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Customise Red5 applications and broadcast messages to Flex HOWTO

Marko Tomic — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:23:52 +0100

In one of my earlier posts Flex and Red5 simple demo, I demonstrated how to broadcast messages from Red5 server to all subscribed Flash clients and vice versa. This feature of Red5 open source Flash streaming server continues to impress me and I think everyone with a bit of AS3 and Java knowledge should take advantage of this fantastic piece of technology.

In this post I’d like to explain the code that’s required to exchange messages between Red5 and Flash/Flex client. &nbRead More...

Couple of useful OS X Tricks

Marko Tomic — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:31:58 +0100

I just stumbled upon 30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks To Get The Most From Your Mac and I thought I'd write down a couple of tricks I found useful.

Removing default icons from Flex Tree control

Marko Tomic — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:30:26 +0100

What's so cool about Flex framework is the fact that it's very extensible, which allows me to do almost anything I want with it.

For example, to remove folder/arrow icons from Flex Tree control, which prevents nodes from collapsing and also creates more space for labels, you can add the following in your stylesheet:{xtypo_code}defaultLeafIcon: ClassReference(null);
folderClosedIcon: ClassReference(null);
folderOpenIcon: ClassReference(null);
disclosureClosedIcon: CRead More...

Startup Script for Apache Tomcat on Snow Leopard HOWTO

Marko Tomic — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:01:44 +0100

I have just set up Apache Tomcat startup script on Snow Leopard and I thought I'd blog about it while it's still fresh in my head. Assuming you have installed Tomcat in /usr/local/tomcat directory, you can do the following to start Tomcat on system startup.1. Create your startup script:{xtypo_code}sudo nano /usr/local/tomcat/bin/tomcat{/xtypo_code}{xtypo_code}#!/bin/sh
# Tomcat Startup Script

CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat; export CATALINA_HOME

JAVA_HOME=/Library/Read More...

MySQL startup script on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Marko Tomic — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:26:48 +0100

I've had problems starting up MySQL database server on startup on Snow Leopard. MySQL preference pane seems to be flaky and it often fails to start MySQL server.

I created this startup script myself and it seems to work nicely.

{xtypo_code}sudo nano /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.mysql.mysqld.plist{/xtypo_code}{xtypo_code}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtRead More...

Zen Cart Friendly URLs

Marko Tomic — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:35:56 +0100

I've been exploring Zen Cart shopping cart for a long time and one thing that, I thought, needed improvement was the support for friendly URLs. Ultimate SEO URLs break my site and I needed another solution. I found this little beauty called Simple SEO URL and it works beautifully. It's a little tricky to set up, but it's worth the effort. Installation process will take you about 15-20 minutes.

{xtypo_warning}I use Zen Cart 1.3.8a and SSU 3.8.3. If you have different veRead More...

HOWTO convert and shrink your DVD into a web-playable format

Marko Tomic — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:48:02 +0100

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

It is my tool of choice when it comes to backing up my DVDs. It allows me to shrink DVDs to a relatively small size and convert them to a web-playable format, such as mp4.

I use the Command Line version of HandBrake simply because it is more efficient and I love typing geeky commands in my terminal window. So here it is, the simplest command tRead More...

Generate Self-Signed SSL Certificate - HOWTO

Marko Tomic — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12:45 +0100

This is another one for my reference. I've had to generate a self-signed SSL certificate quite a few times and I'm sure I'll do it again in future. First of all, self-signed SSL certificates provide the same level of security as any other commercial ones, such as Verisign certs. The 2 main differences are:

1. Self-signed certificates are free
2. Self-signed certificates are not recognised by web browsers by default. They need to be installed in browsers manually in order to Read More...