Category Archives: Web Development

Calculating the difference in days between two Zend_Date objects

This just came up on #zftalk, and it appears that the information out there is either incomplete or incorrect, so I thought I’d just put out a simple solution.  Here’s a simple way to calculate the difference between two Zend_Date … Continue reading

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PHP Modeling (in Zend Framework)

I’ve been thinking a lot about Modeling in a MVC application, particularly in the Zend Framework. Obviously each application is different, and any Model is going to be fairly unique to your application. That’s why ZF doesn’t provide a base … Continue reading

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Better short URLs

Recently a bunch of people have been proposing ways to produce short URLs without relying on 3rd parties (tr.im nearly shutting down definitely hit home the need for this discussion).  One option was the rev=”canonical” attribute.  Others have been various … Continue reading

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Ethical Autoplay?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to most effectively use video as an online sales tool, and it seems to me that auto starting a video can be a power conversion tool. The problem is, it also can … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Using separate layouts per module

Someone was recently asking on ZFTalk about how to use a different layout for each module in your application. Since this is a problem I’ve dealt with in the past and planned on adding to the Galahad FE, I thought … Continue reading

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Mapping subdomains to modules in Zend Framework

For some reason this took me a long time to figure out, so I thought I’d post it in case other people are having similar problems.  I wanted www.mysite.com to route to the www module and app.mysite.com to route to … Continue reading

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IDE Wishlist – HTML/CSS Auto-Complete/Magic Edition

This list is clearly not comprehensive, but these are a few things I’ve been wishing for lately or thought of just now. CSS IDE Wishlist Order auto-complete based on usage, not alphabet I’m sick of typing “d” and getting “direction” … Continue reading

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Installing Zend Server & Zend Framework on OS X

This post is mostly a reminder to myself, but I thought I’d put it out there just in case other people wanted some help: Installing Zend Server CE If Zend Server is already installed, you need to remove it: For … Continue reading

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Galahad MailChimp Synchronizer

I’ve been evaluating a number of e-mail marketing services over the past few months, and though I haven’t actually decided which one I’ll be using yet, I have worked with many of them extensively. Right now MailChimp [get a $30 … Continue reading

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Video Platform Roundup (follow up)

This post is a follow-up to my previous post about video platforms.  I didn’t get to check out all of the platforms on my list, but here’s what I did find.  We ended up choosing Ooyala for a number of … Continue reading

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