Spiders-Design

Password protect plugin upgrade

admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:43:29 +0000

Hi all,

Some bright spark has accidentally (I presume) messed up the permissions for my plugin in the wordpress.org repository that has rendered it inaccessible. This means that your version will never update through wordpress again. A new plugin repository was created for me and I have uploaded an update (3.3) which includes many new features and fixes (see below) and didn’t want all of you to go without the chance of upgrading.

New features:

RSS disabling (fixes the bug which allowed an unauthenticated user to access the rss feed)
Multiple passwords 9support for multiple passwords
Logs – support for logging of logins, login attempts and logouts
Image upload button
Cookies – the option to use cookies rather than sessions
Support – in-plugin support form
All new and improved admin interface

How to upgrade

Deactivate and remove the old plugin (it won’t overwrite it)
Go here and download the plugin (or search for it through wordpress)
Install it and all should work fine (fingers crossed)

Don’t want to upgrade?

Click cancel on the prompt to disable further messages.

Iphone transition effects

admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:26:30 +0000

Depending on the direction of the transition the transparency of the pages is different so that the emphasis is put on the page being navigated to.

Server down so licensed products will not work until the server is online again

admin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:36:43 +0000

My Just host hosted sites are currently down. They assure me that they are working on the problem. I know when it went down (because I was in the middle of doing something) so I know that it hasn’t been out for days or anything like that. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. Those of you who have products which license themselves on these servers (new products) the products will act as if they aren’t licensed (although if you have changed settings that can only be changed with a license these settings will remain). So basically until the server is online again all the licensed features will be greyed out.

Is this the most realistic CGI you’ve ever seen? « Derren Brown Blog

admin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:34:58 +0000

Is this the most realistic CGI you’ve ever seen? « Derren Brown Blog.

Xbox problems

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:28:30 +0000

I got a new tv (LG le5900) and plugged the Xbox into it (hdmi). The tv highlighted hdmi1 as ‘connected’ when I switched the Xbox on but displayed ‘no signal’. I initially thought it was the new tv but I tried it on the old one and same problem – the screen was blue. I tried a different hdmi cable. I then tried the av cable which worked. Whenever I launch a game or switch the Xbox on the old tv flickers from blue (no signal) to black and then back to blue. This is what happens when my pc is connected and is on too higher resolution or refresh rate. After this I assumed that the connector on the Xbox was broken but then when I tried my hdmi to dvi on my monitor it worked. This is really strange. I then asked a friend to take some photos of the display settings on hdmi so that I could change them without looking at what I was doing. He plugged in his hdmi on his Xbox and tv and had the same problem. I reset the display settings by holding down Y and right trigger but it still doesn’t work.

Free Windows 7 home premium giveaway

admin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:45:57 +0000

I will be giving away a free copy of Windows 7 Home premium. To be in with a chance comment on this page as to why you should have it and what you will use it for or tweet:

#iwantoffice2010 I should win this because…

Website downtime

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:34:28 +0000

Some visitors may have experienced some downtime Today – this was caused by a domain registrar. Hosting accounts were not affected and would have stayed LIVE.

What we use

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:51:10 +0000

To create stunning websites that just work we use:

Computers with:

AMD quad core processor
Nvidia 9600 GSO (overclocked)
2 24″ monitors
Saitek backlit Cyborg keyboard (we love them – doesn’t really help web design)
Saitek mouse (this does help – lots of programmable buttons)
Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Office 2010 Proffessional
Adobe Master Suite CS5
Filezilla
Google Chrome
Microsoft Expression Studio 4
Spotify (helps creativity)
Web developer toolbox (our own adobe air application)

Spiders-Design acquisition

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:53:07 +0000

Spiders-Design has acquired Aruba Systems – a leader in software system design and programming. All clients requesting such services (including all Adobe Air projects) will be forwarded to them. Aruba’s extensive portfolio includes projects such as:

Airport Flight Departure Board systems.

Security systems for Marriott and other large businesses.

Aruba’s corporate website is currently being revamped and will be live in a few months time.

Set minimum width and height for an adobe air application

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:30:11 +0000

It is often necessary to restrict the amount that the user can resize an adobe air to prevent elements disappearing off screen. One option is to prevent resizing at all by adding this:

false

to the application descriptor file within “”.

However it is far better to set a minimum (and maximum if required) width and height than remove the users ability to resize. To do this add this:

100 200

to the application descriptor file within “”. The first value is the width and the second is the height. To impose a maximum do the same but use .

It should be noted that if you preview your application with the previewer in the SDK or the previewer in the adobe air dreamweaver extension the minimum and maximum sizes will have no effect. You have to build and install the application to test it.

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