Archive for the ‘Code’ Category

Useful Javascript: Detect and Indicate Credit Card Type

February 2nd, 2011   |   Tags: , ,
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JavaScript: Credit Card Type Detection

I added this useful bit of JavaScript code to an ecommerce project (www.vintagecellars.com) to detect the type of Credit Card someone is entering on a website. enjoy! (more…)

Website Optimization + Server Optimization = Profits Soar!

October 26th, 2010   |   Tags: , , , ,
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Oscommerce Sales Graph Profits go Ballistic

Oscommerce Sales Graph of client profits going through the roof.

One of my clients was on television. They did not bother to tell me this. Before being on TV, they were receiving an average of 3000 visitors per month and they were doing fine on a shared hosting account with about several other clients. A few more details on this client are that they were running on 6 year old code and they had not invested in any upgrades since the website was originally designed. That being the case, the code and the server was not optimized to handle the tsunami of traffic (100 times) that they had coming down the pipe. This was made evident by the website going offline as soon as they went on air. They called me and I dropped everything to jump on the problem right away. (more…)

Useful JavaScript: Toggle Div Show/Hide

January 10th, 2010   |   Tags: , , , , ,
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JavaScript: Show or Hide Elements

JavaScript: Show or Hide Elements

I was developing an e-commerce site today and I ran across a pretty light weight piece of JavaScript code to show and hide a DIVs.

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WordPress Plugin: Posts By Category Widget

January 7th, 2010   |   Tags: , ,
Posted in Code   |       5 Comments »
Wordpress Plugin: Posts By Category Widget

Wordpress Plugin: Posts By Category Widget

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list categories and the posts in those categories separated by category on your widgetized sidebar.

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Launched! New NorthstarWebDesign.com

January 1st, 2010   |   Tags: , ,
Posted in Code, JavaScript, Layout Design, Multimedia Production, Search Engine Optimization, User Interface Design, Web Development, Website Optimization, Websites   |       1 Comment »
New NorthstarWebDesign.com Screenshot

Launched! New NorthstarWebDesign.com Screenshot

We have launched our new redesign of NorthstarWebDesign.com. With so much client work we had no time to re-brand for the last few years and thought it was well over due to be updated to reflect the level and style of our work.

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