Send iPhone notifications from CodeIgniter
Most web-applications currently use automated e-mail's to let an administrator know someting is going on and some applications use Twitter. Why not use iPhone Push Notifications to get an alert to you immediately without having to check a thing? Read More »
Posted in: Nov 21, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
Goodbye Matchbox, Hello Modular Separation
I've been using Matchbox in one of its many forms for several years - almost as long as I have been using CodeIgniter - and it got to the point where I could not use CodeIgniter without it. After all this time an alternative has come along with all Matchbox's features and more.
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Posted in: Nov 19, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
When this developer designs
For far too long this blog felt tainted. It's quality diminished by using a free design from Free CSS Templates. Well no more, I have finally had a crack at designing and after a few horrendous iterations I have something that I am happy with. Read More »
Posted in: Nov 18, 2009
CodeIgniter "2.0": Rumours, facts and requests
Ever since it was announced that ExpressionEngine 2.0 would be running on CodeIgniter, the forums have been jammed full of "CodeIgniter 2.0" questions. I have answer this so many times I wanted to clear things up and put some useful suggestions forward.
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Posted in: Oct 30, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
Speaking at EECI2009 in Leiden, Holland
As a massive fan of CodeIgniter I was pretty excited to be attending the EECI2009 conference in Leiden, Holland, as it would give me the chance to meet the EllisLabs development team and lots of other CodeIgniter nerds. Now as a last minute replacement I will actually be speaking at the event too! Read More »
Posted in: Oct 16, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
Asset handling in CodeIgniter with the BASE tag
There are many suggested ways to handle your assets in CodeIgniter (including my very own Asset library) but this solution has to be one of the easiest. Read on to find out what it is! Read More »
Posted in: Sep 17, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
Clearing CodeIgniter session data
This article shows a few ways of clearing session data in CodeIgniter, inlcuding a non-documented approach which lets you wipe all session data without destroying the session. Read More »
Posted in: Aug 27, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
UTF-8 support for CodeIgniter
Writing a CodeIgniter application is easy. Writing a CodeIgniter application that supports all characters from multiple languages? Not so easy. Find out how to support UTF-8 content in CodeIgniter.
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Posted in: Aug 17, 2009 Category: CodeIgniter
How to: Create a Twitter feed with full syntax support
If you have a project that you would like to add a Twitter feed to, but do not want to add in a massive library for the one feed, take a look at this very simple PHP snippet that will give you full synatx support.
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Posted in: Jul 28, 2009 Category: PHP
iPhone Upgrade - Upgrade cheap, free or for profit
Find out how you can save money upgrading your iPhone contract with o2. You could save yourself £400 just by waiting 2 months! If you have the right criteria, you could even make a profit on the upgrade. Find out how. Read More »
Posted in: Jul 20, 2009 Category: iPhone