I could not upload csv file. But you can upload it by changing confi/mimes.php line.

// instead of this
$mimes = array(	'hqx'	=>	'application/mac-binhex40',
				'cpt'	=>	'application/mac-compactpro',
				'csv'	=>	array('text/x-comma-separated-values', 'text/comma-separated-values', ...

// add 'text/plain', as follows
'csv'	=>	array('text/plain','text/x-comma-separated-values',

This should fix the problem.

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UPDATE: I just emailed the last invitations today, so there are no more to send.

I have been using Spotify more than a year. And I have 25 Spotify invitations to give away. I read CNN news telling that Spotify is available in the U.S. by invitation only — or for paying customers.

If you are interested in getting a Spotify invitation, please leave your comment here.

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I have created a sharethis_helper for CodeIgniter and you can download from github.

How to use it

1. Download it and place them in your CodeIgniter
2. Open application/helper/sharethis_helper.php and change $sharethis_pub_key =‘Add your key here’; and $services = “facebook, twitter, email, sharethis, gbuzz”;
3. You can find your sharethis publication key at http://sharethis.com
4. To modify, open application/views/welcome_message.php

Here are the code.

application/helpers/sharethis_helper.php

function sharethis()
{   $CI =& get_instance();
    // sharethis public key
    //$sharethis_pub_key = $CI->preference->item('sharethis_pub_key'); // I pull it from DB settings
    // for demo
    $sharethis_pub_key ='Add your key here';
    // sharethis direction
    //$direction = $CI->preference->item('sharethis_direction'); // I pull it from DB settings
    // for demo
    $direction ='vertical';
    if($direction=='vertical'){
        $br = '<br />';
    }  else {
        $br ='';
    }
    // sharethis services
    //$services = $CI->preference->item('sharethis_services'); // Again I pull this from DB
    // for demo
    $services = "facebook, twitter, email, sharethis, gbuzz";
    $services_array = explode(',', $services);
    // sharethis size
    //$size = $CI->preference->item('sharethis_size');
    $size = 'large';
    if($size=='large'){
        $size = '_large';
    }  else {
        $size ='';
    }
    $sharethis ='<div id="sthoverbuttons-background" class="sthoverbuttons-background-l">
<div id="sthoverbuttons-top" class="sthoverbuttons-top-l">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="sthoverbuttons-shade" class="sthoverbuttons-shade-l">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="sthoverbuttons-bottom" class="sthoverbuttons-bottom-l">&nbsp;</div>
</div><div id="sthoverbuttonsMain" class="sthoverbuttonsMain-l">
<div class="sthoverbuttons-label">
<span>Share</span>
</div><div class="sthoverbuttons-chicklets">';
    foreach($services_array as $service){
        $service = trim($service);
        $sharethis .="\n<span  class='st_".$service.$size."' ></span>".$br ;
    }
    $sharethis .= '<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:\''.$sharethis_pub_key.'\'});</script></div></div>';
	return $sharethis;
}

And in a view.

// I use this with if ($this->preference->item('sharethis_pub_key')){
// for demo
$sharethis_pub_key = TRUE;
if ($sharethis_pub_key){
    $this->load->helper('sharethis');
    echo '<div id="sthoverbuttons" class="sthoverbuttons-pos-left">';
    echo sharethis();
    echo "</div>";
}

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I have added RSS feeds, Goolge Analytics and Orders widgets in its dashboard.

I made changes RSS feeds and Google Analytics codes in PyroCMS in order to fit to the BackendPro widget.

You needs to add necessary information in system>settings>Google Analytics Settings and RSS Feeds Settings.

Download from github

Demo

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2. Kaimonokago shopping cart updated
3. Kaimonokago version 1.1.4 Beta released

Kaimonokago is a shopping cart based on CodeIgniter. The current version is 1.1.4 and it has a multi-language functions.

I have added a quite few design changes in the back-end and some minor bug fixes. Please read README files for installation and other details.

Download from github

Demo

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I had a problem with Norwegian characters today. I found that my editor’s encoding was set to iso-8859-1, so I needed to change it to UTF-8. I kept the following in config.php in CodeIgniter.

$config['charset'] = "UTF-8";

Then I needed to retype all the Norwegian characters in the editor.

I set all database charset to UTF-8 as well.

DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8

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This is a quick tip to change your document root in Ubuntu. If you are using github, it is a bit troublesome to work in /var/www directory. You need to type ‘sudo’ each time or change to super user. But if you change your localhost document root to your home directory, you don’t need to do it.

From terminal.

Change the following line.

to the following.

Don’t forget to change ‘yourdirectory’.

Then from terminal.

Then transfer all your directory from /var/www to /home/yourname/www.

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The version 1.1.4 has multi-language module for the front-end shop. You can add any number of languages as you like. After adding languages in the languages module, you are able to input other languages to pages, products, menus and category. After adding languages in the backend, you need to add a directory and a file for the system languages. For example modules/welcome/language/french/kaimonokago_lang.php.

Another new features

• Slideshow module to control the front-end slideshow.
• Common functions, such as change status, delete etc are moved to kaimonokago modules

Download from github

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If you are using Ubuntu and having a problem or setting up sending email from localhost, you can use Msmtp. In this article I go through how to install msmtp and create some hml and php files to test it. Furthermore I will explain how to set up email config for BackendPro which is a control panel for CodeIgniter.
You will see how easy to set it up.

Credit goes to this and this article.

Install msmtp and ca-certificates for use with SSL:

sudo apt-get install msmtp ca-certificates

Open msmtprc to edit.
If you don’t know where msmtprc, then use ‘which msmtprc’ in terminal

sudo gedit /etc/msmtprc

Add the followings to this file.

defaults
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
auth on
user username(at)gmail.com
password mypass
from username(at)gmail.com
logfile /var/log/msmtp.log

Change username(at) with your username and mypass with your password for gmail.

Change file permission.

sudo chmod 0644 /etc/msmtprc

Open php.ini to edit

sudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Uncomment ‘sendmail_path’ and add this.

sendmail_path = '/usr/bin/msmtp -t'

Restart apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Testing

Then test with the following code.

Method 1
Create /var/www/mail.htm

<form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40">
</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

And /var/www/sendmail.php

<?php
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

mail( "youremail(at)gmail.com", "Feedback Form Results",
$message, "From: $email" );
header( "SUBJECTHERE" );
?>

Change youremail(at)gmail.com to whatever you like. Then go to http://localhost/mail.htm to fill up the form.

Method 2

Create /var/www/mail1.php and add this.

<?php
if ( mail ( 'youremail(at)gmail.com', 'Test mail from localhost', 'Working Fine.' ) ){
echo 'Mail sent';
}
else{
echo 'Error. Please check error log.';
}
?>

Change youremail(at)gmail.com to your email for receiving this email. And visit http://localhost/mail1.php to send email.

BackendPr0

If you are using any BackendPro applications then login to the backend and go to System>Settings>Email configuration. Change ‘Sendmail path’ feild to /usr/bin/msmtp -t and ‘Email’ to Sendmail from a dropdown.

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3. Windows in VM Virtualbox on Ubuntu, localhost and base url of CodeIgniter

Following up from the previous Aha moment post, this is Aha moment 2 and I am accessing localhost on Ubuntu from Windows 7 in VM Virtualbox. I have VM Virtualbox on Ubuntu 10.10 and I installed Windows 7 in this virtualbox. If I tried to access localhost on Ubuntu from a browser in Windows 7, I get an error. So this is how to access it.

The first thing to check is Ubuntu side. Open if you have nothing in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. If you have any virtual host you need to delete them and restart the apache. If it is clear, then on terminal type ifconfig to check your inet addr.

Mine is following.

eth0  ...
	...
	...

lo	...
	...
	...
wlan0		...
		inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast ....

Find inet addr. Mine is 192.168.1.2.

Start your VM Virtualbox and Windows 7. Open your browser and type http://192.168.1.2/mysite/.

If your web app is on CodeIgniter, then open system>application>config>config.php and change the following.

$config['base_url']	= "http://192.168.1.2/mysite/";

And it should show your website from localhost on Ubuntu.

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