Jquery Giants

Insert 'Read More' button in Blogger Imported posts in Wordpress

2012-05-17T00:16:00.001-07:00

If you have just imported your posts and comments from Blogger to WordPress then you might have faced two problems:
1. There is a '>' symbol prepended to each post title and post content.
2. Your 'Read more' button from blogger posts is missing.
I have found a simple solution for these problems.

Removing '>' symbol form WordPress posts

To remove '>' symbol from post titles and content, just run following two queries on you wordpress database:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_title = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_title)
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_content)

Adding 'Read More' link in WordPress posts

To add 'Read More' link in blogger imported posts you need to run following MySql query on your wordpress database:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, "<a name='more'></a>", '<!--more-->');
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, "<a name="more"'></a>", '<!--more-->');

Blogger identifies the 'Read More' link by "<a name='more'></a>" code snippet. But WordPress does this by finding "". So we have replaced all occurrences of "<a name='more'></a>" with "". Hope this works for you.
Note: Please take backup of your database before applying above hacks.

Insert 'Read More' button in Blogger Imported posts in Wordpress

2012-05-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

Removing '>' symbol form WordPress posts

To remove '>' symbol from post titles and content, just run following two queries on you wordpress database:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_title = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_title)
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_content)

Adding 'Read More' link in WordPress posts

To add 'Read More' link in blogger imported posts you need to run following MySql query on your wordpress database:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, "<a name='more'></a>", '<!--more-->');
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, "<a name="more"'></a>", '<!--more-->');

jCouch - A jQuery Plugin for Distraction Free Page View

2012-05-16T04:41:00.001-07:00

jCouch is a very lightweight jQuery plugin that provides you the feature of viewing a web page in distraction free mode. If your website is text oriented and the visitors on your site prefer reading your site content then this plugin will allow the users to read your web pages in the most convenient way without being distracted by other less useful content on the site. The plugin allows you to combine the selective parts of the web page in a single view. See the live demo.
Features

Light weight
Easily customizable
Zoom text feature
Full jQuery Selectors Support
Disable on pressing 'Esc'

Live Demo Download Script

Options

target: (required, string) The elememts to be included in couch mode (comma separated), eg. #header, .post-body, h2
bgColor: (optional, string) Background color of the couch mode. eg. '#ffffff', 'red' etc. Default is white
width:(optional, string) Width of the content in couch mode. eg.'500px', '65%'. Default is full screen.
amplify:(optional, numeric) Factor by which the text-size is to be zoomed. eg. 0.2, 0.5 etc.

How to Use

You need to include following files in your web page before using jCouch:

jCouch CSS file
jQuery library file
jCouch JS file

<link href="jCouch.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="jCouch.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Sample Usage 1

$(function(){
 // The selectors of couch buttons
 // Multiple selectors can be used to enable couch mode
 $('.couchBtn, .couchImg').jCouch({
  target: 'h1,#post-data', //list of elements to be couched
  bgColor: '#ffffff',  //background color
  width: '500px',   //width of couched content
  amplify: 0.2   //Factor by which text is to be zoomed
 });
});

Sample Usage 2

$(function(){
 $('#couchBtn2').jCouch({
  target:'#leftcol .widgets',
  bgColor: '#f7f7f7'
 });
});

Sample Usage 3

$(function(){
 $('#couchBtn3').jCouch({
  target:'#leftcol .widgets:nth-child(2)', //jQuery selectors are supported in target
  bgColor: '#C1371A',
  width: '250px'
 });
});

Sample Usage 4

$(function(){
 $('#fbcouchBtn').jCouch({
  target:'#rightcol .widgets:nth-child(2)',
  bgColor: '#3B5998',
  width: '250px'
 });
});

jCouch - A jQuery Plugin for Distraction Free Page View

2012-05-16T04:41:00.000-07:00

Light weight
Easily customizable
Zoom text feature
Full jQuery Selectors Support
Disable on pressing 'Esc'

Live Demo Download Script

Options

target: (required, string) The elememts to be included in couch mode (comma separated), eg. #header, .post-body, h2
bgColor: (optional, string) Background color of the couch mode. eg. '#ffffff', 'red' etc. Default is white
width:(optional, string) Width of the content in couch mode. eg.'500px', '65%'. Default is full screen.
amplify:(optional, numeric) Factor by which the text-size is to be zoomed. eg. 0.2, 0.5 etc.

How to Use

You need to include following files in your web page before using jCouch:

jCouch CSS file
jQuery library file
jCouch JS file

<link href="jCouch.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="jCouch.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Sample Usage 1

$(function(){
 // The selectors of couch buttons
 // Multiple selectors can be used to enable couch mode
 $('.couchBtn, .couchImg').jCouch({
  target: 'h1,#post-data', //list of elements to be couched
  bgColor: '#ffffff',  //background color
  width: '500px',   //width of couched content
  amplify: 0.2   //Factor by which text is to be zoomed
 });
});

Sample Usage 2

$(function(){
 $('#couchBtn2').jCouch({
  target:'#leftcol .widgets',
  bgColor: '#f7f7f7'
 });
});

Sample Usage 3

$(function(){
 $('#couchBtn3').jCouch({
  target:'#leftcol .widgets:nth-child(2)', //jQuery selectors are supported in target
  bgColor: '#C1371A',
  width: '250px'
 });
});

Sample Usage 4

$(function(){
 $('#fbcouchBtn').jCouch({
  target:'#rightcol .widgets:nth-child(2)',
  bgColor: '#3B5998',
  width: '250px'
 });
});

How to create custom module in TikiWiki

2012-05-09T02:54:00.001-07:00

TikiWiki or simply Tiki, is a free and open source wiki-based, content management system and Online office suite written primarily in PHP. Tiki is a powerful all-in-one web-based application, offering collaboration, publishing, commerce, social networking, CRM and office productivity tools. If you have just started your Tiki development then you will frequently need to create custom modules in TikiWiki. In this article I will tell you how to create your custom TikiWiki module from scratch. For creating you own module, you need to add two files in TikiWiki:

A php module file
A smarty template file

Create the PHP module file

Suppose the name of your module is 'Custom Module', then your module file will be named as 'mod-func-custom_module.php'. This file will contain two important functions. The function with '_info' as suffix will contain the basic information of your module like name, description, required parameters etc. The second function 'module_<module_name>' will contain the core functionality of your module.

<?php
//this script may only be included - so its better to die if called directly.
if (strpos($_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"],basename(__FILE__)) !== false) {
  header("location: index.php");
  exit;
}

function module_custom_module_info() {
 return array(
  'name' => tra('Custom Module'),
  'description' => tra('This is a custom module.'),
  'prefs' => array( ),
  'params' => array(
   'username' => array(
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('Username'),
    'description' => tra('Please enter username.')
   ),
   'Email' => array(
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('email'),
    'description' => tra('Please enter Password')
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('db'),
   )
  'common_params' => array('nonums', 'rows')
 );
}

#Create the module function
function module_custom_module( $mod_reference, $module_params ) {
 global $smarty, $tikilib, $user;

 #Get module parameters
 $username = $module_params['username'];
 $email = $module_params['email'];

 $smarty->assign('username', $username);
 $smarty->assign('email', $email);
}

Create the PHP smarty template file

TikiWiki uses smarty as the template engine. Template file is mandatory for module creation. Each module has a separate template file. The convention for naming the template file is as 'mod-<module_name>.tpl'. So our module template file will be 'mod-custom_module.tpl'. In this file we will print the smarty variables assigned in the module PHP file.

Username: {$username}
Email: {$email}

Don't forget to clear your TikiWiki cache before the new module can appear in the modules list.

How to create custom module in TikiWiki

2012-05-09T02:54:00.000-07:00

A php module file
A smarty template file

Create the PHP module file

<?php
//this script may only be included - so its better to die if called directly.
if (strpos($_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"],basename(__FILE__)) !== false) {
  header("location: index.php");
  exit;
}

function module_custom_module_info() {
 return array(
  'name' => tra('Custom Module'),
  'description' => tra('This is a custom module.'),
  'prefs' => array( ),
  'params' => array(
   'username' => array(
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('Username'),
    'description' => tra('Please enter username.')
   ),
   'Email' => array(
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('email'),
    'description' => tra('Please enter Password')
    'required' => true,
    'name' => tra('db'),
   )
  'common_params' => array('nonums', 'rows')
 );
}

#Create the module function
function module_custom_module( $mod_reference, $module_params ) {
 global $smarty, $tikilib, $user;

 #Get module parameters
 $username = $module_params['username'];
 $email = $module_params['email'];

 $smarty->assign('username', $username);
 $smarty->assign('email', $email);
}

Create the PHP smarty template file

Username: {$username}
Email: {$email}

Don't forget to clear your TikiWiki cache before the new module can appear in the modules list.

How to Test PHP Emails on Localhost

2012-05-08T04:46:00.001-07:00

While developing web applications on localhost you must have always missed the functionality to send mails. As localhost does not support email service, so it has always been a bottleneck for email testing on localhost. But I have found a simple way to test emails on localhost using PHP. I have overridden the default mail() function of PHP to create a text/html file based on the email format. If the email is in html format, an HTML file is created otherwise a text file is created. You can see in this file what exactly is the content sent in your mail. See how does it work.

Live demo Download Script

Overriding the mail() function

To override the PHP mail() function, we need to create our namespace and then define the function in that namespace.

#Create your own namespace
namespace localMail;

#Override the default mail function
function mail( $to, $subject, $message, $additional_headers='', $additional_parameters='' ) {
 if (empty($to) || empty($subject) || empty($message)) {
  return false;
 }

 #Check if email is sent as HTML or plaintext
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  $ext = 'html';
 }else{
  $ext = 'txt';
 }

 #Write the file
 $myFile = "mail_".time().".".$ext;
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 fwrite($fh, $message);
 fclose($fh);
}

#Function to detect HTML headers
function isHTML($isithtml) {
 if (strpos($isithtml, 'html')) {
  return true;
 } else {
  return false;
 } 
}

Usage

<html>
<head>
 <title>Test Emails on localhost ! WebSpeaks.in</title>
</head>
<body>
 <form method="post" action="send_mail.php">
 <table align="center">
  <tr>
   <td>
    Type your message<br />
    <textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="5"><div style="color:#c3c;">This <i>email</i> is <u>sent</u> through <a href="#">localhost</a>.</div></textarea>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td colspan="2" align="right">
    <input type="submit" class="button" name="send_text" value="Send as Plain Text" />
    <input type="submit" class="button" name="send_html" value="Send as HTML" />
   </td>
  </tr>
 </table>
 </form>
</body>
</html>

send_mail.php

<?php
namespace localMail;
#Override the default mail function
function mail( $to, $subject, $message, $additional_headers='', $additional_parameters='' ) {
 if (empty($to) || empty($subject) || empty($message)) {
  return false;
 }

 #Check if email is sent as HTML or plaintext
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  $ext = 'html';
 }else{
  $ext = 'txt';
 }

 #Write the file
 $myFile = "mail_".time().".".$ext;
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 fwrite($fh, $message);
 fclose($fh);

 header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$myFile);
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  header('Content-type: application/html');
 } else {
  header('Content-type: application/text');
 }
 readfile($myFile);
 unlink($myFile);
 die();
}

#Function to detect HTML headers
function isHTML($isithtml) {
 if (strpos($isithtml, 'html')) {
  return true;
 } else {
  return false;
 } 
}

if (isset($_POST) && !empty($_POST)) {
 $to="bhardwajs.on.height@gmail.com";
 $subject="Test Local Mail on WebSpeaks";
 $message = $_POST['message'];
 if (isset($_POST['send_text']) && !empty($_POST['send_text'])) {
  mail($to, $subject, $message);
 } else {
  $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
  $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
  mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
 }
}
?>

How to Test PHP Emails on Localhost

2012-05-08T04:46:00.000-07:00

Overriding the mail() function

To override the PHP mail() function, we need to create our namespace and then define the function in that namespace.

#Create your own namespace
namespace localMail;

#Override the default mail function
function mail( $to, $subject, $message, $additional_headers='', $additional_parameters='' ) {
 if (empty($to) || empty($subject) || empty($message)) {
  return false;
 }

 #Check if email is sent as HTML or plaintext
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  $ext = 'html';
 }else{
  $ext = 'txt';
 }

 #Write the file
 $myFile = "mail_".time().".".$ext;
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 fwrite($fh, $message);
 fclose($fh);
}

#Function to detect HTML headers
function isHTML($isithtml) {
 if (strpos($isithtml, 'html')) {
  return true;
 } else {
  return false;
 } 
}

Usage

<html>
<head>
 <title>Test Emails on localhost ! WebSpeaks.in</title>
</head>
<body>
 <form method="post" action="send_mail.php">
 <table align="center">
  <tr>
   <td>
    Type your message<br />
    <textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="5"><div style="color:#c3c;">This <i>email</i> is <u>sent</u> through <a href="#">localhost</a>.</div></textarea>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td colspan="2" align="right">
    <input type="submit" class="button" name="send_text" value="Send as Plain Text" />
    <input type="submit" class="button" name="send_html" value="Send as HTML" />
   </td>
  </tr>
 </table>
 </form>
</body>
</html>

send_mail.php

<?php
namespace localMail;
#Override the default mail function
function mail( $to, $subject, $message, $additional_headers='', $additional_parameters='' ) {
 if (empty($to) || empty($subject) || empty($message)) {
  return false;
 }

 #Check if email is sent as HTML or plaintext
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  $ext = 'html';
 }else{
  $ext = 'txt';
 }

 #Write the file
 $myFile = "mail_".time().".".$ext;
 $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 fwrite($fh, $message);
 fclose($fh);

 header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$myFile);
 if (isHTML($additional_headers)) {
  header('Content-type: application/html');
 } else {
  header('Content-type: application/text');
 }
 readfile($myFile);
 unlink($myFile);
 die();
}

#Function to detect HTML headers
function isHTML($isithtml) {
 if (strpos($isithtml, 'html')) {
  return true;
 } else {
  return false;
 } 
}

if (isset($_POST) && !empty($_POST)) {
 $to="bhardwajs.on.height@gmail.com";
 $subject="Test Local Mail on WebSpeaks";
 $message = $_POST['message'];
 if (isset($_POST['send_text']) && !empty($_POST['send_text'])) {
  mail($to, $subject, $message);
 } else {
  $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
  $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
  mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
 }
}
?>

Magento Customer Chat Extension - Live Demo Released

2012-05-03T02:26:00.001-07:00

I have released the live demo of my 'Customer Chat' extension for Magento. If you still dont know what this extension is, read this article.
Quick Overview: Magento Customer Chat extension allows the customers on your store to communicate with each other in real time. The logged in customers on your store can see other logged in customers and chat with each other. The chat boxes are opened in Gmail style and new chat notifications are also shown over the browser window title bar.
Live Demo

Buy this Extension

Demo Instructions:

Open this page in two separate browsers.
Login with following test accounts:

User 1:
Email: user1@example.com
Password: user123

User 2:
Email: user2@example.com
Password: userxyz

Then start sending messages to each other...

Here are the features available in the extension:

See all online users
Chat with any online user
New chat notification
Option to configure the chat timing and the chatbox colors

Magento Customer Chat Extension - Live Demo Released

2012-05-03T02:26:00.000-07:00

Buy this Extension

Demo Instructions:

Open this page in two separate browsers.
Login with following test accounts:

See all online users
Chat with any online user
New chat notification
Option to configure the chat timing and the chatbox colors

Add/Update Attribute Option Values Programmatically in Magento

2012-05-02T10:45:00.001-07:00

Adding/Updating the attribute option values programmatically in Magento can be tedious sometimes. Adding attribute options through custom codes is not big deal but updating the values for already added attribute options is tricky enough.
Problem:Lets understand this by an example. Suppose we have a product attribute 'manufacturer'. It is of type select/dropdown. And we have few options added in it like Mac, Google, Android etc. Now at some point in our Magento application we want to update these options with Apple, Nexus, HTC etc without using the admin panel, then it is a problem.

Solution:To update the option values programmatically, I came up with a simple solution which is as follows. For this, you need to find the 'option_id' of the attribute options in the 'eav_attribute_option_value' table.

Then create an option array and save it in the appropriate model.

Updating Attribute options

//Get the eav attribute model
$attr_model = Mage::getModel('catalog/resource_eav_attribute');

//Load the particular attribute by id
//Here 73 is the id of 'manufacturer' attribute
$attr_model->load(73);

//Create an array to store the attribute data
$data = array();

//Create options array
$values = array(
 //15 is the option_id of the option in 'eav_attribute_option_value' table
 15 => array(
   0 => 'Apple' //0 is current store id, Apple is the new label for the option
  ),
 19 => array(
   0 => 'Nexus'
  ),
 12 => array(
   0 => 'HTC'
  ),
);

//Add the option values to the data
$data['option']['value'] = $values;

//Add data to our attribute model
$attr_model->addData($data);

//Save the updated model
try {
 $attr_model->save();
 $session = Mage::getSingleton('adminhtml/session');
 $session->addSuccess(
  Mage::helper('catalog')->__('The product attribute has been saved.'));

 /**
  * Clear translation cache because attribute labels are stored in translation
  */
 Mage::app()->cleanCache(array(Mage_Core_Model_Translate::CACHE_TAG));
 $session->setAttributeData(false);
 return;
} catch (Exception $e) {
 $session->addError($e->getMessage());
 $session->setAttributeData($data);
 return;
}

This is all and you are done.

Adding new Attribute option

$arg_attribute = 'manufacturer';
$arg_value = 'value to be added';

$attr_model = Mage::getModel('catalog/resource_eav_attribute');
$attr = $attr_model->loadByCode('catalog_product', $arg_attribute);
$attr_id = $attr->getAttributeId();

$option['attribute_id'] = $attr_id;
$option['value']['any_option_name'][0] = $arg_value;

$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$setup->addAttributeOption($option);

Add/Update Attribute Option Values Programmatically in Magento

2012-05-02T10:45:00.000-07:00

Then create an option array and save it in the appropriate model.

Updating Attribute options

//Get the eav attribute model
$attr_model = Mage::getModel('catalog/resource_eav_attribute');

//Load the particular attribute by id
//Here 73 is the id of 'manufacturer' attribute
$attr_model->load(73);

//Create an array to store the attribute data
$data = array();

//Create options array
$values = array(
 //15 is the option_id of the option in 'eav_attribute_option_value' table
 15 => array(
   0 => 'Apple' //0 is current store id, Apple is the new label for the option
  ),
 19 => array(
   0 => 'Nexus'
  ),
 12 => array(
   0 => 'HTC'
  ),
);

//Add the option values to the data
$data['option']['value'] = $values;

//Add data to our attribute model
$attr_model->addData($data);

//Save the updated model
try {
 $attr_model->save();
 $session = Mage::getSingleton('adminhtml/session');
 $session->addSuccess(
  Mage::helper('catalog')->__('The product attribute has been saved.'));

 /**
  * Clear translation cache because attribute labels are stored in translation
  */
 Mage::app()->cleanCache(array(Mage_Core_Model_Translate::CACHE_TAG));
 $session->setAttributeData(false);
 return;
} catch (Exception $e) {
 $session->addError($e->getMessage());
 $session->setAttributeData($data);
 return;
}

This is all and you are done.

Adding new Attribute option

$arg_attribute = 'manufacturer';
$arg_value = 'value to be added';

$attr_model = Mage::getModel('catalog/resource_eav_attribute');
$attr = $attr_model->loadByCode('catalog_product', $arg_attribute);
$attr_id = $attr->getAttributeId();

$option['attribute_id'] = $attr_id;
$option['value']['any_option_name'][0] = $arg_value;

$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$setup->addAttributeOption($option);

Twitter like Real Time Wall Update Using Pusher API and jQuery

2012-04-18T04:17:00.001-07:00

If you have ever dreamt of showing real time data on your website then this tutorial is for you. In this tutorial I will show you how to show real time updates and data on you web pages. Here I will use Pusher API to create a two way communication between the client and server. The Pusher API uses websockets for the two way communication and its free for starting your development.
Here I have created a Twitter/Facebook style real time updating wall script that will display the status updates of the users in real time. I have used the excellent twitter wall layout by Srinivas Tamada from 9lessons. See the live demo.

For the exact effect, open the demo page in two browsers and check them simultaneously.
Live Demo Download Script

1. The HTML Layout

We have included the jQuery library, then Pusher library and our javascript and style.css.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<head> 
<link href="style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="http://js.pusher.com/1.11/pusher.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script> 
</head> 
 
<body> 
 <div id='container'>
  <div id="header">
   <textarea cols="80" rows="2" class="t_area" id="status"></textarea>
   <br />
   <input type="text" name="username" id="username" class="t_box" />
   <input type="button" class="btn" id="update_btn" value="Update" />
  </div>
  <div class='right'>
   <h4>This tutorial shows you how to create Twitter/Facebook like real time wall updates using Pusher API and jQuery. This tutorial <a href='http://www.webspeaks.in/2012/04/twitter-like-real-time-wall-update.html' style='color:#cc0000'>click here</a></h4> 
  </div> 
  <div id="panel-frame"> 
   <div class="panel"> 
    <div class="head"> 
     <a href="#" class="close">Close</a> 
    </div> 
    <div class="data" style="padding:20px"></div> 
   </div> 
  </div> 

  <div class="left"> 
   <div class="block" id="1">Test message</div>
  </div>
 </div> 
</body> 
</html>

2. Initializing Pusher Object

var pusher = new Pusher('352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe'); //This is your app key

//channel is the medium for the communication
var ws_channel = pusher.subscribe('ws_channel'); //you can create any channel

3. Sending data to server

$('#update_btn').click(function(){
 var status = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#status').val()); //get the status
 var username = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#username').val()); get the username
 if(status == ''){
  alert('Please enter your message.');
  jQuery('#status').focus();
  return false;
 }
 if(username == ''){
  alert('Please enter your username.');
  jQuery('#username').focus();
  return false;
 }

 //make ajax call to the server
 $.ajax({
  type : "POST",
  url : 'send_update.php',
  dataType : "json",
  data: { update : status, username : username },
  beforeSend: function(){
   jQuery('#update_btn').val('Updating...');
  },
  success : function(msg) {
   if( msg.success ) {
    //do nothing
   } else {
    //alert(msg.errormsg);
   }
   jQuery('#update_btn').val('Update');
  },
  error: function(msg) {
  }
 });
});

4. Create send_update.php

Note that we have created 'new_update' event in this file. This event is fired when the status update takes place and it can be used in the JavaScript code on client side like any other event.

<?php
//include the pusher publisher library
include_once 'Pusher.php';

$pusher = new Pusher(
 '352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe', //APP KEY
 '88cbaa5abd8c8d8d7fa9', //APP SECRET
 '18728' //APP ID
);

//get the message posted by our ajax call
$update = $_POST['update'];
$username = $_POST['username'];

//trim it
$update = trim($update);
$username = trim($username);

$message = "{$update} <span class='username'>@{$username}</span> <span class='time'> ".date('Y-m-d H:i:s').'</time>';

//trigger the 'new_update' event in our channel, 'ws_channel'
$pusher->trigger(
 'ws_channel', //the channel
 'new_update', //the event
 array('update' => $message) //the data to send
);

//to be returned to our ajax call
echo json_encode(array(
 'update' => $message,
 'success' => true
));
exit();
?>

5. Bind the event in client side JavaScript

//new_update was triggered in send_update.php
//bind our update code with new_update event
ws_channel.bind('new_update', function(data) {
 update_wall(data);
});

//this function performs the update
function update_wall(data) {
 var parent = $('div.left');
 var len = parent.find('div.block').length;
 var htm = '<div class="block" id="'+len+'">'+ data.update +'</div>';
 parent.prepend(htm);
 jQuery('#status').val('');
}

6. Show the twitter style detail window

This code has been borrowed from Srinivas Tamada at 9lessons.

$('.block').live('click', function(){
 var id= $(this).attr('id');
 var text = $(this).html();
 var data_id= $(".data").html();
 var panel= $('.panel');
 var panel_width=$('.panel').css('left');
 if(data_id==id){
  panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
 }else{
  if(panel_width=='341px'){

  }else{
   panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  }
 }
 $('.data').html(text);
 return false;
});
$('.close').click(function(){
 var panel= $('.panel');
 panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
 return false;
});

7. Complete JavaScript Code

var pusher = new Pusher('352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe');
var ws_channel = pusher.subscribe('ws_channel'); //join the ws_channel channel

$(document).ready(function() {
 $('.block').live('click', function(){
  var id= $(this).attr('id');
  var text = $(this).html();
  var data_id= $(".data").html();
  var panel= $('.panel');
  var panel_width=$('.panel').css('left');
  if(data_id==id){
   panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  }else{
   if(panel_width=='341px'){

   }else{
    panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
   }
  }
  $('.data').html(text);
  return false;
 });
 $('.close').click(function(){
  var panel= $('.panel');
  panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  return false;
 });

 function update_wall(data) {
  var parent = $('div.left');
  var len = parent.find('div.block').length;
  var htm = '<div class="block" id="'+len+'">'+ data.update +'</div>';
  parent.prepend(htm);
  jQuery('#status').val('');
 }

 ws_channel.bind('new_update', function(data) {
  update_wall(data);
 });

 $('#update_btn').click(function(){
  var status = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#status').val());
  var username = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#username').val());
  if(status == ''){
   alert('Please enter your message.');
   jQuery('#status').focus();
   return false;
  }
  if(username == ''){
   alert('Please enter your username.');
   jQuery('#username').focus();
   return false;
  }
  $.ajax({
   type : "POST",
   url : 'send_update.php',
   dataType : "json",
   data: { update : status, username : username },
   beforeSend: function(){
    jQuery('#update_btn').val('Updating...');
   },
   success : function(msg) {
    if( msg.success ) {
     //do nothing
    } else {
     //alert(msg.errormsg);
    }
    jQuery('#update_btn').val('Update');
   },
   error: function(msg) {
   }
  });
 });
});

Twitter like Real Time Wall Update Using Pusher API and jQuery

2012-04-18T04:17:00.000-07:00

For the exact effect, open the demo page in two browsers and check them simultaneously.
Live Demo Download Script

1. The HTML Layout

We have included the jQuery library, then Pusher library and our javascript and style.css.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<head> 
<link href="style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="http://js.pusher.com/1.11/pusher.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script> 
</head> 
 
<body> 
 <div id='container'>
  <div id="header">
   <textarea cols="80" rows="2" class="t_area" id="status"></textarea>
   <br />
   <input type="text" name="username" id="username" class="t_box" />
   <input type="button" class="btn" id="update_btn" value="Update" />
  </div>
  <div class='right'>
   <h4>This tutorial shows you how to create Twitter/Facebook like real time wall updates using Pusher API and jQuery. This tutorial <a href='http://www.webspeaks.in/2012/04/twitter-like-real-time-wall-update.html' style='color:#cc0000'>click here</a></h4> 
  </div> 
  <div id="panel-frame"> 
   <div class="panel"> 
    <div class="head"> 
     <a href="#" class="close">Close</a> 
    </div> 
    <div class="data" style="padding:20px"></div> 
   </div> 
  </div> 

  <div class="left"> 
   <div class="block" id="1">Test message</div>
  </div>
 </div> 
</body> 
</html>

2. Initializing Pusher Object

var pusher = new Pusher('352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe'); //This is your app key

//channel is the medium for the communication
var ws_channel = pusher.subscribe('ws_channel'); //you can create any channel

3. Sending data to server

$('#update_btn').click(function(){
 var status = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#status').val()); //get the status
 var username = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#username').val()); get the username
 if(status == ''){
  alert('Please enter your message.');
  jQuery('#status').focus();
  return false;
 }
 if(username == ''){
  alert('Please enter your username.');
  jQuery('#username').focus();
  return false;
 }

 //make ajax call to the server
 $.ajax({
  type : "POST",
  url : 'send_update.php',
  dataType : "json",
  data: { update : status, username : username },
  beforeSend: function(){
   jQuery('#update_btn').val('Updating...');
  },
  success : function(msg) {
   if( msg.success ) {
    //do nothing
   } else {
    //alert(msg.errormsg);
   }
   jQuery('#update_btn').val('Update');
  },
  error: function(msg) {
  }
 });
});

4. Create send_update.php

Note that we have created 'new_update' event in this file. This event is fired when the status update takes place and it can be used in the JavaScript code on client side like any other event.

<?php
//include the pusher publisher library
include_once 'Pusher.php';

$pusher = new Pusher(
 '352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe', //APP KEY
 '88cbaa5abd8c8d8d7fa9', //APP SECRET
 '18728' //APP ID
);

//get the message posted by our ajax call
$update = $_POST['update'];
$username = $_POST['username'];

//trim it
$update = trim($update);
$username = trim($username);

$message = "{$update} <span class='username'>@{$username}</span> <span class='time'> ".date('Y-m-d H:i:s').'</time>';

//trigger the 'new_update' event in our channel, 'ws_channel'
$pusher->trigger(
 'ws_channel', //the channel
 'new_update', //the event
 array('update' => $message) //the data to send
);

//to be returned to our ajax call
echo json_encode(array(
 'update' => $message,
 'success' => true
));
exit();
?>

5. Bind the event in client side JavaScript

//new_update was triggered in send_update.php
//bind our update code with new_update event
ws_channel.bind('new_update', function(data) {
 update_wall(data);
});

//this function performs the update
function update_wall(data) {
 var parent = $('div.left');
 var len = parent.find('div.block').length;
 var htm = '<div class="block" id="'+len+'">'+ data.update +'</div>';
 parent.prepend(htm);
 jQuery('#status').val('');
}

6. Show the twitter style detail window

This code has been borrowed from Srinivas Tamada at 9lessons.

$('.block').live('click', function(){
 var id= $(this).attr('id');
 var text = $(this).html();
 var data_id= $(".data").html();
 var panel= $('.panel');
 var panel_width=$('.panel').css('left');
 if(data_id==id){
  panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
 }else{
  if(panel_width=='341px'){

  }else{
   panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  }
 }
 $('.data').html(text);
 return false;
});
$('.close').click(function(){
 var panel= $('.panel');
 panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
 return false;
});

7. Complete JavaScript Code

var pusher = new Pusher('352cb21a5ef3e5d8e0fe');
var ws_channel = pusher.subscribe('ws_channel'); //join the ws_channel channel

$(document).ready(function() {
 $('.block').live('click', function(){
  var id= $(this).attr('id');
  var text = $(this).html();
  var data_id= $(".data").html();
  var panel= $('.panel');
  var panel_width=$('.panel').css('left');
  if(data_id==id){
   panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  }else{
   if(panel_width=='341px'){

   }else{
    panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
   }
  }
  $('.data').html(text);
  return false;
 });
 $('.close').click(function(){
  var panel= $('.panel');
  panel.animate({left: parseInt(panel.css('left'),0) == 0 ? +panel.outerWidth() : 0});
  return false;
 });

 function update_wall(data) {
  var parent = $('div.left');
  var len = parent.find('div.block').length;
  var htm = '<div class="block" id="'+len+'">'+ data.update +'</div>';
  parent.prepend(htm);
  jQuery('#status').val('');
 }

 ws_channel.bind('new_update', function(data) {
  update_wall(data);
 });

 $('#update_btn').click(function(){
  var status = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#status').val());
  var username = jQuery.trim(jQuery('#username').val());
  if(status == ''){
   alert('Please enter your message.');
   jQuery('#status').focus();
   return false;
  }
  if(username == ''){
   alert('Please enter your username.');
   jQuery('#username').focus();
   return false;
  }
  $.ajax({
   type : "POST",
   url : 'send_update.php',
   dataType : "json",
   data: { update : status, username : username },
   beforeSend: function(){
    jQuery('#update_btn').val('Updating...');
   },
   success : function(msg) {
    if( msg.success ) {
     //do nothing
    } else {
     //alert(msg.errormsg);
    }
    jQuery('#update_btn').val('Update');
   },
   error: function(msg) {
   }
  });
 });
});

Dynamic page update in jQuery Mobile using JSON

2012-04-16T02:38:00.001-07:00

While creating your jQuery mobile application, you may want to show various records/data on the page. The number of records may be large and may span upto 100s. In such situations it is not at all logical to create 100 static pages using HTML5 divs or sections. But the most intelligent approach here is to dynamically update the content of a single page and show all records on that page only. I will show you how to achieve this in jQuery mobile. See the live demo here.

Here is the approach that I followed:

Create a JSON file to store the data.
Update the page content each time a record is requested.

Live Demo Download Script

1. First of all let us create the basic layout of our HTML5 page

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  <head> 
  <title>Dynamic page update</title> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.css" />
  <script src="lib/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
  <script src="lib/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.js"></script>
  <script src="lib/page_update.js"></script>
</head> 
<body> 

<!-- The main page -->
<section data-role="page" id="main">

  <!-- The header -->
  <div data-role="header">
    <h1>Dynamic Page Update</h1>

  <!-- The navigation bar -->
    <nav data-role="navbar">
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#" id="prev">Prev</a></li>
        <li><a href="#" id="next">Next</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </div>

  <!-- The content area -->
  <div data-role="content" id="main-content">
  </div>


  <!-- The footer -->
  <div data-role="footer">
    <h4>
      <a href="#main" data-role="button" data-icon="home">Home</a>
    </h4>
  </div>
</section>

</body>
</html>

The Page Layout

2. Next we will create the JSON file to store our data

[
 {
  "events":
   [
    {
     "venue":"Old Trafford, Manchester",
     "date":"14 August 1990"
    },
    {
     "venue":"Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney",
     "date":"6 January 1992"
    },
    {
     "venue":"WACA Ground, Perth",
     "date":"3 February 1992"
    },
    {
     "venue":"Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (3), Mirpur",
     "date":"16 March 2012"
    }
   ]
 }
]

3. Declaring various global variables

//Initialize global variables
var cur_record         = 1;
var UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = 4;
var LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT = 1;
var HASH               = '#';
var TRANSITION_TYPE    = 'slide';
var PAGE_ID            = 'main';
var PAGE_CONTENT_ID    = 'main-content';
var NEXT_BTN_ID        = 'next';
var PREV_BTN_ID        = 'prev';

var ALL_RECORDS        = '';
var EVENTS             = '';

4. Now in our JavaScript file we will fetch the data from our JSON file using AJAX.

We will store the data in some global variable.

//Get the records from JSON file
jQuery.getJSON("lib/page_data.json", function(data){
 setRecords(data);
});

//Store the records in global variables
function setRecords(data) {
 ALL_RECORDS = data;
 EVENTS = ALL_RECORDS[0].events;
 UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = EVENTS.length;
 updateRecordsData();
}

5. Now we will update the content of the page upon document.ready event of jQuery.

//Update the page content
function updateRecordsData(){
 var this_page = jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).find(HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID);
 var venue = EVENTS[cur_record-1].venue;
 var date = EVENTS[cur_record-1].date;

 var htm = '';
 htm += '<ul data-role="listview">';
     htm += '  <li>Date: ' + date + '</li>';
     htm += '  <li>Venue: ' + venue + '</li>';
     htm += '</ul>';
 jQuery( HASH + PAGE_ID ).find( HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID ).html(htm);
 }

6. Show next and previous records

  //Go to next record
  function gotoNextRecord() {
    cur_record++;
    if(cur_record > UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Go to previous record
  function gotoPrevRecord() {
    cur_record--;
    if(cur_record < LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

7. Binding the click and swipe events

jQuery mobile provides pre-built touch events for swipe. You can bind these events like this:

//Bind events with next/previous buttons
jQuery(HASH + NEXT_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoNextRecord);

jQuery(HASH + PREV_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoPrevRecord);

jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swipeleft', gotoNextRecord);

jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swiperight', gotoPrevRecord);

8. The final code

jQuery(document).ready(function() {

  //Initialize global variables
  var cur_record         = 1;
  var UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = 4;
  var LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT = 1;
  var HASH               = '#';
  var TRANSITION_TYPE    = 'slide';
  var PAGE_ID            = 'main';
  var PAGE_CONTENT_ID    = 'main-content';
  var NEXT_BTN_ID        = 'next';
  var PREV_BTN_ID        = 'prev';

  var ALL_RECORDS        = '';
  var EVENTS             = '';

  //Get the records from JSON file
  jQuery.getJSON("lib/page_data.json", function(data){
    setRecords(data);
  });

  //Store the records in global variables
  function setRecords(data) {
    ALL_RECORDS = data;
    EVENTS = ALL_RECORDS[0].events;
    UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = EVENTS.length;
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Update the page content
  function updateRecordsData(){
    var this_page = jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).find(HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID);
    var venue = EVENTS[cur_record-1].venue;
    var date = EVENTS[cur_record-1].date;

    var htm = '';
    htm += '<ul data-role="listview">';
        htm += '  <li>Date: ' + date + '</li>';
        htm += '  <li>Venue: ' + venue + '</li>';
        htm += '</ul>';
    jQuery( HASH + PAGE_ID ).find( HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID ).html(htm);
  }

  //Go to next record
  function gotoNextRecord() {
    cur_record++;
    if(cur_record > UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Go to previous record
  function gotoPrevRecord() {
    cur_record--;
    if(cur_record < LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Bind events with next/previous buttons
  jQuery(HASH + NEXT_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoNextRecord);

  jQuery(HASH + PREV_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoPrevRecord);

  jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swipeleft', gotoNextRecord);

  jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swiperight', gotoPrevRecord);

});

Dynamic page update in jQuery Mobile using JSON

2012-04-16T02:38:00.000-07:00

Here is the approach that I followed:

Create a JSON file to store the data.
Update the page content each time a record is requested.

Live Demo Download Script

1. First of all let us create the basic layout of our HTML5 page

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  <head> 
  <title>Dynamic page update</title> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.css" />
  <script src="lib/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
  <script src="lib/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.js"></script>
  <script src="lib/page_update.js"></script>
</head> 
<body> 

<!-- The main page -->
<section data-role="page" id="main">

  <!-- The header -->
  <div data-role="header">
    <h1>Dynamic Page Update</h1>

  <!-- The navigation bar -->
    <nav data-role="navbar">
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#" id="prev">Prev</a></li>
        <li><a href="#" id="next">Next</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </div>

  <!-- The content area -->
  <div data-role="content" id="main-content">
  </div>


  <!-- The footer -->
  <div data-role="footer">
    <h4>
      <a href="#main" data-role="button" data-icon="home">Home</a>
    </h4>
  </div>
</section>

</body>
</html>

The Page Layout

2. Next we will create the JSON file to store our data

[
 {
  "events":
   [
    {
     "venue":"Old Trafford, Manchester",
     "date":"14 August 1990"
    },
    {
     "venue":"Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney",
     "date":"6 January 1992"
    },
    {
     "venue":"WACA Ground, Perth",
     "date":"3 February 1992"
    },
    {
     "venue":"Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (3), Mirpur",
     "date":"16 March 2012"
    }
   ]
 }
]

3. Declaring various global variables

//Initialize global variables
var cur_record         = 1;
var UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = 4;
var LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT = 1;
var HASH               = '#';
var TRANSITION_TYPE    = 'slide';
var PAGE_ID            = 'main';
var PAGE_CONTENT_ID    = 'main-content';
var NEXT_BTN_ID        = 'next';
var PREV_BTN_ID        = 'prev';

var ALL_RECORDS        = '';
var EVENTS             = '';

4. Now in our JavaScript file we will fetch the data from our JSON file using AJAX.

We will store the data in some global variable.

//Get the records from JSON file
jQuery.getJSON("lib/page_data.json", function(data){
 setRecords(data);
});

//Store the records in global variables
function setRecords(data) {
 ALL_RECORDS = data;
 EVENTS = ALL_RECORDS[0].events;
 UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = EVENTS.length;
 updateRecordsData();
}

5. Now we will update the content of the page upon document.ready event of jQuery.

//Update the page content
function updateRecordsData(){
 var this_page = jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).find(HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID);
 var venue = EVENTS[cur_record-1].venue;
 var date = EVENTS[cur_record-1].date;

 var htm = '';
 htm += '<ul data-role="listview">';
     htm += '  <li>Date: ' + date + '</li>';
     htm += '  <li>Venue: ' + venue + '</li>';
     htm += '</ul>';
 jQuery( HASH + PAGE_ID ).find( HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID ).html(htm);
 }

6. Show next and previous records

  //Go to next record
  function gotoNextRecord() {
    cur_record++;
    if(cur_record > UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Go to previous record
  function gotoPrevRecord() {
    cur_record--;
    if(cur_record < LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

7. Binding the click and swipe events

jQuery mobile provides pre-built touch events for swipe. You can bind these events like this:

//Bind events with next/previous buttons
jQuery(HASH + NEXT_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoNextRecord);

jQuery(HASH + PREV_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoPrevRecord);

jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swipeleft', gotoNextRecord);

jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swiperight', gotoPrevRecord);

8. The final code

jQuery(document).ready(function() {

  //Initialize global variables
  var cur_record         = 1;
  var UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = 4;
  var LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT = 1;
  var HASH               = '#';
  var TRANSITION_TYPE    = 'slide';
  var PAGE_ID            = 'main';
  var PAGE_CONTENT_ID    = 'main-content';
  var NEXT_BTN_ID        = 'next';
  var PREV_BTN_ID        = 'prev';

  var ALL_RECORDS        = '';
  var EVENTS             = '';

  //Get the records from JSON file
  jQuery.getJSON("lib/page_data.json", function(data){
    setRecords(data);
  });

  //Store the records in global variables
  function setRecords(data) {
    ALL_RECORDS = data;
    EVENTS = ALL_RECORDS[0].events;
    UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT = EVENTS.length;
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Update the page content
  function updateRecordsData(){
    var this_page = jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).find(HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID);
    var venue = EVENTS[cur_record-1].venue;
    var date = EVENTS[cur_record-1].date;

    var htm = '';
    htm += '<ul data-role="listview">';
        htm += '  <li>Date: ' + date + '</li>';
        htm += '  <li>Venue: ' + venue + '</li>';
        htm += '</ul>';
    jQuery( HASH + PAGE_ID ).find( HASH + PAGE_CONTENT_ID ).html(htm);
  }

  //Go to next record
  function gotoNextRecord() {
    cur_record++;
    if(cur_record > UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Go to previous record
  function gotoPrevRecord() {
    cur_record--;
    if(cur_record < LOWER_RECORD_LIMIT) {
      cur_record = UPPER_RECORD_LIMIT;
    }
    updateRecordsData();
  }

  //Bind events with next/previous buttons
  jQuery(HASH + NEXT_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoNextRecord);

  jQuery(HASH + PREV_BTN_ID).bind('click', gotoPrevRecord);

  jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swipeleft', gotoNextRecord);

  jQuery(HASH+PAGE_ID).bind('swiperight', gotoPrevRecord);

});

jQuery Mobile tutorial for Beginners

2012-04-09T23:56:00.001-07:00

jQuery Mobile is a set of jQuery plug-ins and widgets that aim to provide a cross-platform API for creating mobile web applications. In terms of code implementation, jQuery Mobile is very similar to jQuery UI, but while jQuery UI is focused on desktop applications, jQuery Mobile is built with mobile devices in mind. jQuery Mobile uses HTML 5 and CSS 3 features to enhance basic HTML markup to create a consistent mobile experience across supported platforms. See live demo here.

Live Demo

Create Your First jQuery Mobile Application

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery Mobile Application</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/
     jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.js">
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>

 <!-- The page starts -->
 <section id="page1" data-role="page">
   <!-- The header -->
   <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
   <!-- The header -->

   <!-- The body -->
   <div class="content" data-role="content">
     <p>Welcome to jQuery Mobile!</p>
   </div>
   <!-- The body -->

   <!-- The footer -->
   <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
   <!-- The footer -->

 </section>
  </body>
</html>

jQuery Mobile doesn’t need specific markup, but it does need us to indicate the roles of the content areas somehow. To do this, jQuery Mobile uses a custom data- attribute: data-role. Valid data-role values include page, header, content, and footer. Adding a new page to the application is as simple as that. Just add a new HTML 5 section with data-role="page" and it is done. See the following example.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery Mobile Application</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/
     jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.js">
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>

 <section id="page1" data-role="page">
   <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
   <div class="content" data-role="content">
     <p>Welcome to jQuery Mobile!</p>
  <p><a href="#page2">Go to the second page!</a></p>
   </div>
   <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
 </section>

 <section id="page2" data-role="page">
  <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
  <div class="content" data-role="content">
    <p>Second page!</p>
    <p><a href="#page1">Go to the first page!</a></p>
  </div>
  <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
 </section>

  </body>
</html>

jQuery mobile will maintain the history of the navigation for you. jQuery Mobile will automatically handle the page transition animation, and will automatically provide a back button in the header. There you have it, your first jQuery Mobile application. It doesn’t do much, but it should give you some insight into the simplicity of the framework.

jQuery Mobile tutorial for Beginners

2012-04-09T23:56:00.000-07:00

Live Demo

Create Your First jQuery Mobile Application

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery Mobile Application</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/
     jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.js">
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>

 <!-- The page starts -->
 <section id="page1" data-role="page">
   <!-- The header -->
   <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
   <!-- The header -->

   <!-- The body -->
   <div class="content" data-role="content">
     <p>Welcome to jQuery Mobile!</p>
   </div>
   <!-- The body -->

   <!-- The footer -->
   <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
   <!-- The footer -->

 </section>
  </body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery Mobile Application</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/
     jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.js">
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>

 <section id="page1" data-role="page">
   <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
   <div class="content" data-role="content">
     <p>Welcome to jQuery Mobile!</p>
  <p><a href="#page2">Go to the second page!</a></p>
   </div>
   <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
 </section>

 <section id="page2" data-role="page">
  <header data-role="header"><h1>jQuery Mobile</h1></header>
  <div class="content" data-role="content">
    <p>Second page!</p>
    <p><a href="#page1">Go to the first page!</a></p>
  </div>
  <footer data-role="footer"><h1>WebSpeaks.in</h1></footer>
 </section>

  </body>
</html>

Why Google Map listing is important

2012-03-13T21:15:00.001-07:00

SEO is getting more advanced and diverse topics and techniques are surfacing everyday to woo the search engines. In fact the term Google and 'search engine' have become synonymous and most websites aim for the top listings on Google. But it is not only Google but literally all search engines that have become a bone of contention for websites and SEO firms. Everybody wants to get noticed in the eyes of these search engines. And it is getting tougher for everyone to keep the visibility of their websites or web pages high, what with millions of web pages and new one getting added every day. One needs to have an insight on how exactly the search algorithms work and which kind of visitors would type what in the search engine. There are no set guidelines like the best casino guide for gambling players.

As Google is the unquestionable leader of all search engines it is only natural for most SEO companies to get their websites ranking high on Google. It may be a big deal from the perspective of all kinds and sizes of online business but from a normal person's perspective, an average person is not concerned with all those issues at all. All a common person is looking for is some useful information, satisfying his needs. And the war for first position has opened up among all SEO firms with the new feature of Google map listings. Just like gaming fans are on constant search for no deposit casino bonus codes, SEO experts are forever looking for new ways to improve the rankings of their websites.

Google map listing is an easy and convenient method for people to find a certain business as well as its location so that they know where it is and how to contact them. The websites are registering with Google so as to get the Google map listing on their page and get more popular with common masses. The users can see their business on the map and where clicking further will lead to that particular site/blog or nay other given information. SEO companies still need not overlook the importance of keywords and will need to have a thorough knowledge of how the algorithm realign to Google Maps work and will help in the ranking of local business listings. Make good use of Google map, think of innovative ways for optimization and keep exploring the new maze of keywords to stay ahead of the race. The slots gaming is highly popular among gamblers and right now it is the Google listings that is at the top priority for most SEO experts.

Why Google Map listing is important

2012-03-13T21:15:00.000-07:00

Getting Started with ESPN Sports API

2012-03-09T00:33:00.001-08:00

Recently ESPN has launched its Sports API for getting all latest sports update and news. You can register for the API at http://developer.espn.com/. There you need to get an API key to create your application. The API is very simple and easy to use with a number of options. I have created a simple sports news gallery using the API. See it working...

Live Demo Download Script

jQuery Code:

    $(document).ready(function(){
        var news_limit = 5;
        var news_offset = 0;

        $('a#load_more').click(function(){
            load_more_news();
        });

        function load_more_news(){
            news_offset += news_limit;
            $.ajax({ 
                url: "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/news/headlines", 
                data: { 
                    // enter your developer api key here 
                    apikey: "<your_api_key>",
                    // the type of data you're expecting back from the api 
                    _accept: "application/json",
                    // number of results to be shown
                    limit: news_limit,
                    offset: news_offset
                }, 
                dataType: "jsonp", 
                beforeSend: function(){
                    $('#result').html('Loading...');
                },
                success: function(data) { 
                    $('#result').html('');
                    // create an unordered list of headlines 
                    var ul = $('ul#list'); 
                    $.each(data.headlines, function() { 
                     var htm = this.headline;
                     htm += '<a class="readmore" href="'+this.links.web.href+'" target="_blank">Read more</a>';
                        var li = $('<li/>').html(htm); 
                        ul.append(li) 
                    }); 
                }, 
                error: function() { 
                     // handle the error 
                } 
            });
        }
        load_more_news();
    });

HTML Markup

<html>
<style>

</style>
<head>
    <title>ESPN Sports API | WebSpeaks.in</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main">
        <h2>Latest in Sports World</h2>
        <hr />
        <div class="news">
            <div style="text-align:center" id="result"></div>
            <div>
                <ul id="list"></ul>
            </div>
        </div>
        <hr />
        <div class="button"><a class="button white bigrounded" id="load_more">Load More</a></div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

@font-face {
 font-family: "UglyQua";
 font-style: normal;
 src: url(UglyQua/UglyQua.eot); /*if IE */
 src: local("UglyQua"), url("UglyQua/UglyQua.ttf") format("truetype"); /* non-IE */
}

body,h1,h2,h3,p,quote,small,form,input,ul,li,ol,label{
 margin:0px;
 padding:0px;
}


body{
 color:#888888;
 font-size:13px;
 background: #eeeeee;
 font-family: "UglyQua";
}

hr{
 margin-top:10px;
 margin-bottom:10px;
 color:#eeeeee;
}
div.main{
 width:400px;
 margin: auto;
 padding: 10px;
}
h2{
 color:#888888;
 font-size:33px;
 padding:10px;
 text-shadow:2px 1px 6px #333;
}
div.news{
 width:400px;
 height:auto;
 height:415px;
 overflow: hidden;
 overflow-y: auto;
}
ul li{
 padding:8px;
 font-size:18px;
}
a.readmore {
    color: #999999;
    font-size: 60%;
    padding-left: 10px;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
div.button{
 text-align: center;
 padding: 10px;
}
a.button {
 display: inline-block;
 outline: none;
 cursor: pointer;
 text-align: center;
 text-decoration: none;
 font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 padding: .5em 2em .55em;
 text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
 -webkit-border-radius: .5em; 
 -moz-border-radius: .5em;
 border-radius: .5em;
 -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
 -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
 box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
.white {
  background-attachment:initial;
  background-clip:initial;
  background-color:initial;
  background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0%, 0 100%, from(#FFFFFF), to(#EDEDED));
  background-origin:initial;
  background-position:initial initial;
  background-repeat:initial initial;
  border-bottom-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-bottom-style:solid;
  border-bottom-width:1px;
  border-left-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-left-style:solid;
  border-left-width:1px;
  border-right-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-right-style:solid;
  border-right-width:1px;
  border-top-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-top-style:solid;
  border-top-width:1px;
  color:#606060;
}
.bigrounded {
  border-bottom-left-radius:2em 2em;
  border-bottom-right-radius:2em 2em;
  border-top-left-radius:2em 2em;
  border-top-right-radius:2em 2em;
}

Getting Started with ESPN Sports API

2012-03-09T00:33:00.000-08:00

Live Demo Download Script

jQuery Code:

    $(document).ready(function(){
        var news_limit = 5;
        var news_offset = 0;

        $('a#load_more').click(function(){
            load_more_news();
        });

        function load_more_news(){
            news_offset += news_limit;
            $.ajax({ 
                url: "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/news/headlines", 
                data: { 
                    // enter your developer api key here 
                    apikey: "<your_api_key>",
                    // the type of data you're expecting back from the api 
                    _accept: "application/json",
                    // number of results to be shown
                    limit: news_limit,
                    offset: news_offset
                }, 
                dataType: "jsonp", 
                beforeSend: function(){
                    $('#result').html('Loading...');
                },
                success: function(data) { 
                    $('#result').html('');
                    // create an unordered list of headlines 
                    var ul = $('ul#list'); 
                    $.each(data.headlines, function() { 
                     var htm = this.headline;
                     htm += '<a class="readmore" href="'+this.links.web.href+'" target="_blank">Read more</a>';
                        var li = $('<li/>').html(htm); 
                        ul.append(li) 
                    }); 
                }, 
                error: function() { 
                     // handle the error 
                } 
            });
        }
        load_more_news();
    });

HTML Markup

<html>
<style>

</style>
<head>
    <title>ESPN Sports API | WebSpeaks.in</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main">
        <h2>Latest in Sports World</h2>
        <hr />
        <div class="news">
            <div style="text-align:center" id="result"></div>
            <div>
                <ul id="list"></ul>
            </div>
        </div>
        <hr />
        <div class="button"><a class="button white bigrounded" id="load_more">Load More</a></div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

@font-face {
 font-family: "UglyQua";
 font-style: normal;
 src: url(UglyQua/UglyQua.eot); /*if IE */
 src: local("UglyQua"), url("UglyQua/UglyQua.ttf") format("truetype"); /* non-IE */
}

body,h1,h2,h3,p,quote,small,form,input,ul,li,ol,label{
 margin:0px;
 padding:0px;
}


body{
 color:#888888;
 font-size:13px;
 background: #eeeeee;
 font-family: "UglyQua";
}

hr{
 margin-top:10px;
 margin-bottom:10px;
 color:#eeeeee;
}
div.main{
 width:400px;
 margin: auto;
 padding: 10px;
}
h2{
 color:#888888;
 font-size:33px;
 padding:10px;
 text-shadow:2px 1px 6px #333;
}
div.news{
 width:400px;
 height:auto;
 height:415px;
 overflow: hidden;
 overflow-y: auto;
}
ul li{
 padding:8px;
 font-size:18px;
}
a.readmore {
    color: #999999;
    font-size: 60%;
    padding-left: 10px;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
div.button{
 text-align: center;
 padding: 10px;
}
a.button {
 display: inline-block;
 outline: none;
 cursor: pointer;
 text-align: center;
 text-decoration: none;
 font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 padding: .5em 2em .55em;
 text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
 -webkit-border-radius: .5em; 
 -moz-border-radius: .5em;
 border-radius: .5em;
 -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
 -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
 box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
.white {
  background-attachment:initial;
  background-clip:initial;
  background-color:initial;
  background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0%, 0 100%, from(#FFFFFF), to(#EDEDED));
  background-origin:initial;
  background-position:initial initial;
  background-repeat:initial initial;
  border-bottom-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-bottom-style:solid;
  border-bottom-width:1px;
  border-left-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-left-style:solid;
  border-left-width:1px;
  border-right-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-right-style:solid;
  border-right-width:1px;
  border-top-color:#B7B7B7;
  border-top-style:solid;
  border-top-width:1px;
  color:#606060;
}
.bigrounded {
  border-bottom-left-radius:2em 2em;
  border-bottom-right-radius:2em 2em;
  border-top-left-radius:2em 2em;
  border-top-right-radius:2em 2em;
}

Create Custom Tab in Magento Product Add/Edit Page

2012-02-26T06:19:00.001-08:00

If you are trying to add a custom tab to the product add/edit page in Magento admin, then you are at the right place. Today I will tell you a damn simple method to add the custom tab to product add/edit page. We will have to add few lines to the xml layout file of your custom module. Then create a phtml file that contains the html part to be shown in the tab.

Here is the detailed description of the process:
1. Create a directory named 'custom' at app\design\adminhtml\default\default\template location.

2. Create file named content.phtml in the above directory so that the full path looks like app\design\adminhtml\default\default\template\custom\content.phtml

3. In content.phtml you can write any php and html code according to your need.

<?php
//Get the current product
$product = Mage::registry('product');
?>

<div class="entry-edit">
    <div class="entry-edit-head">
        <h4 class="icon-head head-edit-form fieldset-legend">Custom Tab</h4>
    </div>
    <div id="group_fields4" class="fieldset fieldset-wide">
 <?php
 var_dump($product);
 ?>
    </div>
</div>

4. Create the block file in app\code\local\<namespace>\<module_name>\Block\Adminhtml\Config.php. Add following content to the file:

<?php
class <namespace>_<module_name>_Block_Adminhtml_Config extends Mage_Core_Block_Template implements Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Tab_Interface
{
 public function __construct(){
  $this->setTemplate('custom/content.phtml');
  parent::__construct();
 }

 //Label to be shown in the tab
 public function getTabLabel(){
  return Mage::helper('core')->__('Custom Tab');
 }

 public function getTabTitle(){
  return Mage::helper('core')->__('Custom Tab');
 }

 public function canShowTab(){
  return true;
 }

 public function isHidden(){
  return false;
 }
}

5. Open the app\design\adminhtml\default\default\layout\<module_name>.xml. Add following lines to this file:

<!-- To add a tab on new product page -->
<adminhtml_catalog_product_new>
 <reference name="product_tabs">
  <action method="addTab">
   <name>custom_tab</name>
   <block template="custom/content.phtml">module_name/adminhtml_config</block>
  </action>
 </reference>
</adminhtml_catalog_product_new>
<!-- To add a tab on new product page -->


<!-- To add a tab on edit product page -->
<adminhtml_catalog_product_edit>
 <reference name="product_tabs">
  <action method="addTab">
   <name>custom_tab</name>
   <block template="custom/content.phtml">module_name/adminhtml_config</block>
  </action>
 </reference>
</adminhtml_catalog_product_edit>
<!-- To add a tab on edit product page -->

This is all and you are done! Please share if you like it.

Create Custom Tab in Magento Product Add/Edit Page

2012-02-26T06:19:00.000-08:00

<?php
//Get the current product
$product = Mage::registry('product');
?>

<div class="entry-edit">
    <div class="entry-edit-head">
        <h4 class="icon-head head-edit-form fieldset-legend">Custom Tab</h4>
    </div>
    <div id="group_fields4" class="fieldset fieldset-wide">
 <?php
 var_dump($product);
 ?>
    </div>
</div>

4. Create the block file in app\code\local\<namespace>\<module_name>\Block\Adminhtml\Config.php. Add following content to the file:

<?php
class <namespace>_<module_name>_Block_Adminhtml_Config extends Mage_Core_Block_Template implements Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Tab_Interface
{
 public function __construct(){
  $this->setTemplate('custom/content.phtml');
  parent::__construct();
 }

 //Label to be shown in the tab
 public function getTabLabel(){
  return Mage::helper('core')->__('Custom Tab');
 }

 public function getTabTitle(){
  return Mage::helper('core')->__('Custom Tab');
 }

 public function canShowTab(){
  return true;
 }

 public function isHidden(){
  return false;
 }
}

5. Open the app\design\adminhtml\default\default\layout\<module_name>.xml. Add following lines to this file:

<!-- To add a tab on new product page -->
<adminhtml_catalog_product_new>
 <reference name="product_tabs">
  <action method="addTab">
   <name>custom_tab</name>
   <block template="custom/content.phtml">module_name/adminhtml_config</block>
  </action>
 </reference>
</adminhtml_catalog_product_new>
<!-- To add a tab on new product page -->


<!-- To add a tab on edit product page -->
<adminhtml_catalog_product_edit>
 <reference name="product_tabs">
  <action method="addTab">
   <name>custom_tab</name>
   <block template="custom/content.phtml">module_name/adminhtml_config</block>
  </action>
 </reference>
</adminhtml_catalog_product_edit>
<!-- To add a tab on edit product page -->

This is all and you are done! Please share if you like it.

Create Album and Upload Photo to Facebook Fan Page using PHP

2012-02-23T02:05:00.001-08:00

In this series of Facebook API tutorials, today we will continue with creating albums on Facebook Fan Page. The main meat of this tutorial is getting the right access token for your fan page. To get the right access token, follow these steps:

Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=me%2Faccounts
Enter https://graph.facebook.com/me/accounts in the second text box
Click on submit
Json data will be returned
From that select the access token of your Fan page.

Other Facebook Tutorials:
How to upload photos to you Facebook Fan Page
Access Facebook Photo Albums using PHP - v1.0
Upload photos on Facebook using PHP
See it working
Live Demo Download Script

<?php
require_once 'library/facebook.php';
$facebook = new Facebook(array(
 'appId'  => '<app_id>',
 'secret' => '<app_sercret>',
 'fileUpload' => true
));
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>WebSpeaks.in | Create album and upload photos to Facebook Fan Page</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<?php
//It can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/tools/access_token/
$access_token = '<you_access_token>';

$params = array('access_token' => $access_token);

//The id of the fanpage
$fanpage = '<your_fan_page_id>';

/*
 * Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=me%2Faccounts
 * Enter https://graph.facebook.com/me/accounts in the second text box
 * Click on submit
 * Json data will be returned
 * From that select the access token of your Fan page
*/
$page_access_token = '<your_page_access_token>';
$facebook->setAccessToken($page_access_token);

$facebook->setFileUploadSupport(true);

//Create an album
$album_details = array(
        'message'=> 'Test album',
        'name'=> 'Album name'.date('Y-m-d H:i:s') //should be unique each time
);
$album = $facebook->api('/'.$fanpage.'/albums', 'post', $album_details);

//The id of the album
$album_id =$album['id'];

//Replace arvind07 with your Facebook ID
$accounts = $facebook->api('/arvind07/accounts', 'GET', $params);

foreach($accounts['data'] as $account) {
 if( $account['id'] == $fanpage || $account['name'] == $fanpage ){
  $fanpage_token = $account['access_token'];
 }
}

$valid_files = array('image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif');

if(isset($_FILES) && !empty($_FILES)){
 if( !in_array($_FILES['pic']['type'], $valid_files ) ){
  echo 'Only jpg, png and gif image types are supported!';
 }else{
  #Upload photo here
  $img = realpath($_FILES["pic"]["tmp_name"]);

  $args = array(
   'message' => 'This photo was uploaded via WebSpeaks.in',
   'image' => '@' . $img,
   'aid' => $album_id,
   'no_story' => 0,
   'access_token' => $fanpage_token
  );

  $photo = $facebook->api($album_id . '/photos', 'post', $args);
  if( is_array( $photo ) && !empty( $photo['id'] ) ){
   echo '<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid='.$photo['id'].'">Click here to watch this photo on Facebook.</a></p>';
  }
 }
}

?>
 <!-- Form for uploading the photo -->
 <div class="main">
  <p>Select a photo to upload on Facebook Fan Page</p>
  <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <p>Select the image: <input type="file" name="pic" /></p>
  <p><input class="post_but" type="submit" value="Create album and Upload" /></p>
  </form>
 </div>
</body>
</html>