Zipline
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 creatives. [...]
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 reading a very [...]
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 to [...]
How to Hide the Dotted Border Around Links in Firefox
Many of you may have noticed that Firefox adds a 1px dotted border around some active elements. From what I understand, this border is intended to indicate where the user’s focus is on the page. The unfortunate reality is, these borders are often unsightly for standard users. Many times, developers need to remove them from [...]
What is JavaScript’s Equivalent to PHP strip_tags()
A couple of days ago I was working on a project using jQuery where I was traversing through a table and totaling several numeric values. The problem I ran into was that most of these values were wrapped in HTML tags and the tags were not standardized from field to field so a simple replace() [...]
MySQL Dump of the 50 U.S. States
There have been many times I have needed a list of the 50 U.S. States for web applications. I have probably typed these in a dozen times or more over the years. It seems everytime I search for this list as a MySQL dump I am bombarded with data services trying to sell it for [...]
Big Green Ape Cartoon Character – Ryan Stemkoski
That’s right folks I am officially a cartoon character. My business partner Shawn Davis is developing a cartoon strip about the antics of our office, the web design / advertising industry, his life, and whatever else he feels like illustrating.
Stupid Simple jQuery Accordion Menu
This is a very simple tutorial on how to implement an accordion style menu using jQuery to manipulate a grouping of DIV elements. This system is so simple it could be easily utilized by someone who has little or no jQuery experience.
This example provides a complete overview of the implementation as well as a demo and code download to help you get the system running on your web based application.
Change the Style of DIV on Mouseover with jQuery
JavaScript libraries are fantastic. I know many good web developers who have been reluctant to learn more JavaScript than they absolutely need to. I admit JavaScript can be confusing but it is a very powerful tool, especially with the power of AJAX. Below are a couple simple examples of very powerful techniques that can be [...]
GoDaddy Dedicated Server Hosting Blocks Port 25
Today I was helping a client troubleshoot a problem with a dedicated server he has at GoDaddy. For some reason, a web form created by another developer was having problems sending on his GoDaddy server. After reviewing the code, I determined it was likely an external issue. Some testing of PHP mail() and phpMailer lead [...]