The Axixs is a group made up of Pras Michel (formerly of the Fugees), Selina Carrera and Stefi Nova.

After plugging in my code for the form on the Top Right Corner Contact Page, tests were starting to fail. Even though the same code worked on plenty of other sites, I discovered that Wordpress does some funny things with $_POST data. From what I read, Wordpress does some cleaning of the data automagically before it gets sent anywhere.

Besides that, I learned that the variable $_POST['name'] is reserved. So, if you’re using $_POST['name'] to store a person’s name, make sure you change it to something like $_POST['fullname'].

Gmail SMTP

Next obstacle. So for whatever reason, PHP’s mail() function wasn’t working for me. I decided to use the phpmailer class included with Wordpress located at /wp-includes/class.phpmailer.php. Some sample code for PHPMAILER is here.

Another problem is that our mail servers are hosted by Gmail. So, to send an email we need to have the right authorization and you need to connect through SSL. My contact page, which is a template, uses this code to send a message posted from the contact form:

include ('./path/to/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php');
include ('./path/to/wp-includes/class-smtp.php');

$mail=new PHPMailer();

// Let PHPMailer use remote SMTP Server to send Email
$mail->IsSMTP();

// Set the charactor set. The default is 'UTF-8'
$mail->CharSet='UTF-8';

// Add an recipients. You can add more recipients
// by using this method repeatedly.
$mail->AddAddress($to);

// Set the body of the Email.
$mail->Body=$message;

// Set "From" segment of header.
$mail->From=$from;

$mail->AddReplyTo($from, $name);

// Set addresser's name
$mail->FromName=$name;

// Set the title
$mail->Subject=$subject;

// Set the SMTP server.
$mail->Host='smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port= 465;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; 

$mail->Username='xxxx@xxxx.com';
$mail->Password='xxxxx';

// Send Email.
$mail->Send();

The most important part for Gmail is to set these parameters:

// Set the SMTP server.
$mail->Host='smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port= 465;  // Or 587
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";

$mail->Username='xxxx@xxxx.com';
$mail->Password='xxxxx';

So there you have it. That little piece of the puzzle that keeps you up late at night. Leave any questions in the comments.

A freelance producer we work with quite a bit, Gian Colombo, had the pleasure of working with an amazing creative team to produce the spot. All in all, a very cool video. We wish them the best!

A dedication to the action films Dan grew up watching, For All Mankind chronicles the story of Johnny Red, a disenfranchised young man who always wanted to be a NASA scientist. After several academic mishaps, Johnny is stuck in his suburban Pennsylvania town. When all other means of impressing the local community fail, Johnny decides to build a functioning time machine. Instead of using correct science, Johnny decides to base all of his research on action-adventure films of the 1980s and 90s.



The movie featured a number of Philadelphia-area actors including Kathy Romano from the Preston and Steve Show, Merrill Reese as narrator, and Terrence Howard as the Mayor of Conshohocken.

For All Mankind Facebook Page
Production Blog: forallmankindmovie.com
For All Mankind on IMDB

The Movie:

Behind the scenes video:

Another big issue is dealing with the results of Google search for your name. Pictures of you out partying probably won’t bode well for your chances at getting the job. A lot of kids don’t realize there’s a ton of things you can do make sure you put your best face forward when looking for a job.

There’s a huge importance to Search Engine Optimize yourself.

We’re working on a new project that will help recent grads use the social networking tools they know so well to help find a job and take control of employers see in searches. We’d like to get some feedback on some specific examples where your job search went well, or even when it hasn’t. Especially when it hasn’t…

So, with so many people entering the job market in such a rough economy, what kinds of innovative things are you doing online to help further your job search? What does a Google search of your name say about you?

Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Facebook to stay in touch. And as always, if you’d like to work with us, drop us a line at info@toprightcorner.com.