Mozilla recently had Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate 2 available for download. I was interested in trying out the new version. I upgraded my XP machine from version 2 to the Release Candidate version. Upgrade completed successfully. I opened up Thunderbird, and all of my emails were imported fine after the upgrade, and the program proceeded [...]
Creating useful upload forms having become very popular on the web these days. Many people have found that flash based options create a more rich user experience. I was working on a project recently to allow a user to upload images to a CodeIgniter application. I enjoy using jQuery, and found an excellent flash based [...]
CodeIgniter is a great PHP framework to work with. One of the items several developers have been asking to be included in the next CodeIgniter release, is a core library for a shopping cart. The library is being added for CI version 1.7.2, and is currently available via SVN on the CodeIgniter website. UPDATE 09/12/2009: [...]
I’ve very excited about the launch of this product. The is a really neat game being made by my relative. ResponsiBuilders is a creative card game to inspire your kids to complete chores around the house. Somehow when sweeping the floor (amongst other household duties) is printed with neat artwork on a card, kids have [...]
Many of you maybe familiar with the CodeIgniter (CI) PHP framework. I was asked by a client recently about creating a graph for some data in a report. Looking through several charting libraries at the CI website, I found a few options listed in the wiki. Open Flash Chart 2 (OFC) seemed like a nice [...]
I recently was switching a online store from using osCommerce to Zen-Cart, and realized how nice it is to have the Easy Populate add-on. For those not familiar with the Easy Populate add-on, this allows you to download the product data from your online store into a CSV file.
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