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FreeNAS + Mercurial
I was recently tinkering around with Mercurial and getting my feet wet using a distributed source version control. I have been using Subversion for about the past year, and has served me well. I wanted to get involved with some of the projects hosted on Bitbucket.org in order to fork some projects. The are a [...]
PetFinder API PHP Class Library
I was interested in a project for a website as to what data could be retrieved from PetFinder.com. To my surprise, on their website located in the footer is a link to their API documentation. In order to use their API, you must first fill out a developer request for a key & password. I [...]
CodeIgniter + Whitepages.com API Library
I was recently working on another Codeigniter project that I needed to grab some phone, address, & map information for plotting on a map. After doing a little searching I found Whitepages.com has provided an API interface for retrieving data via REST. The methods seemed simple enough, and provided an easy way to create a [...]
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Codeigniter + Geshi
Geshi is a PHP class to do the heavy lifting for syntax highlighting output to your browswer. Geshi started originally to help users highlight code posted on bulletin board sites. I converted the standard Geshi class into a Codeigniter library. Just a simple as renaming the class and created a few methods to conform to [...]
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Zencart + Price Breaks + Easy Populate
Here is another update to the popular add-on for Zencart called Easy Populate. For those unfamiliar with Easy Populate, it’s a fantastic add-on for Zencart. Easy Populate allows user to create comma separated values (.csv) files to editing the list of products in their Zencart installation. A user recently emailed me requesting an additional feature [...]
Zencart Custom Session Length
Lately, I have been developing a few modifications for Zencart. One of things I have noticed during the development process, is my shopping cart being lost while typing code and then refreshing the page a little while later. This was no big deal. Just go in add another product, and test again. Then, I got [...]
Zencart reCAPTCHA Contribution Mod
One of the few options to try and combat SPAM on your zencart install, is to try and implement a CAPTCHA text/image on your contact us page. I recently updated a contribution I created several months ago. This reCAPTCHA contribution will add configuration fields to the database for your api key and password, color theme [...]
Zencart + UPS XML Dimensional Support
One task I have put off from switching from osCommerce to ZenCart shopping cart platform, was updating the UPS XML contribution. For those familiar with the shopping cart system, you know by default they only support standard UPS shipping. The cart figures shipping all the items together in one box. However, some products can’t be [...]
Setup WAMP and SVN Subversion on Windows
Say you work on a desktop and a laptop computer, and you synchronize your laptop. Edit some files, save, and upload. Everything is fine. Now you get home or back in the office, sit down at the desktop, and forget to synchronize. You edit the files some more, upload, and save. Uh-oh, now you lost [...]
Writing and testing small code snippets for various platforms is a hobby I do in my free time. Please feel free to contact me for more information about how I may assist you in completing your online presence.
Zencart + Free Shipping USA Shipping Module