Mon, 2012-01-30 20:00 - 22:00

Magento is a rising ECommerce platform that many fortune 500 companies. This meeting I will introduce the basics of setting up and configuring, layouts and templating and plugin creation.

Meeting Location:  Mindshift 47 Mall Dr. Commack, NY 11725 See map: Google Maps

It seems like SOPA is almost dead, but there’s still a protest alive and well planned for tomorrow. I wrote a quickie WordPress plugin that redirects any page requests to sopastrike.com/strike. I know I’m late and it’s primitive, but it gets the job done. Here’s the code:

/* Plugin Name: Protest SOPA Plugin Description: A simple plugin to redirect to the Sopa Strike website on page load on January 18, 2012. Date: January 17, 2012 */ function protest_sopa() { $month=date('n'); $day=date('j'); $year=date('Y'); if( ($month=='1') && ($day=='18') && ($year=='2012') ) { header("Location: http://sopastrike.com/strike"); exit; } } if(!is_admin()) { add_action('init', 'protest_sopa'); }

Download the source file here.

Mon, 2011-12-26 20:00 - 22:00

CodeIgniter is a light and flexible PHP framework that I have been working with over the past year. This MVC framework allows you to create any web based app using it’s strict or not so strict MVC structure.During this session, we will go over the CI setup and configuration, CI Site setup, Add Hatches file for cleaner urls.CI auto-loading models, creating custom HTML5 template for your project, and form creation and of course basic CRUD with CodeIgniter 2.1. This Session should be a big step into the Codeigniter world, but I will only be touching the power of CI.

Meeting Location:  Mindshift 47 Mall Dr. Commack, NY 11725 See map: Google Maps

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Mon, 2011-11-28 20:00 - 22:00

During this presentation I will introduce the group to WordPress, a PHP-powered CMS that powers over 14% of the top million websites in the world. I'll start by demoing the installation process and the creation of a theme. You'll also learn about handy plugins that can extend the functionality of your site, and even the basics of creating your own!

Meeting Location:  Mindshift 47 Mall Dr. Commack, NY 11725 See map: Google Maps