Finally getting a little bit of recognition…

Way back in October of 2008 the company I work for launched the re-design of Bahamas.com, I was the Lead Developer on that project. I put my blood, sweat, and tears into getting that site to launch on time – and you know what?

We launched on time.

I remember getting a few thank yous and stuff like that, but I don’t ever recall really hearing or seeing anything that would make up for the fact that I worked around 90+ hours a week for a month to get that thing live on time.

There are things about the project I can’t talk about because of my contract and all that stuff and plus I’m not a ranter about work. I like to work hard and play harder. So it’s no big deal. I do it all the time and I’ll continue to do it. I can even do it for you if you want.

But anyway, my recently new boss came around (shoot, I think this was a month ago) and mentioned that we won an award for the site and that my name was mentioned (you know, in the small print somewhere).

Awesome, it’s about damn time. LOL! No, I’ve been recognized for other projects in my past, and if they were still up and I still knew what the URLs were, I’d post about them.


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Make your own Ajax pre-loader for your site!

For those of you that are not designers, nor have any desire to design, but need an ajax pre-loader, ajaxload.info has been built for you.

I found this site or a site just like this one a while back (2-3 years) but never really bookmarked it since it’s just so easy to Google stuff these days. I’m a nice guy so I thought I’d share it with you. It’s pretty cool. You’ll see it being used throughout my site since I am not a designer, nor will I ever be.

Not sold yet?

Listen!


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Help kill Internet Explorer 6 with IE6 Update

I like to Google stuff a lot, and in my recent bit of Googling, I came across this: IE6 Update.

It’s basically a nice and sneaky way of tricking your users into upgrading to the most recent version of IE. Ethics aside, it’s a pretty cool idea. I mean, IE6 costs businesses millions of dollars in wasted hours in order to support a crappy, insecure browser.

Allowing people to use IE6 to visit your site is like allowing people to have sex with hookers, it’s just not a good idea. Right? Unless you’re into that of course, and I won’t blame you because I really want you to like me.

Kidding aside, install IE6 Update on your site and let’s stop this plague otherwise known as IE6.

Thanks!


Simple copyright year function

I still see on a lot of sites the copyright date being outdated. Shoot, it was even outdated on mine. How embarrassing. Easy fix though. Something I do at work all the time, but since I’m not getting paid for this site, it wasn’t done.

Now, let’s forget the past and move onto the future.

The solution (in PHP):

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function copyright_year($year = '2009', $sep = '-') {
$current_year = date('Y');
return ($year == $current_year) ? $year : $year . $sep . $current_year;
}

OR, for those that need more lines (I do too. I like to be able to READ my code):

[cc lang="php"]
function copyright_year($year = ’2009′, $sep = ‘-’) {


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SUCCESS

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson