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  1. Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

    asking if I can take over a project that has been abandoned by its developer. I've started writing this article because I find myself forgetting to ask something that could have saved an infinite number of man-hours (I exaggerate a little); but...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  2. What's the problem? Amusing computer issueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/whats-the-problem-amusing-computer-reports.html

    three usb extension cables. The middle one wasn't connected to anything on either end. What not to say to IT "Hi could you find and tell them to unlock the record they are viewing". "Oh that person isn't at work today". "Well someone on that computer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  3. 301 Redirect using htaccess filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/301-redirect-using-htaccess-file.html

    are a lot of articles & posts out there that cover the same topic, but as this took me the good part of an hour just to find out, I'm posting it here so I never have to look for it again. A client changed their website domain address and wanted any...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  4. CSS Add Text to Breadcrumb Link with a Transitionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/css/css-add-text-to-breadcrumb-link-with-a-transition.html

    the links, the text changes and the transition between the two is controlled smoothly. Why? At time of print, I couldn't find any clear example demonstrating this so here's my take on it: What I have » Home / Products / Lanterns What I want (on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Cascading Stylesheets
    • Language: *
  5. Parse a HTML Table into a ListViewhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/html/parse-a-html-table-into-a-listview.html

    function is used for several tables, the Needlemarker tells the function to start from where it last found a table and to find the next: ExtractText( Haystack, Needle1a, Needle1b, Needle2a, NeedleMarker ){ Needle1 := InStr( Haystack, Needle1a, false,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hypertext Markup Language
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Sort an associative array by values in Javascripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/js/sort-an-associative-array-by-values-in-javascript.html

    What? 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: JavaScript
    • Language: *
  7. Creating a Top 10 chart with less codehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/creating-a-top-10-chart-with-less-code.html

    I've decided to put something in here as it took me an age to find out how I could do it. This is when using a MySQL query within a PHP script. The process is used often to do a statistics table or top ten chart of your data (eg. movies, music, etc)....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: *
  8. Foreign Characters create symbols in PHP and MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/foreign-characters-create-symbols-in-php-and-mysql.html

    Did I miss anything? So none of the above worked. If there is another solution out there, I didn't find one that worked otherwise I'd have included it in this article. How? The fix is a PHP one and has to do with versions of PHP and MySQL. As quoted by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  9. SITS: Export field code and namehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/sits-export-field-code-and-name.html

    blank. -- possibly use "-1|*LookupFailed*" for the error to come through the XSLT but watch your datatypes Notes: We did not find a way to return the code when the lookup failed, only an alternative message "*LookupFailed*".

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Extensible Markup Language
    • Language: *
  10. A quick run through of setting up an export process in SITShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/a-quick-run-through-of-setting-up-an-export-process-in-sits.html

    (DOT, EOT, TOT) last and after setting up all the pre-requisites in SITS first: What changes will trigger the event? Find the screen you know contains the field to monitor, in this example, it will be the Application Clearance and Decision Entry (ACD)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Extensible Markup Language
    • Language: *
  11. Add attribute xsl:nil=true on empty elements using XSLThttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/xslt/add-attribute-xsl-nil-true-on-empty-elements-using-xslt.html

    from SITS:Vision to our staging environment, the application would only output blank values using single tags so we had to find a place to introduce it. On strings this has little worth, but on dates which could be NULL, this was necessary (unless we...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: XML Stylesheet Language Transformations
    • Language: *
  12. Pancakeshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/pancakes.html?catid=96&Itemid=165

    turn the heat down to medium and, to start with, do a test pancake to see if you're using the correct amount of batter. I find 2 tbsp is about right for an 18cm/7in pan. It's also helpful if you spoon the batter into a ladle so it can be poured into the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hobbies
    • Language: *
  13. TravelPort Universal API - Ping Request with PHP-cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/travelport-universal-api-ping-request-with-php-curl.html?catid=109&Itemid=165

    you with but it didn't help. The error I'm going to address has to do with getting the latest schemas but as I couldn't find anything using Google regarding these errors or how to set up a basic ping request, I thought I'd write this article. How? Using...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: API Miscellaneous
    • Language: *
  14. Excel PivotTable Filter List Orderinghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/excel-pivottable-filter-list-ordering.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    in descending order, I would recommend you return it in SQL date format (yyyy-mm-dd) and then do "Sort Z to A". You may find that the field needs to be unlinked and relinked each time further dates get added which is why you should leave it in ascending...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  15. GoDaddy Apache cPanel: Install SSL Certificatehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/godaddy-apache-cpanel-install-ssl-certificate.html?catid=111&Itemid=165

    install the SSL certificate for Select the Server Type and then click on "Download Zip File" button Decompress the ZIP and find the CRT file Return to your GoDaddy page and scroll down to "Web Hosting" then click on "Manage" Click on the "cPanel Admin"...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: cPanel
    • Language: *
  16. Is it a scam? Gumtree.com's warning signshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/is-it-a-scam-gumtreecoms-warning-signs.html?catid=116&Itemid=165

    This list used to be on Gumtree's website but I can't find it anymore. This is quite a thorough list though it still needs some work. Requests to use money transfer services like Western Union or MoneyGram. These services are not meant for transactions...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: IT Support
    • Language: *
  17. Amazon Kindle: Send PDFs to your Kindlehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/amazon-kindle-send-pdfs-to-your-kindle.html?catid=121&Itemid=165

    a process that worked at time of print (6 June 2022) and I wanted to make sure it didn't just disappear or be difficult to find in future. How? The process of sending a PDF file to your Kindle device is also quite straightforward. All you need to do is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Kindle
    • Language: *
  18. Joomla - How to preview module positions in a given templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-how-to-preview-module-positions-in-a-given-template.html

    was asked "... how do you find out where the positions are, like USER 1 and TAB 4 etc..." To open a web-browser window or tab with this preview, type the following in the address bar after your website URL:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  19. Warning call_user_func: First argument is expected to be a valid callbackhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/warning-call-user-func-first-argument-is-expected-to-be-a-valid-callback.html

    on line 311 How? Copy & backup the file /public_html/.../templates/rt_affinity/rt_sectionrows.php Find the following piece of code around line 311: foreach($this->horizontalCookie[$row] as $block) { $block = str_replace('-', '', $block);...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  20. Free Translator API using Googlehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/free-translator-api-using-google.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    month. Microsoft's Bing has added itself to the fray pretending to offer free services but in the small print, you will find they too charge the same price. How? The Google Translate API still actually exists. Just don't try to exceed your free quota:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Google
    • Language: en-GB
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