Jul/090
SQL Select query with a predefined last entry
The task was to create a SELECT query on a table with titles grouped alphabetically by name, but a certain name must (if found) always stay at the end.
This is like the selecting of categories on ebay.com where the categories are arranged by name but the category “Other” must have the last place.
The solution [...]
Jul/090
1. Ebay API: Before you begin
Successes and disappointments with ebay development
Creating an application that operates directly with ebay data may seem like a promising idea, but there are some problems you may encounter after having invested a lot of time in it.
Here are the two problems I have encountered.
The continuous change of API without supporting of previous versions
If [...]
Jul/090
3. Working with attributes
The application of attributes seems to be the most complicated part of writing ebay applications.
Unfortunately it is not possible to simply avoid it, because they are required even by such basic options as setting item condition to new and specifying the return policy.
The target of attributes is (as I it understand it) is to [...]
Jul/090
HTMLConvert
The converter transforms the text you type into the standard HTML code that every browser can recognize without altering the character encoding.
Where this HTML Code can be used?
If you would like to show HTML, PHP, XML… source texts on your page
If you would like to show some different character sets on your page
and so [...]
Jul/090
TableFormatter
Wraps a long table consisting of one column into a multi-column table. Helpful for long lists with changeable size.
Jul/090
LogSuitePlus
Detailed view of site visitors by page, referer, host, keywords – assumpting there are a log database.
Jul/090
justVisual
was quite popular, but now it is not up-to-date anymore.
I’m going to relauch the CMS, because having a personal CMS is a must.
But I will not be making “just a visual” CMS anymore, I think. The principle I intend to implement is separation of the content and the look, even though the result will probably [...]
Jul/090
Google Analytics Geo Explorer
A way to get the more detail view of geografical distribution of site visitors