It’s been some time since I launched the first version of Mp3-S ( http://mp3-s.dta.ro ), so I guess now it’s a good time to share to the world a couple of tips about how I designed the software. Mp3-S is used to show in your Yahoo! Messenger status what you are listening in Winamp. The current released version is 1.3 and it has over 10.000 downloads on Softpedia.Com. Read the rest of this entry »

Today was the last day of my first week in college. I am a student in the 1st year at the University of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” in Iasi, Romania at the Computer Science Department. I can’t say I was excited to go to college, I don’t think this is a special step in my life.

I saw my timetable and I was pleased to see that I have only 22 hours of study / week. This will give me more time to work on my personal projects and learn interesting things. I have a set of goals that I want to accomplish this year. Probably the most important is that I want to take part at the “Imagine Cup” final in France in 2008 in the Software Design section. I know this will be really hard, but I think I can handle a project this big. I will have to learn C# and other things in order to complete the software and find other people that are interested in working with me. Read the rest of this entry »

Why should you read this article : sometimes, when working on complex projects, you may need to store files on different servers. This can be easily done via FTP. The logging process makes it easier to track all changes.

What you should know before reading this article : working with classes.

What you will know after reading this article : how to create a class that can be used to easily administrate a FTP connection with a server and log the activity.

Full source code : FTP Administration Source Code Read the rest of this entry »

I have noticed that the number of websites that have the option to announce their users via SMS that an event is due to happen has increased.  This article explains how to easily add this option to your website (which, of course, is not free).

The SMSs will be sent via the ClickATell gateway.  First, you will have to create an accout at http://www.clickatell.com/login.php?csite=clickatell . After you sign up on ClickATell you will have to purchase credits in order to start sending SMSs (this can be done from the Billing category). The site offers a lot of payments methods from which you can choose the one that you prefer the most ( I used MoneyBookers ). Read the rest of this entry »

I was browsing the Internet these days and found a really cool site with some tips and tricks related to SEO. It is http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors . The site presents a list of search engine factors and some people’s oppion on how much they affect the position of a website in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). I would recommend reading and using this list when developing a website.

As many would expect, probably the most important factor is the title of the page. It should contain the keywords of the site. From the SEO point of view, the <title> tag is probably the most powerful tag a web developer can use. Read the rest of this entry »

I will periodically add new content to the blog related to web design, web programming or software development. I will also open topics and try to solve some issues with the help of other people.