Blog
Forum software in 4 days
24 June, 2019
Couple weeks ago, had the sudden urge to write a forum.
It was a dense, short blitz; the first time I had tried to write something and finish it as quickly as possible.
The forum was completed in 4 days. The features are:
- User authentication
- Image submission and approval process
- Avatar/Image submissions with proper validation/limits
- Forum: Topics, threads, replies
- Hovering over quoted post number shows the original text in a box
- Home page shows threads under topics ordered by last touched
- Mobile friendly
Screenshot of home page as follows
![](https://fakersdozen.neocities.org/img/blog/zuchan.png)
Having CuteIgniter already made really helped with cutting out the work around authentication and form error handling/display.
Collection of web development tools
23 May, 2019
Some months ago I released a website which holds tools and references useful to website development
not some cats is a collection of websites categorized by their type (such as JS, Image) with screenshot previews and a short description of what the tool does.
![](https://fakersdozen.neocities.org/img/blog/notsomecats.png)
It currently has 86 tools listed, and I hope to update it with more as time goes on.
There is a submission form for users to submit their own suggestions.
Visit site
Online Store with Stripe
5 March, 2019
Recently made an online store that uses the Stripe API.
Stripe's been very pleasant, the documentation is concise with useful examples and the data is easy to work with.
![](https://fakersdozen.neocities.org/img/blog/product-list.png)
![](https://fakersdozen.neocities.org/img/blog/product-view-page.png)
It was enjoyable learning about the working of what a shop might do, with topics like SKUs/Orders/Charges.
Current features:
- Sync with Stripe products and SKUs
- Display products listing
- Products view with image gallery
- Add product to cart
- Full use of Stripe Orders and Charges
- Order on Stripe will show "Paid" with entered shipping details
Some future features would be:
- User authentication and user pages (Order History)
- Product categories
- Product search
- Favorite product
Something I worked on over a couple of weeks