I finally completed my portfolio script today. I’m sure the odd bug will pop up here and there but I’ll take them as they go. I’ve called it Portfolocate 2. Portfolocate 1 was a small script that scanned each user’s 5mb webspace on our (My Workplace) school’s ISP and displayed a link if an index file was found. Version 2 however is entirely different, a self contained, fully dynamic script with a MySQL backend. The biggest PHP project I’ve worked on. I’ve been developing it for the last 8 weeks or so. But today It’s gone live and I’ve introduced a small handful of students to it.

Some of the features include:

- Dynamic user creation using login scripts.
- Portfolio activation only available when all required fields are entered.
- Utilises the WYSIWYG Spaw editor.
- Dynamic photo gallery and file lister.
- Sorts users by Grade and Class

it’s located at http://intranet.moriacps.vic.edu.au/portfolios. At the moment there’s not too many active portfolios, but that number will grow substantially in the coming weeks.

This impulse buying must stop…..first I buy a new case…which I totally didn’t need (nevertheless totally cool, see moblog) and then I go and spend more by buying a new side panel with a window….what the hell do I need that for? You’re damn right, I have no need for it what so ever.

someone hide my money.

I’m working on my next PHP project at the moment. This one actually has a practical use. It’s a student or child carer tracking script. It allows any coordinator to add positive and negative comments about a particular child. It uses a MySQL database to store all the information and onlu uses 2 tables, 1 for user management and 1 more the actual inputted data. I’m trying to make this script as user friendly as possible and completely fool proof. I’m using strong form validation to acheive this. It allows the user to output the data in many different ways, they can select a single or all children’s comments to be displayed, they can display only positive or only negative posts, or both, and can sort the data by any column. You can also add photos to go along with the comments. I’ve finished the bulk portion of the script and I should have a demo of it up on this site soon. The real question is what to call it. I’m Thinking Kidtrack or Kidlog, I’m leaning towards the latter. Some extra features I’m planning on adding to it are accident reporting, multiple child management with groups for schools and certificate and notice printing. But I’m just getting ahead of myself now. This app would be great for primary schools, kindergardens and child care facilities.

ETF - Power Through Teamplay

Righteo I’m on a roll now, here’s a game I’ve spent WAY too much time on the last week or so, it’s a mod for the free game (that’s right completley free and with no Army recruitment brainwashing motive) Enemy Territory and it follows on from many other popular Fortress games, Quakeworld Team Fortress, Team Fortress Classic and Quake 3 Fortress. It’s a teamplay capture the flag game with attack and defense specific classes to choose from. A really fun game to play online with some good fast doof music in the background.