This is another book that I purchased a while back to help me get up to speed on PHP and MySQL development. It’s a pretty straightforward book like a lot of the “for dummies” books are. Needless to say that a lot of the info in the book is kind of basic but it can […]
Project: Powersite Business Directory v1.0
This is a project that I have been working on for Chambers of Commerce’s and Associations that need an easy to use web-based content management solution for managing their membership database. There are a few examples of this solution online at: Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Association As […]
Project: Powersite Real Estate CMS v1.0 Beta
I have posted a number of posts previously about my PHP/MySQL based Real Estate Content Management Solution. I know that there are a few other options on the market, even some of them free to the end user under the open source model but I found them to be lacking in some respects so I […]
Sun Microsystem Buys MySQL For $1 Billion
I have to admit, I didn’t see this one coming, it looks like Sun Microsystems has purchased MySQL AB, the company behind the development of the popular MySQL database software, for 1 billion dollars, wow… As many of you know, while I respect Oracle, my choice for 99% of all projects that I develop is […]
Book Review: Sitepoint’s Build a Database Driven Website…
Sitepoint Books are usually very well written books and this one is one is no different, it’s a great read and I recommend it to everyone who asks about good books they can pick up to learn more about web development. This is another book that I keep on the bookshelf behind my desk and […]
Project Update: Classmate Website (beta)
I just launched my Mom’s Classmate Website. The entire site project was built in PHP/MySQL using PHPR. Basically this site consists of only two database tables “classmates” and “events”. Each classmate will register on the website with their information (name, spouse’s name, address, city, state, zip, telephone, cell phone, email, current photo, short message, etc.). This information […]