is in php by default from 5.2.0 and is a usefull library for web developer, so it is the time to make use of it. It was created for validation and sanitization of foreign input, that is GET, POST, COOKIE, or anything that you can’t trust on. With php filter one can tests if…

  • wwwsqldesigner short review

    Install Download from http://code.google.com/p/wwwsqldesigner/ Very easy installation: you need a webserver running, unpack wwwsqldesigner it in a folder, setup your virtual host (I use personal domain for my pc), all done! Use There is a small tool bar to the right, very simple and intuitive to use, it is grouped in 4 areas: Save/load Table…

  • WordPress Category external feed plugin

    This wordpress plugin is for show custom external rss feed in category page. For example if you want a category page list rss feed from another site category page, this is for you. It is my first wordpress plugin (ok, maybe not exactly the very first hello world like 😉 It use simplepie because I…