Archive for portfolio
4Gamers.be Launched
October 29th, 2010 • 1 comment codeigniter, memcache, memcached, mysql, php, portfolio, squid, varnish
After months of intense labor, togheter with PHP Developer Jens and Designer Michiel, I am pleased to announce that the new website 4gamers.be has reached the stadium of public beta. To make the whole website work, we used PHP, CodeIgniter, MySQL (MyIsam and InnoDB), Varnish and Memcache.
4Gamers is een nieuw belgisch gaming portaal dat nu een groot aantal van de (ex) 9-lives redactie bevat. Op de website vind je reviews, previews, specials, trailers, screenshot en de nieuwste releases. Buiten game nieuws richt 4Gamers zich ook voor een deel op esports en hardware. Zeker een website om eens te bezoeken!
Technical Aspects
CodeIgniter
It was the first time for me to do such a large scale project in CodeIgniter and I have to say CodeIgniter did dissapoint me on several points. The more I used CodeIgniter, the more I noticed that it was lacking basic features (or perhaps I suck at using Google?). First thing I can think of was the session class… I prefer to store my sessions in memcacge, but CI only has two choices (flat file or database). Sure, you could extend the class and rewrite it. But I am not using a framework to do all this AGAIN.
Varnish
Varnish is always a breeze to use. Clear config files and it is slightly faster compared to Squid. The only issue encountered was while using Invision Power Board behind the proxy. It would not properly recognize whether or not a user is logged in (we base our caching on a certain cookie name & value combination). This results in no proxy caching being enabled on the forum… This is quite dissapointing as it can quickly become the backbone of all conversations on 4gamers. Sure enough I’ll find a solution…
ClanCommandCenter dot com
July 22nd, 2007 • clancommandcenter, portfolio
It all started with the idea of creating the next-gen clan cms… and we’ve greatly failed in that! But that was 5 years ago and you can only learn from your mistakes… The new version of clan command center still remains in development status, but I’ve decided it was time to put something useful on the site instead of that “coming soon” landing page.
For now clancommandcenter.com will be your link directory to the best clan resources there are. They are all verified and checked manually so you shouldn’t worry about someones free-web site being in the directory.
Anime Avatars dot net
June 15th, 2007 • 3 comments free services, portfolio
As a side project, I’ve started up Anime-Avatars.net . The only reason to do this was to be able to exploit the pagerank it will receive and getting some small cash because of the strategically placed Google Ads. Currently it’s being moderated and maintained by Vincent Cohen (DutchDevil).
Anime Avatars is here to provide you with THE most cool, stunning & sexy anime avatars you can find! Our team of dedicated anime avatar creators strives to provide you with the most awesome avatars! Featuring thousands of avatars! Come check them out!
Rotating signature dot com
May 25th, 2007 • 1 comment free services, portfolio
Because of many, many, many request, I’ve put together this free rotating signature service! Currently it’s only feature is to randomize your signatures, it doesn’t host your signature. What are you waiting for? Create your random signature and start being “DA pimp” in every forum, this thing is a chick magnet!
You’ve seen it before, you’re on a forum and you see someones signature change every post he or she makes! 0mG, wtf, roflcopter!
You ask him or her how they do it and they give you some piece of complicated bullshit!
Well, no more bullshit or tech-geek talk for you! You came to the right place! Rotating Signature dot com rotates your signature randomly for you! It’s easy as 1, 2, 3! No, wait, it’s easier than that!