Guillaume Hullin

Mac OS Tips: iChat?

Hello Mac People,

Today I would like to talk about an application called iChat. As it’s include in every Mac you may have seen it. Some days ago, I received a message from a friend: “I need to ask your help to get me started on iChat.” So, no problem :D

Here is why use iChat:

- If you like Facebook Chat

- If you like Google Chat

- If you are working inside a big LAN network with some friend MacUsers :)

Set up Facebook Chat: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100211130853507

Set up Google Chat: very simple, add a new account “Google Talk” and put your normal login.

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If your not a technical person, jump this block!

Working inside a big LAN, you can use iChat via Bonjour! Very usefull I tell you! Hope that one day Apple will release an iChat with a compatibility iOS.

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Enjoy it!

How to split .dmg files … hdiutil segment!!!!

Here we go, I wanted to make a all backup of an hard drive and send it online … but MediaFire restrict the files to 200Mo … so how I do :D

host-95-206-10-62:~ Guillaume$ hdiutil segment -help
hdiutil segment: segment a UDIF disk image
Usage:    hdiutil segment -o <outfile> -segmentCount <num> <image>
    hdiutil segment -o <outfile> -segmentSize <size> <image>
    size: <?? | ??b | ??k | ??m | ??g | ??t> - sectors by default
            (blocks, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, exabytes)
    Options:
        -firstSegmentSize <size>    size of first segment
        -restricted            make restricted segments
        -ov        overwrite target file(s) if it already exists

    Common options:
        -encryption <crypto method>
            AES-128 - 128-bit AES encryption (recommended)
            AES-256 - 256-bit AES encryption (more secure, but slower)
        -stdinpass
        -agentpass
        -srcimagekey <key>=<value>    (-imagekey is a synonym)
        -tgtimagekey <key>=<value>
        -plist
        -puppetstrings
        -verbose
        -debug
        -quiet

This fonction is already part of your Mac OS, no need of install ;) Enjoy it!

How to embed Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla with TinyMCE (included an explanation of the Joomla HTML Filters)

Hello people,

Today this tips will be for the Joomla! people… not needed to be a professional because it’s very simple!

Introduction

What is our subject today: “How to put video from Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla”

Ok first let’s do some word clearing

Embedding : This is the action to encapsulate some external content in your page …

Example : embedding a video is the action to show a video on your page but the player and the video are external (from Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion etc…).

Principle of embedding a video

Ok let’s stay 5 minutes more in the theory in order to understand what will do in the practical.

Here is the sequence on how it’s work:

1. You get an HTML code from Youtube/Vimeo (yes I will talk about those 2 only but it’s the same with the others website)
2. You put this code in your page
3. Et voilà!

Basically this code will create a space in your website which will be allocated for showing your video!

Let’s do it!

Now we will see how to get the HTML code needed for the embedding of the video.

Youtube:

1. Click on “Share”
   
   
   
   
2. Click on “Embed”
   
   
   
   
3. Here is your code!
   
   
   
   Note: You can observe that you can change some parameters (size of the video; https etc.), I will not go through them but you can try it! When you will change them, the HTML code will change.

Vimeo:

1. Click on “EMBED”
   
   
   
   
2. Here is your code :)
   
   

Ok now we have our HTML code! It’s time to insert it in Joomla!

In Joomla!

Open your article and copy the code for the embeding!

In order to insert this HTML code, you need to access to the HTML of your article! For this you just click on the button “Toggle editor”… here:

Now paste your code and click on “Toggle editor” again! And … OMG my code disappeared!!!!

Why? Where? What?

Ok now cool down it’s normal! There is a security reason behind that!

Embedding, Joomla and Security

So I will not write a book on all the security reasons why embedding video in Joomla is not allow natively. But for stay in the simplicity here is the why:

Joomla is a Content Manager System … so in a lot of case the content of the website is created by anybody (comments on your article for example) … good people or not!

Embedding is like open a space in your website for another website!

Now imagine if somebody come on your website and let a comment and inside his comment he insert some HTML code for embedding another website (a concurrent for example!)… you got it! It’s basicaly why Joomla doesn’t allow HTML inside its articles (only some piece of HTML are restricted).

The restriction is working in 2 places: in the Joomla himself and in the text editor that you use!

In the Joomla Administration

It’s very simple, log yourself in the Joomla Back-end of your website and go to the “Article Manager”.

Joomla 1.6:

Click on the button “Options”.

Select the tab: Text Filters

If you’re Super Administrator, just use switch the Filter Type to “No Filtering” … and save!

Joomla 1.5:

As soon as you’re in the Article Manager, click on the buttons “Parameters”!

Ok it’s a bit tricy to understand on the first sight but it’s quite simple!

In the list of the different group, you choose on who will apply the filters (not selected group = no filters = danger)

Note: for choose several group press ctrl (Windows) or cmd (Mac) while you’re selecting.

When you have selected the groups where you want a filter just select the filter type that you want (the difference between the 3 options are explained in the tool-tip placed on the words “Filter type”.

Got it?

Now you just create a new article, put your html et voilà :D

How to embed Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla with TinyMCE (included an explanation of the Joomla HTML Filters)

Hello people,

Today this tips will be for the Joomla! people… not needed to be a professional because it’s very simple!

Introduction

What is our subject today: “How to put video from Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla”

Ok first let’s do some word clearing

Embedding : This is the action to encapsulate some external content in your page …

Example : embedding a video is the action to show a video on your page but the player and the video are external (from Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion etc…).

Principle of embedding a video

Ok let’s stay 5 minutes more in the theory in order to understand what will do in the practical.

Here is the sequence on how it’s work:

1. You get an HTML code from Youtube/Vimeo (yes I will talk about those 2 only but it’s the same with the others website)
2. You put this code in your page
3. Et voilà!

Basically this code will create a space in your website which will be allocated for showing your video!

Let’s do it!

Now we will see how to get the HTML code needed for the embedding of the video.

Youtube:

1. Click on “Share”
   
   
   
   
2. Click on “Embed”
   
   
   
   
3. Here is your code!
   
   
   
   Note: You can observe that you can change some parameters (size of the video; https etc.), I will not go through them but you can try it! When you will change them, the HTML code will change.

Vimeo:

1. Click on “EMBED”
   
   
   
   
2. Here is your code :)
   
   

Ok now we have our HTML code! It’s time to insert it in Joomla!

In Joomla!

Open your article and copy the code for the embeding!

In order to insert this HTML code, you need to access to the HTML of your article! For this you just click on the button “Toggle editor”… here:

Now paste your code and click on “Toggle editor” again! And … OMG my code disappeared!!!!

Why? Where? What?

Ok now cool down it’s normal! There is a security reason behind that!

Embedding, Joomla and Security

So I will not write a book on all the security reasons why embedding video in Joomla is not allow natively. But for stay in the simplicity here is the why:

Joomla is a Content Manager System … so in a lot of case the content of the website is created by anybody (comments on your article for example) … good people or not!

Embedding is like open a space in your website for another website!

Now imagine if somebody come on your website and let a comment and inside his comment he insert some HTML code for embedding another website (a concurrent for example!)… you got it! It’s basicaly why Joomla doesn’t allow HTML inside its articles (only some piece of HTML are restricted).

The restriction is working in 2 places: in the Joomla himself and in the text editor that you use!

In the Joomla Administration

It’s very simple, log yourself in the Joomla Back-end of your website and go to the “Article Manager”.

Joomla 1.6:

Click on the button “Options”.

Select the tab: Text Filters

If you’re Super Administrator, just use switch the Filter Type to “No Filtering” … and save!

Joomla 1.5:

As soon as you’re in the Article Manager, click on the buttons “Parameters”!

Ok it’s a bit tricy to understand on the first sight but it’s quite simple!

In the list of the different group, you choose on who will apply the filters (not selected group = no filters = danger)

Note: for choose several group press ctrl (Windows) or cmd (Mac) while you’re selecting.

When you have selected the groups where you want a filter just select the filter type that you want (the difference between the 3 options are explained in the tool-tip placed on the words “Filter type”.

Got it?

Now you just create a new article, put your html et voilà :D

How to embed Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla with TinyMCE (included an explanation of the Joomla HTML Filters)

Hello people,

Today this tips will be for the Joomla! people… not needed to be a professional because it’s very simple!

Introduction

What is our subject today: “How to put video from Youtube/Vimeo in Joomla”

Ok first let’s do some word clearing

Embedding : This is the action to encapsulate some external content in your page …

Example : embedding a video is the action to show a video on your page but the player and the video are external (from Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion etc…).

Principle of embedding a video

Ok let’s stay 5 minutes more in the theory in order to understand what will do in the practical.

Here is the sequence on how it’s work:

1. You get an HTML code from Youtube/Vimeo (yes I will talk about those 2 only but it’s the same with the others website)
2. You put this code in your page
3. Et voilà!

Basically this code will create a space in your website which will be allocated for showing your video!

Let’s do it!

Now we will see how to get the HTML code needed for the embedding of the video.

Youtube:

1. Click on “Share”
   
   
   
   
2. Click on “Embed”
   
   
   
   
3. Here is your code!
   
   
   
   Note: You can observe that you can change some parameters (size of the video; https etc.), I will not go through them but you can try it! When you will change them, the HTML code will change.

Vimeo:

1. Click on “EMBED”
   
   
   
   
2. Here is your code :)
   
   

Ok now we have our HTML code! It’s time to insert it in Joomla!

In Joomla!

Open your article and copy the code for the embeding!

In order to insert this HTML code, you need to access to the HTML of your article! For this you just click on the button “Toggle editor”… here:

Now paste your code and click on “Toggle editor” again! And … OMG my code disappeared!!!!

Why? Where? What?

Ok now cool down it’s normal! There is a security reason behind that!

Embedding, Joomla and Security

So I will not write a book on all the security reasons why embedding video in Joomla is not allow natively. But for stay in the simplicity here is the why:

Joomla is a Content Manager System … so in a lot of case the content of the website is created by anybody (comments on your article for example) … good people or not!

Embedding is like open a space in your website for another website!

Now imagine if somebody come on your website and let a comment and inside his comment he insert some HTML code for embedding another website (a concurrent for example!)… you got it! It’s basicaly why Joomla doesn’t allow HTML inside its articles (only some piece of HTML are restricted).

The restriction is working in 2 places: in the Joomla himself and in the text editor that you use!

In the Joomla Administration

It’s very simple, log yourself in the Joomla Back-end of your website and go to the “Article Manager”.

Joomla 1.6:

Click on the button “Options”.

Select the tab: Text Filters

If you’re Super Administrator, just use switch the Filter Type to “No Filtering” … and save!

Joomla 1.5:

As soon as you’re in the Article Manager, click on the buttons “Parameters”!

Ok it’s a bit tricy to understand on the first sight but it’s quite simple!

In the list of the different group, you choose on who will apply the filters (not selected group = no filters = danger)

Note: for choose several group press ctrl (Windows) or cmd (Mac) while you’re selecting.

When you have selected the groups where you want a filter just select the filter type that you want (the difference between the 3 options are explained in the tool-tip placed on the words “Filter type”.

Got it?

Now you just create a new article, put your html et voilà :D

My new Sony DSC-WX9…

Hi folks, I just bought a new camera, the Cyber-shot Digital Camera WX9 and I need to say that I’m very impressed by that little piece of technology.

Here the technical description

I will not be too technical but my first points are:

- 16,2 MegaPixels (but this is not a crucial point but that make a difference)

- Carl Zeiss Optical, that’s an important point! It’s just a really good optical quality and it’s a crucial point concerning the quality of the pictures!

- “Exmor R” CMOS sensor… ok let’s be serious …. IT’S F****** INCREDIBLE!!!! The difference is really big! I try other Cyber-shot, 16,1MPX and I tell you the difference is great, the pictures are more clear, more contrast … you need to test for understand!

Anyway I don’t want to make a long post about it but I will make a list of the-things-that-i-found-really-cool:

- Full HD Movie recording

- Sweep Diaporama

- 3D Photo + 3D Diaporama

- Mode Superior Auto+ (same fonction that the HDR of the iPhone but it take 6 pictures and not 3)

- A really intelligent Automatic mode!

- Smile detection

- Very good flash

- Possibility to make 10 shots by second!!!

- Zoom 5x

I mean there is a lot to say but I will resume like this:

It’s a very good camera if you want quality shot without have a DSLR on your shoulder all the time.

How to send big files for FREE (up to 10Go)?

Lot of time I had this problem: how to receive files from somebody … my USB stick is always in holiday far from my computer when I need it and I’m too lazy to burn a DVD just for that!

Please don’t tell me “via email” because as an administrator I will be angry! Ok maybe via email you can send some photos … BUT NOT MORE!

So what is the solution?

The solution is call: free.fr

What? A french website? Why?

Because I never found one in english :P

Why not DropBox?

Can you send files up to 10Go for free?

So what it this free.fr?

For be simple Free is a french Internet Provider Service (no the Internet connection is not gratis but they are very cheap! For 30€ you get phone unlimited on mobile and land phone, Internet very high speed, 300 TV channels, a Blu Ray player and some more stuff…)

Ok now let’s get back on the subject, since a long time Free propose a way to send big files for FREE.

Via the Web: up to 1Go per files

http://dl.free.fr/

or maybe a Google Translate will be useful => english

Just upload your files via your browser, indicate your mail address and also the address of your recipient. When the upload will be done, you and your recipient will receive an email (in french :P) with a link for download the files.

Via FTP: up to 10Go per files

If you don’t have a FTP client: http://filezilla-project.org/

Host: dl.free.fr

Login: yourmail@ddress

Password: you can put a password up to 20 characters

Port: 21

Drop your files et voilà!

You have unlimited place but the files cannot be more than 10Go.

Life limit of the files

The file is available 30 days after the last download, mean that if nobody download your file during 30 days it will be erase!

That’s all for today!