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About Us
We are a company focused on addressing the needs of small businesses. Let our expertise and experience help your business get off the ground or out of the gutter. While several firms can design web pages, we strive to do more than just digitize information. Our goal at BIT Consultants is to engage clients; increase market saturation, sales, and profit; sharpen marketing strategies; and most importantly to facilitate entrance into a new and growing market. We are dedicated to excellence in the products/services we offer, and in our business practices.
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Recent Posts
- Validating Data with Enhanced Declarative Data Integrity Rules
- Geocoding with Google Maps and the Zend Framework
- IT Consulting
- Fighting Difficult Viruses
- Deleted File Recovery
- Making Podcasts
- Malware Appears on New York Times Homepage
- Free Cloud Storage/Backup
- Fix Windows 7 Flash Crashing, Remote Desktop Issue
- Explorer: Executable files won’t launch
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Development Archive
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Validating Data with Enhanced Declarative Data Integrity Rules
Posted on May 8, 2010 | No CommentsVisit us at our new Google Code project page: http://code.google.com/p/metadata-validator/ Problem Definition Data validation and integrity assurance are complex subjects that have strong opinions tied to the way they are implemented. Some strongly feel that the database can handle validation using the column’s attributes (size,... -
Geocoding with Google Maps and the Zend Framework
Posted on April 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsMaps are a great way to engage your users and visualize data, but it can be a little tricky to setup. Here I will walk you through the steps needed to get a map up and running. // Sign Up Apply for a Google Maps... -
Making Podcasts
Posted on October 5, 2009 | No CommentsIf you want to start making podcasts, it can be a bit difficult to understand how you go about the process. Making a podcast essentially requires three tasks (with various sub-tasks). The basic workflow is: Record the podcasts Create an XML file that describes the... -
jQuery Tabs Keyboard Shortcuts
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsI have integrated jQuery’s UI tabs into a number of my projects and have had to significantly modify the code to achieve some goals (like being able to easily add and remove tabs. One of the simpler thing I have done with the tabbed interface... -
Actionscript 2.0: Centered Popup Window
Posted on March 9, 2009 | 3 CommentsCentered popup for Actionscript 2.0 -
Alternating Table Rows with PHP
Posted on September 9, 2008 | No CommentsUsing PHP and CSS, it’s very easy to create a report-style table with alternating colors on each row. This setup assumes a connection to a MySQL database (though any supported DBMS will work), and that you have already queried your database and are ready to... -
jQuery U.S. States Autocomplete
Posted on April 25, 2008 | No CommentsYes, I looked too; but it’s not out there. Here is a quick plugin I wrote utilizing the popular jQuery Autocomplete function found here Add it to your form element by using: <input type="text" id="state_search" /> <input type="hidden" name="state" /> ... <script type="text/javascript"> $('#state_search').states(); </script>... -
Getting Started: How the Interwebs Work
Posted on February 24, 2008 | No CommentsThere are a ton of places on the web to learn HTML, so I kind of wonder why I am writing this in the first place. I think that it was important in my quest to learn how to program that I was looking ahead... -
jQuery Form Validation: theory and practice
Posted on January 27, 2008 | 1 CommentjQuery makes it very easy to validate forms. There are a number of useful plugins, the most prominent being validate. If you are wanting something very lightweight or are just interested in how something like this works, read on. The $.each function allows you to... -
Zend Framework on Apache 1.3.x
Posted on June 19, 2000 | No CommentsIf you are having problems with the .htaccess file for Zend Framework and getting 500 errors, and are running apache 1.3.x (like at GoDaddy), add a slash before index.php in the rewrite rule. Here is one of my htaccess files for reference <IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive...