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Adding Gatorpeeps.com to your lifestream

By admin / Apr 30th, 2009 / Category: Design, Programming, Tutorials

Gatorpeeps.com is a new African centric, Twitter like micro blogging service from the creators of Afrigator.Initially I was quite surprised Afrigator launched a Twitter like service, given the history of similar endeavors. That said, I’m willing to give it a shot, after all, it’s success is dependant on a relevant service (Localised tweeting, worth a [...]

Pull meta and title from a page using PHP

By Robin / Mar 17th, 2008 / Category: , Library, Programming, Tutorials

This is a simple PHP script I compiled for a little side project.
The script returns the title and meta data of a page by using a function called ‘get_meta_tags’ and a string search for the title.
I imagine it is similar to what many social bookmarking sites and content aggregators do to pull information when registering a site or [...]

The Springleap web based image manipulation bundle

By Robin / Mar 15th, 2008 / Category: , Design, Downloads, Library, News, Programming, Showcase, Tutorials

For a while now I have been wanting to share a few scripts to help visitors with image manipulation. Only thing is I did not want to list out all the tricks I have learned without any context. Recently, a South African site called Springleap launched. Springleap allows visitors to upload t-shirt designs. Visitors then [...]

Massive AJAX Country/Area Drop-down List

By Robin / Feb 20th, 2008 / Category: , Library, Programming, Tutorials

I recently came across a useful post by a fellow South African blogger. Mike had compiled an XML list of almost all countries and their associated areas. Often I have had to produce an county/area option on registration forms, but have struggled to find a complete list. I took mikes XML list, converted it to [...]