Thinking about developing a mysql database for help with case management in my firm. Learned alot by using XAMPP and the excellent PHP Development Series video tutorials at Lecture Snippets.
Jonathon Hill‘s PHP Human Name Parsing, improving Keith Beckman’s script.
Jason Priem’s page about parsing human names in PHP.
Here is the same type thing in javascript by Josh Frasier.
Another javascript name parser by Jerry Davidson.
Chris West’s blog post about javascript name parsing.
Installed xampp on local computer which will make site easier to test.
Updated menus to use relative paths rather than full absolute paths so links will work on local host and on live server.
Found useful this information about getting cookies to work locally.
The trick to returning more than one value from a PHP function, is to return an array.
It’s possible to set up Apache, PHP, and MySQL locally on a PC so that websites may be tested before publishing to a server. This post describes that process.
Upgraded the control panel so that the form will automatically look for any file in the /img directory that starts with “Frame” and will include that as an option for the bottom decoration. This uses the glob function to read the matching files into an array.
I will study this javascript code for a floating div menu.
Added Show/Hide doodles link to home page using the javascript technique described here.
Created and installed the little town doodles, the watching face doodle, and coffee cup stains on home page using free Photoshop brushes found on the net.