Archive for February, 2008

Playstation 3 (PS3) and BTHomeHub network issues (80710723)

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Feb
27

Well I’ve just got myself a Playstation 3 so as you can imagine I was really happy when I finally got it all connected up?!  Thing is that’s when everything seemed to go wrong.

My first port of call, once inserting the basic settings, was to get connected to my wireless network.  As you can see from the title of this article I’m currently using a BTHomeHub and even with the problems I have had with it in the past I did not think for one second that I would have any issues with connecting my PS3 to the internet.  After inserting my wireless network details and testing the connection everything appeared fine, however, on trying to update the PS3 I kept receiving the following error number 80710723.

Well I have to say I wasn’t expecting that, but nonetheless I decided to search the internet to find a solution.  After a great deal of browsing I came to realise that this was a very common problem but unfortunately solutions weren’t readily available until I found a good post on AVForums where the following instructions are issued:

"I’m also having a bit of bother with this setup changing a nat type 3 to nat type 2 as pro evo currently not working on the network after the 2.0 update.

To assign a static ip on the router side of things, goto hub manager, then find your ps3 under devices. Change the type to gaming console and click keep same ip address.

To open ports, goto application sharing and pick a game from the default list, or create your own port forwarding by going to "If the game or the application you are looking for does not exist, click here to create it (you will be asked for game or application details)." Click manual entry of ports and you can assign port numbers via UDP or TCP.

DMZ doesnt work well with homehub and i reccomend to set your firewall settings appropriately to stop incoming traffic if you are opening ports."

To open the ports correctly I found another very useful site called Port Forward which has a step by step guide detailing how to open ports on the Home Hub for the Playstation 3.

All appears to be working now, although I’m sure as I start to play more online games I will encounter more problems.

Hope this helps..

HTML Forms on the fly

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Feb
19

I have been looking about at form generators recently and I think it’s fair to say pForm have created one of the best. The generator offers many options including; theme/colour scheme selection, the choice of a multitude of field elements (from a textbox to a file upload) to add to your form, editable form and form field properties and finally ability to download your recently created form.

This is a really nice generator so if your interested have a look at pForm (HTML Forms on the fly).

Script of the week

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Feb
15

Script of the week this week goes to the CSS Text Wrapper.   On the website they state " The CSS Text Wrapper allows you to easily make HTML text wrap in shapes other than just a rectangle. You can make text wrap around curves, zig-zags, or whatever you want. All you have to do is draw the left and right edges below and then copy the generated code to your website" and I have to say it is very impressive.

The site covers every angle from XHTML with inline CSS, to XHTML with external CSS styles and finally an unobtrusive JavaScript.  This is all neatly created for you on the fly from the website by using their flash tool to sculpt your desired shape.

The image to the left shows just how effective this technique can be producing some superb shapes to enrich your sites design and layout.

Have a look for yourself at the CSS Text Wrapper and if your still not decided why not have a look at the CSS Text Wrapper demo page.

PHP UK Postcode Validation

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Feb
15

Well I’ll start off by saying I’m not dead.  I’m very much a live and kicking.  Sorry for the delay in posting, however, I have been working on a couple of big projects which I will post about here soon so check back to find out more.

Anyway back on topic I thought I would share a really neat piece of code with you.  I recently had the need to validate a UK post code, using PHP, and decided it was worth looking to see what other people had developed (no point in reinventing the wheel).  I found a very useful piece of code at braemoor.co.uk that offers full UK Postcode validation  as per the official specification and from the list of BFPO codes.

The code is very thorough and works like a charm so I would definitely recommend it.  They also offer other validation methods for UK telephone numbers, National Insurance, Credit Card, Email Address etc in a multitude of languages including JavaScript, PHP, ASP and PERL so check it out.