Creative Ad Designs

The crew over at noupe.com “assembled a creative collection of some persuasive advertising designs that have successfully fulfilled their purpose in attracting the target audience.”

Though the ads are very different there is definitely a common appearance. Look at the general layout and shape of the composition. Is this merely a result of the personal style choices of the reviewer?

Check out this excellent collection:
http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/creative-and-effective-ad-designs.html

PHP Calendar Class

Live Demo

View the Calendar Class in action:

• Full Calendar
  Standard Full Calendar
• Full Calendar w/Google
  Full Calendar with locally defined events and events from Google Calendar
• Mini-Calendar
  Small Calendar perfect for sidebars.
• Event List
  Events shown in a list as opposed to calendar layout.
• Mini Event List
  Mini event list good for sidebars.
• Play with the Color Scheme Generator
  Test out the color scheme generator. Pass a single hex value when creating the calendar and all the colors are generated for you.

Description

Need to easily add a calendar of events to your website, php project or plugin? Tired of the calendar calculations? Like to save some time? Then this class is for you. Made for php developers, this class will allow you to add calendars in a variety of display types with only a few lines of code. Add unlimited events locally or display events from your Google Calendar.
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PHP Subtract Dates

The following function will return the number of days between two dates.

function dateDiff($beginDate, $endDate) {
	$fromDate = date('Y-n-j',strtotime($beginDate));
	$toDate = date('Y-n-j',strtotime($endDate));
	$date_parts1=explode('-', $beginDate);
	$date_parts2=explode('-', $endDate);
	$start_date=gregoriantojd($date_parts1[1], $date_parts1[2], $date_parts1[0]);
	$end_date=gregoriantojd($date_parts2[1], $date_parts2[2], $date_parts2[0]);
	return $end_date - $start_date;
}

// example
$from = '2011-1-6';
$to = '2011-1-8';
dateDiff($from,$to); // returns 2

Turn off IPv6 CentOS and CSF

If you are running csf on your CentOS server and run the server security check you may have seen the following message:

Check for IPv6: IPv6 appears to be enabled [ifconfig: ]. If ip6tables is installed, you should enable the csf IPv6 firewall (IPV6 in csf.conf). To disable IPv6 on RHEL/CentOS you should follow this link.

Upon following the link you end up at the login screen for access.redhat.com. Even after creating an account viewing the link requires a subscription. Seems a little odd that a subscription is required to find out how to disable IPv6…

So, here is how you do it:

1. Log into the server as root
2. Type in the following:

   # touch /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6
   # echo "options ipv6 disable=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6
   

   Note: Slightly different prior to the 5.4 update. For more information on the above see this link on the centos wiki. Its a bit more helpful than the link provided in the csf notes.

3. Restart the server

Klovera FAQ

Answers to some of our common questions:
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MapFoo in Pre-Beta

MapFoo is an online map generator. It features simple creation, management and implementation of customized interactive maps for a variety of platforms and situations.

MapFoo is built on top of the Google Maps API and while Google allows you to add maps for nearly any need to your project, it requires programming knowledge to implement anything but the most basic features. The MapFoo interface allows anyone to create, update and embed feature filled stylish maps quickly and easily.

Designed for flexibility and ease of use, MapFoo makes it a cinch to create Store Location Maps, Interactive Directions, Website Visitor GeoLocation Maps and much much more! Once your maps are created publish them to a variety of platforms including websites, facebook, twitter and mobile devices.

MapFoo is currently in pre-beta development. We will be accepting requests for beta testing accounts very soon.

Check back here and our blog for updates.

Chippewa County Goes Live!

The long awaited Chippewa County website went live today!

View the new and improved site at http://www.co.chippewa.wi.us/.

Back to work!

Just got back from some long overdue time off and am jumping back into the swing of things. There are currently a lot of exciting things in the works! In additional to playing catch up from my time away and wrapping up a few client based projects we have several internal projects that will be released very soon!

Here is a list of what’s to come:

• MapFoo: Online map creation and management tool
• Code Name ‘Klovera 360′: Online platform for delivering our high end virtual tours
• Code Name ‘Klovera Player’: Robust video player for websites. Many features including tracking playback in Google Anaytics.
• Code Name ‘DAS’: Online system for accepting, organizing, sharing and following up with job applications. Designed to make human resource manager’s life much easier :)

Check back soon for updates!

Augmented Reality Business Card

The new business cards have been sent to the printer with an Augmented Reality marker printed on the back! For a preview check out www.klovera.com/ar.

Augmented Reality Experiments

A few Augmented Reality Experiments…