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		<title>Create a Wibiya like toolbar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelleDesa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of a series of posts im gonna be putting up about my work at a great Pune based start-up hover.in where i have recently begun interning. In this post i will show you how to create using just some simple html and css ,  a wibiya looking bar for your site [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelledesa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276621&amp;post=41&amp;subd=michelledesa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the first of a series of posts im gonna be putting up about my work at a great Pune based start-up<a href="http://hover.in/" target="_blank"> hover.in</a> where i have recently begun interning.</p>
<p>In this post i will show you how to create using just some simple html and css ,  a wibiya looking bar for your site . You see similar bars on a lot of sites these days Example : Facebook . First off if your wondering what a Wibiya tool bar looks like check out <a href="http://www.pluggd.in/" target="_blank">Plugged.in</a> to get an idea .</p>
<p>Here is what our finished product will look like and of course you can style it to match the theme of your website</p>
<p><a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/blogpost2.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42" title="HoverWibiyaToolbar" src="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/blogpost2.png?w=300&#038;h=121" alt="Wibiya Toolbar" width="300" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>So essentially all you need to do is position and fix a styled at the bottom of your webpage at all times , to do this you need only two lines of CSS code</p>
<pre><strong><em>.wibar {
  bottom:0px;
  position:fixed;
}</em></strong>
</pre>
<p>This class can then be applied to a &lt;div&gt; containing the links/buttons you would like in the toolbar ( i recommend placing the contents in a table for alignment purposes unlike what i have done)</p>
<pre>
<pre><em><strong>&lt;!--TOOLBAR DIV , CONTENT ,</strong></em>
<em><strong>&lt;B&gt; TAGS ARE PURELY TO CREATE THE ROUNDED EDGES
FOR THE DIV--&gt;</strong></em>

<em><strong>    &lt;div id="bluebar" class="wibar"&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;b class="rtop"&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;b class="r1"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;b class="r2"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;b class="r3"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;b class="r4"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;/b&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>        </strong></em>
<em><strong>        &lt;!--DEMO TOOLBAR CONTENT--&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            &amp;nbsp;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            &lt;a href="http://hover.in"
            style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>                &lt;img src="../assets/hoverlogo.png" </strong></em>
<em><strong>                 style="border: 0pt none ;
                 position: fixed; bottom: 1px;"
                 width="29px" height="26px"&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            &lt;/a&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
            &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            &lt;span style="font-size: 29px;
             color: rgb(132, 193, 217);
             position: fixed; bottom: 0px;"&gt;
            |
           &lt;/span&gt;</strong></em>
<em><strong>            </strong></em>
<em><strong>    &lt;/div&gt; </strong></em></pre>
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<p>Then we add in the styling for the &lt;div&gt; (transparency , colour , sizing , rounded edges &#8230;)</p>
<pre><strong><em>/*TO STYLE THE LOOK OF THE WIBAR*/</em></strong>
<strong><em>#bluebar
{
background:#A8D9E3;
opacity : 0.9;
height:30px;
left:50px;
right:50px;
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>/*CLASSES TO ROUND THE CORNERS OF A DIV*/</em></strong>
<strong><em>.rtop</em><em>
{
display:block;
background:#FFF;
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>.rtop *</em></strong>
<strong><em>{
display: block;
</em><em>height: 1px;
</em><em>overflow: hidden; </em><em>
background:#A8D9E3;
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>.r1</em></strong>
<strong><em>{
margin: 0 5px
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>.r2
{	</em><em>
margin: 0 3px
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>.r3</em></strong>
<strong><em>{
</em><em>margin: 0 2px
}</em></strong>
<strong><em>.r4</em></strong>
<strong><em>{
margin: 0 1px;
height: 2px
} </em></strong>
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<p>Hope this helps .. plz leave your suggestions / feedback in the comments below <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>2 weeks to Flex3 + AIR certified</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelleDesa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adobe certification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all i should say that im not one of those people who believe that pieces of paper gotten by answering a bunch of questions can prove that your an Expert in something , at the most it can say hey i know something about this &#8230; which is probably why i wouldn&#8217;t have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelledesa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276621&amp;post=10&amp;subd=michelledesa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all i should say that im not one of those people who believe that pieces of paper gotten by answering a bunch of questions can prove that your an Expert in something , at the most it can say hey i know something about this &#8230; which is probably why i wouldn&#8217;t have gone out and gotten myself Flex certified in ordinary circumstances ,  but i went for a PFUG(Pune Flex User Group) meeting to hear Adobe evangelist Serge Jespers speak on Flex4 , and i ended up winning a Flex Certification voucher , so i had two weeks to study for the Flex3 with AIR expert certification exam , i read a couple of blogs while trying to figure out how to prepare for the exam and most of them didn&#8217;t answer a lot of questions i had, so here&#8217;s my step by step guide to a flex certification (i worked on flex / AIR for a couple of college projects a while before i had to give the exam so i assume you have had actual experience working with flex before trying to get certified)</p>
<p>1.Download study material :<br />
<a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/devguide_flex3.pdf" target="_self">Flex3 documentation</a><br />
<a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Part5_AIR_1.html">AIR documentation</a><br />
<a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/progAS_flex3.pdf" target="_self">Programming ActionScript</a><br />
<a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/lcds/lcds_26_devguide.pdf" target="_self">LCDS documenation</a></p>
<p><a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/en/ace/ACE_Exam_Guide_FlexAIR.pdf" target="_self">ACE exam guide</a><br />
<a href="http://software.pxldesigns.com/attest/" target="_self">Attest AIR app</a></p>
<p>2.Watch the flex in a week videos , these are great for brushing up your flex basics and they cover some Flex intricacies which even experienced developers are unaware of (They are a great way to learn flex too if your totally new to it) as well as Flex programming best practices and optimization techniques. Write a short summary after you watch each video to help remember the important points</p>
<p>3.Install and try out a couple of the Attest AIR applications practice tests</p>
<p>4. PANIC , and you will cause those Attest tests are scary , and your pretty likely to not make the 67% pass percentage the first time around &#8230; but don&#8217;t worry too much in my opinion the final test was a piece of cake compared to those tests</p>
<p>5. Read through the Flex , AIR , lcds docs &#8230; I&#8217;ve posted up my own notes which i made when i studied for the exam while reading the docs (you have 5 days to do this) .. The Flex developer guide is around 1300 pages so its clearly not feasible to go through the whole thing , i personally just went through Section 4 (Data Access and Interconnectivity)</p>
<p>6.Give all the Attest practice tests a zillion times , till you get a hundred on them ( or can atleast understand the answers to all the questions) , do this fr a whole day</p>
<p>7.Revise your notes (on the day before the exam) which you made from the Flex in a week videos and now your good to go</p>
<p>Some additional info about the test :<br />
Time : 1 hr<br />
Content : 50 MCQs ( Some really indept Flex knowledge is reqd to answer these)<br />
Pass percentage : 67%</p>
<p>Well hope this helps you out , Good Luck ! Oh and in case your wondering i cleared the exam a month ago with 84% , not too shabby for 2 weeks work <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>My Notes : <a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/air1.docx">AIR</a> , <a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/as.docx">AS</a> ,<a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cssetc.docx">CSSetc</a> , <a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/lcds.docx">LCDS</a> , <a href="http://michelledesa.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/imp-stuff.docx">Imp stuff</a></p>
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