Posted by Sheraz Alvi in Andriod, TechnologyJul 7th, 2012 | No Comments
Finally the ICS4 has been launched for all the Xperia S mobile phones. I was waiting for this for many days even after the release annouced by Sony I could not update my phone. I was blaming that perhaps the UK networks are still taking time for this release to their customers. For many days I decided to take the other rout and root my phone to get the Ice Cream Sandwich update. But luckily found a better way so didnt need to root my phone. Thanks to our friends at http://www.xperiablog.net :)
Here is the step by step process:
Download the Flashtool: FlashTool Windows Edition – v0.8.0.0
Download...
Posted by Sheraz Alvi in Technology, Time ManagementMay 18th, 2012 | No Comments
With the age of information hitting us hard the management of contacts and emails across platforms is getting a major need of the day. I have found hard organising my emails and contacts especially when I am using different platforms like my mobile, iPad and office and home laptops.
Then I think I have found a solution which is great and is saving me a lot of time trying to find email rather then replying to them and doing actual work.
Xobni offers cross platform contacts sharing so you get your Outlook contacts on your iPhone and Android mobile phone and also all your social media contacts linked...
Posted by Sheraz Alvi in Web Design & Development, WordpressApr 29th, 2012 | No Comments
Sharing users amongst different WordPress sites is easy. Please keep in mind three things mainly:
All the changes are done in the WP-CONFIG file in the root of the sites that need to share the users. It can be sites in sub-domains or in folders under the main site. Now make the following changes to the wp-config files in your CHILD sites which will sit under the main site.
1. Share the databases (it helps if the sites are on the same server as you can use LOCALHOST otherwise you should use the right path to your MySQL database:
// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host...
Posted by Sheraz Alvi in Web Design & DevelopmentApr 28th, 2012 | No Comments
The following video is a very useful one as it talks about new techniques in CCS3 to make the site compatible with different devices. The way this is done is totally different from what we have been doing in the past. The @media function in CC3 makes life much easier and all you have to do is insert customised CSS for each resolution of a mobile device. And further more another friend of ours has already set up a site for you to test how your site looks on different resolutions.
Check sites’ responsivness: http://mattkersley.com/responsive/
Different Mobile Devices screen sizes:
And...
Posted by Sheraz Alvi in TechnologyJan 30th, 2012 | No Comments
If you are trying to access a VPN enviorment using the Juniper Networks Netowrk Connect tool. One of the resons might be tha you were disconnected from the server and on reconnect you face the error:
nc.windows.ap
This can be overcome by terminating the following processes in the Task Manager.
1. Press CRTL + ALT + Delete on your keyboard to bring up the Windows Task Manager.
2. Terminate the following two processes to try to reconnect through the Juniper Networks app.