Java never die

Finally, I decided to be professional blogger and to start to use some desktop blogging software.

Important features used as criteria:

– free windows blogging software;

– must support all major blog engines (firstly Wodpress, Blogger and LiveJournal);

– firefox like misspelling highlighting;

– optionally can simultaneously post to multiple blogs.

So, i found this wordpress codex page with list of wordpress blogging software, browsed and choose some of them to download and test:

– BlogDesk;

– QTM;

– Qumana;

– Zaundry;

– Zaundry Raven;

– Windows Live Writer;

I checked them very quickly and possible dismissed something. I was unable to connect to my blog with QTM and Zaundry Raven threw some error message so  I deleted them from list. So, next list is windows blogging software that was connected and properly worked from 1st attempt.

– BlogDesk;

– Qumana;

– Zaundry;

– Windows Live Writer;

BlogDesk the only free windows blogging software that can simultaneously  publish to multiple blogs. Sometimes it can be useful. But list of supported blog engines is very short. Blogger and LiveJournal are not supported. So, can be used only if mass posting to WordPress blogs needed.

Qumana places some annoying “powered by” message in new post. Deleted.

Zaundry  is very good: big list of supported engines, nice interface, but spelling must be run by user and not comfortable at all for me.

Windows Live Writer the best. Finally some Microsoft software that i like more than opensource analogs. Over all above has amazing preview feature making possible to see how post will be looks like after posting to web.

I am currently testing blog writing desktop clients. And BlogDesk seems to be owner of very interesting feature: simultaneous posting to multiple blogs.

So, I post……………………………

………. OK. Posted successfuly to 2 different blogs.

There are many Twitter follow-unfollow applications available. Some of them simply the bots that parse and interact with Twitter pages but some used Twitter API. Long time Twitter was very soft with his follow unfollow automation policy and only last days his politic was changed. Follow-Unfollow automation fully prohibited. Accounts that used some third party or home written software using Twitter API were suspended. Accounts that was mass created and related by email were suspended too.

Moral: if you decided to be bad, be really bad — don’t use official API to write bots.

or how to determine site traffic range in one moment

There are many traffic analyzing tools free available online. I will write review somewhen.

This post is about relationship between site Alexa rank and site traffic. This relationship is not obvious. Impossible to say exact site traffic number only standing on Alexa rank. But possible to determine more less precisely range: high and low limits between site traffic likely must to be.

Alexa Rank                    :       Monthly traffic, visits

1    -   10                        :       25B    -     1B
10   -  100                      :       1B      -     100M
100    -  1,000                :       100M  -     10M
1,000   -   10,000           :       10M     -    1M
10,000   -  100,000        :       1M       -    10K
100,000  -  1,000,000    :       10K     –    1K
1,000,000 –  3,000,000  :       1K       –    100
3,000,000 – 10,000,000 :       100      –     10

The simplest way to get Alexa rank displayed in browser when site visited is to install Alexa Sparky plugin.

Update. All text below is outdated and subject of history.

Twitter significantly changed its automation policy and all follow-unfollow automation is now strictly prohibited.

You very likely can write some bot without using Twitter API but using follow feature of Twitter API make your account automatically suspended.

This post is attempt to write more shortly and understandable what is already written on related twitter pages.

So, known Twitter API limitations:

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Compare Web Design and WordPress popularity using Google Trends.

WordPress ultimately win. Knowledge of WordPress nowadays much more important than knowledge of html and css.

In nowadays web oriented world users expectations are that desktop application behave like web application.

And part of this that cursor must be changed when moving over button and checkbox controls.

Next code snippet satisfied needs:

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Suppose, we need link (hyperlink) in our desktop swing application, and clicking it should open specified page in default browser.

Try this code:

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Suppose, we need underlined label in our swing application. java.awt.Font doesn’t have this option.
But next code solves the problem:

JLabel clickItLabel = new JLabel("<html><u>Click It</u></html>")

Netbeans is great software. But sometimes very confusing. Netbeans have great java swing GUI editor with drag and drop palette. Use it. It is very helpful.

Netbeans have also Java Desktop Application option: File -> New Project -> Java -> Java Desktop Application – don’t use it. It seems to be helpful but creates more problems than solves.

Use regular Java Application instead and create your main class as JFrame Form.

Good Luck!

I want text on my JLabel object displayed in two lines.

Next code does do the work:

label.setText(" <html> first line <br> second line </html>");

The next site contains very good set of web related tutorials : html, ajax, php etc.
Very similar to w3schools and can be used as its addition or (in some cases) alternative.

http://www.tizag.com

I discovered new progressive way to make bookmarks: saving links as posts in my blog.

This site contains immeasurable info about adsense and many many more

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com

Suppose we have JPanel with name panel and JButton with name button on it.

Try this code:
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Sometimes developers remove “powered by WordPress” label from bottom of wordpress based sites. It’s not illegal: WordPress released under LGPL and keeping this label is not required by license. It’s correct for derivative works (themes and plugins) too.

Suppose we have www.possiblybuiltonwordpress.com site. How to be sure that wordpress really used?

Two ways each of them can be gone manually or programmatically:

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Blogs made for AdSense is well known.

But this blog is not from their number. It is fine example of blogs made for Amazon. Called laptopantiglare and contains text and video info about anti glare screen protectors and pretty amazon widget with links to selling items (anti glare screens).

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A little out of date but still actual and cool. Memento more.

Google on Your Shoe
by Ron Castle www.roncastle.com

I am a website marketer; my friends all think I’m cool.
I sell stuff on the Internet, where my web rankings rule.
One day in May they dropped from sight, were no place to be found.
Google took my website ranks and sent them underground.

If you smell something funny when you’re on the Internet,
You think it’s body odor, loss of rankings make you sweat,
But it really smells much worse than that, it’s worse than doggie poo,
You weren’t watching where you step; it’s Google on your shoe.

First week of May two thousand six, there was a Google crash.
Their content filter went bizarre, bad websites made a dash
Right into the index where they’d never been before.
Good content that they should be crawling totally ignored.

Google says they do no harm, but didn’t say a word
That anything was wrong or that this even had occurred.
Of course it’s good for AdWords, but they say they never do
Anything organic that would make you need them, true?

The moral to this story is that Google’s not your friend.
Friends will tell you when they’re wrong, be truthful to the end.
They will not betray your trust and will not make you blue.
Which is why you should be careful, don’t get Google on your shoe.

So, if you smell something funny when you’re on the Internet,
You know your SEO is good, you’ve nothing to regret,
And all your pretty pages simply disappear from view,
It wasn’t anything you did; it’s Google on your shoe.

I used to use netbeans for php development. Sometimes it more simple to enter new files directly to project

folder without using IDE. But these files is not viewable in IDE.

There is a lack of refresh button for netbeans php project menu.

Workaround is very simple: right click on -> Properties -> Ok. This will cause IDE to start

scanning projects.

bestpdfsearchengine.com is finished, deployed, tested a litle.

Historically it was not a goal to create such application, but rather a custom search to my another GWT base application. I wanted to create some working prototype  using Google Ajax Search API and GWT. But being close to finish i decided deploy it as separate application and even bought domain. Domain name a bit bombastic, but target right keywords .

After buying domain i realized that with this application i am violating google’s ajax search api terms of usage:

>You will not, and will not permit users or other third parties to:

• incorporate Google Search Results as the primary content on your Property or any page on your Property;

I am not alone here. These sites http://www.data-sheet.net/ and http://www.pdfsearchengine.org/ do the same.

So, i must to say that i really don’t want to be evil! It is temporary. I will make big post will detailed explanation how this application was built and embed application  to page and will remove it from separate domain. I also write post about how to embed GWT application to wordpress custom page. I will be good and create unique content and make internet better. Soon.

I started to submit it to directories, so below is reciprocal links required by these directories sites:
Free Credit Check
Free East Web Directory
Seo friendly directory
Domain Link Exchange
A List Directory
Directory Submission WebDirectory
Eye Injuries
Suggest Your Link Here
Findsome.info
A Web Directory
LinksPremium.com
WebTrafficGenie.com
Free Web Directory – TheShoppings.Com
Linktome
Pblake Directory