This week I’m starting on one of my big projects for the new SCOCA web, our Training Management System (TMS). TMS is arguably the most complex app I have on our web, especially on the backend for staff and administration management. I have a list of my own changes and new features, changes requested by [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Importing fixed-length files into MySQL
When I started on the first version of SCOCA’s District File Repository (DFR) a few years ago I needed a way to have an updated list of our school districts and IRN identifiers. Ryan suggested that I use a file titled disbld.seq, a fixed length text file that is updated monthly and sent to ITCs. [...]
Working with the vCard standard
One of my main reasons for posting on this blog is to show some of the processes I use and the problems that can occur when coding web applications. A good case in point is when I recoded our staff directory a couple of weeks ago. When I code something for SCOCA it almost always [...]
The SCOCA Wiki Introduction
The SCOCA Wiki, http://wiki.scoca.org, is a tool that has been deployed at SCOCA as a resource for all SCOCA districts to use. You didn”t know we had a wiki? Well, it hasn’t been the most publicized of all SCOCA resources but it has definitely turned out to be a useful one. I just thought I [...]
Cool Tool – VisualCron
Windows Task Manager is a decent tool but it can be confusing to manage if you have a lot of CRON jobs. It is also a headache to use if you want to run HTML scripts like I do with PHP. I found VisualCron a few years ago, and I think it’s a great [...]
