Browser based MMO: Ironbane

I wanted to write about this browser-based MMO game called Ironbane for a while, but never actually got around trying it (it's easy though, no need to register for the alpha currently, just hit play; but for me under Linux with Firefox 23 it just kept loading and loading... could have been my very slow connection though). Luckily the creator got into contact with us to remind me about it.

Here is an slightly older video of the tutorial level:


The code (GPLv3) can be accessed on Github, and there is a nice contributors guide. The author also confirmed that there are plans to release all the artworks under CC-by-SA soon, so it can be called a proper FOSS game.

But regardless of that, I feel they need to work on the huge pixel (ok actually texel) density spread, e.g. the strongly different size of individual pixels on the screen ;)

We also asked the creator about any longer plans to commercialize it and this is what he got to offer in that regard:

When we reach beta we would like to offer optional stuff like houses, special clothes and other things for donations (nothing that can give an unfair advantage). So in a way this can be classified as F2P, yes.

Which I guess sounds like a good idea to fund further development and hosting costs.

Anyways... unless you live in the same internet darkage like me, there is no reason not to give it a try!

Latest Smartphones in USA (Samsung, LG, HTC, Nokia, Android, Blackberry)

Latest Smartphones in USA

Smartphones are the latest sensation in the world of mobile phones, and USA is not untouched by this fact. People in USA are also crazy for smartphones. Everyone wants to get the latest smartphone in his/her hand. Especially teenagers, they want the latest smartphone to show their friends. Here we bring you the latest smartphones in USA. These smartphones are either launched or will be launched during upcoming months.

Latest Samsung Smartphones: 

Samsung is going to be the best smartphone seller in whole world. Its market is increasing continuously due to low price and high features.

Latest LG Smartphones: 

LG is comparably new in market but getting good response from customers.

Latest Nokia Smartphones: 

Nokia is one of the oldest playest in cell phone market. It never compromises on quality. Samsung is the only brand giving competetion to Nokia. Nokia is not so fast in Smartphone race.

Latest Android Smartphones: 

Android is the latest sensation in smartphone market. This is a operating system for mobile device and most most of the smartphones use it.

Latest HTC Smartphones: 

HTC is one of its kind. Its high speed processors and multitasking features make it different from others.

Latest Blackberry Smartphones: 

Blackberry is first choice of businessmen and professionals who don't compromise on security.

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Removing the label values from the blog-post header or footer

This article explains how to stop label values from showing in the header or footer lines for each post in a blog that is made with Google's Blogger.

If you have used the Labels / Page-gadget approach to putting your blogposts into separate pages, then each of your posts will have one or more Labels attached to them.

Most Blogger templates are set up so that these label values are shown with the posts, too, in either just underneath the post-title or in the post-footer. And when a reader clicks one of these post-specific label values, they are shown a "post-listing format" blog page, which includes (the first part of) all posts which have that label.

However some people want to stop their blogs from displaying this these label values perhaps because:

• They want their blog to look more like a real website
• They are using some labels which are meaningful to them as administrators but not to readers (eg at the moment, I'm using a label "ZZZ - needs 2013 review" to identify posts that I need to check to make sure they're up to date.
• They just don't like having the label list shown for each post.

Note that you can select which Label values are shown in the Label gadget, but there is no way to do this in the label list shown for each post.

How to turn off the list of labels shown with each blog-post

Log in to the Blogger dashboard with an account that has administrative rights to the blog


Choose Layout from the options for the blog


Locate the Blog Post gadget in layout screen, and click the Edit link for it.


In the list of options that is shown, un-tick the Labels option


Save the changes, using the Save button (currently in the bottom left corner)


Click the Save Arrangement button for the layout (currently in the top right corner of the layout editor).



Job done! The next time anyone looks at your blog, the list of labels for each post should not be visible.

Troubleshooting

Sometimes, changes that are made in the Blog Post gadget don't appear to have been applied when people look at your blog. For example, the labels may still be shown for each post, even though the Labels check-box is turned off.

If this happens, the most likely cause is that your post template (ref: parts of a blogger blog) has become corrupt. The only ways I know to fix this are to either

• Change to a different template:
  This needs to be a total change, eg Simple to Picture Window, not just changing from one to another option within the same template.
• Resetting the blog-post gadget - described in detail here.

The disadvantage of of either of these approaches is that customizations you have made to your blog are lost - this can be easy to forget when your customizations include important-but-more-subtle things like ensuring your Analytics profile gets Adsense data or installing Facebook Open-Graph tags - or just plain annoying if you have put sharing buttons into individual posts, and have to re-instate these

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Related Articles:

What are the components of a Blogger blog

How to put posts into pages in blogger

Labels: a way to categorize Blogger posts

Posts and Pages - navigating while you are reading a blog

Making a blog look like a real website

ListView with string array

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MainActivity.java

1:  package com.listviewdemo;  
2:  import android.os.Bundle;  
3:  import android.app.Activity;  
4:  import android.app.ListActivity;  
5:  import android.view.Menu;  
6:  import android.view.View;  
7:  import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;  
8:  import android.widget.ListView;  
9:  import android.widget.Toast;  
10:  public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {  
11:  //String[] names = {"PRABEESH", "RUPESH", "RESHMI", "VINEETH","NISHA","ABHI","AJU"};   
12:  String[] names;  
13:  @Override  
14:       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
15:            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
16:            //setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
17:            ListView listview = getListView();  
18:            listview.setChoiceMode(2);  
19:            listview.setTextFilterEnabled(true);  
20:                 names = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.name_array);       
21:            ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice,names);  
22:            setListAdapter(adapter);  
23:       }  
24:       public void onListItemClick(ListView l,View v, int position, long id)  
25:       {  
26:       l.setItemChecked(position, l.isItemChecked(position));       
27:       Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "You click "+names[position], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();       
28:       }  
29:       @Override  
30:       public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {  
31:            // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.  
32:            getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);  
33:            return true;  
34:       }  
35:  }  

Strings.xml

1:  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
2:    <resources>  
3:    <string name="app_name">ListViewDemo</string>  
4:    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>  
5:    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>  
6:    <string-array name="name_array">  
7:    <item>PRABEESH</item>  
8:    <item>RUPESH</item>  
9:    <item>RESHMI</item>  
10:    <item>VINEETH</item>  
11:    <item>AJU</item>  
12:    </string-array>  
13:    </resources>  

How to get Ranked on a Specific Keyword (Google, Yahoo, Bing)

How to get Ranked on a Specific Keyword?

I have been trying hard to get this thing done from past one year. As all SEO experts know that there is no 100% surety in this thing. But even if your success rate is 50% ( which means that 5 out of 10 keywords are getting ranked on the first page of search results in Google / Yahoo / Bing) then you are doing it right. In the beginning it takes a lot of efforts to get your keywords ranked, but as your website grows older and get a higher page rank, your keywords will rank easily.

For example Wikipedia, its one of the best websites in world. So it doesn't matter on what title they are writing, it will definitely rank on first page.

But your website is not Wikipedia. So you have to put a lot of efforts in the beginning phase of your website. Here i will tell you some basic steps to achieve this target. 

Step 1 : Proper Keyword Researching

This this is not as easy as it seems to be. You need to think like a machine. Because pages are getting ranked by machines not humans. There are some programs checking your pages (called crawlers), which index and rank you pages / posts. In proper keyword researching you need to find some space where you can get ranked. Here finding some space means that you study all results on that keyword. Study all those pages which appear in top 10 results. Check their alexa ranking, google page rank, keyword density and content quality. Now check out those results which have worst alexa and pagerank. Now ask yourself if you can write better content than those sites. If you that you can do it, then write it and publish it.

In the beginning don't go for high traffic keywords as they already captured by big fishes in the ocean of Internet. You can try for those keywords once you have a well established website and your pages / posts are ranking on their keywords.

Step 2 : Write Quality Content

Never compromise on the quality of content on your website. There are some dos and don'ts about the content on your site

Dos (Your content should have) :

• Proper keyword density
• Length of content should be above 350 words.
• SEO Optimised Content
• There should be minimum spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. 

Don'ts (Your Content should not have) :

• Keyword Stuffing
• Copied content from other websites

Once you start following these qualities your posts will start to rank. I hope that these things will help you in making your website better. Bestrix.blogspot.com will bring more in near future. Keep Visiting...