michaelbain

michaelbain has developed and deployed a plugin for WordPress.

This plugin makes a function available to WordPress to that can be used in your WordPress themes.

Who would use this plugin?
Theme designers that would like to include post images (where they aren’t normally displayed by WordPress) in their themes for example:
1. A thumbnail list of the last 10 posts.
2. An index page with the image of each last post per category.
3. An archive page per category with the image of the posts in that category.

Read the below / the full article for information on what the plugin does and how to use it in your theme.

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michaelbain has developed a payment module for the popular WordPress e-commerce plugin, WP e-Commerce.

The payment module allows website owners that have a WordPress installation running the WP e-Commerce plugin for their online store to take secure online credit card payments in real time, processed by Virtual Card Services (VCS)

For sales enquiries, please contact michaelbain

See below / full article for features and screen shots.

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michaelbain has completed yet another e-commerce project. This time for the Neigh-Bours website.

The Neigh-Bours shop features a categorised browsable electronic shop to registered members, with a shopping cart and checkout with EFT payments.

Visit the Neigh-Bours shop to get your Neigh-Bours branded items.

michaelbain, in conjunction with pixelmagic has completed a development project for www.vet2petnet.co.za

The project involved an e107 content management system install and configuration as well as a significant custom portion for the online shop.

Vet2PetNet is a full portal with forums, private messaging, blogs and much more.

The online shop incorporates  categorised browsing, a shopping cart and checkout that accepts secure credit card transactions.

michaelbain has successfully developed and deployed a Facebook chat application for Gigi, winner of Survivor SA.

The Facebook application allows Gigi’s fans to chat live with her, straight from Facebook. Gigi will be having a “Chat live with Gigi” event on Monday the 28th of June 2010 at 11am, so please join her if you are a fan.

You can find Gigi on Facebook here: Gigi on Facebook

You can find the Facebook application and details on the event here: Chat Live with Gigi

Happy chatting!

michaelbain has successfully completed a website project for SuperbManiPedi.

The website is a simple, static, brochure-ware site that advertises SuperbManiPedi‘s services, initiates contact with the reader and informs the reader about SuperbManiPedi in general.

The site boasts features such as:

• The content can be updated by the site owner, securely, over the web. No HTML or programming experience is required.
• Facebook Page integration.

For your next manicure, pedicure or beauty treatment, visit www.superbmanipedi.co.za

After the success of www.bidahorse247.co.za, michaelbain was commissioned to develop and deploy an auction site solution for www.tackbox.co.za.

michaelbain delivered:

• the request to put an item on auction form which caters for file upload, validation and emailing of the request details, with attachment to the site administrator (or the brood mare as she is called on tackbox).
• the full-featured auction site for the venture. (michaelbain installed the auction solution, customised the auction solution, assisted with editing the content on the site and assisted with the theming of the auction solution. michaelbain coded custom functionality for the auction solution in PHP and using a MySQL database.)
• all the static pages for the site and the linking of it into an integrated solution.
• setting up and configuring the hosting environment and moving the site to it’s live location.

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