Archive for 2010

Codeigniter: Creating dynamic graphs using JQuery and FusionCharts

I recently upgraded some of my Codeigniter applications that used OpenFlashCharts to using FusionCharts Free, and at the same time incorporated some javascript to allow me to change the graphs dynamically at the client-side. This has greatly improved the usability of my charts and graphs that I pump out. As such, I thought I would [...]

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 6:13 pm by Eldee · Permalink · 16 Comments
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PHP and jQuery: Submit a form without refreshing the page

Lately, I’ve been chancing on quite a number of posts at various places asking about how to perform a web action without the webpage reloading/refreshing? For example, dynamically updating a list on a page without a reload or submitting a form to PHP without leaving the webpage the form sits on.
I guess this is as [...]

Posted on June 9, 2010 at 2:55 pm by Eldee · Permalink · 52 Comments
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Google Analytics officially uses the Asynchronous Tracking tag

Google Analytics tagging is now officially changed to the what Google calls Asynchronous Tracking, which came out of beta last week. The new tracking tag is the default and recommended code to use, and shows up in your Google Analytics’ admin interface.

Posted on May 20, 2010 at 5:31 pm by webmaster · Permalink · Leave a comment
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PHP Basics: Sorting Arrays

Arrays are wonderful things. I can’t imagine using a programming language that does not have support for arrays. For newbies, arrays might be something that’s difficult to understand at first, but once you get used to it, it’s almost impossible to live without. Guaranteed!
If you are not familiar with what arrays are, visit the PHP [...]

Posted on March 14, 2010 at 10:56 pm by Eldee · Permalink · 6 Comments
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Google Analytics Master Class is back in Singapore!

Last year, I attended the first ever Google Analytics Master Class held here in Singapore. I had a great time. It was a half day packed with excellent presentations for both existing GA users and new people looking to adopt GA.
Well, come March 9, 2010, its back in Singapore! Not only that, folks in Kuala [...]

Posted on March 1, 2010 at 11:01 am by Eldee · Permalink · One Comment
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Codeigniter: Handling errors

As coders, I’m sure we all know the value of good error handling. So I thought a quick post about how Codeigniter deals with those pesky errors would be a good post.
The way I see it, there are 2 types of errors we have to work with. The ones which are displayed out in [...]

Posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:19 pm by Eldee · Permalink · 8 Comments
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Pentaho: A beginner’s perspective

For the last 6 months, I’ve been buried deep in the world of Business Intelligence (or BI for short) and the mind-numbing field that is Data Warehousing and Data Mining. Given that I’m not really a database person, and I only use MySQL with my PHP development, this was a whole new experience for me. [...]

Posted on January 7, 2010 at 5:28 pm by Eldee · Permalink · 11 Comments
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