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Case Studies

Including success stories and How-To articles that are longer than your average Techniques.

By Jeff Cohan, April 2, 2019

I Built a WordPress Plugin for Downloadable Files

If you’ve ever embedded a PDF file or other downloadable file in WordPress posts or pages using the standard “Add Media” button, you probably know what a pain it can be if and when — but most likely when — that file needs to be updated.

You can’t just upload the newly updated file to the Media Library and expect “voila” to happen.

Even if the updated file has the same filename as the original, WordPress will rename it on upload rather than replace the old one with the new one. (I’ve tried a plugin that offers this replacement functionality, but it wasn’t user-friendly and fell short in other ways.)

So I made my own plugin.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: Plugins, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, October 9, 2015

Hayes Shutters Online Ordering System

Word-of-mouth referrals are still our favorite source of new business. One day no so long ago, I called a fellow (actually lady) Web developer after reading her humorous and all-too-familiar account of a “sales call from hell” on her Facebook timeline. After some commiserating, we shared highlights of recent projects and agreed to think of each other if and when opportunities to collaborate arise. Before we hung up (a soon-to-be-obsolete metaphor, I imagine), I had contact information for two prospects who might need my services. A little more than a month later, one of those prospects became a client. This article describes my first project with that client.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: Images, php, Web forms, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, September 13, 2015

Custom Web Form: Contract Generator in PHP & MySQL

Custom Web Form

Forms are the engine that drive user interactivity on the Web. We see them everywhere — they are the meat of eCommerce Web sites and online surveys, and simple versions of forms are common on “Contact Us” pages. Some forms are easy to make, using basic HTML, online form builders, or plugins for platforms like WordPress. But there are other applications for Web forms — including some applications for which you might not initially think a form is the answer — that require a custom solution with custom programming. This article describes a project in which we created a form-based system for generating contracts for a private school’s Independent Study Program. This system, housed within the existing password-protected Intranet/Administrative area of the school’s Web site, automates and streamlines the process of generating contracts, minimizing the need for manual calculations and eliminating most, if not all, of the opportunities for user error.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: MySQL, php, Web forms

By Jeff Cohan, July 26, 2013

Case Study: Emergency Notice Banner for Hybrid Web site

In December of 2012, in anticipation of school closings, late openings, or early dismissals due to extreme weather, the head of Eaton Academy asked me to implement an emergency announcement banner that would appear on all pages of Eaton’s Web site. The challenge was that the Web site is a hybrid: the main section of the site was custom built, while the blog section was built on WordPress. This case study describes the approach we took to solve the problem. I think this project is a good example of how easily WordPress can be hooked into.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: MySQL, php, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, December 14, 2012

How to create 323 unique landing pages with Pretty URLs – from just one page

The Challenge nSiteful Client Jay Maurice operates a music instruction business called Lessons In Your Home. At this writing, the business has over 200 active music teachers in eight major U.S. markets. Jay wanted to optimize his email marketing and pay-per-click advertising campaigns by having a customized landing page for each market and each instrument […]

Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: GD Lib, Landing Pages, mod_rewrite, MySQL, php

By Jeff Cohan, December 10, 2012

Use SurveyMonkey to Schedule Meetings

Scheduling meetings involving multiple participants can be such a hassle. Here’s a way to use SurveyMonkey (the FREE plan, even) to take the hassle out of the process.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: SurveyMonkey, Surveys

By Jeff Cohan, May 4, 2011

Custom Facebook Tab Using iFrame

When the owners of S&J’s Woodfired Pizza wanted to let their customers and fans know where their portable pizza oven was going to be and when, we could have installed one of many “event” plugins in their WordPress site. Instead, I decided to adapt and integrate a nifty little PHP/MySQL-based events-management system I developed years ago. Sometimes, using this kind of hybrid approach is a great way to extend a WordPress Web site.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Case Studies · Tagged: Facebook, Social Networking, WordPress

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