Tag: PHP

Displaying RSS Using the SIMILE Ajax Timeline

Okay, I had this up last summer but, like a dope, deleted it when I upgraded my WordPress installation.

This is the RSS feed for harrylove.org displayed on the SIMILE Timeline. View the source of the HTML page to see how I did that part. It’s mostly lifted from the Timeline project examples. Basically, the JavaScript calls the PHP file. The PHP loads the RSS and transforms it with the XSL file into XML that the timeline can understand and then returns that back to the JavaScript. The JavaScript then renders the timeline in the browser.

Here’s a link to the source.php file and the rss.xsl file. Hack away and have fun. Of course, none of this would be possible without the work of the SIMILE group at MIT.

Lai Real Estate

Lai Real Estate home page

Client

Sam Lai, Lai Real Estate, Ltd.

Details

Sam is a friend of mine who needed a web site for his real estate appraisal business in Seattle. We met several times to discuss style and requirements of the site. In addition to listing his services and rates, Sam wanted an online appraisal request form that would allow customers to submit requests directly from his site.

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Calvary Chapel, Seattle

Calvary Chapel Ministries page

Client

Calvary Chapel, Seattle, WA

Details

Calvary Chapel is a Christian church in Seattle, Washington. The old web site was built with static HTML, font tags, and JavaScript rollovers on the navigation images. It desperately needed a design face lift. As a member of the church, I originally volunteered my services to the staff to clean up invalid HTML and help with broken links and content updates. Shortly after work began I sat down with the senior pastor and proposed creating a small team to investigate redesigning the site from the ground up.

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