Thursday, April 8, 2010

Search Engine Optimization for Flash


Product Description

Some people believe that because search engines can't index all of the content in SWF files, Flash-based websites and Rich Internet Applications don't show up in web searches. This breakthrough book dispels that myth demonstrating precisely what you can do to make your site fully searchable no matter how much Flash it contains. You'll learn best practices for using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build sites with Flash that will stand tall in search rankings. Search Engine Optimization for Flash shows you how search engines work, what constitutes a search-engine-optimized (SEO) site, and what to watch out for in the way of SEO pitfalls. With this concise book, you will:

Know what content is searchable, and why metadata, keywords, and links are so important Learn how to place HTML content in your Flash applications Create an SEO website connecting Flash to JavaScript and CSS Work effectively with SWFObject understanding its capabilities and limitations Discover the advantages of using the Adobe Flex framework for SEO

The first and most authoritative book on how to optimize Flash content for search engines, Search Engine Optimization for Flash is an invaluable resource if you develop with Flash and want to be sure your audience can easily find your site.

About the Author
Todd Perkins is an Adobe Certified Flash Instructor, and has written three books on Flash and has recorded over a thousand movies of Flash training. He also works as a consultant and web developer.
Product Details

* Paperback: 278 pages
* Publisher: Adobe Dev Library; 1 edition (May 11, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0596522525
* ISBN-13: 978-0596522520

Watermark Software Visual Watermark v2.9


Visual Watermark is photo watermarking software for digital photo protection. This photo watermark software places very strong watermarks that no one can remove. Your digital photos will be effectively protected from unauthorized use. It is useful for everyone who wants to protect their photos.

Features
* Batch mode: protect a photo group of any size at a time.
* Protect photo independent of their format - Visual Watermark will process them all.
* Edit watermarks in a convenient graphical interface.
* Create watermarks out of graphics, text and EXIF values.
* Save watermarks for future use .
* Apply filters to watermarks : cast shadows , add contours , glowing , gradient and much more .
* Rotate watermarks for photos.
* Make watermarks more detailed for better protection .
* Write your data to EXIF .
* Adjust the size of photos.
* Pack your photos into the PDF format for better protection.

Safari and WebKit Development for iPhone OS 3.0


Product Description
The must-have reference for building and optimizing Web applications for Safari on iPhone 3.0

The iPhone offers a compelling Web-based application development platform revolving around its built-in browser, Safari, which is built upon the open source WebKit framework. This must-have book serves as a hands-on guide to developing iPhone and iPod touch Web applications.

Beginning with an introduction to Web application development for iPhone, this unique book then covers invaluable information on working with mobile and touch technologies, utilizing iPhone UI frameworks, and designing, styling, and programming the interface. You'll discover how to move Web apps to native apps and much, much more.

* Walks you through the process of developing Web applications for iPhone and iPod touch
* Covers how to design and develop applications that emulate the look and feel of native iPhone apps.
* Instructs on how your Web app can respond to finger touch events that are a core part of the iPhone event model.
* Shows you how to create Web-based offline applications using the latest HTML 5 cache technologies
* Explains the unique process of moving Web apps to native apps
* Features a bonus chapter on optimizing and developing for third-party browsers

Completely compliant with the new iPhone OS 3.0, as well as latest enhancements to Safari on iPhone, this indispensable book is a must-have resource.

From the Back Cover
Build dynamic mobile web applications for iPhone OS 3.0

With the unparalleled success of iPhone and iPod touch, iPhone OS 3.0 has emerged as a compelling platform for which vast numbers of web developers are designing and building web-based mobile applications. This book explores the Safari and WebKit development platform that is built into iPhone OS 3.0 and takes you through the process of creating an iPhone web application from the ground up. You'll learn how to use existing open source frameworks to speed up your development time, imitate qualities of built-in Apple apps, cache data locally and even run in offline mode, and more. Whether you're eager to build new web applications for iPhone OS 3.0 or optimize existing web sites for this platform, you have everything you need to do so within these pages.

* Features coverage completely compliant with the new iPhone OS 3.0 and the enhancements to the Safari/WebKit browser
* Shows you how to design a user interface that is optimized for iPhone's touch-screen display
* Details the process of styling with CSS and reviews WebKit-specific styles that are useful when developing web apps for iPhone and iPhone touch
* Provides a code-level look at developing an iPhone web application interface
* Explains how web applications can integrate with core iPhone services, such as Phone, Email, and Google Maps

Product Details

* Paperback: 408 pages
* Publisher: Wrox (November 9, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470549661
* ISBN-13: 978-0470549667

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux and Apache


This book is for Web Developers who want to learn how to use Linux and Apache for Website Hosting. The first chapters will teach you how to install Linux and Apache 2.0 on a home or office machine for testing purposes. Then you'll learn how to perform dozens of common tasks

- Updating server software
- Setting up new Websites, Email Accounts and Subdomains
- Configuring various Linux and Apache files related to performance and
- Install spam filtering software
- Perform automatic backups and crash recoveries And much more.

This is the ideal book for anyone who wants to run Websites using a leased or co-located Linux server, without having to spends thousands of dollars annually on third party support and management

Click here to download

Robot Building for Beginners


Product Description
Robot Building for Beginners, Second Edition is an update of David Cook s best-selling Robot Building for Beginners. This book continues its aim at teenagers and adults who have an avid interest in science and dream of building household explorers. No formal engineering education is assumed.

The robot described and built in this book is battery powered and about the size of a lunchbox. It is autonomous. That is, it isn t remote controlled.

You ll begin with some tools of the trade, and then work your way through prototyping, robot bodybuilding, and eventually soldering your own circuit boards. the book s end, you will have a solid amateur base of understanding so that you can begin creating your own robots to vacuum your house or maybe even rule the world!

What you ll learn

* How to build a robot from scratch
* Where to obtain parts and tools to get you started
* How to build the brain the intelligence using the motherboard
* How to create the body and become a Dr. Frankenstein
* How to get your robot moving and ruling

Who is this book for?
This book is aimed at teenagers and adults who have an avid interest in science and dream of building household explorers. No formal engineering education is assumed.

About the Author
David Cook is an engineering manager at Motorola. He has 20 years of experience as a software developer, creating everything from award-winning computer games to mobile background-check applications for police. Self-taught in electronics and basic mechanics, David explains his years of robot experiences to the average backyard scientist in a comfortable and helpful manner, without scholarly intimidation. David hosts the popular robot site RobotRoom.com.

Product Details

* Paperback: 600 pages
* Publisher: Apress; 2 edition (December 29, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1430227486
* ISBN-13: 978-1430227489

RESTful Web Services Cookbook


Product Description
While the REST design philosophy has captured the imagination of web and enterprise developers alike, using this approach to develop real web services is no picnic. This cookbook includes more than 100 recipes to help you take advantage of REST, HTTP, and the infrastructure of the Web. You'll learn ways to design RESTful web services for client and server applications that meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security goals, no matter what programming language and development framework you use.

Each recipe includes one or two problem statements, with easy-to-follow, step--step instructions for solving them, as well as examples using HTTP requests and responses, and XML, JSON, and Atom snippets. You'll also get implementation guidelines, and a discussion of the pros, cons, and trade-offs that come with each solution.

* Learn how to design resources to meet various application scenarios
* Successfully design representations and URIs
* Implement the hypertext constraint using links and link headers
* Understand when and how to use Atom and AtomPub
* Know what and what not to do to support caching
* Learn how to implement concurrency control
* Deal with advanced use cases involving copying, merging, transactions, batch processing, and partial updates
* Secure web services and support OAuth

About the Author
Subbu Allamaraju is a Principal Engineer at Yahoo! where, during the last one year, he has been developing standards and practices for designing RESTful Web APIs. Prior to that Subbu developed web services/Java based software and contributed to JCP and OASIS standards at BEA Systems Inc. Subbu has contributed to four books on J2EE, all published Wrox. For a complete list of his works, and writings, see About Subbu.

Product Details

* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (March 11, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0596801688
* ISBN-13: 978-0596801687

MindSoft Utilities XP v2009.20 Portable



MindSoft Utilities XP v2009.20 Portable 5.24 MB

Maintaining the optimum efficiency of your PC is not just our priority, but should be yours also. Mindsoft Utilities 2009 is designed entirely for that very same purpose. With 19 high performance utilities, MindSoft provides Windows XP users the unique opportunity to pinpoint problems plaguing their computers and take remedial measures themselves. With this unique experience, Mindsoft Utilities XP provides help every step of the way. Mindsoft Utilities can be used computer professionals as well as amateurs that have limited knowledge of these types of tools. The interface allows for easy navigation and high efficiency.

Optimization tools
Defrag your disks and RAM, speed up Internet. Search and solve problems.

Fix and repair
Clean and backup your registry. Analyze your hard disk. Restore your system.

Cleaning utilities
Clean your hard drives. Uninstall applications correctly in seconds.

File utilities
Recover deleted files. Erase, rename and split files. Protect your data with our encryption tool.

Useful utilities
Control your Windows start up. Deeply check your hardware. Schedule your PC shutdown.

Homepage - MindSoft Utilities 2009 for Windows XP - Optimizes. Repairs. Protects.