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Web site: William Raymond Parry

Posted on May 27, 2011 on William Raymond Parry Web site

William Raymond Parry web site design and development. To include a Content Management System (CMS), Contact Us form, and an dynamic image gallery with a slideshow option, image captions/titles.

Web site: Preston Accountancy Services (UK) Ltd

Posted on May 24, 2011 on Preston Accountancy Services (UK) Ltd Web site

Preston Accountancy Services (UK) Ltd web site re-design with additional end user interactive elements; including a Content Management System (CMS), a Contact Us form with Captcha, and an on-line Fixed Quote Calculator.

Web site: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

Posted on May 24, 2011 on DLHC FlugTag2 Header banner

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company requested a new web site header banner to highlight the recent Red Bull Flutag 2 event held on Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Header image shows the crowd density on East Pier May 22nd 2011.

Web site: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

Posted on May 24, 2011 on Boat Mart Promotional Graphic

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company requested a promotional graphic to advertise the upcoming Boat Mart on June 12th

Web site: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

Posted on January 31, 2011 on DLHC server migration completed

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company website server upgrade was completed successfully, with only a few loose ends which have been attended to.

Update included new graphics for the Weather section: Swell Height, Swell Period, and Humidity

Web site: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

Posted on January 17, 2011 on DLHC server migration

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company website server upgrade, requires the migration of all content, structure, databases.

1. Migrate: Weather DB, CMS DB
2. Migrate: Image directories, file directories, libraries
3. Update: DNS registry record
4. SEO: 401,403,404,501 error checks
5. Tests: Weather apps, CMS apps, Web site UI
6. Bugs: Bug reports, Bug updates

Web site: McFarlane Automotive

Posted on January 15, 2011 on McFarlane Automotive web site

McFarlane Automotive website with content mqanagement plug-in to enable the web pages to be updated by McFarlane Automotive staff.

1. Content Management System
2. In page editor included
3. Gallery & Facebook link
4. Photography and digital graphics
5. Map

Web site: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

Posted on December 21, 2010 on The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company website with content management system, weather displays, web design and development upgrades.

1. Weather: Current conditions, Tabulated tables, Graphical charts, archive
2. Sailing Events: Notices to Mariners, Weather conditions
3. News, Event listings, Messages and announcements, Public Notices, Newsletters
4. History: Construction of the Sanctuary Harbour, Maritime disasters
5. Projects: Current developments, Masterplan
6. Web Cameras: Harbour Mouth, East Pier and variable view cameras UI
7. Maps: Walking, Historical, Location

PHP: Getting started with

Posted on January 17, 2011 on gdBox

Getting PHP Information:

Sometimes it is necessary to know the version of PHP your server is running. The PHP version, along many other settings, can be discovered by running a very simple, one line, program from your browser. Create a new blank PHP document, using a text editor, name the new PHP file anything you like with a .php file extension; then copy and paste the code below.

<?php phpinfo() ?>

Save and upload this PHP file to the site root of your web site; navigate to the PHP file on your web site and open the file in your browser.

The phpinfo () command will display a profile of the PHP you are currently running in categorized tables for accessibility. You will find this information useful when you need to both install scripts, or write and test your own; in some cases saving you valuable time contacting support to inquire about your PHP settings, pre-defined variables, capabilities or paths.

PHP: Getting started with

Posted on february 18, 2011 on gdBox

getdate(); function

What does it do: returns an array that contains date and time information for a Unix timestamp:

What can is do: can be useful to display copyright or other date information to your web site visitors

The returned array contains 10 items with specific information that you will find useful when required to format date strings:

• [seconds] - seconds
• [minutes] - minutes
• [hours] - hours
• [mday] - day of the month
• [wday] - day of the week
• [year] - year
• [yday] - day of the year
• [weekday] - name of the weekday
• [month] - name of the month
• [mon] - numerical month

Real world example:

Sometimes it is necessary to show copyright information whether for an digital image or a written work. You can use PHP to run a few simple lines of code to make sure your copyright information is up-to-date.

First of I created a new blank PHP document, then using a text editor, I named this new PHP file 'copyright.php' with a .php file extension.

<?php
/* copyright.php */
$currentArray = getdate();
//$currentMonth = $currentArray['mon']; // returns the numerical month 1-12, uses either 1-2 digits
//$currentDay = $currentArray['mday']; // returns the numerical date 1-31, uses either 1-2 digits
$cyear = $currentArray['year']; // returns the numerical year 20** uses 4 digits
//$cmonth = str_pad($currentMonth, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); // pads the numerical month with a preceeding 0 if required to display 2 digits
//$cday = str_pad($currentDay, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); // pads the numerical date with a preceeding 0 if required to display 2 digits
echo "© $year gdBox.co.uk";
?>


Save and upload this PHP file to the site root of your web site; navigate to the PHP file on your web site and open the file in your browser.

It should display the current year like the example below:

© 2012 gdBox.co.uk

Web site: gdBox launches

Posted on December 21 , 2010 in gdBox