New Google design like Bing

I just came across Google’s new design. I was wondering I have seen this design somewhere so I just opened Bing to compare the design and what I saw was shocking. Google has mimicked Bing’s design.

Here is Google’s New Design

Google's New Design

And here is the Bing’s Design

Bing's Design

Google didn’t checked the Bing’s design? or Google liked the Bing’s design so much? What’s your say on this?

Adding URL shortner to Tweet Old Post wordpress plugin

This is small tutorial showing you how to integrate new URL shortner to Tweet Old Post wordpress plugin

Make the following changes in top-admin.php file

1 – Look for the URL shortner drop down list, find the code that looks like below

'.__('URL Shortener Service', 'TweetOldPost').':

'.__('is.gd', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('su.pr', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('bit.ly', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('tr.im', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('3.ly', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('u.nu', 'TweetOldPost').'
'.__('tinyurl', 'TweetOldPost').'

2 – Once you get there, add another option tag to the list like below,

'.__('urlshortner', 'TweetOldPost').'

Note – In the above option replace ‘urlshortner’ with new shortner name.

Make the below changes in top-core.php file,

1 – find the function shorten_url(), and add an elseif block of new shortner api like below code,

elseif ($shortener=="urlshortner") {
		$url = "http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url={$the_url}";
		$response = send_request($url, 'GET');
	}

Note – replace urlshortner with new shortner name, it should be same as in point 2 of top-admin.php changes. In the URL section change the API URL with your shortner API URL and pass the required parameters the above just have the URL parameter.

2 -Some API may require additional parameters like API key. So it will look somewhat like this,

elseif ($shortener=="urlshortner") {
		$url = "http://yourshortnerapiurl/api?url={$the_url}&api=xxxxxx";
		$response = send_request($url, 'GET');
	}

Note – replace urlshortner with new shortner name, it should be same as in point 2 of top-admin.php changes. In the URL section change the API URL with your shortner API URL and pass the required parameters. The above have the URL parameter and API key replace xxxxxx with your API Key value.

That’s it and you are ready to go. In case you find it difficult to implement the above code feel free to drop by a comment I’ll add it for everyone and you can always drop me a mail.

Firefox addons to improve your productivity

Yesterday I wrote about 7 best Firefox addons for Web Developers. Here are some more addons that will help you improve your productivity and And this list is not only for web developer but for everyone who uses Firefox.

Screen Grab

Screen Grab

• Capture entire document, visible area or selected area
• Draggable selection
• Copy to clipboard and direct save
• Save as JPG or PNG

Tiny Menu

Tiny Menu

If you are a neat freak when it comes to your Web browser, Tiny Menu does a good job of tidying things up when it comes to Firefox’s menu. This simple extension combines the standard menu choices like File, Edit, and Bookmarks into one handy drop-down.  You’ll get more screen to gaze at if you install this addon as your Menu’s toolbar will be replaced by just one drop down.

Fast Dial

Fast Dial

• Press Ctrl+T to open Fast Dial page.
• Set browser home page to “about:blank” to have Fast Dial opened on startup.
• Add new sites to Fast Dial by right-clicking site page and choosing “Add to Fast Dial” from the context menu.
• Open thumbnail Properties from context menu or by moving mouse cursor over the top-right thumbnail corner.
• Assign a logo to any site on Advanced page in Properties dialog. Get more logos at userlogos.org site.
• Use drag-n-drop to change thumbnail position. Ctrl+drag to move thumbnail into a folder.
• Scroll Fast Dial page by mouse wheel or PgUp/PgDown keys if there’re more bookmarks that fit on the page.
• Enable thumbnail preview in thumbnail Properties dialog. Then left-click and hold on a thumbnail to see the preview.
• Customize any aspect of Fast Dial in Preferences.
• Themes. Use predefined ones, get more at userlogos.org or create your own.
• Set any bookmark folder to be Fast Dial home.
• Export/import any bookmark folder.

Hide Caption Title Bar

Hide Caption Title Bar

Detects and automatically restores the minimize, maximize/ restore and close buttons on the nav bar if the menu bar is hidden the extension will display these important buttons irrespective of any theme you have applied on firefox.

Sxipper

Sxipper Default

Sxipper when focus on Field

• Privacy, Sxipper protects your personal data
• Remembers username and passwords
• Form Fills, creates various version of form fill, you can also train sxipper to fill which field with which data
• Recognizes open id forms and helps you manage your Open Id’s