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Some of you may have noticed that Premium Beat recently upgraded their flash players. As I had to revise the player in Maian Music I decided to have a look at what else was around first and found this superb open source mp3 flash player. This is a terrific player and is fully customisable. It makes a great new addition to Maian Music.

The script has now been updated to include this new player and the Premium Beat player has now been removed. Check out the Maian Music demo to see the new player in action.

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I`m currently in the process of doing some video tutorials for Maian Support. This is to help people set up the system easier and also understand some of the functions. Video tutorials will start to appear in the next few weeks and be a feature of all script updates from now on. Video tutorials are better learning tools than written words and should be more helpful.

Maian Cart is progressing nicely and should be available as a beta download before I go to Hong Kong in November. I decided to re-work some of the script, hence the delay. I still have lots to do, but am confident it will be done this year. The new version does look quite nice, even if I say so myself. :)

Maian Recipe and Maian Music then get updated with some new features and functions. Information for all these updates appears on the script pages as things start to happen.

In the meantime, hope everyone is having a good weekend.

A few script invunerabilities were reported to me this week by mr_me, a member of Corelan Team. These issues were handled in a very professional manner and not made public. I have since fixed these issues and prepared an update package for the affected files.

To download, click the following:
Security Updates July 2010

Affected scripts:
Maian Cart, Maian Events, Maian Gallery, Maian Uploader, Maian Weblog, Maian Recipe & Maian Greetings

Note that some of the files in the zip file were not affected, but have been modified as a security precaution. These updates are ONLY for the current version and should be updated if you are running the current version installed before July 21st 2010. If you are unsure, replace them anyway.

It is worth noting that most admin issues are easily avoided by renaming the 'admin' directory to something unique. You should AWAYS rename the admin directory when you install any scripts from this website.

My thanks to mr_me of the Corelan Team.

Of the new wave javascript libraries/frameworks around at the moment, JQuery is by far my favourite. Whilst I`ve touched on a few JQuery code snippets in previous versions of my scripts, its only while coding the new version of Maian Cart v2.0 and going through the JQuery API, that I truly understand its capabilities. It is awesome. For anyone not sure of Ajax, its a great starting point as its takes away the headaches of trying to get client-side applications to communicate with server-side scripts and applications. With JQuery, Ajax is a breeze.

The great thing about JQuery is that, for all its advanced options, its very easy to use, implement and understand. I never thought I would ever get excited about javascript, but it brings a whole new exciting level to my development process. Coding the many Ajax routines for Maian Cart v2.0 has been fun.

I`m hoping Maian Cart v2.0 will be ready for beta testing in a couple of months, but we`ll see. Kind of depends on work and how busy I am. Most likely it will be later on in the year. Updates to follow.

The brand new version of my ticket system Maian Support is now available for download.

http://www.maiansupport.com

This new release marks a slightly different direction for my software. For the first time ever my software is encoded using PHP encryption software. Source Guardian loaders are required to be installed on your server for Maian Support to run. You`ll find more details in the Maian Support docs and also on the website, as well as the Source Guardian website itself. All future script releases will have the same encoding.

The script remains free, but has a few limitations in the free version. A small fee is required to remove the limitations and the copyright in the script. Discounts are offered for multiple domains as well as a developer licence, which may interest some web developers. All future upgrades are free of charge.

Another significant change is the software has its own brand new website. Free support is still offered via the support forums here at MSM, however if you have purchased a licence priority contact support is offered free of charge.

My scripts have undergone various transformations over the years with many people telling me I should turn them into commercial applications. This is now my long term goal with many of my systems, so expect a few changes to happen here in the next couple of years. As always I would like to thank everyone for the continued support for my scripts, I very much appreciate it.

I hope you enjoy Maian Support. If you have any questions or feedback, don`t hesitate to contact me.

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