Sheldon Lendrum

Linux Crontab helpful hints

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:22:52 +0000

* * * * * command to be executed ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───── day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 ) │ │ │ … Continue reading →

Calculating memory used by PHP to generate that page

Sheldon Lendrum — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:57:03 +0000

Do you know how much memory those loops are using ? Why is this page taking so long to load ? Well with this simple PHP code you can daily benchmark different versions of your script to use the least … Continue reading →

PHP Framework – Day 1

Sheldon Lendrum — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:25:17 +0000

Start of simple, start off clean. I am going to assume a few things in these posts, PHP 5.2 or above. ( 5.3 is better ) mySQL is our database of choice. You understand the basics of setting up a … Continue reading →

Beginners Guide to PHP Happiness.

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:15:34 +0000

Lately I have been seeing some nastiness being taught to a group of Junior web developers. It comprises of maxing all sorts of nasty combinations of mixing your PHP, HTML, classes, queries and stand alone functions into an unorganised pile … Continue reading →

PHP Dump/Debug script.

Sheldon Lendrum — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:08:28 +0000

Ever use PHP’s var_dump() or print_r() to debug what is going wrong with that $data you have ? Well, this simple script acts as the above functions, yours first parameter is your data, and the second optional parameter is stoping … Continue reading →

Webkit custom scroll bars

Sheldon Lendrum — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:54:53 +0000

Webkit browsers such as Safari and Chrome support some superb CSS3 styling. They are ( even thought I use firefox as my primary browser ) the most advanced browsers. For a while now I have created custom scroll bars using … Continue reading →

Mootools Gallery ZoomBox Plugin

Sheldon Lendrum — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:42:54 +0000

I needed a simple lightweight Mootools Gallery Lightbox, and after a few googles, I found nothing that suited my needs with out all the extra ‘captions’ and grouping and bloat. This is a simple zoom from start position type lightbox … Continue reading →

BounceBox Version 1.2 with Mootools 1.3 support

Sheldon Lendrum — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:07:48 +0000

After around 19 months of inactive development I have updated my Mootools BounceBox class to support The current selector method and fix an Event issue in some browsers when opening the Box. Try out the demo at http://bouncebox.lendrum.co.nz and download … Continue reading →

Update for Sheldon.Lendrum Search Rank checker

Sheldon Lendrum — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:43:05 +0000

I have made an update to my search rank checker for http://sheldon.lendrum.co.nz to paginate the results. With over 4500 records, the list was getting a bit long. I have paginated it by rank’s rather than equal pages. Check it out … Continue reading →

Use PHP to find your mobile browser

Sheldon Lendrum — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:56:37 +0000

I needed a quick way to include different files based on the if the visitor to a site is on a mobile device or a regular browser/computer. Every browser has a user agent depending on the operating system, browser and … Continue reading →

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:48:00 +0000

First rotisserie on the BBQ http://yfrog.com/4iltwvj http://yfrog.com/4ikn7j # RT @SheldonNesdale: Can you help me give my free ebook away? "How to Optimise Your NZ Website For Search Engines": http://bit.ly/84fQAh # RT @textmator: Amy Editor http://www.amyeditor.com/ # RT @keesfransen: RT @TylorSkory: … Continue reading →

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-03

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:48:00 +0000

I just learned that the 1st known recording of Led Zeppelin happened @ Gonzaga University in Spokane on 12/30/1968. (@biggreenape @Klymacks) # Some one didn't make it to midnight http://yfrog.com/4fxjjpj # Hey @TelecomNZ my interwebs are SLOW today ! http://www.speedtest.net/result/668331951.png … Continue reading →

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-27

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Help Please, #CodeIgniter and #fpdf pdf generation http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/45365/P15/#685785 # RT @mike9r: HP is going to learn how social media can kill you: their webcams are racist http://idek.net/p0i (via @iA) # I just successfully restored a files from 2 weeks ago … Continue reading →

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

Sheldon Lendrum — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

I took it and so should you—The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2009: http://aneventapart.com/survey2009 # Sequel Pro, can you import a 120mg mySQL database ? # Yes, yes you can ! I remember when you would crash with a … Continue reading →

Yahoo – sheldon.lendrum and torrents

Sheldon Lendrum — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:47:49 +0000

How do I rank number 1 for ‘torrent.com’ ? I found this out on here!! http://sheldon.lendrum.co.nz/search-rank-for-sheldonlendrumconz/ – God I have to post more !

Javascript URI Address Segment Selection

Sheldon Lendrum — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:39:56 +0000

I use the great CodeIgniter, PHP Framework a lot, Most site’s now days I create use it. One of the many good things is that way it handles pages request’s and PHP $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to find which page we are on. … Continue reading →

Now using FeedBurner RSS

Sheldon Lendrum — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:50:57 +0000

In preparation to a major overhaul of this site, I have moved my RSS feeds to Google’s FeedBurner. Please alter your RSS subscription links to ; http://feeds.feedburner.com/sheldonlendrum

Use PHP and the GD Library to make CSS Sprites

Sheldon Lendrum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:05:51 +0000

I came across some neat free Icons a couple of day’s ago. I found 178 free icons by WooThemes. They suited my needs for some navigation icons I was after, so after a quick download, I have them all. Great. … Continue reading →

Basic REGEX for cleaning and prepping data

Sheldon Lendrum — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:08:50 +0000

Over the last year or so, I have used a PHP Framework Code Igniter, Amongst many of its good features is its built in Form Validation Library. Every now and then I either write a a small site out of … Continue reading →

Using Mootools Request.HTML response Javascript using $exec

Sheldon Lendrum — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:01:27 +0000

Javascript frameworks are great, no matter which one you use their all built to do more, quickly. I use Mootools for most of my JS needs, and something is I often use is the AJAX request functionality. Today I needed … Continue reading →