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Build iGoogle-Like Personal Information Dashboards: Picok

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

Picok is an enterprise open source application useful to build iGoogle-Like personal information dashboards. The content is loaded into small portlets (small draggable boxes) and layed out in a tabbed 3-column interface. The maintainers of picok installations can create portlets of their own. The application collects information from external sources and displays them in a clear and readable design.

picok-personal-information-cockpit

Features include:

  • Multi user application & Multi language
  • Extendible (the application can be extended with custom portlets and contents)
  • Administration Panel
  • Drag & Drop
  • Tabbed Interface
  • Portlet & Tab Management
  • Portlet auto refresh
  • Graded loading

Picok is written in PHP 5, uses the Yahoo User Interface Library and Zend Framework Components and supports MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM Lotus Notes and is ready to be integrated into your corporate intranet, website or community platform as well.

Filed Under: PHP

Changelogger: Find out why you should Update WordPress Plugins

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

The latest WordPress versions have a nice feature in the plugins page. You are notified everytime a new version of a plugin exists and allows you to automatically update the plugin. However, you may want to know what changes were made to the plugin, what bugs were removed, etc. The WP Changelogger aims to help you by showing the latest changelog in the ‘Plugins’ section.

wordpress-plugin-changelogger

For many many people a changelog is a very important thing; it is all about justifying to your users why they should upgrade to the latest version of a plugin. Changelogger shows the latest changelog right on the plugin listing page, whenever there’s a plugin ready to be updated.

Zoom Areas in Images: Free Flash Magnifying Glass Effect

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

If you need an application that magnifies specific areas in images, then Magnifying Glass Effect is the right choice for you. Images can be displayed in high resolution with no contrasts. You can define the image path, the display area size, and the lens size (XML or HTML). No Flash programming experience is necessary to edit the file, since all the settings are loaded from an external XML file (easy editable).

flabell-magnifying-glass-effect-floating-island

Features include:

  • Scalable lenses
  • Scalable display area
  • Scalable image

General details:

  • Opens with: Flash CS3+
  • Resolution: Resizable
  • Published size: 20kb
  • ActionScript version: AS3

The image is automatically resized to fit the entire display area, and this is the minimum zoom of the image. The large image is the maximum zoom of the image. Through the lenses the user can see the image at the highest resolution, without the need to wait for a different image to load.

6 Free Password Strength Meter Scripts – For Secure Registrations

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

Having a strong password is an essential thing in making accounts more secure. The following scripts can help your users to open an account with a powerful password in order to prevent malicious attacks.

Password Strength Meter is a JQuery plugin that uses a smart algorithm to determine the password strength. For instance, if the password matches the username it will be “bad”; if it is less then 4 characters is is “too short”; if it is long and contains letter, numbers and non-alphanumeric characters it is a “strong” password.

password-strength-meter-jquery-plugin

Ajax Password Strength Meter Script is a small JQuery Plugin that provides an easy way to show the strength of a user’s password. Some of the things can be adjusted inside this script such as: messages, length/height of the bar.

Ajax-Password-Strength-Meter-Script

Click here to view more password strength meters useful to help your users with a more secure registration…

Create Stunning Photo Albums: Free XML Flash Photo Gallery

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

Free XML Flash Photo Gallery is a an awesome Flash application that allows you to add photo gallery on your website without any tech knowledge or programming skills. This is the ideal photo gallery for photographers, artists, or anyone who wants to feature an image showcase at their websites. You just need to download the necessary files and edit the XML file.

Free-XML-Flash-Photo-Gallery

Features include:

  • XML Based
  • Image description tag
  • Fullscreen mode
  • Resizable
  • Can be used as a standalone application, as well as a part of CSS/HTML or Flash website
  • No Flash knowledge required

As you see – creating a perfect image gallery without any programming skills is very fast and easy. And it is absolutely free. So don’t waste the time – download your Free Flash Photo Gallery from FlashMint and show the world your art works in no time.