Zend Framework: Internalization and Translation

This week I set myself to lay the ground work of translation on the application we are doing at work. In our application we are using Zend Framework, so I decided to take a look into the Zend_Translate component to see if it was easy and something that could work in our current environment.

After reading the reference guide on Zend_Translate I decided that we were going to use “gettext” as our translation adapter. PHP has support for gettext right our of the box, and with the Zend_Translate it’s easy to change adapters, if you decide that you want to use a different adapter.

Assuming that you already have the latest version of Zend Framework (1.10.*) installed in your server, I’m going to explain and guide you guys on how I got it all working.
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GetSimple Image Gallery – GSGallery v.2.0 Released

It is my pleasure to let you guys know that I just released version 2.0 of the GetSimple Image Gallery Plugin. This is a stable release that includes many fixes and improvements over the last release (v1.1.0).

New Major Features:

• Create multiple galleries
• Ability to put a caption to each image
• Added Multi-Language support

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Useful CSS3 Resources

I’ve been trying a couple of CSS3 features at work and on a couple of personal projects. Upon doing my usual search routine to find resources and information on google, I’ve stumble upon a couple of good pages that can help you try and learn features like: box-shadow, border-radius, and gradients.

CSS border radius generator for lazy people

This simple site gives you a quick an easy way to generate the CSS code for the awesome border-radius property.

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GetSimple Plugins: Simple Image Gallery

I think I’ve become addicted to GetSimple CMS. In 5 days I have fully developed 2 plugins (check out -> TweetMeme reTweet Button plugin) and started development in another. If you are a free-lance developer doing small websites for your clients, or you are just a regular guy trying to set up your small site. I recommend you check GetSimple. It’s easy to install, since it does NOT need a database. It pretty much works right out the box. read more

GetSimple Plugins: TweetMeme reTweet Button

This is my first attempt at creating plugins for Get Simple CMS, an awesome CMS system I’ve been playing around lately. So, I recommend you guys check it out, if you are looking for a “Simple” content management system for your next project.

This plugin allows you to easily add TweetMeme’s reTweet Button to the content pages in GetSimple. It also includes a settings panel in the settings section of the administration area when you can customize the plugin. read more