Jason Houle
Web Site Development
Who is Jason Houle?
I am a developer (not so much a designer) who makes a living as a Java developer for an entertainment company located in Orlando, FL. In my spare time I work as a freelance web site developer specializing in PHP and MySQL powered web sites. You can view some of my work on my portfolio site which has just been redesigned.
The site is built using PHP with a MySQL database and the layout is done using CSS. AJAX has been used in some areas of the site to improve usability.
Google Maps and KML
This is just a quick intro to Google Maps and how to plot points on a map via a KML file. This could be very useful for displaying points of interest and a brief description about them on your site.
KML is Google's XML language which can be used to create overlays for Google Maps. The first thing you need to do, if you don't already have one, is obtain a Google API key. This is very simple and free to do.
Go to http://code.google.com/apis/maps and click on the "Sign up for a Google Maps API key" link.
Agree to the terms and conditions, enter your domain name in the appropriate field, and click the "Generate API Key" ...
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07-25-2008 12:07:21
Converting PHP5 Objects to XML
During my re-write of TheWeddingVendor.com I decided to use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design. I also wanted to greatly enhance the user experience through AJAX calls and JavaScript effects. I found myself using alot of XML and JSON to represent my data. I began to look for a way to convert my PHP objects to XML along the lines of JAXB in the Java world (although JAXB can be a little more complicated than what I needed).
I found a couple PEAR packages, such as XML/Serializer, which I did not immediately have access to. Rather than spend a lot of time searching for something that would meet my needs I decided to simply tackle the task myself. It turned out to be a...
Posted by JasonHoule Read more Comments(0) 06-24-2008 03:06:14
Creating a tab effect with Javascript
I've decided to get away from PHP in this post, since the last few posts were all about PHP. I recently had to create a chat application which utilized tabs. In this post I will show you how to create a tab effect using Javascript and iFrames. We will use Javascript, CSS, and iFrames to include content into the page without requiring a new page load. While there are scripts already written to create tabs you may find it necessary to create something of your own to better work with your application. There are many, many different ways to do this, so remember that this is just one and a very simple one at that. Feel free to take this code and modify it any way you want.
First, let's create our HTML page. We will add a ...
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