[orkut-developer] Re: Thumbnail URL of non-friends

2009-02-06 Thread spyderman
Hi Michael, Key here is to maintain the information( name, profile URL, image URL, Opensocial ID etc) of all users on your app in your own application database( read OpenSocial guidelines/ Terms and Conditions on this). Once you accomplish this, then it is just a matter of pointing

[orkut-developer] Re: Regarding share my application

2009-02-06 Thread spyderman
Janardhan, Only way to invite friends to use the app is to use send message. This option is available on some of the apps out there. Check out Citizens Voice etc... thanks. On Feb 6, 5:34 pm, Janardhan wrote: > Hi Friends, I developed one application using opensocial api and ja

[orkut-developer] Re: upload image to orkut application using Opensocial API's

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Namrata, Contact me if you need further help or ideas on this. connexi...@sapplica.com. best, -Paul. On Jan 19, 10:42 am, Namrata wrote: > Hi > > I have an live application in orkut. Can I provide a feature using > API's for users to upload images. These images shoukd be stored in

[orkut-developer] Re: New application idea - "lighten up"

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Student, This would be the wrong forum to exchange app ideas. For one, this forum is primariyl for learning more about developing OpenSocial applications and sharing development issues and experiences with others. Secondly, if you think your app idea is really good, you need to keep it

[orkut-developer] Re: New Addition Issue

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Yusuf, Apps are listed based on popularity. If your app has been approved, it could be that it is on one of the last few pages. With close to 2000 apps, best way to see if your app is listed is to search for it. If you still don't find your app, send a reminder to the orkut team. I have h

[orkut-developer] Re: rejected because of 404 error

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Vinayendra, Make sure you tested your app on prod.sandbox.orkut.com. Also, check your web server logs to see if there were any 404 errors returned. This will save you some time in the iterative approval process. Best, -Paul. On Jan 23, 10:59 am, √ιηαуєη∂яα wrote: > Now i thin

[orkut-developer] Re: Hi Vijaya

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Joby, If the apps are vulnerable, i suggest that you first update your XML to disable app access from the users. This will protect the users before Orkut is able to delete these apps. Best, -Paul. On Jan 25, 9:47 pm, "Joby" wrote: > Hello Viyaia, > Orkut has 4 apps that are vulnerable to

[orkut-developer] Re: Extracting user info for external website

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Take a look at Google Friend Connect. It may give you better options to integrate Google users into your website. Best, -Paul. On Jan 23, 3:20 am, Ronald Lew wrote: > I have an external website that would like to use the Google Federated > Login.  From looking at the Opensocial API and the Orku

[orkut-developer] Re: how to get contextual adsense ads

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Rahul, Not sure if you are embedding the ad using JS or iframe. If you are using iFrame, you will have this issue. If you are using JS, then relevant ads will not appear if there is no adsense match. Best, -Paul. On Dec 12 2008, 8:26 am, Rahul wrote: > hi Jason > > currently my app sho

[orkut-developer] Re: App review

2009-01-27 Thread spyderman
Hi Suchit, For starters, always test your app on prod.sandbox.orkut.com. I tried to load this app on it and the app did not load successfully. Same app loads fine on sandbox.orkut.com. I am presuming that once the app loads fine, you should not see any 404 issues. Best, -Paul. On

[orkut-developer] Re: need assistance with database

2009-01-10 Thread spyderman
Hi Navin, You can use all of the traditional web application methods (PHP, JAVA, ROR etc) to do this. We use Java in our architecture where in we simple make a post call and retrieve the info in JSON format which can then be parsed on the UI. Contact me if you need additional help. -Pa

[orkut-developer] Re: I want to make changes to my application from a different URL, will be possible ????

2009-01-10 Thread spyderman
Dicor, In the future I recommend that you use a sub-domain in your app URL. This will allow you to change the destination of your XML without changing the URL. All you need to do is to change the subdomain to point to a new IP/server. -Paul. On Jan 6, 12:22 pm, Dicor wrote: >  I want

[orkut-developer] Re: Add application to orkut

2009-01-10 Thread spyderman
Kanu, What you have here is a stand alone gadget. For this to be a viable Orkut app you need to implement some friend interactions. Sharing your favorite videos with friends, posting updates to friends when you added new videos etc. Check out this simple app called 'My Big TV' on Orkut for

[orkut-developer] Re: Keeping track of invites !!!

2009-01-10 Thread spyderman
Hi Shrikant, I am assuming that you are trying to do this through the sendmessage function. What you are trying to accomplish has to be done through server side processing. You could potentially call your database to store whenever person A sends an invite message to person B. Whe

[orkut-developer] Re: How to start

2008-04-20 Thread spyderman
Hi Arup, Welcome to the Orkut Developer Community. Following link is a good start to understand the process. Let us know if you get stuck somewhere. We are all here to help you out. http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted.html -Paul. On Apr 21, 11:04 am, ARUP <[EMAIL P