Blog stuff
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Joomla: How to serve videos based on subscription type
Here we discuss a free Joomla plugin to serve content on your site, depending on a subscription plan. For those not familiar with Joomla, you can register new users and give them a Joomla group status, like Registered, Author, Editor, Manager, etc… just as you would in WordPress.
Depending on that status, a user can do [...]
S3 Amazon: Protect files against unauthorized use
Here you see how you can create expiring URLs to protect your files from leeching and this time we work with CloudBerry Explorer Pro, the competitor of S3 Browser. The Pro version does not differ from the free version when it comes to creating expiring URLs, but the free version expires after some time and [...]
Results of a Survey on branding
Last week, I launched a survey on twitter, facebook and various forums to find out what consumers would think about 3 logo versions representing different versions of the same software. I created 3 logos, looking exactly the same, except for the background color. On the basis of those differences, I asked the readers to indicate [...]
S3 Amazon: How to embed video in your site
You want to embed video or audio from S3 Amazon into your site? This article tells you how to deal with the code involved to get your videos and audios up and running. You can use this code in practically any cms or regular website. Now, for content management systems like Joomla, Wordpress or Drupal, [...]
Best wishes for 2010 !
Dear readers, I wish you all the best for this new year with its magical name two thousand and ten!
I shall be honest with you: I’m happy 2009 is over. It was a stormy year for most people, I think. But this year I feel there is going to be a fresh wind and the [...]
Importing bookmarks from Firefox to Opera
If you notice weird things happening to your blog or content management system and you are using Firefox, chances are that Firefox is messing up. Especially versions starting from 3.x are so bad that I decided to migrated to Opera. I’m not happy leaving Firefox because it has always been a great browser, but [...]
How to embed Vimeo’s Badge widget
The badge widget of Vimeo shows thumbnails of your video collections on your post or page. Once embedded on your site, just like the HubNut widget, when you change settings in Vimeo, the changes reflect on your pages immediately.
Selecting and customizing your widget
Go to www.vimeo.com and log into your account. At the top navigation on [...]
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Back up online recorded podcasts and video
Many audio- and video services offer to record podcasts or video online. The videos or audios are then saved on their server and conveniently, you get an url that you can link to in your web site. Easy and no worries, yet, there is one thing that most subscribers forget, and that is to download [...]
The Video Watermark Contest!
To celebrate Spring after a loooong winter, we organize The video Watermark Contest which will run until the 1st of May 2009! The winner of this contest will receive a full license of VidLogo, an excellent utility for Windows to burn mark existing- and new videos fast and easy.
Read our review on Vidlogo to [...]
Blogs don’t die, they go to sleep
No posts in 14 days, I should feel bad about it, but there are reasons: First, I went on vacation and directly after that, my body explained to me that the vacation wasn’t long enough, so it used a weapon I cannot resist, it went on strike. Hence, I’ve got the flu.
That will happen when [...]
Embedding video & audio in WordPress - revision 2
If you want to play a video directly in your posts or pages, you cannot use the iFrame method because it doesn’t work in WordPress. iFrame is a way to import existing pages into your own page and it is frequently used by AudioAcrobat and other podcast services. The only way to make iFrame work [...]
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