Web Development

So… hard… to… find… time… to… post…

Of course I will be attempting to find more time to post as always, try to fit into my schedule, as I have SO much data I would like to share, so trying to find free time (like now), that I can share them with you.

Today, I had to do a Javascript countdown. No big deal, they’re everywhere, I just thought I would show you the one I used, as it worked great. I found it at Javascript Kit, which is a great site to find a good deal of free scripts.

I used one with a very simple function call. I simply reorganized the script code, customized it a little bit, and it worked great. You can find it here.

I would give you a link to the site, but it will only be there for 10 days, so I’ll just give you an image:

Have a great day!

I posted two rants yesterday, all about bad software and websites.

I was working on SendArticles.com, a new service that Studio98 just launched, and I decided I wanted a support system better than the ghetto contact form we had installed. So, I searched for “open source ticket system”.

The second listing appealed more than the first, and it was osTicket. I had no idea what to expect. I have never worked with the back end of a ticket system before, and never anything to do with installation.

So, I was almost immediately sold with their presentation of the product. I downloaded, installed, and voila, it was up and working!

I did have to go to their Wiki for a couple questions, but that was easy enough. I setup an email pipe system (never done that before), and it worked immediately.

The next step was integrating it. I have integrated many open source systems before. Never has it been this easy. I copied and pasted my header and footer includes to replace the ones they had, and voila, it all fit in like magic!

It still worked, and after messing with the system I had a fully functional support system that just took a few hours to install, customize and implement. All from scratch, with no prior experience.

5 stars to osTicket!