TrailsNH turns 15 years old today. I registered the domain name on November 17th 2008. It took me another 6 months before the first version of website was ready to go live. I created TrailsNH out of my passion for hiking and coding, and to share my skills with other hikers. I wanted to create … Continue reading TrailsNH Turns 15 Years Old
Tag: PHP
Add PayPal Order Description to Forminator Payment Form
The current version (1.24.1) of Forminator form builder for WordPress does not set a payment description for Paypal transactions. This is a problem for my client, because they need to know where the money comes from. So I create a custom solution. You can find a link to my solution, a WP mu-plugin below. If … Continue reading Add PayPal Order Description to Forminator Payment Form
Password Generator – WordPress Plugin
I created this Password Generator plugin for WordPress. Running my own random password generator I can be sure 1) the passwords are truly random, and 2) the passwords are not copied or saved at all when they are generated. My plugin adds a shortcode to WordPress and accepts the following parameters: The display below has … Continue reading Password Generator – WordPress Plugin
Add Leaflet Map to Property CRM
For this freelance project, I extended the client’s CRM System to add a mapped view of their data. This included extending the CRM MySQL schema to store the location, geo tag all properties so they could be mapped, and finally building the map display.
Online Trail Map Quiz
If you follow SEO you’ve heard “Content is King” when it comes to generating traffic. Well, there is one thing better than content, and that is interactive online features, like wizards, calculators, and games. These features your readers will use over and over again, not just read once and be done with. A recent interactive … Continue reading Online Trail Map Quiz
NOAA Weather Forecast – WordPress Plugin
I built a WordPress plugin for displaying the weather forecast. The forecast data is pulled from the NOAA NWS Forecast API. The plugin has a shortcode that can be placed on a post, page, or in a widget, anywhere you want to show the forecast. The shortcode takes two perimeters: 1) the location (as latitude, … Continue reading NOAA Weather Forecast – WordPress Plugin
Building a Custom Trail Map Using OSM and Mapbox
Here is an high level overview of the process I use for building my own custom hiking trail map. The data I’m using (trails, summits, etc…) are available as open source from OSM. After I fetch and clean up the data I use MapBox to generate the map tiles, in a map style I designed. The custom trail … Continue reading Building a Custom Trail Map Using OSM and Mapbox
SDI: Timesheet Tool
SDI is an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) company in Nashua NH. I built an internal Time Tracking tool for them. Employees enter their hours each week in the tool. It has hooks into the production system to verify projects and resources. It also published the hours into multiple down stream systems, and to Excel for the employee records. Technologies: … Continue reading SDI: Timesheet Tool
Mailways: Job Tracking System
I’m building an internal application for Mailways in Allenstown NH. The app will have everything we need to track a job thru producion. I built my own PHP framework and use jQuery Mobile for a touch-friendly presentation. The app will be accessed on the shop floor using tablets.
TrailsNH.com: Northeast Trail Conditions
TrailsNH.com is a pet project of mine that stems from my love of hiking, database, and web based technologies. The site is driven by bots I created to gather hiking trip reports and related information from all over the internet. The system GeoTags the location of each report, then indexes and organizes the information so hikers can find … Continue reading TrailsNH.com: Northeast Trail Conditions
