Web Developer Articles & Author Information

Below you will find a list of this website's articles and other informational pieces organized by category. Some of these are very popular, while others are just for fun. If you find anything on this website that you feel should not be here, is incorrect, or if you feel that something is missing, please send me a message with your comments/suggestions. The items you will find within this site are mostly pieces that I had developed while doing research for web development projects. Many of the items here are still in use by me in various ways.

Even though I had spent a few years as an independent web developer, I have spent the past several years as a full-time web developer as well. I have mostly been working with a real estate company doing web development. I still do some projects on the side (smaller ones), but my schedule has been pretty booked over the past few years between work and other personal projects (aside from this site). For those of you that may be interested, I do have an online resume available.

On June 20th, 2005, I passed the Zend PHP Certification Exam; therefore, I am officially a Zend Certified Engineer. There are now number of ZCEs in Minnesota (see for yourself).

Outside my work projects on the internet available to the public, I also do the web development and hosting for the local World Tang Soo Do Association studio Range Martial Arts here in Chisholm, MN. This project is very special to me since it is where I train. However, the impresive parts of that project can only be accessed by the instructors and students.

• PHP

  • ExpressionEngine2 FieldType: matrix_cat_col

    Add a column of entry categories to your Matrix rows.

    Last Updated: 3/28/2012

  • ExpressionEngine2 Plugin: directory_contents

    This is another EE2 plugin. Used to display the contents of a directory either as a list or a custom parse.

    Last Updated: 3/28/2012

  • ExpressionEngine2 Plugin: http_auth

    This is my first EE2 plugin. Was created to be used with entry_auth_dir

    Last Updated: 3/28/2012

  • ExpressionEngine2 Extension: entry_directories

    This is my second EE2 extension - very similar to the first. This one generates empty directories based on entry submissions in EE2 channels.

    Last Updated: 3/28/2012

  • ExpressionEngine2 Extension: entry_auth_dir

    This is my first EE2 extension. There very well may be more coming in the future as my currnet job position has be building and maintaining websites using ExpressionEngine. This one generates HTTP Basic Auth directories based on entry submissions in EE2 channels.

    Last Updated: 12/6/2011

  • Filling PDF form fields with HTML forms and PHP

    An example on using submitted HTML form values to create an XFDF or FDF file. The XFDF or FDF file can then be opened by a PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill in the fields in a PDF file.

    Last Updated: 12/2/2011

  • HTTP Authentication With PHP & htpasswd

    A brief description and demonstration of using PHP with Apache's basic HTTP authentication to validate users with passwords. This method allows for authentication on single files rather than whole directories.

    Last Updated: 1/14/2006

• Servers, Systems & Tools

  Since web developers often have to deal with different aspects of system configurations, I decided to start this section of articles. Everything that you find here are things that I have come across in my adventures. Some things may be trivial, and others may be a bit off-topic in relation to web development. However, I feel that it is necessary for me to make my findings public. If you find it here, then you can bet that it is something that I either had to piece together myself or I had found too many conflicting bits of information to deal with.

  • Exim4 on Debian with SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Virtual Domain Alias Files and Message Size Limits per Domain

    A step-by-step HOWTO for setting up a mail server using Debian. I originally planned on just keeping this article in a safe place so I could reference it later; however, while searching for methods on how to do some of this stuff, I decided that someone else may benefit from it as well.

    Last Updated: 5/11/2006

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