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Here's a modified homepage I did for Opera. Looks best at 75% zoom
Supports many* search engines with one elegant dropdown (ie javascript page) - enter keywords and select engine (else press enter for Google as default). Makes Opera a far more useful tool. See list below.
Bookmark areas divided (you can change headings)
Area for built-in opera functions (eg opera:cache) for which I'd love some additions
If anyone out there is good at javascript, else has a history of collecting Opera widgets/bookmarklets that work under JS, it'd be great to start collating bigger n better homepages in this thread.
To install
Backup original home.html if u r worried this will not be nice, else just extract the home.html as another name and change Opera's homepage
Simply extract the files to \Application Data\Opera\startpage
Edit the home.html to insert your own bookmarks (either as text file else in html editor - it's easy)
*Search engines covered: Google, googleZA, google Images, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations, Law dict, Medical dict, Encarta, How Stuff Works, WorldAltas, NationMaster, FactMonster, Wikipedia, Mythica, Britanicca (crap), Amazon, Song Lyrics/artist/titles, IMDb, Jokes (down so not tested). Can add anything else to this script without screen clutter - but that's all the truly useful stuff I could think of. If u want more, post the search string for me (ie the URL)
Forgot to attach zip - sorry. Improved search engines whilst I was at it tho.
This is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to do this. I was even able to cut and create it into a page suitable for my PIE homepage!
wow! didn't think PIE would support such javascript - thought that was one of the things that made Opera so cool. Good news tho - perhaps ppl have other PIE homepages they can post here for us to benefit from.
THX
Just SuperDuper !
Many Thanks for this
Great.
Cheers
hrb
lulugirl896 said:
This is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to do this. I was even able to cut and create it into a page suitable for my PIE homepage!
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How did you do that ?
Cheers
hrb
fantastic job dude
i love the homepage
i was just wondering what the purpose is for secure bookmarks?
what is different about it? and how does it work?
Bartjan said:
fantastic job dude
i love the homepage
i was just wondering what the purpose is for secure bookmarks?
what is different about it? and how does it work?
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Cool - glad it's appreciated.
Actually the only clever part is the search engine, rest is a simple table with dividers for whatever headings you want (ie copy the divider as many times as you like). In my case I keep all my https bookmarks separate (webmail, 3 banks, server admin, etc etc). You may prefer "News", "PPC", "Personal" or some other structure.
another search engine
First of all, many thanks for this homepage, it's what I've been dreaming all along... almost
Now, to make it perfect, I would need to change/add some other search engines, such as the portuguese "yellow pages", wich url is www.pai.pt.
Also, I would like to know how to set the bookmarks in the homepage.
Can you explain how can I do that? I have no experience in programming, but I believe these tasks are simple enough, if someone can explain them step by step.
Thanks again
vmiguel
EDITED: Ok, I've managed to understand the bookmarks. Now I only need some assistance in geting the correct url to query a search engine, like the one I've mentioned above. Naturaly, the simple page url is not enough, but I can not find what's missing. Can someone help? TIA
Attached is an update with more search engines and links.
The update has a whole load of new ideas - largely set up for for SA but there's a guide below on modifying to your country. Let's add to this list please, and PLEASE post your country-specific pages in this thread:
Normal searches (google, google images, google maps)
SA searches (google ZA, DSTV guide, resturants/nightspots, Braby's maps (serious Java works in Opera 8.60! AWESOME!!!), postal codes, Braby's business lookup, Ananzi shopping
Reference searches (dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, law dict, medical dict)
Encyclopedia searches (several)
Entertainment searches (Amazon, Songs by lyric/artist/title, IMDb, Jokes 1/2 both work well)
Bookmarks PDA
Bookmarks South African (exchange rates table, MyBroadband, ACSA flight schedules and late arrivals (useful!), venue search, current local movie reviews, netflorist, Yellow and WHITE pages!, CIPRO company search, SARS VAT number search) Could not turn last few into search items for drop box I'm afraid
Place for personal bookmarks (banking, share trading, webmail, etc)
Opera internals (History, cache, about, Bookmarks as text file, PPC browsing) If anyone knows the javascript for opening a bookmarks page that would be great cos text page is crap - I only did it cos cut-n-paste may be useful!
Future bookmark ideas (largely ZA):
Taxi booking
Local car rental firms
Local airline schedules
Booking for local hotel groups
Local auction sites
Locla Lottery numbers search
Property search
School friends search
vmiguel: editing is easy as you are finding - open in an html editor or just a text editor. Text may actually be easier cos the html editor will probably not render the CSS correctly.
To add search engines, surf them in your PC and note the URL when you search for a word like 'MYSEARCH'. Somewhere in the URL you will see a bit that says &xxx=MYSEARCH where xxx is usually q or query or keyword or something similar. You'll get the plot. Make sure this bit is put at the end of the URL, and remove the MYSEARCH bit. So, the URL will be:
htttp://www.searchengine.com/search.html?a=1&b=2&query=
The script will ad the entered words at the end.
Some tips:
Ignore other &... items
Remove any keys or session ID's that have complex strings
Don't miss the & before query unless...
..after the page URL should be a ? - all parameters follow this. So if query is the only parameter, it will look like htttp://www.searchengine.com/search.html?query=
Thanks a lot, I'll try it, and get back with a portuguese homepage!
EDITED: sorry, no & or = symbols, the resulting url, after performing a search is http://www.pai.pt/search/mysearch.html
"Mysearch" is a false query, because there is no portuguese company with that name, but if I perform a search for a existing company, as "Norma Básica", the result is similar: http://www.pai.pt/search/norma_básica.html
Any ideas?
vmiguel said:
Thanks a lot, I'll try it, and get back with a portuguese homepage!
EDITED: sorry, no & or = symbols, the resulting url, after performing a search is http://www.pai.pt/search/mysearch.html
"Mysearch" is a false query, because there is no portuguese company with that name, but if I perform a search for a existing company, as "Norma Básica", the result is similar: http://www.pai.pt/search/norma_básica.html
Any ideas?
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Yep, it's a *****! Actually, it's a rather clever search page that remembers your recent inputs and allows you to select them from the drop box and a mouseover popup. Impressive. It works if you append .html to the string generated by the script, but I can't think of an elegant way to make the script do that for some sites and not for others. Think you'll have to do the same as I did for our SA yellow and white pages; just do a bookmark to that site rather than use the drop box. Sorry.
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How did you do that ?
Cheers
hrb
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Once I had my links all set up for Opera, I cut and pasted the links only and then used the instructions here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/03/03/83349.aspx The javascript wont work, but at least you will end up with the same links in PIE and Opera, and you wont have to re-type!
Good enough for me. Thanks again, for such a great idea!
you are great !!! it makes opera much more useful now~~thanks a lot
Where are the places people are going to find lists of Free Apps.
I am new to the Pocket PC world, I have seen a few posts with people showing new apps, but I would like to be able to browse around and find some that are suited for what I use my phone for.
Looking for Time Wasters. (games)
Media Players (for Divx, and Compressed Videos)
Anything Automotive Related
Skins for changing appearance of the phone
pm me man ill help you!!!
there should really be a sticky in this forum with links to good download sites for games / apps.
Maybe we should start a thread and post links and ask a mod to sticky it. Anyone up for the job ?
RTFW
There is a big list of software in the WiKi
On A Silver Platter
It doesn't get any better than this :
1) This site is 8525 specific FREEWARE
2) These are links from bypaul.com:
A. GAMES
B. THEMES & SKINS
C. UTILITIES
3) Another FREEWARE site
4) More FREEWARE
5) This page has all the FREE applications iliumsoft offers (7 Pocket PC, 1 Desktop)
6) Yet another FREEWARE site
7) This is the Pocket PC section of this site, but you can navigate to other platform specific applications by clicking on the "Freeware" link at the top of the page. The entire site is strictly FREEWARE
8) This is a mobile/WAP SITE. It is completely formatted for a handheld web browser (small text, aligned left)
9) This is the last direct LINK to a freeware site i have mustered. I've just come across it for the first time and the server seems to be acting up so i can't speak for its reliability. It did work though
10) THIS is a search result from handango. All i did was select the 8525 as my device and "Sort by: Price:Low-High". The first 15 pages of this result gives you full applications with a $0.00 price tag. You may have to navigate a bit through the pages to find anything useful, but there are some pretty good apps in there. I would suggest going through the whole 15 pages so you don't miss anything.
11) This page is pocketpcmag.com's "BEST SITES" for WM PPCs. Scroll down to the "Downloads" section and you will find 46 links, many of them links to freeware sites. Even some of the links that don't say "(freeware)" have links to other Freeware sites on thier pages so you might wanna check them out too
12) Another LIST of PPC related sites with relevant Freeware site links
I've used just about all of these sites before with the exception of the above mentioned. If not, links to and from these sites. I've downloaded well into the hundreds of applications from these sites. In my experience, none of them offer fake freeware or neverending links to the download page (lmao). IMHO, they're all legit.
Still Alive?
Wow, when I posted my first reply I did not realize the date this was created. I posted my reply about a week ago however...maybe beggining of September. Why the hell does the date of my reply state that it was posted 4-9-07? Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has visited recently, if the thread is still alive, and now I'm wondering what date this was "Actually" created?!?!
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Why the hell does the date of my reply state that it was posted 4-9-07?
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4 September 2007. Not all countries use the US date convention of putting the month first.
Try www.pxdxa.com for free cracked software!
You just have to register an thats it! Enjoy
@ Viktorx, Thanks for the link, however I believe the mods on here frown on posting warez links.
@g0dZpr1z0n3r WOW, That list is amazing, thank you. I wish there was a way for members to rate other members on this board you would get a huge "+" from me for that. (I am on another board where there is a member rating system and members can give a member a plus if they help them, or a negative if they see someone being nasty for no reason)
@ Everyone else. Thank you for all the other links, I am spending lots of time browsing the places. This site is a wonderful resource.
Now some specific apps I am looking for.
Net Stumbler, its a program to scan for wireless access points.
A better dialer and call log app. I find the one that is built into the phone with Black Satin to be way to clumsy to use. I hate the fact that if I call the same number 4 times in a row, it shows that same number 4 times in the call log rather than just keeping the same number once at the top of the list. I would prefer it kept say the last 10 or 20 numbers I called in a row without repeating some of them.
Capt Fiero said:
Now some specific apps I am looking for.
Net Stumbler, its a program to scan for wireless access points.
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Thx 4 the ups Capt.! I appreciate it! Umm...NetStumbler has its own SITE (click on the download tab). I'm not sure if you were looking for NetStumbler or MiniStumbler NetStumbler is for PCs and MiniStumbler is for SOME PPCs. Breathe eazy though homie, the program "works on most (but not all) Hermes...chipsets" . Good luck w/ that. Let us know how it works out.
Follow THIS site for all ur dialer needs. I'm not sure it will help ur "call log" issues though. Can't help you there fam. Good Luck!
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Use WiFiFoFum instead of NetStumbler.
Ya the first program I tried was Ministumbler and it won't work on my Hermes (HTC Tytn) So I installed the WiFiFoFum and it worked perfect right out of the box. Thanks for all the suggestions guys.
MiniStumbler is a Negative
Tried MiniStumbler on my ATT branded 8525 (factory ROM) and it does not work. Connected to Wi-Fi and nothing shows up in the App.
@Capt: Find anything useful at zombienexus?
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Tried MiniStumbler on my ATT branded 8525 (factory ROM) and it does not work. Connected to Wi-Fi and nothing shows up in the App.
@Capt: Find anything useful at zombienexus?
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To be honest I have not had time to really read through the page, I did a quick browse around and at first glance there does not seem to be exactly what I am looking for, however I need to read through the site to really see what is there.
Capt Fiero said:
To be honest I have not had time to really read through the page, I did a quick browse around and at first glance there does not seem to be exactly what I am looking for, however I need to read through the site to really see what is there.
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I don't really think there's an app that exists for the type of setup you want. I personally like that the call log lists every time that you called each #. If I'm not mistaken, WM6 approaches this situation quite differently. I'm not sure which ROM you're running, but you might wanna check that out. I didn't run WM6 long enough to remember exactly, but i found this on modernnomads pertaining to that feature:
"A major improvement is that the history belonging to a number can be retrieved. By pressing the number in the call-log you can get an overview of all calls to that number. THis is a great way to identify when you called a certain person. This information is also partially included in the contact: you will see when you last called a certain person. Unfortunatly there is no way of finding all calls to a specific contact, so you do have to remember which number you used to contact a specific person."
The article is HERE. It's a quite detailed article outlining the key features of WM6
Actually you only have to remember the number if its not saved in your contact list. All call history is saved to the contact. If I go into contacts and select a specific person I can see all the calls to that person time, date, and duration. I think WM6 is great what made you decide to remove it?
why i removed wm6
i had to remove my wm6 rom because im running vista home premium w/ mobile device center and only the black rom allowed me to sync and it wasnt my favorite. other wm6 roms wouldnt sync w/ my laptop. i would either have to sacrifice a not so favorite rom and be able to sync or use my favorite wm6 rom and not be able to sync. i decided to go back to wm5 until the official at&t wm6 rom was released. supposed to be out oct.5. dont get me wrong tho...i love wm6. each rom i flashed had pros and cons, but the pros of wm6 outweigh the cons. cant wait to get it back!
any sim games out there
Departure
I've created this little application for my own needs and thought maybe someone likes it too.
The main purpose is to get the latest departures for specified train stations and filter the ones you want to see.
Download at http://departure.codeplex.com
Current Version: 0.5.3 (Released 17 Aug 2009)
Features:
unlimited number of stations
each station has its own filters
filter by train name, train direction, station platform
countdown for selected departure
shows if a train is late
kinetic scrolling
FAQ:
How do I use the filters?
You need to seperate them using a ";".
Why I can't see Train XYZ?
First make sure you selected the transports for this station.
Check that you set up the filters correctly.
The data the tool retrieves is only available for the next hour.
How to use the webservice?
This is currently tested by some friends and myself.
If it works well I might open it to all.
How can I add my country?
This is currently not possible but in a future version I will add plugins for other data sources.
It would be a great app for french users especially at the moment since we've got a rude strike lol
Bingoig11 said:
It would be a great app for french users especially at the moment since we've got a rude strike lol
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Same here in Germany - crazy days
Is there a source where I could get this information from?
Deutsche Bahn has released an ultimate java tool for all trasportation in Germany (and possibly beyond) some time ago: DB Railnavigator. http://www.bahn.de/p/view/planen/reiseplanung/mobileservices/railnavigator.shtml
Great app! Specially for me that i travel a lot from Barcelona to Berlin, and i have to use the train to go from the airports to my place and viceversa.
I will use it for sure each time i travel to Germany.
What would make it perfect is the feature to calculate the arriving time to a place such as the airport (SXL-Schoenefeld) as some german or berliner web site does.
do you think is possible to include this feature in your planning? or too much difficult?
thanks a lot for this handy tool.
When trying to refresh the info.
i get this message:
An error occurred
No departures found
of course i have connection, and i've setup 4 stations and marked the transports
any ideas?
thanks in advance
fourcc said:
When trying to refresh the info.
i get this message:
An error occurred
No departures found
of course i have connection, and i've setup 4 stations and marked the transports
any ideas?
thanks in advance
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Can you send me the content of your settings.xml in a private message?
Thanks
New version is out -> 0.2.0.1
See first post.
Using Departure now for two days and really enjoying its simplicity and usefulness.
Good job!
new release - check the first post
Does anyone know why the thread subject doesn't update even the subject for the first post is changed?
Wow, this is probably going to be the most usefull application on my new Touch HD!!!
Thanks a lot for the great program!
/Tommi
thomasschaz said:
Wow, this is probably going to be the most usefull application on my new Touch HD!!!
Thanks a lot for the great program!
/Tommi
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Let me know how it works on a WVGA device. I never tested this.
Hi Marc,
I tested all functions and everything works perfect.
Only the list scrolling is a bit rusty but that does not affect the usability.
I had a look into your code for the KLIstControl and ctrlStationItem to compare to functionality with the fingerflick list I am currently writing
I had quite a speed improvement when I changed the rendering from not render every item everytime the list refreshes but instead copy the items that moved down/up to a 2nd buffer in a with a copyRect and only render the new items that appear on the top or bottom and the selected items. Perhaps you can integrate that too. Or if you have a better solution for speed up, let me know
/Tommi
thomasschaz said:
Hi Marc,
I tested all functions and everything works perfect.
Only the list scrolling is a bit rusty but that does not affect the usability.
I had a look into your code for the KLIstControl and ctrlStationItem to compare to functionality with the fingerflick list I am currently writing
I had quite a speed improvement when I changed the rendering from not render every item everytime the list refreshes but instead copy the items that moved down/up to a 2nd buffer in a with a copyRect and only render the new items that appear on the top or bottom and the selected items. Perhaps you can integrate that too. Or if you have a better solution for speed up, let me know
/Tommi
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Using your method might be faster but I assume that it will consume more memory if you keep the already rendered items in a buffer.
Hi Marc,
sorry for my missleading explanation. I did not mean buffering every Item, but using a second buffer for the list (e.g. m_backBuffer2 in your case) and then copy the old items from the m_backBuffer to m_backBuffer2 to their new position after scrolling (in one copyrect) and then only render the new item/selected items to m_backBuffer2. Afterwards use the m_backBuffer2 to bring it to the usercontrol's graphics container.
/Tommi
thomasschaz said:
Hi Marc,
sorry for my missleading explanation. I did not mean buffering every Item, but using a second buffer for the list (e.g. m_backBuffer2 in your case) and then copy the old items from the m_backBuffer to m_backBuffer2 to their new position after scrolling (in one copyrect) and then only render the new item/selected items to m_backBuffer2. Afterwards use the m_backBuffer2 to bring it to the usercontrol's graphics container.
/Tommi
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Now I got it.
If you want you can join the project. I am always open to get help.
MarcLandis said:
Now I got it.
If you want you can join the project. I am always open to get help.
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Thanks for the offer! But unfortunately I am currently completely filled up with my own small projects and work, so I don't think I'd have much spare time to do a real contribution.
/Tommi
This also would be nice for your neighbour holland
I could do some dutch translation, and i think this is the site you would get your info from http://www.9292ov.nl.
(the iphone already got the app (with gps support), but they don't care about WM )
It would be great if you considder it
Greetz,
Re-Mi said:
This also would be nice for your neighbour holland
I could do some dutch translation, and i think this is the site you would get your info from http://www.9292ov.nl.
(the iphone already got the app (with gps support), but they don't care about WM )
It would be great if you considder it
Greetz,
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Looking at that site I can't find an option to show just the departures of a train station.
Hi Guys,
I'm helping the SA Weather Service which is the ONLY accurate source of weather for SA & SADC (all these global servers are so appaulingly wrong that most of us SA's just disable the wether tab in our HTC).
They are keen to provide a weather source to the public for use on various mobile devices. Currently they generate an extensive xml file 3x per day, and all I need to do is help them specify the new file format.
I have some questions I am hoping someone here can help with:
There must be a standard format for these information sources, which I am guessing is am xml file. Ideally this will be small to minimise bandwidth served. Where can I find this schema?
Are there various standards for various apps, or do most weather apps use the same standard?
Can we just put this xml into a public directory, or do we have to have some sort of web service running?
Is it possible to make the HTC Home plugin use our data source - the hacks I've seen are related to adding different cities, not changing the data source?
Finally, I'd like to hear which apps you guys use that have the ability for one to specify a different data source. We're powerless if the app only allows a choice of 2 or 3 Russian servers.
Oh yeah, does anyone have any insight into Nokia and Symbian weather apps? If we crack this for HTC/WM, will the others work too?
Hey...this sounds brilliant...
Sorry..not gonna be much help with your questions...but wishing you the best of luck..
Wont a normal RSS feed work well based on a chosen city? I somehow think that the web service would be the best option...
Maybe this might help
GREAT!!!
I do hope to see this soon!!!
Sounds cool!
Howsit to fellow South Africans!
Im not into the weather much, Im happy With the results from SPB weather.
I know that there is not much cities supported, like in Natal, you can only get Durban, but what if you are in Margate!
I think the most of the apps rely on Yahoo Weather source........It uses .xml coding, but im not sure about the rest!!!
Howsit peeeps!
SAWS is the ONLY source of accurate weather. All other sources come from global models - usually Euro or US centric. They are appaulingly wrong for SA, for many reasons; they do not consider topography in the slightest, and their resolution over Africa is around 100km vs 4km for local models.
You will often see temp projections of 15'C to 25'C when SAWS is saying 5 to 15. How different is that! You will see clear skys when you are sitting here looking at a dense cloud bank from George thro to PTA. They're all basically SO bad they are less than useless (less, cos they make you think you know what's happening).
RSS feeds are an easy option, but we all like our cutsie phone apps, so I want to get in line with those. Ideally I want to find a freeware app, with awesome capabilities, and make sure SAWS provide data for that. Then we can post it widely here as the prefered SA option.
C'mon guys, who's developed weather apps and has some insight? I have to move fast before SAWS lose interest.
I'd love to help but have absolutely no clue on this! I use Pocket Weather and HTC Weather on my device and yeah, the forecasts are appallingly wrong 90% of the time! Hope you can get this up and running with SAWS...
Target Market
Is this only aimed at WM users??? or for the broader public....
Was the link posted above useful?? (http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/)
As an alternative slightly of the track...what if the developed a mobile website...lightweight...easily available...the limitation could be personalisation...
Sorry, yahoo link is to get their RSS feed. Their data is sourced from nternational model - all of which exclude the topography of SA (if you live in CT you can't even begin to use them).
As for min-web-site, that's a fallback. But people really do prefer an on-screen plugin, with the ability to click for more details. I'm looking for apps that support clicking thro to radar images (live stoom tracking to resched your braai!), weather and traffic cams (SAWS has them all!), and of course the up-to-the-minute data tables with forecasts etc.
Apps exist, but not sure which allow you to select data sources.
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Apps exist, but not sure which allow you to select data sources.
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HI
Any news on this? need people to test etc?
Thanks
Download the official "Knowing Odisha" app for windows phone 8.1 and windows 8.1.
This is a learning app. Knowing Odisha describes you the all Odisha (One state of India). Read all the updates about Odisha here only. The app shows you all the details about Odisha.
*. Know about its culture and traditions
*. Know its all districts
*. Learn about all the tourist places
*. Know about great personalities of Odisha
*. Take a glance about Odisha special foods
*. Know its all festivals
*. Geography and history
*. YouTube video support (Online Odisha)
*. Live news (Coming Soon)
Hello, don't rate it bad. It doesn't solve your problems, mail us.
Rate it 5 stars , we will feel good and can help you more.
I am also a windows phone user. So, believe me. Thank you
Download here : windowsphone.com/s?appid=b06c7a13-0d13-451a-9ed2-961fbece947b
First of all, please post stuff like this in the Apps & Games sub-forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-phone-8/apps-games), not in General; General is for discussing the OS as a whole.
Second, what is the difference between the trial and the paid version of the app? Unless the trial is fully-featured, you're probably breaking the forum rules (you *did* read them before posting, riiiight?) as advertising paid apps is explicitly forbidden.