We try to contribute to our blog, but with our busy schedule we step away often. Anyway, we continue to drum up new ideas and just wish we had more time. Something I am sure many of you can relate to.
We try to contribute to our blog, but with our busy schedule we step away often. Anyway, we continue to drum up new ideas and just wish we had more time. Something I am sure many of you can relate to.
We are proud of the work we do for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA). WCMA has hosted the world’s largest technical cheese and dairy competition for several decades. Amplitude Design, Inc. developed a web based application for the contest, including e-commerce for online entry, a scoring application with 11 scoresheets translated into 5 languages…
Wrote a simple #php script to generate an #AbuseIpDB blacklist from their API use in #Nginx. See The Code on Github #DevOps #infosec #webdevelopment — Kevin Johnson (@AmplitudeDesign) March 1, 2019
This post is a way for me to jog my memory when I need to setup PHP’s mail function to use SMTP. This method requires sendmail, msmtp and a Ubuntu server. Most likely, sendmail is installed by default on Ubuntu. I won’t go into installing sendmail, though it is pretty straightforward. The approach is very…
JMeter Testing the Server jmeter for stress testing the connections (requires java jdk @ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html). SlowLoris and Slow Body Attacks slowhttptest @https://github.com/shekyan/slowhttptest install using “pip install slowhttptest” slowhttptest -c 1000 -H -g -o my_header_stats -i 10 -r 200 -t GET -u https://www.siteurl.com -x 24 -p 3 Wapiti for App Owasp Testing *Requires Python 3 for…
This is the second part of an evaluation into connecting to MySQL remotely and securely. There are some helpful links in my first post referencing speed over SSL versus ssh tunneling. TLDR; tunneling is far more efficient then MySQL over SSL. Part 1: Examples of Remote MySQL SSL Connections Using PHP: MySQLi and PDO The…
Please understand that this was part of an exploration, and I never implemented this option. I was exploring remote access to MySQL. However, this may be helpful to others, and I wanted to share a bit of my experience and PHP code. I will most likely use autossh and SSH tunneling as the final solution.…
My talk was on the use of Swagger and the OpenAPI Specification to document REST APIs. The talk was hosted by the MadisonPHP user group. Here is a link to my slides and example swagger.json file.
I created this graphic as a simple way to visualize dependency injection, unit testing and the use of php interfaces. The interface provides the “agreement/contract” between the implementations and class \ControllerForExample. You can see that $httpClient can be any one of the implementations. \ControllerForExample doesn’t need to know the details of each implementation, only that…
Project Highlights: Worked with Kennedy Communications to develop the project requirements: telephony, architecture and software. Used Symfony Components to migrate from legacy template engine. Twitter Bootstrap for responsive templates. Custom API and Framework Development for multi-site Content Management System. Integrated version control into work-flow to benefit team development.
We are looking forward to attending Madison’s PHP Conference coming up in just a few days. I thought I would take a moment to reflect on last year’s conference and some of my highlights. There was a great discussion on Composer and the use of Packagist.org for dependency management. Often times a software project has…
I spent the last couple of days working on a solution to animating WordPress’ wp_nav_menu output. I thought I would take a moment to jot it down and share it with anyone else looking to do the same. Once I got it started I couldn’t give in, and came up with pretty simple solution. The…
Excited to see #Wisconsin artist Alisa Toninato nominated for a Martha Stewart American Made Awards. Check the video: http://t.co/0IMJuAhz
Nice article on Kitchen Gallery in Madison Magazine. Love this store. Good photo of the WI Cook with Pride skillet too:…
Psyched for the #wistatefair tomorrow and cooking some brats tonight in my WI Cook with Pride skillet: http://t.co/io1G3VHX
Check today’s WI State Journal – Thanks @WSJ for the front page coverage. http://t.co/DBV1dVzS
HOT OFF THE PRESSES ! Wisconsin folks : pick up tomorrow’s Wisconsin State Journal, the FeLion will be in this Saturday’s print 😀
Checkout the video from the @WKOW morning show segment featuring FeLion Studios: http://t.co/6OcUMWhd
RT @felionstudios: @77square Thanks for writing a great story about the studio. http://t.co/hTEs9XhU
The other day I was presented with an issue. The issue had to do with search results returned from a MySQL MATCH (field) AGAINST (‘text’) query. The MATCH query requires the MySQL field to be a FULLTEXT index. The MATCH query can then return a weighted score, making it effective for this type of search…
A little WI in NYC http://t.co/UNIBKWR8
Amplitude Design worked with FeLion Studios to develop a site that was both social and functional. FeLion Studios, a Madison base art studio, was interested in selling their cast-iron art, and creating a social following for their regional events. The success of the site led to top listings on Pinterest.com, Awesomer.com, Thrillist.com, WhyImBroke.com and other…
Nice video coverage on the World Championship Cheese Contest #wccc http://t.co/80iK8QYj
WI “Cook with Pride” Skillets Wed-Fri on Z104 Connie and Curtis (5:30-10:30AM). Love the new skillet: http://t.co/2dT7QJc8
Check out @FelionStudios “Made in America” cast-iron map. Pretty awesome. We built the site too. http://t.co/UXLFfjUm
Great video of the #worldcheesechampionship http://t.co/ykeQTttu
I needed to dump my laptop for a few days, so I figured I’d give an IPad IDE a shot. You never know when small changes need to happen, and again, I don’t want to lug my laptop. I am already carrying a surfboard. The solution was to download Textastic. Setup was intuitive, and I…
This is a great take on a classic – thought we’d share it with all the kiddo’s http://t.co/yohPHbWj
Want To Create A Great Product? First, Forget “User Friendliness” http://t.co/oAxeJ9y6 – interesting approach to user interaction
Bought an AppleTV and finally got it all hooked up to Ipad2 for mirroring. Thanks to 1/2 down the page & a mini USB http://t.co/a8ZINbTW
5 Best Collection Of Free PHP eCommerce Scripts http://t.co/rUnQWQB7 via – Nice collection for e-commerce
Just upgraded IPad to iOS5 – removed all my apps and had to restore everything. #apple #ipad #ios5
Was just touring the World Dairy Expo – quite the display of livestock and machinery #wde11
Amplitude Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of www.PediatricsPC.com. Pediatrics PC is a pediatric clinic located in Omaha, Nebraska. The site contains general office information as well as a means to notify patients of related childcare news. The Site in Brief: Content Management System (WordPress) Email List Management Feeds for Related Pediatric News…
Simple Explanation of Twitter An example Twitter sent to an account name TwitterAccount would look like: @TwitterAccount Can’t wait to attend. Are there rooms still available? #eventname The @TwitterAccount would direct it to the TwitterAccount account. #eventname is considered a hash tag and Twitter explains here. The #eventname would let others who search for #eventname…
Sitting here hoping for a #Bears score teaching EJ about @Twitter
Good links – 35 Most Wanted Cheat Sheets For Web Designers And Developers http://t.co/3rlrrKfv #webdesign #webdevelopment
So, here’s a simple solution to a backlink in WordPress. This makes it easy for someone to return to the previous page, assuming the HTTP_REFERER header is sent by the browser. Thought we’d share this simple solution. We’ve seen Here’s the function, which you can add to your functions.php file: /* * Generate a backlink…
Simple yet worth noting: Customizing WordPress For Your Clients http://t.co/2vcfhVJy via @zite
Worth checking out? FaceBum – Smart Facebook Album http://t.co/hxg1mhu via @zite
Interesting – How long will people pay attention? http://t.co/UiEckYp via @zite
Nice examples- 9 Inspirational Website Effects Deconstructed http://t.co/DCAni18 via @zite
Cool? Feature: Make Your Own URL Shortening Service – @Lifehacker http://t.co/OHzQLZs
20 Helpful Meta Tag Analyzer Tools http://t.co/TxuSVci via @zite
Amplitude Design, Inc. is proud to announce the launch for the ICTE 2012 Online Booth Sign-Up. We received positive feedback and are pleased with the response. ADI used Authorize.net AIM for credit card processing. The registration application included a five page form for both Booth Sign-Up and Sponsorship. In just fifty minutes we received 32…
Here’s the video from the Wisconsin Dairy News done for the United States Championship Cheese Contest. Thanks to Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association for plugging the “paperless scoring” technology.
Amplitude Design, Inc. developed the registration web site for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association’s 2011 Golf Outing. The response was tremendous with 357 golfers registering the first day. This was the first year the association took online registration. 2010 Two Weeks to Sell Out 2011 Sold Out in Three Days If you would like to…
This is our second Culligan development project based upon the success of our prior work. Over five years ago Kennedy Communications attracted more then 100 Culligan dealers to use a template we designed specifically for Culligan. Five years later it was time to take a fresh look at the web site and work-flow process. Amplitude…
Woodland Futures, LLC worked with Amplitude Design, Inc. to launch their first web site. The company focuses on offsetting carbon pollution through planting trees. The site provides informational content and a variety of packaged options to promote carbon neutrality. As an adjunct to the system, the site provides businesses with a Carbon Calculator, which calculates…
Amplitude Design, Inc. was pleased to work with the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association on the development of the new site for the United States Championship Cheese Contest (www.uschampioncheese.org). The site includes many capabilities designed to display all the associated information for a contest. This includes associated documents, information, contest results, news, sponsors, etc… We also…
Amplitude Design, Inc. worked with the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association to develop a web strategy for four of their largest events as well as their www.wischeesemakers.org web site. The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (www.wischeesemakersassn.org) development included: A Custom Content Management System A Custom HTML Newsletter Creation and Archival Tool Dynamic PDF Creation on the Server…
This project was for the International Cheese Technology Exposition, part of the four sites we have developed to date for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Some site specifics include: A customized administrative backend Dynamic exposition registration driven by membership list E-commerce checkout for exposition registation Multi-tiered pricing requiring more advanced customized logic To learn more…
We are pleased to announce the completion and launch for the World Championship Cheese Contest. Amplitude Design, Inc. developed three other sites for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and www.worldchamphionshipcheese.org is one of four web sites now available: www.wischeesemakers.org www.worldchampionshipcheese.org www.cheeseexpo.org www.uschampioncheese.org Some of the items of note: User Account Creation User Contest Entry Management…
Date: 10/07/2010 Amplitude Design, Inc. is happy to announce the completion of www.CheeseConference.org. This is the last in a series of five site developed for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. WCMA is a Madison base association representing the cheese industry on a global level. The Wisconsin Cheese Industry Conference uses Authorize.net’s AIM integration for e-commerce…
UPDATE 3/5/10: Amplitude Design, Inc. continued the customization of Zen Cart, developing a “Shop by Sku” Shopping Cart. The user can add to their cart by simply entering in the Sku and quantity. We were able to integrate this alternative shopping cart seamlessly. The streamlined ordering system will prove quite valuable to this catalog company.…
Amplitude Design, Inc., a Madison, Wisconsin based web development and communications company, is happy to announce the completion of an application to create and archive your e-mail broadcasts. The application allows the client to create an email via their web site while simultaneously archiving the information for online viewing. The application will also create PDFs…
We are pleased to announce the completion and launch for the World Championship Cheese Contest. Amplitude Design, Inc. developed three other sites for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and www.worldchamphionshipcheese.org is one of four web sites now available: www.wischeesemakers.org www.worldchampionshipcheese.org www.cheeseexpo.org www.uschampioncheese.org Some of the items of note: User Account Creation User Contest Entry Management…
Amplitude Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch for the International Cheese Technology Exposition web site. You can find details about this project and our other web development projects here.
Amplitude Design, Inc. worked in collaboration with Ethervision to develop Skateropolis, an Iphone/Itouch skatepark locator and social networking application. Ethervision approached Amplitude Deisgn, Inc. early on with the idea of creating an Iphone application where skateboarders could locate parks and network with other skateboarders. Ethervision worked with Amplitude Design, Inc. to migrate their list of…
We are pleased to announce the completed integration of the ShareThis social networking tool. The ShareThis tool makes it simple for users’ to share your information with others, and allows you to track your social success. To view an example integration click here We believe social networking is a modern approach to word-of-mouth, which is…
We are pleased to announce the completion of our photo gallery application. This gallery is fully integrated with our content management system to allow for easy updating and familiar navigation. Photos can make a profound impact, but sometimes maintaining a gallery can be more work than it’s worth. That’s why we created the simplest solution,…
MerlinDarts.com came to Amplitude Design, Inc. years ago with a static web site that needed some upgrades. We were able to successfully work with an old design and upgrade it to a more dyanmic site. This worked for several years, however it was time for a fresh look in conjunction with Merlin’s new product launch.…
Energy Tech Solutions, LLC, an expert in LED lighting, worked with Amplitude Design, Inc. to takes its bright ideas to market. In an effort to control costs and speed up development, Energy Tech Solutions wanted to use their existing site design but expand the capabilities. Amplitude Design’s existing application library allowed them to achieve their…
The site design collaboration between Kennedy Communications, Twist Communications and Amplitude Design, Inc. of Madison, is now benefiting over 100 Culligan franchisees across the country. We would love to demonstrate for you how we were able to develop a content management system that was flexible enough to be quickly tailored to the franchisee’s individual markets,…