Archives for: "April 2009"
PHP Rating Demo
Apr 27th
The basic idea of this rating script is to count the number of votes and the ratings and store them in a text file (a database could also be used).
The first step was to create some images to represent the ratings. The easiest approach was to use Ima… more »
Web Application Help
Apr 22nd
Considerations for help systems for web applications.
User count If there aren't many users, a simple text file should suffice. The next step up could be a word processing document or PDF. HTML is probably too cumbersome and costly for a small us… more »
PHP5 .tgz Download Counter
Apr 18th
To add a download counter, you can use a RewriteRule to route requests through a script to deliver the file and update the counter. You may also be able to use a header('location:file.tgz') call as well.
.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(… more »
Simple Hit Counter Example
Apr 18th
Hit counters are valuable because they allow site visitors to see how many people visited or used a server-based tool.
This is a very simple implementation of a counter. You can see it run at the link above.
The counter code is in the back-end/ser… more »
Multi-Lingual Site Configuration with Apache
Apr 15th
Most browsers send the prefered language to servers when they access sites. This can be used to select the appropriate content, using Apache's mod_negotiation.
Sample .htaccess file
Options +MultiViews
LanguagePriority fr en
AddLanguage en .en… more »