This is a quick how to for anyone who wants to create their own rss reader or put an rss news feed on their website. An RSS feed is just an xml file and we can parse the file using php very easily and display the news stories or filter the stories to display specific stories.
The first step is to find the url of the rss feed for the news site or sites you would like to use as your news source. So if for example you wanted to display news from CNN you would use this url: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss and your php code will look something like this: Read more…
JodyT PHP PHP, RSS
April 1st has come and gone and the Conficker virus has not made any impact so we can all relax right? Wrong. The Conficker virus is sitting out there just waiting to strike and will do it when we least expect it making it everyone’s responsibility to ensure that their computer is not infected.
You test your PC now by using this quick check.
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html
Thanks
Jody
JodyT Security conficker virus
One of my biggest disappointments with Windows Vista Home Premium edition is that Microsoft has disabled the ability for the OS to accept incoming remote desktop connections. This is especially annoying if you are using your system as a home theater PC which is why the good folks over at the thegreenbutton have discovered a hack to allow incoming remote desktop connections. Read more…
JodyT Operating Systems remote desktop, Windows hack, Windows Vista
This article is for all of you windows users who aren’t completely satisfied (should be a lot) with your operating system, and have been wondering if there are alternatives out there. Well… there is, its called Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the Linux distribution of choice for many people, its a free, open source operating system that most windows users will be completely satisfied with. So here are my top 10 reasons to give Ubuntu a try:
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JodyT Operating Systems Linux, Ubuntu, windows
As requested here is a how to for setting up the selenium Remote control with the PHP driver. Selenium RC is an open source automation tool which can run test scripts recorded from Selenium IDE which is a firefox plugin for recording the automated tests. With this setup you will be able to record test in the selenium IDE and export them in PHP or you can skip the recording step completely and write the test in PHP and then play back or run the tests in the browser of your choice.
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JodyT Quality Assurance PHP, quality assurance automation, Selenium, Selenium RC, Test Automation
Selenium RC is a great tool for automating web testing but there is a lack of documentation available. I’ve recently setup selenium remote control and Junit for playback of test scripts recorded with the selenium IDE and I have to say it took quite a bit of research. Here’s a step by step how to:
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JodyT Quality Assurance java, junit, qa automation, quality assurance automation, Selenium, Selenium RC, Test Automation