Mobile GPRS settings in Sri Lanka

Mobitel

GPRS Settings:

Access Point: ISP
WAP Settings
- Data bearer: Packet data
- Access point name: isp
- Authentication: Normal
- Homepage: http://wap.mobitel.lk
- Network type : IPv4
- Phone ip address : Atomatic
- Proxy serv. address :192.168.050.163
- Proxy port number : 8080


MMS Settings

-Connection name :MobitelMMS
-Data bearer: Packet data
- Access point name: wapmms
- Authentication: Normal
- Homepage: http://192.168.50.165
- Network type: IPv4
- Phone ip address: Atomatic
- Name server: Atomatic
- Proxy serv. address: 192.168.050.163
- Proxy port number : 8080

 Hutch

Connection Name : hutchlanka
Data bearer : Packet Data
Access Point Name : htwap
Username : optional
Password : optional
Prompt Password : No
Authentication : Normal
Homepage : http://wap.hutch.lk/
Proxy Serv. Address : 10.220.135.249
Proxy Port : 8080

Dialog 

Manual settings
You can activate it by entering the settings yourself.

1. Enter the Access Point Name (APN)
   Prepaid Customer: ppwap
   Postpaid Customer: www.dialogsl.com
2. Enter Session mode as Permanent with no user name and password
3. Enter website as www.dialogwap.com (separation should be full stop not comma)

GPRS settings vary from phone to phone. On a case by case basis you can add the following settings:
Case 1: Enter the Gateway IP as 192.168.122.2
Case 2: Enter the Proxy IP as 192.168.122.2 and port 8080
Case 3: Enter the Gateway IP as 192.168.122.2 and port 9201
Configuring MMS Using the Data Accounts Created

1. Open Messages.
2. Open MMS.
3. Open Message Settings.
4. Open Server Profile.
5. Create/Edit a Profile and enter the following values:
For Dialog MMS Profile:
Rename Profile: Dialog MMS
Homepage: http://mms.dialog.lk:3130/mmsc (http://mms.dialog.lk:3130/mmsc)
Data Account: Dialog MMS (this data account is the one you have created)
Connection Type: HTTP
Proxy Address: 192.168.122.2
Proxy Port: 8080
Username: leave it blank
Password: leave it blank
6. Save the Profile.
7. Activate the Profile.
8. MMS services now ready to use. In case you encounter errors, double check the Data Account and Profile created. In some cases you need to restart the phone.

Etisalat 

Manual GPRS settings:
Home page URL : wap.etisalat.lk
IP Address : 192.168.104.4
Port No : 9401
APN : wap / web : Applicable for Pre paid
wap / internet : Applicable for Post paid
Data barer : GPRS / Packet data
Manual MMS settings:
MMS server URL : http://mms.etisalat.lk:8085
IP Address : 192.168.104.4
Port No : 9401
APN : mms - Applicable for both Post paid and Pre paid
Data barer : GPRS / Packet data  


Airtel 

Airtel Live (GPRS)
Connection Name : Airtel Live
Data bearer : Packet Data
Access Point Name : Airtel Live
Prompt Password : No
Authentication : Normal
Proxy Serv. Address : 010.200.184.086
Proxy Port : 8080

 
Airtel MMS

Connection Name : Airtel MMS
Data bearer : Packet Data
Access Point Name : Airtel MMS
Prompt Password : No
Authentication : Normal
Proxy Serv. Address : 010.200.184.086
Proxy Port : 8080 

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How To Use Google Fonts In Your Next Web Project & Why You Should

Font choice is an integral design decision on any website, yet most of the time we’re content with the same old serif and sans-serif family. While the main body of text should always be something optimised for readability unless you want readers to get a headache, titles and standout text can be your space to add a unique design with some font flair.

Background

With CCS, you can specify a chain of fonts to use if the preferred one isn’t available. This allows you to have a first choice – perhaps a less common but free font; then have backups in place that will always be there with Windows or Macs. Generally though, web designers will stick with tried and tested font family chains, as outlined by w3 schools.
In the past, if a different font was desired, designers were forced to create images for the text instead – logo, headers etc. The downsides there being:

• Images don’t scale up well.
• Images aren’t readable by screen readers.
• You can’t highlight the text in images.
• Search engines can’t “read” images.
• Image loading slows down the webpage.

So is there a better solution? One that lets us use a universally available set of free fonts, without resorting to images?

Google Web Fonts

The answer comes from Google. Google Web Fonts is essentially a collection of (at current count, 489) optimized fonts stored in the cloud, that can be embedded into your web projects (or even just downloaded to use on your computer).

Moreover, the Google Web Fonts site makes it easy to compare and choose, then gives you all the code you need to embed the font via Javascript or CSS – more on that later.

 

Getting Started

Head over to the Web Fonts site, and click start choosing fonts to begin.

 

The interface is fairly self explanatory – on the left you can search for specific keywords; and filter by basic font type; or filter for specific factors such as letter thickness. The bar on the top adjusts the preview text only. If you have a specific paragraph of text you want to test it on, for instance, switch to the paragraph tab and paste in your text.

 

As I mentioned, you’re better off not choosing anything too fancy for the main content text, so stick to either serif or sans-serif families if you really want to go for something unique there.
When you see one you like, just add it to your collection.

 

Click the review button to enter review mode and compare all of your choices.




    

In review mode, you’re shown a variety of font sizes and either a paragraph or headline text. The system will also make an intelligent choice about which to show you depending on the typical use case of that font; but you can change the preview mode if you like.


     


Scroll right to see other fonts in your current collection; click the X at the top right to reject them.
Test Drive is a particularly interesting mode that will combine all of the fonts in in your collection to show how it might look when combined on a basic page layout.


     

 

OK, Chosen. How Do I Use Them?

With your collection narrowed down, click the review button on the large blue bar. If you’ve gone overboard and included too many (really, keep it to 2 at the maximum), the page load impact indicator will warn you.


Scroll down to grab the relevant code. There are 3 choices here:

• Standard (link rel= method): this needs to be pasted into the HEAD section of your site, so you’ll need to be comfortable with HTML to do this. For WordPress, you’ll be adding it to header.php if you choose this way. I don’t recommend it.
• @import: this method goes directly into your stylesheet file, which is where we’ll be specifying the fonts for various page elements anyway, so personally I recommend this. For WordPress themes, place it in style.css just after the theme information section
• Javascript: self-explanatory – place the code anywhere in your theme. The benefit of using this method is that the font will be loaded asynchronously – the site will first be displayed in the fallback font, then will switch once the font has fully loaded. Though initial page load time will be faster, it will create a jarring sudden change for the user which you may not want.

     

That’s step 1. Step 2 is to specify the font where you want it used. We don’t have room for a full CSS tutorial here (I suggest these 5 CSS learning sites; and my own 5 baby steps in CSS tutorial), but suffice to say you’ll be adjusting anything in your stylesheet that says font-family, and be sure to include the backup style as suggested by Google.




   

Optimized

Using a non-standard font that the user needs to download is going to add a small amount of time to your page load – that’s inevitable. However, a typical web font from Google is about 100KB – for comparison, this is about the size of a good quality medium-sized jpeg image. Like images, the web font will be cached in the user’s browser, so only the initial page load will be slightly delayed.

Summary

I admit it – I really love fonts. I expect like many of you, I tend to horde them on my hard disk – just in case, you know?! Now I can actually make use of some unique fonts in my web projects – I’m excited. Please, don’t neglect the fonts on your website!
If you have any questions about implementing web fonts on your website, feel free to ask in the comments and I’ll see if I can help.

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3 More Awesome Google Services That You Probably Never Knew Existed

Though it’s where its fame and fortune first came from, Google has advanced far beyond just being the world’s most popular search engine. You and I both know that Google plays host to many amazing services that we use on an everyday basis. Gmail is a great example. I have Gmail. I bet you too have Gmail! How about the late, great Google Reader? That was a service that so many of us would already love to have back. Why Google, why?
These are just two examples, and you’d be pretty surprised to know how many other goodies Google has floating around out there. Beyond their alerts system and floundering social network, Google has developed a wealth of web applications that just aren’t given enough shine. We’ve done articles in the past that help highlight some of Google’s hidden treasures that don’t get the limelight they deserve, but Google is always changing and pumping out more. In this article, let’s look at another three.

Google Trends

Google Trends is a great place to go when you want to see what is hot on the web. When that sort of content comes to mind, the first thing you might think of are Trending Topics over on Twitter. Trends is to Google what Trending Topics are to Twitter, except without the social aspect. You’re getting what is on the rise in Google Search.

 Google Trends is a great place to go when you want to see what is hot on the web. When that sort of content comes to mind, the first thing you might think of are Trending Topics over on Twitter. Trends is to Google what Trending Topics are to Twitter, except without the social aspect. You’re getting what is on the rise in Google Search.

 

As the above screenshot manages to capture pretty well, what you’re normally going to see on this list are things like national or world news and events, movie releases, sports stories, and things of that nature.
Beneath each result, Google gives a rough estimate of the recent increase in searches for terms related to this subject and an immediate link to a related article to help explain the change in search volume.
Google Trends is a localized list, and you’re able to see results from the US, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, and more.

Google Fonts

Google Fonts is a really quick and simple way to look at hundreds of different font faces through the web browser, offering features that cater more specifically towards webmasters.

This website allows you to view 629 fonts by word, sentence, paragraph, or poster. You’re able to sort this list of fonts by alphabet, when the font was added, by how it’s trending, and more. When you find a font you like, you can add it to your collection of saved fonts for later use.

When you’ve selected the fonts you’re interested in using for your website, simply click the Use button in your collection and you’ll be offered several different ways to import the font to your website.

The best part is these fonts don’t need to be downloaded or anything to be used on your site. You only have to include a single line and a bit of CSS code to your page and you’re able to make use of them, all thanks to the powers of the Google Fonts API.

Google Sky

While Google Sky is a feature from Google Earth, it does have its own standalone interface on the web.

 

I don’t need to go on about how awesome Google Earth is, because you’ve surely heard of it by now. How cool is it that we’re able to go practically anywhere on this planet and get an interactive view of the area, all through a website? Google Sky offers this same experience, but the imagery is provided by NASA satellites, the Hubble Telescope, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Put simply, it is the Google Earth for space exploration. Although the search feature was recently disabled, you’re able to drag and scroll all through the galaxy and zoom in to ridiculous resolutions to see beautiful images of our sky in detail.
Google Sky is a project that was put together by developers during their 20% time, and while it lacks some of the major functionality of services like Google Maps and Google Earth, it’s worth appreciating. If Google keeps up at this pace, we’ll be on track for a Google Universe in the next however-many years!
It’s a short list of services, but a list of very purposeful ones that I can only hope never experience the termination that services like Google Reader and iGoogle are going through. Have you ever used any of these three services before? Which one seems most interesting to you? Leave me a line in the comments below and let me know!

Original article and all images fro here 

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