Shaun Harrington, Programmer, Web Designer, Graphic Artist

I spent a lot of time this past week getting my chops up to speed on the jQuery jqGrid. The class is very nice and uses jQueryUI which is just bitchen. I wrote a little ecapsulation base class for both the HTML and XML parts so the entire implementation is contained in a single file. So far I have integrated it into three different web applications with great success.

I just finished implementing a WordPress plug-in that allows an admin to define a table of acronyms by uploading a CSV file that are then used by a widget (shortcode supported) that does a custom acronym lookup. The idea is to allow the site owner to have tight control over the definition table.

I'm putting the finishing touches on the advertiser dashboard for SMS Mastermind's Mobile Coupon sites this week.

Last week I integrated online chat support for Outland and Associates. I used a third party service called PHP Live! and I must say that I'm impressed.

Lastly, I'm looking forward to attending a the Adaptive Design with CSS3 Media Queries presentation by the Central Coast Design Group in about a week.

Have had some fun with the jQuery Mobile library lately. I created a mobile coupon inteface for the SMS Masterminds sites that is a good example of using some of the library's features.

You can check it out by clicking here (use an iPhone if you have it)

Also, I'm going to an HTML5 discussion on October 18th to see if I can pick up some tippers.

Finsihed a rebranding of the Dave Banta Design Studio web site. The site is a single URL with page tansitions within which is kind of neat. Takes some extra work to SEO these types of sites but the UI is fun.

This is a all part of an on-going effort to organize Dave's work. This is a part of an on-going effort to organize Dave's work. There is a portal site at www.dbanta.com that is a dynamic sizing framework which is pretty cool. The left of the page leads to this new site that we are just putting the finishing touches on, and the right side of the page leads to a work in progress that is essentially "all the rest".

You can check it out by clicking here

Recently finished a rebranding of my own site... in case you hadn't noticed. I did all the graphics based on the skull character that Dave Banta did for me a few years ago. I'm still sexing up the content but I think I'm happy with the framework. Maybe the footer could use a little attention...

Recently, I had an opportunity to take advantage of Google's Fusion API along with their Map API to produce IDX listing maps for a client that is a real estate broker.

The system uses the client's IDX listing data as a source for a Fusion table that is updated every day. When the clients web site is used to show listing for a particular area, the system uses the Google MAP API along with the Fusion table id to produce a map with listing for the area that is displayed along with the property list.

I'm expecting to be working out the kinks as issues pop up but all in all the thing went together pretty fast and has been running with a minimal of tweaks for over a week now.

Below is the raw Google Fusion table displayed in an iframe using a map visualization.

You can check out the same Google Fusion table with the Google Map API layer implementation by clicking here. If you compare the info windows (click on a map pin) from the two maps you will see how I improved the display using the Google Map API.

Finsihed a rebranding of the Blondie's web site. They moved to and changed names so we had to redo all the social networking and business listing accounts too. I made a cute logo for them and some minor updates to the framework graphics. I also added a Sign-Up widget for their newsletter.

You can check it out by clicking here

Finsihed a new web site for Floors of Wood. We are happy with the search results of the old site so we just left it up and decided to do increase our search hits with a totally new site. The new site is a WordPress based framework with our own custom template, all new graphics and some effort on layout. I also did a lot of SEO work for this site and some social networking.

You can check it out by clicking here

Well, we wanted to move closer to town (5-Cities) but we ended up finding a great house in Black Lake (which is even further back on the Nipomo Mesa) and here we are. My new office is awesome and much nicer than my old one. There is about the same amount of property as our old house but a lot less lawn... yeah! Oh, and Michele has her own office now too. Is off the kitchen on the other side of the house just like before but she has her own desk and window now. New address is 645 Black Ridge Lane, Nipomo, CA 93444. New phone is (805) 929-2612.

Finsihed a complete revamp of the Pacific Plaza Hotel web site. I used a WordPress platform with an in-house custom theme this time. I have been using WordPress as a platform for clients that require a CMS type interface of some sorts. The CMS interface in WordPress is better than the stand alone solutions I have found. I can knock out a custom theme for the platform almost as fast as I can for my in-house platform so that is nice. I found a nice SEO plugin that also seems to work well. Anyone thinking about using WordPress should just jump in and give it a shot. The PHP framework is easy to get your head around and the class library is very rich. I also wrote a plugin to produce agent listings from a client's database. It can be used on any of his WordPress sites and mirrors what is displayed on his non-WordPress sites.

You can check it out by clicking here