Archive for July, 2006
Flash 8 security hacks
By Justin Silverton
Digg This StoryI recently came across the following message when I tried to run a flash program on a client’s machine:I recently came across the following message when I tried to run a flash program on a client’s machine:
I recently came across the following message when I tried to run a flash program on a client’s machine:The security dialog comes up because when you fire getURL() with Local Playback Security set to
“Access Local Files only” it sees the getURL call as a request for network resource (and pops up the
security dialog).
If you then set Local Playback Security set to “Access Network”…. Normally that would allow the
call access to the network. But the requested communication is actually between a local SWF and a
local HTML file, so it sees that as a local file accessing a local file, which is outside of what’s
allowed when LPS is set to “Access Network”. Which results in a Flash Player 8 Security Sandbox dialog .
For Developers, there are three ways to solve the above issue:
1. The end user has to use the Settings Manager to set local file security to “Always Allow” AND
they have to add the path to the file as a trusted path.
The direct path to this section of the online Settings Manager is
(http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/
en/flashplayer/help/s…).
The default is ‘always ask’. Change that to ‘Always Allow’.
Then add the path to your local content to the trusted locations. For example, if your content
is on a CD-ROM then you’d add the path to the CD (for example, “F:/”).
Doing these two things is essentially enabling a local Trust File. Settings manager then
writes the trust file settings for you, to the #SharedObjects (which is obfuscated so nobody can
crack it)
So that’s how you can do it if your users are internet-connected and you feel they’re savvy
enough to handle the steps.
What if your users are not internet connected? In that case you have to manually add the trust file
to one of two locations:
2. You can create a trust file in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application
Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust.
The name of the file can be whatever you want.
The only minimum thing in the file is one line of text that’s the path you want to trust.
Additional paths can be one per line.
Do this if you just want to set up trust for one unique user account on that machine.
3. You can create a trust file in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerTrust.
This is the same trust file as step #2, but sets it for all the users on this machine.
The catch here is that you have to be an admin on the machine to create this trust file. Options #2 and #3 are obviously also available to end users who do have internet connections but
whom you might not want to direct to the Flash Player Settings Manager.
Top 10 PHP frameworks
By Justin Silverton
Below is a list of the top 10 frameworks for PHP:
10) Mobius
The Moebius PHP Library is a project that concentrates on building a set of classes that wraps around the built-in php functions. The idea behind the creation of this library is to create an object framework to work on PHP, going from mySQL management to Table manipulation. The site is powered in fact by the moebius library.
9) Blueshoes
BlueShoes provides developers with real-world solutions for common system components such as User Management, Session Handling, Closed User Groups, Exception Handling and Logging, Object Persisting as well as Form building and Handling.
8) Phrame
Phrame is a web development platform for PHP based on the design of Jakarta Struts. Phrame provides your basic Model-View-Controller architecture, and also takes a step further adding standard components such as: HashMap, ArrayList, Stack, etc…
7) Fusebox
Fusebox is the most popular framework for building ColdFusion and PHP web applications. “Fuseboxers” find that the framework releases them from much of the drudgery of writing applications and enables them to focus their efforts on creating great, customer-focused software.
6) Seagull
Seagull is an object oriented framework written in PHP that focuses on best practices, clean code and reusable components.
5) EZ Publish
eZ publish gives you control of your content. Create, handle, sort and store documents, files and images. Publish them in the format, channel or media you prefer.
4) Krill
Krill is a php Framework based on the MVC2 paradigm.
3) php-booba
Simple PHP framework for developing web applications.
2) edit-x
Edit-X CMS features enhanced tools for larger content management environments and offers support for multiple sites and unlimited authorized users. Users have an intuitive WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editorial interface that makes adding and updating content as easy as using a word processor. Edit-X CMS is designed to give organizations of all sizes a scalable solution for managing online information.
1) Binary Cloud
binarycloud is a web application framework for the PHP language. It provides a set of services that are frequently used when writing web applications and helps to improve reuseability by providing a modular application infrastructure.
9 commentsphp games
by Justin Silverton
The following are a list of free games written in PHP
http://www.heroesmini.com/register.php - Heroes of Might and Magic
http://dragon.se7enet.com/dev.php - Dragon Knight
http://sourceforge.net/projects/blacknova - black nova Traders
http://www.0php.com/reviews/0171.php - hangman
http://www.0php.com/reviews/0172.php - anoi towers
http://www.geocities.com/markoriedelde/life/index.html - Life
http://www.geocities.com/markoriedelde/Minesweeper/index.html - minesweeper
http://www.chipmunk-scripts.com/scripts/riddles.php - chipmunk riddles
http://www.chipmunk-scripts.com/killmonster/login.php - kill monster
http://sportsphool.sourceforge.net/ - sportsPHool
http://www.fightwith.me.uk/ - fightclub
Online Role Playing Games
http://phpolrpg.sourceforge.net/ - PHP online RPG
http://dragon-soldier.net/ - dragon soldier
http://www3.kingdomofloathing.com - kingdom of loathing
http://www.lotgd.net/ - legend of the green dragon
http://www.vendetta1923.com/ - vendetta
http://www.thecrims.com/ - the crims
http://www.travian.com/ - travian
Strategy
http://www.blacknova.net - black nova
http://www.aatraders.com - aatraders
http://www.quantum-star.com - quantum-star
Other
http://deepdungeons.sourceforge.net/ - This is a desktop app written in PHP+GTK it is called Deep Dungeons.
http://www.32cards.com - 2006 world cup game based on the PECL extension winbinder.
http://www.ogame.org/ - strategic space simulation game
The top 50 PHP editors
By Justin Silverton
The following is a list of the top 50 PHP editors (commercial and freeware), with reviewed links to php-editors.com:
| Editor Name | Version | License | Platform/OS | Our Rating | User Rating |
| PHP Edit | 1.2.5 | Freeware Shareware Commercial Other |
Windows | 5/5 | 4.55 (125 votes) |
| Dreamweaver | 8 | Commercial | Windows | 5/5 | 3.98 (58 votes) |
| NuSphere PhpED | 4 | Commercial | Windows Linux |
5/5 | 4.27 (73 votes) |
| Maguma Workbench | 2.6 | Commercial | Windows Linux Mac |
5/5 | 4.11 (9 votes) |
| emacs | 21 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
5/5 | 4.07 (13 votes) |
| ActiveState Komodo | 3.5 | Commercial Other |
Windows Unix Linux Other |
5/5 | 4.57 (21 votes) |
| PHP Designer 2005 | 3.0.6 | Freeware | Windows | 5/5 | 4.74 (2329 votes) |
| Komodo | 3.1 | Shareware Commercial Other |
Windows Linux Other |
5/5 | 4.13 (22 votes) |
| TSW WebCoder 2005 | 2005 | Commercial Other |
Windows | 5/5 | 2 (4 votes) |
| VIM | 6.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux |
4/5 | 4.23 (146 votes) |
| DzSoft PHP Editor | 1.4 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.54 (22 votes) |
| Davor’s PHP Constructor | 1.0 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 3.75 (4 votes) |
| Edit Plus | 2.11 SR-2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.67 (80 votes) |
| HTML-Kit | 292 | Freeware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.48 (43 votes) |
| PHP Expert Editor | 2.5 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.39 (81 votes) |
| Anjuta | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Unix Linux |
4/5 | 3.66 (6 votes) |
| Bluefish | 0.12 | Other | Linux | 4/5 | 3.97 (34 votes) |
| Quanta Plus | 3.2.1 | Freeware | Linux | 4/5 | 4.59 (61 votes) |
| Zend Studio | 5 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
4/5 | 3.93 (143 votes) |
| Kate | 2.2 | Freeware | Linux | 4/5 | 4.11 (18 votes) |
| Maguma Studio Free | 1.1.0 | Freeware | Windows | 4/5 | 3.89 (47 votes) |
| PHP Editor by EngInSite | 3 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 3 (4 votes) |
| PHP Eclipse | 1.06a | Freeware | Unix Linux |
4/5 | 4.28 (70 votes) |
| Xored:: WebStudio | 0.3.4 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Other |
4/5 | 3.92 (25 votes) |
| SciTE | 1.53 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Other |
4/5 | 4.57 (56 votes) |
| VS.Php | Beta 3 | Commercial Other |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.57 (19 votes) |
| Maguma Studio Pro | 1.3.X | Commercial | Windows | 4/5 | 4 (8 votes) |
| Macromedia HomeSite | 5.5 | Commercial | Windows | 4/5 | 4.5 (14 votes) |
| TextPad | 4.7.2 | Freeware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.51 (27 votes) |
| PHP Edit | 1.0 Stable | Freeware Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.44 (78 votes) |
| EngInSite Editor for PHP | 2.2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 4/5 | 4.31 (22 votes) |
| BBedit | 7.0 | Commercial | Mac | 3/5 | 4.47 (17 votes) |
| BBedit Lite | 6.1 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.55 (9 votes) |
| Cooledit | 3.17.7 | 3/5 | 3 (2 votes) |
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| Nedit | 5.3 | Freeware | Unix Linux |
3/5 | 4.57 (7 votes) |
| PSPad | 4.3.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.67 (76 votes) |
| PHP Coder | 3 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 3.89 (64 votes) |
| AceHTML Pro | 5 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 4 (10 votes) |
| Top PHP Studio | v1.19.6 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 4.33 (6 votes) |
| jEdit | 4.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
3/5 | 4.62 (72 votes) |
| SubEthaEdit | 1.1.5 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.5 (10 votes) |
| umdev | 2004 | Shareware | Windows | 3/5 | 2.33 (3 votes) |
| Dev-PHP | 3.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.48 (56 votes) |
| Crimson Editor | 3.60 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.70 (47 votes) |
| PHP Processor | 1.2 | Shareware | Windows | 3/5 | 5 (1 votes) |
| tsWebEditor | 2 | Freeware Other |
Windows | 3/5 | 4.61 (13 votes) |
| Svoi.NET - PHP Edit XP | 4.0 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.16 (18 votes) |
| ConTEXT | 0.97.4 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.70 (24 votes) |
| PHP Side (Simple IDE) | 0.4 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux |
3/5 | 4.07 (13 votes) |
| HAPedit | 3.1 | Freeware | Windows | 3/5 | 4.44 (18 votes) |
| EmEditor | 4.0 | Freeware Shareware |
Windows | 3/5 | 4 (4 votes) |
| Roadsend Studio | 1.1.1 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| TruStudio | 1.0.0. | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac |
3/5 | 3.33 (9 votes) |
| Smultron | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Mac | 3/5 | 4.28 (7 votes) |
| PHP backend generator | 0.9 | Commercial | Windows Unix Linux Mac Other |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| PHPMaker | 3.2 | Shareware Commercial |
Windows | 3/5 | 5 (1 votes) |
| Pidela | 0.1 | Freeware | Windows Unix Linux Mac |
3/5 | 1 (1 votes) |
| Arisesoft Winsyntax | 2 | Freeware | Windows | 2/5 | 4.12 (25 votes) |
| SEG | 1.0.1 | Freeware | Windows | 2/5 | 4.46 (13 votes) |
50 free wordpress themes
By Justin Silverton
While searching the Internet for free wordpress themes/templates, I have come up with this list that I hope will help anyone out that is using wordpress.
- anarchy
- Amsterdam Nights
- Aplus
- Aquarium
- Autumn
- Back in Black
- Autumn (different version)
- Autumn II
- Automatic Midnight
- Back in Black 2
- Batavia 1.5
- Be Nice
- Beach House
- Beast Blog
- Angelical
- Anthosia
- Anthosia2
- Anthosia3c
- The Beauty Within
- Benevolence
- BETA
- And Black Met White
- And Black Met White II
- Angel
- Anthology
- Antique-Modern
- Anthurium Mix
- AquaFluid
- Bionic Jive
- Binary Blue
- Black-LetterHead
- Black LetterHead Three Columns
- Black Gloss
- Black Gloss Tabs
- Barthelme
- Baruson Mini Valley
- basic
- Basic Seriom
- Blasé
- Archway
- Artsemerging
- Arzel XT2
- Audyasha
- AukerTheme
- blaxblog
- Beeblebrox
- Blindigo
- Beach
- Banana Smoothie
- Biru Manteb V2





