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Saving views to git from MySql

As a lone freelance full-stack developer it's very easy to keep all your local developments backed up, especially if using a Mac and time-machine. However, now and again, it's a good idea to save stuff into git, even if only to copy all that hard work into the cloud....

WordPress – loading an Uber menu over ajax

28 Feb, 2019This is a howto for developers.  If you're not happy digging around in functions.php or indeed with your sleeves rolled up in any php, then this article might not be for you.Ubermenu is a great plugin and provides Users and Wordpress builders with a huge...

Imagine a world …

Imagine your life as a frantic business owner where you can just sit back, pop your feet up and have a long leisurely cup of coffee. Now think about where your business really is. Perhaps, if you're running an internet business, you have to deal with email enquiries...

Yii – more Advanced Logging

Yii uses an application component called CLogRouter to determine where and how log messages are output to the various logs. You can configure different "log routes" depending on the log trace level, the log category (more on that later) and even your IP address. I've...

Starting with Yii2 – part 2

I apologise to all those of you who have been patiently waiting for the next installment of my series on Yii2 (see Part 1).  I've been busy developing wordpress eCommerce systems over the summer and had little time to get back into Yii2.  In the...

Yii2 SEO friendly URLs with extra parameters in PATH

The requirement; Having clicked to view an organization, I only want to display items for that organization only, so any links must include the organization_id. I would like to have URLs like mysite.com/org_name/org_id/item_description/item_id The orgname is included...

Getting inliner working

I spent this afternoon trying to get inliner working and here is the process which, I hope, is the final steps needed to get a fully working copy off github. Please let me know if this works for you or not ....  

Starting with Yii2 – User Authentication

User Management The Yii2 base projects, Basic and Advanced, comes with a simpleUser authentication and Login system included. It provides two users, Admin and Demo, which are hard coded into the User model.  It is left to the developer to wire this up into a...

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