Call Google Advertisers via Skype – soon!
I just read on the Google talkabout blog that Google and eBay signed a contract to let Google Adsense ads contain Skype callto-links in the future. Meaning that you’ll be able to call advertisers directly via Skype whenever you see … Continued
RUZEE.Borders 0.14 and Catwalks
Paddings are optional from this release on. It’s now possible to work with margins on your inner elements only. That’ll give you a much more easily maintainable layout. And if you use paddings, you may now also specify them in centimeters, inches, ems, etc., not just in pixels! Thanks, Jakob for the hint. Get it here.
Catwalks? Well there’ve been quite alot of downloads last month and if you were one of the guys and if you already have a site up and running using RUZEE.Borders, feel free to leave a link to your web page in the comments field below – put your site on the catwalk ;-).
[tags]ruzee, borders, round, rounded, javascript, css, anti-alias, corners[/tags]
Ruby on Rails flashes with JavaScript accessors
Ruby on Rails has loads of cool features. One of those is the support for flashes. As long as your HTML template follows some rules, you can use flashes to inform your user about things that happened within the last … Continued
Dapper, Dappit, Blotter
Here’s my Blotter, enjoy! [tags]dapper, dappit, blotter[/tags]
Is your web server secure?
Well, no one can tell for sure. But if you don’t want to have the most obvious security holes in your configuration, Nikto may be one of your friends. Once you have it installed (check out your Linux distro repository for details), it can be easily started via
nikto -h <your.host>
or sometimes
perl nikto.pl -h <your.host>
There’s one issue with Apache that, from my knowledge, can only be solved partly. TRACE should not be allowed as an HTTP request method. Unfortunately it can’t be turned off. It is however possible to almost disable it. Put the following configuration lines inside your “virtual host” section:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACE
RewriteRule .* - [F]
[tags]apache, security, trace, nikto[/tags]
Badger, Badger, Badger – Mushroom, Mushroom!
No text (Just wondering which drugs the creator was on…). [tags]badger, mushroom[/tags]
Skype hacked – differently
Skype has been hacked – and I’m not talking about the Intel conference call more parties, etc. stuff. I’m talking about a third party application calling a Skype client! The piece of software is coming from China – I’m wondering … Continued
A New Theme
ruzee.com got a new theme. Hope you like it! Right now I’m thinking about putting my previous WordPress theme open source. [tags]ruzee.com, theme, wordpress[/tags]
Retrieving CSS styles via JavaScript
Unobstrusive JavaScript is getting popular. Scripts are used to enrich a page’s look while the HTML source code remains pretty clean. Examples are jQuery, script.aculo.us, and of course RUZEE.Borders ;-). One important method is the retrieval of the current CSS … Continued
Unresponsive Firefox Scripts and RUZEE.Borders
There are quite some complaints and solutions about Firefox displaying annoying “unresponsive JavaScript detected, continue?” messages. If you have scripts that simply sometimes take longer to do their stuff, you shouldn’t however force your visitors to change the default JavaScript … Continued