My gZen tools site

[CountScubula]

Hello every one,
( I hope all of you forgive me for this shameless plug of my little site.)

Some of you may know that I have a little site for php tools (I know its
small, I am working on it), there has been a lot of traffic lateley, and it
looks like people are using the tools. I do not know how much traffice
comes from here, but I will say it does show significate increase since my
slight involvement around here.

Now my question to all of you. I have been toying with the idea of a new
tool, one that will make a single php file from a collection of media
(images, flash, etc). This way the collection can be distributed as one
file, and the script will deliver (w/ mime-type) acording to the url, ie:
'mycollection.php?intro.swf' I will make the collection in compressed
binary format, thus not taking up anymore space. (the source will look like
looking at the source to a jpeg)

Ok, back to the question, should I make this, or is this another solution
looking for a problem? So, I ask you [all those that visit my site and fancy
my little tools]

I would make it to where you upload a .zip of all your media, and it would
send back a new .zip file with a single encoded php file.

Well, I look forward to any coments you may have.

Thank you,
Michael Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[Larry Jaques]

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 10:14:58 GMT, "CountScubula"
<[e-mail]> brought forth from the murky depths:
-snip-

Now my question to all of you. I have been toying with the idea of a new
tool, one that will make a single php file from a collection of media
(images, flash, etc). This way the collection can be distributed as one
file, and the script will deliver (w/ mime-type) acording to the url, ie:
'mycollection.php?intro.swf' I will make the collection in compressed
binary format, thus not taking up anymore space. (the source will look like
looking at the source to a jpeg)

Ok, back to the question, should I make this, or is this another solution
looking for a problem? So, I ask you [all those that visit my site and fancy
my little tools]
Don't Swish2, Flash, etc. already do this?

I would make it to where you upload a .zip of all your media, and it would
send back a new .zip file with a single encoded php file.
Now that level of automation could be useful, but how could it
be done without oversight, telling it where and how to put the
included files for display? Templates?

Well, I look forward to any coments you may have.

Is this straight PHP or a combo of other tools, too?
'Sprain, preeze.
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[CountScubula]

"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
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Don't Swish2, Flash, etc. already do this?

Those two allow one file to show all content at one time, ie, a photo album.

I would make it to where you upload a .zip of all your media, and it wouldsend back a new .zip file with a single encoded php file.
Now that level of automation could be useful, but how could it
be done without oversight, telling it where and how to put the
included files for display? Templates?

The uploaded .zip file should only contain media content, such as,(to name a
few):
..jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .doc, .pdf, .mpg, .avi, .qt, .mp3

then the collection of images (or others/mixed if you wish) would be packed
into a single
..php file. lets say you had some images in your project that you didnt want
anyone to modify,
you could do something like this:

<IMG SRC="mycollection.php?logo.jpg">
<IMG SRC="mycollection.php?button1.gif">

Well, I look forward to any coments you may have.

Is this straight PHP or a combo of other tools, too?
'Sprain, preeze.

The tool would return you one (1) straight php file. This php file would
have valid php code (encoded) at the top, and a compressed binary payload of
data at the end of it. So looking at the script would be like looking at a
..jpg with a text viewer
--
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[Larry Jaques]

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:05:39 GMT, "CountScubula"
<[e-mail]> brought forth from the murky depths:

"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message

Don't Swish2, Flash, etc. already do this?
Those two allow one file to show all content at one time, ie, a photo album.

And your tool would do what differently?

The uploaded .zip file should only contain media content, such as,(to name a
few):
.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .doc, .pdf, .mpg, .avi, .qt, .mp3
Ah, gotcha. XLS, too?

then the collection of images (or others/mixed if you wish) would be packed
into a single
.php file. lets say you had some images in your project that you didnt want
anyone to modify,
you could do something like this:

<IMG SRC="mycollection.php?logo.jpg">
<IMG SRC="mycollection.php?button1.gif">
Expand?

The tool would return you one (1) straight php file. This php file would
have valid php code (encoded) at the top, and a compressed binary payload of
data at the end of it. So looking at the script would be like looking at a
.jpg with a text viewer

Um, I'll clarify. Is the TOOL using straight PHP or are you writing
it in C or some other language, etc?

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[CountScubula]

"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
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Those two allow one file to show all content at one time, ie, a photo album.

And your tool would do what differently?
just serve one content item - see my demo of embed:
http://gzen.myhq.info/embed_example.php
look at the source for the dialog is around 10 images
The uploaded .zip file should only contain media content, such as,(to name afew):
.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .doc, .pdf, .mpg, .avi, .qt, .mp3

Ah, gotcha. XLS, too?

Yes :)

<IMG SRC="mycollection.php?button1.gif">

Expand?

You lost me here.......
Um, I'll clarify. Is the TOOL using straight PHP or are you writing
it in C or some other language, etc?

I am trying to keep it all in php, problem is when I port it to windows (I
plan to have a downloadable windows version of all the tools)
--
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[CountScubula]

Woohoo!

Media Collection 1.0 is available to anyone who cares.

This is actualy a cool/usefull tool. :)

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Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 06:40:20 GMT, "CountScubula"
<[e-mail]> brought forth from the murky depths:

Those two allow one file to show all content at one time, ie, a photo album.

And your tool would do what differently?

just serve one content item - see my demo of embed:
http://gzen.myhq.info/embed_example.php
look at the source for the dialog is around 10 images

The uploaded .zip file should only contain media content, such as,(to name afew):
.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .doc, .pdf, .mpg, .avi, .qt, .mp3

Ah, gotcha. XLS, too?

Yes :)
><IMG SRC="mycollection.php?button1.gif">

Expand?

You lost me here.......

"That doesn't look very encoded to me. Can you expand on that?"
I think I'm missing your point. The demo embed allowed me to grab
the pictures. I thought the program was supposed to encode them
so they couldn't be stolen. Are you just trying to keep your clients
from changing their own sites, or what? Ya lost me.

Um, I'll clarify. Is the TOOL using straight PHP or are you writing
it in C or some other language, etc?

I am trying to keep it all in php, problem is when I port it to windows (I
plan to have a downloadable windows version of all the tools)

OK.
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[CountScubula]

"That doesn't look very encoded to me. Can you expand on that?"
I think I'm missing your point. The demo embed allowed me to grab
the pictures. I thought the program was supposed to encode them
so they couldn't be stolen. Are you just trying to keep your clients
from changing their own sites, or what? Ya lost me.

As with anything that gets sent to the browser, it can be downloaded, pics
saved, etc, regardless of encoding/encryption

What the encoder does, it protect the source for distribution. My tools are
not realy geared toward protecting the output. But rather protecting your
work and allowing you to distribute said work.

A single individual working on his/her own site would have no use for these
tools.

My main reason for creating this one stemed from the embed example, a few
clients wanted an .htaccess manager script (I also own a web hosting company
and a data center).

I didnt't want to distribute several scripts, so I embeded all the code and
images into one single .php script. and this way, I just give them one file,
and there are no worries about files/images being there or in the right
place. (this was not encoded, just all embeded)

sometimes is easier to distribute one single file for a utility than several
files, and have people mess it all up.

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Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:48:15 GMT, "CountScubula"
<[e-mail]> brought forth from the murky depths:

What the encoder does, it protect the source for distribution. My tools are
not realy geared toward protecting the output. But rather protecting your
work and allowing you to distribute said work.
OK, I thought I'd seen something about output protection in
the earlier parts of the thread.

A single individual working on his/her own site would have no use for these
tools.
Right, I knew you were using this with clients but didn't have
a good enough overview of it until your post here.

My main reason for creating this one stemed from the embed example, a few
clients wanted an .htaccess manager script (I also own a web hosting company
and a data center). I didnt't want to distribute several scripts, so I embeded all the code and
images into one single .php script. and this way, I just give them one file,
and there are no worries about files/images being there or in the right
place. (this was not encoded, just all embeded)
Yes, the easier the better.

sometimes is easier to distribute one single file for a utility than several
files, and have people mess it all up.

Too true!

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