VersaFit Studio’s website was developed using the EJHOST Rapid Development WordPress theme. The website’s home page is controlled through WordPress posts and the JQuery cycle script. The logo design was managed by EJHost & outsourced to LogoTournament.com. The whole process was done in under a month!
HTML to WordPress conversion
Le Papillon Boutique was a static HTML website, EJHost took the design and migrated it to a WordPress theme.
Several CSS updates were identified, but the overall theme was maintained. Additionally, a JQuery slider was added, which is controlled through the WordPress interface. The entire project was done for under $1000.
Full WordPress Website Design
Radnor Green website created using our rapid development WordPress theme. LogoType was designed to basic specifications, using font and color of association. Worked with organization to develop content for website. Home page slider uses JQuery cycle plugin and can be controlled through WordPress posts.
Using Gmail as your ONLY mail application
Today’s Gmail allows users to setup multiple mail accounts within a single Gmail account. This means that all of your personal, work, and other email can be sent and received using 1 Gmail login.
Gmail can be the perfect all in one solution for email. Currently, each user is given over 7 GB of space, with the ability to upgrade as necessary. Even a high traffic user can expect to store over 5 years of mail, which is search able and accessible at any time.
At the core of its functionality is its web based interface. By existing as a web based service, any web enabled device can connect and view the same inbox. Additionally, Gmail can be constantly upgraded by Google behind the scenes, with little or no downtime. Gmail’s search functionality is second to none, allowing the user to broaden or narrow their search as needed.
Our favorite feature of Gmail is its ability to receive and send mail through other mail servers. This means that Gmail can connect to your mail servers the same way as a traditional desktop application.
If you are using Gmail without sending would send your mail through the Gmail servers. By doing so the mail headers show that the sender’s domain and the mail server’s DNS records do not match. This typically sets off a red flag on spam filters nowadays and can cause deliverability issues.
Since we are setting up Gmail to send each mail account’s email through its domain mail server, all your email will be routed through the proper mail server. The ensures that there are no deliverability issues as outlined above.
One of the problems with a web based system is that you need to be online to view your email. This issue is avoided by using Gmail’s IMAP servers to sync your desktop or mobile mail application with Gmail. Additionally this allows the user to setup and deploy Gmail from traditional desktop mail applications such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird.
Both incoming and sent mail can be setup so they are tagged by filters, which can place email into specific folders. These folders are available underneath the aggregate inbox and allow the user to check specific email accounts.
There are a few tricks to optimizing your Gmail and EJHost will be happy to assist you in getting setup. Please contact us today for more information or how you can be switched over to a Gmail platform.
Rapid WordPress Development
Upside Shades’s website was developed using the EJHOST Rapid Development WordPress theme. The website’s home page is controlled through WordPress posts and the JQuery cycle script.
Custom JQuery and PHP code was written for E-Commerce portion of the site.
The entire project was completed in about a month through EJHost’s Rapid Application Development process.
JQuery for Managing and Exporting Tabular Data
We stumbled upon an amazing JQuery script for managing and sorting tabular data. Found at tablesorter.com , this JQuery script cuts down on the number of database calls while improving user experience. All sorting can be done quickly and without reloading the DOM.
Pared with another Export table to CSV script , this makes for a complete and simple solution to reporting needs.
We’ll post some more examples of it in use here. In fact when this site is redesigned we’ll be using the tablesorter script.
Simple PHP based html State drop down box
Here’s some simple code for a PHP based US State (including DC) html drop down menu. There are a lot of different ways to do this, but this is straightforward and simple.
The reason I’m posting this is that I’ve found myself looking for something like this a million times.
This is assuming there is a PHP variable named “$statename”, either by POST or through reading in a database table with the previous value.
<select name=”statename” >
<option value=”" <?php if (!$statename) echo ” selected”; ?>>Select a State</option>
<option value=”AL” <?php if ($statename == “AL”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Alabama</option>
<option value=”AK” <?php if ($statename == “AK”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Alaska</option>
<option value=”AZ” <?php if ($statename == “AZ”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Arizona</option>
<option value=”AR” <?php if ($statename == “AR”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Arkansas</option>
<option value=”CA” <?php if ($statename == “CA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>California</option>
<option value=”CO” <?php if ($statename == “CO”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Colorado</option>
<option value=”CT” <?php if ($statename == “CT”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Connecticut</option>
<option value=”DE” <?php if ($statename == “DE”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Delaware</option>
<option value=”DC” <?php if ($statename == “DC”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Dist of Columbia</option>
<option value=”FL” <?php if ($statename == “FL”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Florida</option>
<option value=”GA” <?php if ($statename == “GA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Georgia</option>
<option value=”HI” <?php if ($statename == “HI”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Hawaii</option>
<option value=”ID” <?php if ($statename == “ID”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Idaho</option>
<option value=”IL” <?php if ($statename == “IL”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Illinois</option>
<option value=”IN” <?php if ($statename == “IN”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Indiana</option>
<option value=”IA” <?php if ($statename == “IA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Iowa</option>
<option value=”KS” <?php if ($statename == “KS”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Kansas</option>
<option value=”KY” <?php if ($statename == “KY”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Kentucky</option>
<option value=”LA” <?php if ($statename == “LA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Louisiana</option>
<option value=”ME” <?php if ($statename == “ME”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Maine</option>
<option value=”MD” <?php if ($statename == “MD”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Maryland</option>
<option value=”MA” <?php if ($statename == “MA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Massachusetts</option>
<option value=”MI” <?php if ($statename == “MI”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Michigan</option>
<option value=”MN” <?php if ($statename == “MN”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Minnesota</option>
<option value=”MS” <?php if ($statename == “MS”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Mississippi</option>
<option value=”MO” <?php if ($statename == “MO”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Missouri</option>
<option value=”MT” <?php if ($statename == “MT”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Montana</option>
<option value=”NE” <?php if ($statename == “NE”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Nebraska</option>
<option value=”NV” <?php if ($statename == “NV”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Nevada</option>
<option value=”NH” <?php if ($statename == “NH”) echo ” selected”; ?>>New Hampshire</option>
<option value=”NJ” <?php if ($statename == “NJ”) echo ” selected”; ?>>New Jersey</option>
<option value=”NM” <?php if ($statename == “NM”) echo ” selected”; ?>>New Mexico</option>
<option value=”NY” <?php if ($statename == “NY”) echo ” selected”; ?>>New York</option>
<option value=”NC” <?php if ($statename == “NC”) echo ” selected”; ?>>North Carolina</option>
<option value=”ND” <?php if ($statename == “ND”) echo ” selected”; ?>>North Dakota</option>
<option value=”OH” <?php if ($statename == “OH”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Ohio</option>
<option value=”OK” <?php if ($statename == “OK”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Oklahoma</option>
<option value=”OR” <?php if ($statename == “OR”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Oregon</option>
<option value=”PA” <?php if ($statename == “PA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Pennsylvania</option>
<option value=”RI” <?php if ($statename == “RI”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Rhode Island</option>
<option value=”SC” <?php if ($statename == “SC”) echo ” selected”; ?>>South Carolina</option>
<option value=”SD” <?php if ($statename == “SD”) echo ” selected”; ?>>South Dakota</option>
<option value=”TN” <?php if ($statename == “TN”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Tennessee</option>
<option value=”TX” <?php if ($statename == “TX”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Texas</option>
<option value=”UT” <?php if ($statename == “UT”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Utah</option>
<option value=”VT” <?php if ($statename == “VT”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Vermont</option>
<option value=”VA” <?php if ($statename == “VA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Virginia</option>
<option value=”WA” <?php if ($statename == “WA”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Washington</option>
<option value=”WV” <?php if ($statename == “WV”) echo ” selected”; ?>>West Virginia</option>
<option value=”WI” <?php if ($statename == “WI”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Wisconsin</option>
<option value=”WY” <?php if ($statename == “WY”) echo ” selected”; ?>>Wyoming</option>
</select>
Jewelry Making Professor – Web Design
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The second project of the Jewelry Making Professor website was no less challenging than the first. While the first project dealt with the underlying structure and applications that power the website, this project dealt with the design and user interface.
The assignment was to create a design that could work with all of the areas of the Jewelry Making Professor website. This included an eCommerce section, a blog, and several call to action pages. Included within was the Video of the Week and a count down timer that display on the home page.
After refining the design, we settled no a basic layout. This design was then turned into a WordPress theme and an X-cart theme. Both needed to align perfectly and create the appearance of one continuous website. Take a look for yourself, check out the — X-cart portion and the Blog area here.
Jewelry Making Professor – X-cart Migration & Customization
The Jewelry Making Professor (JMP) project was so massive we have to break it up into to separate projects. The first project dealt with the structures and architecture of the website.
JMP uses X-cart for e-commerce. When we started the project, the X-cart version was 4.2.1. We needed to migrate all of the data and data structures into the newest version of X-cart, 4.4.3.
All of X-cart’s data also needed to be up to date at the time of the production move up, so we needed to document how to execute the conversion during the production move up. The results were pages upon pages of SQL queries and data structure manipulation.
After the X-cart 4.2.1 structure and data was formatted for 4.4.3, we made the connections to the application. Now it was time to add our database tables for our custom Video of the Week / Featured Product application. These tables were added and our custom PHP code deployed and we extended the functionality of X-cart to include management for the Video of the Week and the Featured Product.
Once we were ready for production deployment, the move took over 7 hours and resulted in about 15 hours of total bug fixes. However we regarded the production move as highly successful as we were able to launch JMP 2.0 on day 1 and not look back.
Custom E-Commerce Web App
Jewelry Making Professor was a large complex project that took several months to complete.
The E-commerce portion of the website is powered by X-cart and used Smarty templates. The Smarty template was customized and developed into a Content Management System capable of posting a Video of the Week.
Other parts of the project were to migrate X-cart, including identification and migration of data structures & developing a custom theme for a WordPress blog.