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Accessing Apimo WebService API
API Miscellaneous

Accessing Apimo WebService API

This is an article on how I connected to the Apimo WebService. The Apimo Webservice is an API provided by apimo.com and requires a server request over HTTPS using the GET method.

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Foreign Characters create symbols in PHP and MySQL
Personal Home Page

Foreign Characters create symbols in PHP and MySQL

Applies to: PHP 5.4 MySQL 5.1.4 Databases initially setup with collation 'latin1_swedish_ci' What Another article trying to help people display foreign characters on their website without the funny question marks in diamond symbols and how I solved it in my case.

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Import Excel CSV file as JavaScript array
Excel

Import Excel CSV file as JavaScript array

What I have: A CSV file exported from Excel along with double-quotes label1,label2 item1a,item2a item1c,"item2c,c" item1b,item2b What I want: To read the file (stored on the server) and convert to a JavaScript array of objects var my_object_array = [ , , ]; What I want again: Read a CSV file already uploaded with JavaS...

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Sort an associative array by values in Javascript
JavaScript

Sort an associative array by values in Javascript

An article on how to quickly adapt an array code and sort by its values. Surprising how many examples are on the web and everyone saying you're doing it wrong... Which is true but quite unhelpful. The original code is not my own either but that's not an excuse. I also found that examples across the web were only partia...

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Migrating from Joomla 2.5.x to 3.4.x
Joomla

Migrating from Joomla 2.5.x to 3.4.x

This is an article to document the migration of a Joomla! CMS running version 2.5.11 to an instance of Joomla! CMS version 3.4.1. I would consider the below instructions an ALPHA version as it is considered unstable for official use... Saying that this is how I upgraded my own personal website: www.joellipman.com. This...

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CSV Chart Generator
Product Documentation

CSV Chart Generator

Originally dubbed EventViewer Chart Generator. As the name suggests, I was looking for a free program that can take an exported CSV list from a standard MS Windows eventlog or eventviewer log and generate a chart from the data. What my program does is convert all the data into a settings and data file that can be used...

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List of Font Awesome
Web-Development

List of Font Awesome

I needed to use these in a template I was working on. Font awesome is a brilliant tool for webdevelopers who want icons that can be any size of any color without compromising on image quality or overhead maintenance. It's basically a font set that has all the icons you would want in a modern website design. How? To use...

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