Asido

Asido is pure PHP5 now!

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:32:52 +0000

As promised, Asido has ditched the PHP4 compatibility and is now purely PHP5. The old hybrid PHP4/PHP5 version is branched in SVN under /branches/asido-php4-php5 for all of you that still want to play with it. The new version works OK with E_ALL|E_STRICT. However, this first PHP5 version of Asido does not take advantage of all the wonderful features that PHP5 offers. I hope that in the next release (which will be PHP5-only), Asido will use PHP5 at its full potential.

Asido: 1000 downloads

admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:55:05 +0000

Finally we have a worthy “record” in Asido Project downloads, the one we have been waiting for the last two months – our 1000^th download! Probably there will be new records when we update our tutorials/howto section, move entirely to PHP5, as well as putting out a new release of Asido.

Asido supporting GoPHP5: ending support for PHP4

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:56:18 +0000

To take advantage of the many and amazing new features of PHP5 it is decided that effective February 5th, 2008, newly released versions of Asido will only be developed and supported for PHP versions 5.2 and greater.

To sum it up: you might have heard of it, or not, but it is going to be a hot topic now since the news today about ceasing support for PHP4 since the end of this year. GoPHP5 is a strong initiative which is trying to push for vital change in the PHP community (even before the news about the “death” of PHP4). PHP is (still) major now. Neverthelss, PHP5 has been ignored by the majority of hosting companies and large projects for far too long now. Given that PHP6 is coming our way it is about time companies let go of the past and embrace a change for the better. With a lot of companies refusing to upgrade, developers are forced to provide support for PHP4 (including Asido and Krumo). On the other hand with developers still doing so much of PHP4, hosting companies are reluctant to upgrade. It’s a vicious circle… or it was – until the news today about PHP4 kicking the bucket.

Asido.info is up!

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:16:13 +0000

Finally, the website for the Asido Project is completed! An efford was put to try to deliver this site at top speed and not compromise the site content or the layout. There were several glitches choosing the platform and applying the modifications, but after one week customizing the final look and functionalities, and about two weeks writing the content, the site is finally up and running

After switching several CMS platforms, this website is built by using WordPress 2.1

. The modifications and the customizations were tough, but now since everything is completed I must admit that the WordPress administration is very easy. So, enjoy the Asido site, and expect a lot of new examples added to the Howtos section.

Asido: 400 downloads

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:36:43 +0000

cerrone – cerrone s paradise download Two weeks after the previous “record” in Asido Project downloads, we have a new one – our 400^th download! Probably there will be new records when we update our tutorials/howto section, as well as putting out a new release of Asido.

Asido at Google Code

admin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:43:46 +0000

This is old news, but I forgot to put it on the site – Asido now has a Google Code repository too. I am pretty much satisfied with what SourceForge.net is providing, but for all of you Google freaks here’s the Asido Google Code Page:

http://code.google.com/p/asido/

SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice Awards

admin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:49:54 +0000

Help nominate Asido for the SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice Awards
(category “Best Tool or Utility for Developers”):

Asido: 303 downloads

admin — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:39:08 +0000

I just checked the stats on the SourceForge download page: Asido has passed its 300 the killers human th download. I know that it is a small figure, but hey – let’s celebrate

Asido on Ohloh.net

admin — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:16:52 +0000

The Asido project has an Ohloh.net page now. The ohloh.net site is a great new endeavour with focus on the open-source projects, so having Asido listed there is a great asset.

Ohloh.net is really a cool site – check the Asido page there:

http://www.ohloh.net/projects/5051

Watermarks w/ GIFs and JPEGs

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:32:13 +0000

This example shows the result from applying watermark when using non-transparent images like JPEGs, or using files with non-alpha transparency like GIFs.

Pay attention to the JPEG watermark: probably you all know it, but let me put these words of wisdom again – do not use JPEGs and plain flat colors. When the JPEG compression is applied, it tries to smoothen the image and this f*cks up the areas covered with flat color.

save(ASIDO_OVERWRITE_ENABLED);

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Here you can see the source image, the watermark image, and the result:

You can download the source for this example from here:
http://www.asido.info/examples/watermark/example_05.phps