Tag | custom PHP

Customize Zen Cart Banners

The client wanted multiple 125×125 banners to display in a sidebox on their Zen Cart online store. I modified the banner sidebox to display up to 4 banners at a time in one sidebox.

Web Design Portfolio Manager

A web designer colleague asked for me to create a web application for him to be able to easily manage his web design portfolio. He had been creating static pages for each web design and logo design project and it was getting difficult to manage.

Programming with PHP and MySQL, I created a password protected back end for him to be able to upload multiple images for the web design project, along with input multiple fields of information. The ability to categorize each project by type of either web design project or logo design was also incorporated. By doing this, code on the front end could easily separate out the types of project by category and display as differetn pages. An excerpt of each project displays, with a link clicking through to a full detail page about the project.

JQuery Drag to Sort and Update MySQL Database

Incorporated JQuery drag and drop code into a photo sharing website. Functionality requested was to allow users to sort images by simply dragging images to rearrange their sort order. MySQL database was modified to add a sort order column. Every time an image’s position is moved, the order order was updated in the database.

Custom PHP Registration Form

I coded a custom PHP project management application for a commercial construction company. Subcontractors can gain access projects  to view documents and photos, RFIs and other information.

Subcontractors can only access projects once they have been invited to view it. This worked out fine for subcontractors that are already in the system. When my client wanted to give a new subcontractor access to the project though, it was a bit cumbersome for the sub to register, and then have to wait for the client to send an email invitation in order to gain access.

To address this problem, code modifications where made to the project manager tool and registration process.  Each project now has the option to assign a unique registration code to it. During the registration process, if a register code is entered, the sub is automatically “invited” and gains instant access to the project once logging in.

Add Image Verification to Website Using Recaptcha

This client was getting a lot of spam coming through his PHP email form and asked me what could be done to prevent it. I recommended using Recaptcha image verification that would require users to enter a string of characters from an image.  The client approved this idea and recaptcha was added to his PHP form using the recaptcha API for PHP.