VWM Polls Installation and Configuration Video Tutorial
February 10th, 2012 in ExpressionEngine, Tutorials, Web Development
Quick video tutorial on how to install and configure the ExpressionEngine polling module VWM Polls.
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jQuery Form Validate
February 7th, 2012 in Web Development
I have recently released the new jQuery form validation plugin jQuery Form Validate. Let the validation commence.
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Hard at Work
July 12th, 2011 in ExpressionEngine, Random, Web Design, Web Development
The last few weeks have been pretty crazy — I got a new job and I started work on a new ExpressionEngine 2 module.
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Introducing VWM Secure Files
June 3rd, 2011 in ExpressionEngine, Web Development
Say “hello” to VWM Secure Files. This ExpressionEngine 2 module and fieldtype allows you to restrict access to files based on a given members group and/or member ID.
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Determining AJAX Success and Failure States in ExpressionEngine Modules
April 21st, 2011 in ExpressionEngine, Web Development
Assume you are building an ExpressionEngine module and you need to use jQuery to POST some data to one of your methods. Your method will then insert this data into your database and return some JSON with the insert ID and some other fun stuff. But what if the database insert failed? What are some ways to return an error message?
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VWM Polls v0.1-beta
April 8th, 2011 in ExpressionEngine, Web Development
Say “hello” to VWM Polls, a free and open source fieldtype and module package for ExpressionEngine 2.
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Cloning Select Inputs With jQuery
April 4th, 2011 in Web Design, Web Development
Cloning select inputs with jQuery is a bit weird. While it works, it does not clone the currently selected option.
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The First Week of the Year (According to PHP)
March 2nd, 2011 in Web Development
One might assume that Saturday, January 1st, 2011 was part of the first week of the new year. However, ISO-8601 says otherwise.
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CodeIgniter jQuery and JSON Search Suggestions
February 1st, 2011 in CodeIgniter, Tutorials, Web Development
Follow a video tutorial on how to create a CodeIgniter jQuery and JSON search suggestion system.
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CodeIgniter 2 Memcache Driver
February 1st, 2011 in CodeIgniter, Web Development
I am not cool enough for Memcached. Give me Memcache.
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Automating Database Results Array in CodeIgniter
January 24th, 2011 in CodeIgniter, Web Development
Sometimes the obvious is not very obvious. What does one do when confronted with a table with 50+ rows? Eventually you are going to have to build an array for all this data.
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WebFaction Review
January 13th, 2011 in Web Development
A short review of WebFaction web hosting.
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The Choice: EngineHosting, Media Temple, or WebFaction
January 13th, 2011 in Web Development
Three potential web hosts battle it out. Only one can win my heart.
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Goodbye Go Daddy or: How I Learned to Start Caring and Love Speed
January 13th, 2011 in Web Development
Dear Go Daddy,
Your super cheap hosting has been nice, however you are slow and I am leaving you.
Love,
Victor
Setting Up Virtual Hosts in XAMPP on Windows 7
August 18th, 2010 in Web Development
Are you tired of working local on projects located in http://localhost/portfolio/projects/bla? I am.
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AJAX Aware JSON ExpressionEngine Contact Form Module (beta)
July 26th, 2010 in ExpressionEngine, Web Development
Now that we got that keyword-stuffed title out of the way, let me introduce my first ExpressionEngine 2 module, VWM Contact. The default ExpressionEngine contact form was just not doing it for me. Not only did it not play nice with AJAX, but the validation also sucked. I had to do something about it…
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History of of vmichnowicz.com
July 20th, 2010 in Web Design, Web Development
Version 6 of vmichnowicz.com has launched. Things were not always this awesome. See how things used to look…
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Launch of vmichnowicz.com (version 6)
July 19th, 2010 in Web Design, Web Development
Welcome to the new portfolio site of Victor Michnowicz!
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