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    Chatting with FB & Google friends from custom website using OAuth - possible?

    I just signed up for a live.com account. I connected my Google and Facebook accounts to it, and found that I can chat with my online Facebook and Google friends right from the Outlook chat window. So I was wondering whether I can chat with my Facebook and Google friends from my own custom...
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    How to build a commenting system on top of my existing posting system in PHP?

    I have a page where the latest status updates by my friends and me are displayed. The tables involved are statusUpdates, users & friends. The script I used to pull the necessary data was - $myQuery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM statusUpdates AS su LEFT JOIN friends AS fr ON...
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    PHP headers and file encoding

    My PHP files are encoded in UTF-8 format (as I want to use one particular symbol which is not supported by ANSI). But UTF-8 seems to be affecting the header statement. Even the simplest of PHP codes is not working - <?php header("location: destination.php"); ?> It is throwing an error...
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    Having rendering problems with PHP include/ require in webkit browsers and Opera

    I just came across a problem which seems pretty unusual to me. I want to "include" a particular PHP script (loggedStatus.php) in my various pages. Its contents are - <?php @session_start(); //$username,$password,$databaseName declared...
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    Need Lightbox script

    I need a Lightbox script which I can add easily to my PHP website while making the least amount of changes to my existing scripts. I shall be using it mainly to display images (single and multiple) and dialog boxes (example: "Delete XYZ? Y/N" OR "You have added Mr. AB as your friend"). It...
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    Can I use APC?

    I just came across something called Alternative PHP Cache (APC). I liked what I read, especially the fact that it "heavily optimizes and tunes the output of the PHP bytecode compiler and stores the final, compiled result in shared memory" (source: Wikipedia). I was just wondering if I am...
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    Unexpected behaviour of cookie

    My login verify script - if($pass == $hash) setcookie("cookiename",$cookieVal); This stores the cookie in the broswer. No problems with this; I have checked it myself. However in a different page when I check to see if the cookie exists, it returns false. if(isSet($_COOKIE['cookiename']))...
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    Displaying last 'N' posts by friends & me | PHP-MySQL

    Hello. I want to display the latest 'N' posts made by my friends and me in my home page. Now there are 2 tables in the database related to this. One of them is "friends" (list of members who are my friends can be obtained from this table). The other is "updates" (all the status updates are...
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    How to create "Crysis" like 3D cam style UI for web page?

    I want to create a UI with 3D camera style (like the ones in Crysis 2 & 3) for a web page. That is, moving the mouse pointer moves the entire plane. I hope you can understand what I mean. I would prefer not to use any plugin (except Flash maybe), because I don't want to force the users to...
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    Animated glowing border using CSS/ JS?

    Hello. Is it possible to use JS to automatically and continuously change a particular CSS property? I want to create an animated glowing border whose glow continuously brightens and dampens (using 3 properties to achieve this effect - border, box shadow, inset box shadow). Please note that I am...
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    Dynamically change site background

    I want to keep changing the background of a web page after a certain user defined time period (5 seconds, for instance). I would like it to work for both background images and solid colour backgrounds. How do I achieve this using CSS only (JS only if it is absolutely necessary)? If possible...
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    Get equal heights for 3 column web page

    I am making a 3 column web page - 2 sidebars on either side (having fixed content) and a main content block in the centre (having dynamic content). It'll be like a blog; when a user is first using it, the main content block will contain very little stuff. So its height will be less than those of...
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    How to create Virtual world?

    Currently there are a few virtual world websites, like SecondLife, EntropiaUniverse, IMVU, ActiveWorlds, GoJiyo and Kaneva. My question is - how are such websites created? Is there any tutorial? An overview regarding this will also help. And where can I host them for free? I will need to test...
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    Cannot print variable name in PHP file

    I want to save the following line in a file in PHP: <?php $value=15; ?> For this, I am using the following code: $myFileHandle=fopen($myurl,'w'); // $myurl = URL of the file $myData="<?php $value=".$value."; ?>"; // $value = 15 fwrite($myFileHandle,$myData); fclose($myFileHandle); But when I...
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    Identifying non-genuine copy of Windows 7

    Hello. My friend has Windows 7 Ultimate in her laptop. Recently it has started flashing the 'copy of Windows is not genuine' error. Now as far as I know, this is because of installing the Update for Microsoft Windows KB971033. I asked her to check the list of installed updates from the Control...
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    How to sell my eBook?

    Hello, I am currently writing an ebook on After Effects which I would like to sell in the near future. Now, I do not have enough money to opt for a service like Clickbank for the selling purpose (I am a college student). So how can I sell the ebook? By the way, I do have a personal site...
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    How to create Apple iPhone web page slide show effect

    Hello. Please have a look at the image slide on this page - http://www.apple.com/iphone/ Can anyone tell me how to achieve a similar effect? Thanks in advance.
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    Looking for some simple intro sliders...

    Hello everyone, I am looking for some simple intro sliders which have the following characteristics: 1. No Flash, 2. Very easy to implement, 3. Cross-browser compatible, 4. Auto scrolling ability, 5. Free solutions (preferably open source). Please have a look at these to get an idea of what I...
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    Need help & advice | HTML CSS non-compatibility issues @ Internet Explorer

    I am creating a template "Metallica". It can be seen at http://www.debojyotighosh.com/labs/metallica The page looks quite good when viewed using Firefox, Chrome or Opera. But it looks really horrible when viewed using Internet Explorer 9. I understand that IE9 does not support rounded corners...
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    Help! Files and folders deleted. @ Starka server

    I cannot find my files and folders in the File Manager in cPanel. Everything seems to be empty. Also my website is currently displaying a 404 error page of yours. Please help! Note that I have been using the Starka server.
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