Web Development
2010 Yakima Advertising Federation Chinook Awards
Zipline Interactive has been a participating member in Spokane Advertising Federation since we opened shop in 2005. Our team members have attended a number of programs, helped with events, sat on the SAF board, and even helped develop and host the SAF website.
We believe the SAF is an important resource for Spokane [...]
Google Analytics Not Tracking Data on Your Website? Could be a JavaScript Error.
This fix wont solve all Google Analytics tracking problems but it does address a specific issue. Outside of this problem, there are many other issues including disabled cookies, disabled JavaScript etc. that cannot be helped or fixed. If you have an existing website and Google Analytics is installed properly but is not collecting data [...]
Get Listed – Local University – Spokane WA (REVIEW)
On Thursday, Shawn and I attended the GetListed.org Local University conference at Northern Quest Casino here in Spokane. This was a great event, brought to town by our good friend Ed Reese from Sixth Man Marketing. Being a web professional in Spokane is difficult. All of the exciting workshops and conferences take [...]
How to Read a Remote Text File with PHP
Reading text files with PHP isn’t really too difficult. I have done it quite a few times but it isn’t something I do everyday. A few weeks ago, I wrote a simple script to read a text file and it has been working great, until today. Originally, the script I wrote was [...]
Software to Automatically Make a HTML version of a Dynamic Website
It seems like there are a million different content management systems out there. Some like the ZLCMS system we use at Zipline are transferrable to another web host but occasionally we have run into web development companies with ‘proprietary’ content management systems. Many of these companies won’t allow their customers to transfer their website [...]
How to use PHP in .htm or .html Files
The need to execute PHP in HTM or HTML files may occur for a number of reasons. The most common of which seems to be adding content managed portions to an existing HTML website. The .htm or .html pages will be part of the navigation, previously indexed by search engines, and likely linked [...]
How to Detect IE6 Browser with JavaScript
I have been doing a lot of work with jQuery lately. The jQuery library offers great cross browser support for most functions but unfortunately even this magic wand can’t solve all the problems with Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) compatibility. Previously, jQuery had a browser() function that helped detect a browser so that a developer could [...]
How to Access MySQL at Web Hosts Without phpMyAdmin
While most web hosts have phpMyAdmin installed for their customers to use, there are plenty out there that do not. The phpMyAdmin interface is what most developers have become accustomed to when developing MySQL based websites. If phpMyAdmin is not installed on your web host, there are several options that will allow you to [...]
Block .inc Files from Displaying on an Apache Web Server
Block .inc Files from Displaying on Apache Web ServerBlock .inc Files from Displaying on Apache Web ServerMany PHP developers use the .inc file extension to signify a script that is included within another. This can be very handy when scanning a directory or block of code looking for specific references or calls.
One of [...]
A Little Known List of JavaScript Functions Equivalent to PHP Functions in jQuery
Many of us PHP developers often find working with JavaScript arrays to be a frustrating task. PHP has a number of very powerful built in functions like: in_array(), is_array(), array_merge(), array_map(), and array_unique() that are just plain missing in JavaScript. Over the years, many of these functions have been ported into JavaScript buy developers [...]