Thomas Hambach - Web engineer » portfolio http://www.rdlt.com Web development, Web design & Usability Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:45:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 4Gamers.be Launched http://www.rdlt.com/4gamers-be-launched.html http://www.rdlt.com/4gamers-be-launched.html#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:09 +0000 Thomas Hambach http://www.rdlt.com/?p=295

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…

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]]> http://www.rdlt.com/acupuncture-herbal-therapy.html/feed 0 ClanCommandCenter dot com http://www.rdlt.com/clancommandcenter-dot-com.html http://www.rdlt.com/clancommandcenter-dot-com.html#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:40:57 +0000 Thomas Hambach http://blog.rdlt.com/clancommandcenter-dot-com.html 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.

ClanCommandCenter

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.

]]> http://www.rdlt.com/clancommandcenter-dot-com.html/feed 0 Anime Avatars dot net http://www.rdlt.com/anime-avatars-dot-net.html http://www.rdlt.com/anime-avatars-dot-net.html#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:37:02 +0000 Thomas Hambach http://blog.rdlt.com/anime-avatars-dot-net.html 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

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!

]]> http://www.rdlt.com/anime-avatars-dot-net.html/feed 3 Rotating signature dot com http://www.rdlt.com/rotating-signature-dot-com.html http://www.rdlt.com/rotating-signature-dot-com.html#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 14:24:43 +0000 Thomas Hambach http://blog.rdlt.com/rotating-signature-dot-com.html 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!

Rotating signature
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!

What was my input into this project?

  • Developing the underlying code in PHP
  • Creating a design
  • Minor SEO
]]> http://www.rdlt.com/rotating-signature-dot-com.html/feed 0 For sale: Server4u http://www.rdlt.com/server4u.html http://www.rdlt.com/server4u.html#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 18:07:53 +0000 Thomas Hambach http://blog.rdlt.com/server4u.html S4U Networks

This design is for sale, contact me if you have any questions or wish to purchase.

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clantemplatehq

Even though ClantemplateHQ has died a long time ago, their templates are still available for download! Click here to download clan templates!

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