Website Scripts
Useful PHP Snippets
As a PHP developer i’m always in the search for little snippets to add to my library. This at times so often proves useful when coding big projects and quick little functions. Snippets as such are great to add to existing CMS systems, such as WordPress, drupal or Joomla. Calculate distances in PHP I used this on an accommodation website not to long ago. this snippet allows you to measure the distance from one point to another. Great combo with Google maps too! function distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit) { $theta = $lon1 - $lon2; $dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2))...
YouTube Clone Script
http://www.clipsharetemplates.com clone script allows you to run your own video sharing portal like YouTube.com, Metacafe, DailyMotion, and others The ClearWater template is a stunning and light design featuring stylish mouseover effects and will be a great addition to any video sharing website using Clipshare 4.1 Professional. The Clearwatter template utilizes all seven advertising positions which are configurable via the new advanced Clipshare 4.1 siteadmin advertise section, the template is a wide set design suitable for 1024+ resolutions this allows for better display of video’s and information. Demo...
yahoo
Yahoo answers clone scriptYahoo answers clone script
Looking to create your own Yahoo Answer Website. Well here is the script that will help you achieve that goal! Question Answer Script with a large and highly customizable set of key features makes it the best of php answer script available. Question answer script has the question & answer publishing including images & videos, with highly secure environment to sustain any attack. Whether its features, support or ease-of-use, Question answer script offers the most out of money. Learn more about what makes the Question Answer Script the choice for people who are serious about the creating thriving online Question...
e280acflippa-script
Domain Auctions Script Flippa clone script
This fantastic script can be used to create your very own Flippa website. Not only can it be used as a flippa type website, but it’s great for any marketplace niche. With this Clone Script you will be able to produce a marketplace website within minutes. PRICE: $57 DEMO...
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Facebook Style Footer Admin Panel Part 2
This is Part 2 of the Facebook Style Footer Admin Panel, if you haven’t checked out Part 1 this is the perfect time to check it out. The footer panel can be useful for admin driven applications and much more. There are many useful techniques that we covered today like the fixed footer, CSS tooltips, height calculation function, and multiple toggle function, that can be used in various ways for your future projects. Read how to do it!...
jquerylightbox
jQuery lightBox plugin
jQuery lightBox plugin is simple, elegant, unobtrusive, no need extra markup and is used to overlay images on the current page through the power and flexibility of jQuery´s selector. lightBox is a plugin for jQuery. It was inspired in Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar. The better way to know what is jQuery lightBox plugin, click the Example tab above and see it in action. Download here: http://leandrovieira.com/download/7/...
jval-jquery-validation
jQuery Form Field Validation Plugin
jVal is a jQuery form field validation plugin that provides an appealing animated message flyout that doesn’t impede form layout/design while being user-friendly. FEATURES Current development version is only 8KB and 5.8KB minified Check validity of field values within a certain container or block element based off simple INPUT tag attributes Easy configuration of validity checks per field as per attributes in the INPUT tag Check the validity of all fields within a certain container with a single function call Check the validity of a single field when the user clicks away firing the onBlur event Prevent the user to...
Facebook Style Footer Admin Panel Part 1
Learn how to recreate the Facebook footer admin panel with CSS and jQuery. Facebook has many Ajax driven features and applications that are very impressive, and one of the things I particularly like is the footer admin panel, where it neatly organizes frequently used links and applications. Read how to do it !!!!...
Create A Digg-like site With Joomla – Dugg Plazza
Dugg Plazza allows all Joomla lovers to design their very own digg like website. Digg scripts are somehow proving to be more popular. After running through a few of these Digg like scripts, we found Dugg plazza to be quite handy. Moving form pligg to Joomla, this was far our best option. ...
Ajax Availability Calendar
An open source project available for all to use and develop. Using AJAX to update in real time an availability calendar. This script is great and is ideal for hotels or apartments. We at present are busy building a Sobi2 plugin using this module and will soon be available for download at Website Ideas. Some great features that it has!...
Dolphin 6 – Create Your Own Social Media Network for Free
Finding good quality FREE scripts are so hard at times to come by. Coders spent hundreds of hours on them and end up selling the stuff ( which you cant blame them).  But today we take a look at a script that really blew me off my feet,  Dolphin 6 . The prefect script for a social media network. It has all the functionality you will need to start off with and has wonderful features ranging from emotions , RSS Feeds, Fully incorporated Ajax controls to user friendly control panels. BoonEx Dolphin is 100% open-source, so you can modify every...
3 Must Have Web Developer Tools
To create a website you need a toolbox full of tools – software, add-ons and some more software. Perhaps in theory a simple text editor is enough to create necessary code. But in real life comfort comes first and you will need the following three tools to create a website as smoothly as possible. 1. A Ftp Client – FireFTP Uploading files to your shared hosting account is a common bottleneck in the web development process. It is thus important to minimize programs used and make sure they include all the functions possible. FireFTP is a FireFox add-on that allows...
Posting twitter posts with Curl using PHP, Sobi2 and Joomla
Being experimenting with the API of Twitter. I started out playing with curl to send updates from a joomla directory, once a user added a listing. The concept was to have followers follow the updates live via twitter. Tools used: Joomla , Sobi2 and some basic PHP. Firstly make sure your server supports curl and that the extension is active. A simple install to linux would look something like this. sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl Now you have PHP cURL installed, the next thing you need to do is to restart apache2, run the following command in your...
Take control of your online advertising
Looking to take control of your advertising campaigns? Well OpenX is your answer. There came a point in time where I had no control of my ad campaigns. With so many different projects and  making use of different CMS systems, advertising for me became a nightmare. Having to log into 20 different accounts to view page impressions and so on was not working. So I then stumbled upon a free ad server for web publishers, called OpenX. It allows users, web developers and advertisers to take control of their advertising. Web developers have gone as  far as using this server...
Web applications user interface library
Being a big fan of web interface library’s, i stumbled upon a web application user interface that uses mootools as its framework. called MochaUI. This can be used for web applications, web desktops, web sites, widgets, Standalone Windows and Modal Dialogs. I’ve personally set this ui up to see what MochaUI was made of, and to my surprise she meet with my approval, so i thought i would share it. Please note that mootools is needed along with this script....
2 Alternatives to PHPMyAdmin that are great
OK, so with a little hunting around to see if there is any other alternative to PHPMyAdmin, i found 2 others. Don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan of PHPMyAdmin but like to keep my options open and feet on the ground with the latest trends and applications. First one up is SQL Buddy....
8 Extra Webmaster Resources
Web master resources are often hard to come by, especially free stuff. Here is a small list of my favourite web resources. From stock photos to Java scripts. I will add to this list as we go. Free Icons Web Here you can browse and download Over 15,000 high quality Free Icons for Windows, Macintosh and Linux Systems. See Here...
SOBI2 RC 2.8.7 has been released
Well, we have been following this for some time now, SOBI2 RC 2.8.7 has been released. I’m personally a big fan of sobi2 and the sigsiu team.  For those of you who dont know what Sobi2 is, It’s rated 1 of the top directory components for joomla. Sigsiu.NET has developed this directory for Joomla! and Mambo which are published under the GNU/LGPL license. Additionally they offer a lot of free and paid addons for SOBI2 which enhance the functionality of the directory component. Great website ideas can spring to mid by using there component....
Great Ajax Scripts to make that website idea happen
Stumble can be a great tool. Today we look at different Ajax scripts from AjaxDaddy and what they can really do for us. With Ajax scripts and tools you will be able to create flickr-like Editing Fields Using AJAX & CSS, Auto Suggest class adds a pop down menu of suggested values to a text field and simply rotate images with some accompanying links. Demonstration of the Dojo Fisheye Widget Another implementation of the fish-eye menu – dock menu. This script makes it easy to create a sliding carousel component. Flashy style....
How to implement a Captcha system to your website
Today we look at very simple feature to which is a very important one. A Captcha Security device, to help prevent that unwanted spam. This script generates images (known as “Captcha’s”) which contain security codes used for protecting a form from spam bots. By encoding a ‘password’ inside an image and asking the user to re-enter what they see you can verify the user is a human and not automated software submitting your form....
Website Tools And Scripts
Here is some stunning scripts form Dynamic Drive. Dynamic Drive offers a wide range of DHTML scripts and Javascripts to enhance your website. Drop Down/ Overlapping Content Adds 3 new options, including option to reveal drop down content via “click” of anchor link instead of “mouseover”. DD Tab Menu (5 styles) Adds ability for menu to revert back to default selected tab when mouse moves out of menu. Tab Content Script/ Ajax Tabs Content Both scripts updated to v2.1, which adds a new public method to easily paginate between tabs. Featured Content Glider Added ability to retrieve contents from an...
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