Posted by: azrul
on Oct 16, 2008
I have been looking for ways to speed up MyBlog editor loading and Google Gears caught my attention. Google Gears is basically a browser plugin by Google that provide additional functionality to your browser, among other things, caching files locally! Bingo.
To get stright to the point, we have already implemented Google Gears support in our internal release. All javascript, including tinyMCE, css and images files will be loaded from your local cache. The editor now loads significantly faster and I am sure you will be pleased. We'll run a couple more test and will make this feature optional. I can't wait to roll this out!
Posted by: azrul
on Sep 3, 2008
By now, you should have heard it already. Google launched a new browser called Chrome, which is available for download from http://www.google.com/chrome . My first instinct is to run all our apps through the brand new browser. So, this post kinda act like a test post. And, congratulation to google, all our component works smoothly on Chrome!.
Having a new browser is always tricky, for web developer like us, yet another browser we need to test it against, and testing does take a lot of time. On the other hand, everyone loves to see a better browser. IE sucks and microsoft weren't serious enough to enhance it. Firefox, as good as it is, are known to be extremely greedy when it comes to memory. Sudden lockups are common in Firefox and somehow we all learn to live with it.
Now, google, with its massive programming firepower gives us Chrome with tons of promises. It is still very early to tell, but so far, I am liking it.
Posted by: azrul
on Aug 9, 2008
We are in the process of phasing out http://support.azrul.com site. Instead, we will launch a new members site at http://members.azrul.com . All existing users at our support site should be able to login to the new members site using their existing username(email) and password.
Why the move ?
- Support.azrul.com is using Kayako software with limited customization ability. Even the download section is hacked in a way it is not meant to be. It works, but it become very hard for us to offer new support services and options to our user.
- support.azrul.com knowledgebase were not fully utilized. The articles were harder to format and maintained from the backend.
- The new members.azrul.com site is powered by Joomla 1.5 . Since we are VERY good at coding for Joomla 1.5, we want the ability to customize and fine tune our user's experience. We are planning to integrate our own custom-coded component download and ticket system.
Over the next few days, I will send out a newsletter and post a proper news regarding this changes. Our payment system has already been integrated with the new members site and the knowledgebase is being expanded on a daily basis.
Posted by: azrul
on Jul 30, 2008
This week is quite a hectic week for us. On top of working on JomComment 3.0 and MyBlog 2.0 , we are also in charge of organizing Joomla Daya Malaysia 2008. We are always committed to spread Joomla! love around, especially at our hometown, Malaysia. This would be our 2nd year organizing JoomlaDay as project manager, with help from Joomla-My community.
We actually have no idea that there are just so many Joomla user in Malaysia. We originally prepare the venue and the event for 150 participant, but we quickly run out of seat and had to open an extra 50 seat, which again were snapped very very quickly.
For JDay this year, Toby Patterson from Joomla.org will be giving a talk on Joomla 1.5 and component development. I will also give a talk on Joomla 1.5 template development. A couple of local Joomla expert will guide new users to get their site up and running.
Posted by: azrul
on Jul 12, 2008
Yes, you can now follow us on twitter now. If you already have twitter account, just head to http://twitter.com/azrul . This is rather experimental, but we will post updates and let you know what's going on around azrul.com office rather frequently.
So, if you havea twitter account? Why not join us? Maybe we'll have an integrated twitter support in MyBlog soon? :)
Posted by: azrul
on Jul 8, 2008
Joomla! 1.5.4 was released yesterday and I have to say, Joomla! team has started to tighten things up. Besides the usual security fixes, bug fixes and some small, yet exciting changes under the hood, there is this new "compatibility" colum under Extension Manage that gets some people excited.
Jom Comment system bot and our ajax system plugin got a red dot there. A couple of our user email us, worried if our component are not compatible with Joomla 1.5.4 .
Relax, there is nothing to be worried about. Jom Comment and My Blog run natively on Joomla 1.5. There is no need for legacy mode to be turned on at all. But why it is still getting the red dot?. You see, what really happen is, Joomla simply check the plugin XML file. If it detects the old version, it will mark it as"incompatible". It has absolutely nothing to do with the php code that gets executed.
Posted by: azrul
on Apr 3, 2008
I am happy to announce that azrul.com team will be moving to a new office soon. Our new office is located in Metropolitan Square, Damansara Perdana. As you can read from the title, the new office comes with one of those so called 'infinity' swimming pool, where the pool is build against the edge of the building using glass. So, in case the glass is breaks while we're having a swim, we will end up on the road!
The new space is just over 2,000 square feet in size and will give us a little bit more space to have a proper meeting and conference room, a proper place for our servers and perhaps a kitchenette. We spend a lot of our time in the office, so I want to make it nice and cozy.
Along with the new office, we're hoping our "super secret" project will be ready for preview by then!
Posted by: azrul
on Mar 6, 2008
Take a close look at our favicon. Yes, they are new, not the default Joomla favicon anymore. Believe it or not, we have been using the default Joomla favicon all this while.
So, I've created a new one, based on our new logo and website, to be released very soon.
Posted by: azrul
on Feb 6, 2008
Let me quickly brief you on our build script. All our component are compiled together into a single zip file by an automated build script. By using this script, we no not have to manually copy and paste everything into an empty folder and zip it up manually. Our script will automatically retrieve
Posted by: azrul
on Jan 27, 2008
Yesterday, I get the shock of my life when I notice that PayPal option were removed from the list of payment method in Plimus (our payment gateway). Payment via PayPal, account for more than 35% of all our sales. So, what is going on here?. Some research reveal that they are worried about fraud.
