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Easily Create a Store Locator
November 28, 2012 - Categories: Utilities And Other Useful Things
I had initially set out to build my own custom store locator (just for the learning experience) and post a how-to article for it. I quickly found that this has been done many times before, and Google has a very good tutorial if you want to build your own.
But what if you don't have a database behind your website? What if you don't have any IT staff to support a custom store locator? What if you need an easy solution?
Check out BatchGeo, a free (with ads) hosted store locator service. All you need is a spreadsheet of your locations that you want to map and whatever secondary information you want to display. BatchGeo takes care of mapping the addresses, so you don't have to determine the latitude and longitude values for each address (like in the Google tutorial). You can also group your locations arbitrarily, such as by location type by simply adding another column of data.
Prevent SQL Injection Attacks in PHP Applications
November 26, 2012 - Categories: How-to Guides,Utilities And Other Useful Things
Be advised This post is quite old (26 Nov 2012) and any code may be out of date. Proceed with caution.
Easy Modal Overlays
November 21, 2012 - Categories: IT/Software Projects,How-to Guides
Be advised This post is quite old (21 Nov 2012) and any code may be out of date. Proceed with caution.
Making Your Site Mobile-Friendly
November 19, 2012 - Categories: How-to Guides
Be advised This post is quite old (19 Nov 2012) and any code/references may be out of date. Proceed with caution.
Konami Code
November 16, 2012 - Categories: IT/Software Projects,How-to Guides
The Konami code... if you were born in 1990 or earlier, and play (or played) video games, you probably already know what I'm talking about.
The history of the Konami code is awesome in it's own rite. Here's the short version: the Konami code is a famous cheat code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A) that first appeared in NES games like Contra. Many times the code was added to video games as a tribute to the classic games or as a tribute to Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the developer who accidentally left the cheat code in the game when it was sold to the public.