Sweet and Simple is a nice wordpress theme with a minimal silvery look. As the name implies, it is simple, yet sweet. 
. It has all the features typical of my wordpress themes (cufon text-image replacement,sliding widgets,jquery effects…. bla bla bla )…
Download and lemme know what you think.
Many php developers find it difficult to test and debug their php scripts on their web host’s server, as it consumes much needed time, but what if you had your own PC turned into an apche server with the latest version of php and mySql? Manual installation of apache and php and their configuration to meet your needs is not an easy task, but with Apache Friends XAMPP , the task becomes as simple as installing a software or extracting a zip archive! XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use – just download, extract and start. .
XAMPP (current version 1.7.1 ) includes :
XAMPP currently comes in 3 variations :
Installer : as simple as installing a software
ZIP Archive: just extract and use
Self-extracting ZIP archive
The choice is yours, i downloaded Self-extracting ZIP archive as it is very small in size and convenient to install.
Using the Self-extracting ZIP archive, extract all the contents to a top level directory in your hard drive, eg: C:/xampp
Now to manage your Apache and mySql services, open the XAMPP control Panel located at xampp/xampp-control.exe . Click on “start” button next to Apache to start your server, now open your browser and go to http://localhost/ , you should now see the XAMPP splash screen , that means your server is now working fine and you are all ready to run your php code on your PC. To run your php scripts, place all your files in xampp/htdocs directory and then call http://localhost/yourscript.php where yourscript.php is the name of your file.
The default user for mysql is root and password is “” , that means no password
So connect to the databse using php you can use mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
you can also change your mySql username and password here is how
You can even set up a fully functional “local” wordpress blog on your PC, you can use it to test and debug your wordpress themes and plugins in live. To get started, download wordpress and place the wordpress directory in xampp/htdocs
folder, now go to http://localhost/wordpress/ where wordpress is your wordpress blog directory and follow onscreen instructions
But before going further, you will have to manually create a database in mySql for your wordpress blog, to create a new database go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and create a new database with thw name of your choice,
now back to wordpress installation, enter the name of the database you just created in the database field, for usename enter “root” and leave the password field blank and submit. If everything goes fine, you will now be prompted for a title for you blog. Hooray!
your local wordpress blog is now ready, copy the password generated and login to the admin area, happy “local” blogging .
Now this is the best part of XAMPP, you can even install XAMPP right on your USB drive! It can come really useful in situations like when you have to demonstrate to your client a site that uses php and mySql
on his PC. to install XAMPP on your USB drive, simply extract XAMPP to your USB stick instead of your hard drive and enjoy!
Scrap It is a simple light weight tool for quickly creating richly formatted cool looking scraps for Orkut. So if you are on Orkut and want to send your special friend a special scrap then just point your browser to http://www.dynamicguru.com/scrapit/ and enter your scrap in the form and hit submit, copy the code below the html template of your choice and paste in your friend’s scrapbook. Scrap It currently features only 6 templates, but stay tuned, more of them are on the way…:)
With millions of fans and 13 grammy awards, Michael Jackson was perhaps the most notable musician of all time, rightly titled as The King Of Pop. He died on 25th of June , 2009 probably due to a cardiac arrest. With many controversies surrounding the deceased musician,singer and entertainer, one of the most hilarious of all claims regarding him is perhaps that he had converted to islam and had changed his name to Mohammed Jamil ! This may not be famous in the west but in Asian countries this hoax is pretty well aired, In India in particular many still believe that he was a Muslim. Even many of the major Urdu daily newspapers posted about his conversion. However a little googling has revealed that despite he was a guest of Sheikh Abdullah for sometime he never converted to Islam and has denied the hoax. So Michael Jackson was not Mohammed Jamil and all the rumours about his conversion are hoax. I dont know why some people air such news with no solid ground
