Remembering the correct command prompts across different platforms can be confusing. To make things easier on myself I have compiled a short list of the commands and their options that are commonly used to create and delete files and folder in DOS. Including how to delete a folder and all its contents. How to Delete…

Ever wonder how you can persist data for a user in your Flash SWF applications? The simple answer is to use a local SharedObject or as it is commonly known the Flash Cookie. These objects are stored to the users local machine much like a cookie with it’s access limited to current domain and optional…

FlashVars are a great way to pass information to your swf. The most common usage is to pass along the root path to use when looking up resources or configuration information. These parameters can then be accessed within your application by the use of ActionScript and are a great way to increase the customization and…

Javascript Cookies are variables that are stored on the visiting users computer. These cookies are unique to a domain so that if the site www.example.com sets a cookie with information in it that cookie can not be read and utilized by www.xyz.com. In most cases cookies are used to save user settings for your website,…

Often we forget that although we want our URLs to be SEO friendly and contain information about the current page. Because of this URLs can become very long and cumbersome to the user and to other applications which allow a limited amount of text like Twitter. For example the URL to this article is http://resources.mdbitz.com/2010/03/creating-user-friendly-and-twitter-friendly-links-with-tinyurl,…

Today (March 12th, 2010) I released Version 1.2 of my YahooFinanceAPI PHP Wrapper Library. This version adds constants defining the Stock Options available from Yahoo Finance. A minor change to be sure, but one that can come in handy to those new to Stock Quotes and the available options. All the constants are defined in…

Have you ever stumbled across a project and just think to yourself why does this class exist, or more specifically why did they use this design pattern? Recently I happened across one of those projects, in it the project used a Factory class that’s purpose was to instantiate and return a single class. In essence…

When it comes to Search Engine Optimization for your WordPress powered website or blog there are 2 main choices: All In One SEO Pack and Platinum SEO Pack. To help you make an informed decision on which to use I have compiled a comparison of the plugins’ features. Feature Comparison Feature All In One SEO…

Over the lifespan of a software’s code source you will inevitably have to rename functions and properties of classes and maybe even remove them all together. This is not a major issue on simple projects but when your project is used by multiple applications then you may find that you need to keep these deprecated…

Database maintenance can be a full -time job when working within a large corporation. Cleanup or deletion of records can especially be time-consuming and error prone when dealing with large data tables with millions of records. Often developers will try to run a basic delete statement without knowing about batching or truncating the activity log.…