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Lately, I set up a new host as well as the email accounts for my client. The host I use it is the Siteground. The host is really great. I have been using it for another e-commerce website(the site includes … Read More

I built my own application in 2017 when I lived in the USA and all my clients were American. The timezone that I set at that time is Pacific timezone. In 2018, I moved back to Thailand and I need … Read More

There are two ways that you can move the WordPress website to the new host. One is using the plugins and another is using PhpMyAdmin or other MySQL interface application. I gonna talk about moving the site without the plugins. I … Read More

With Yii2, it comes with the asset management calls asset bundle. An asset bundle is simply a collection of assets located in a directory. When you register an asset bundle in a view, it will include the CSS and JavaScript files in … Read More

Recently I just add the new feature on my application. What new feature does, it generates the new invoice from the time-sheet. This way, my clients can see my log time and note on each task. So they know in … Read More

The export database feature is nice to have for backup and restore the database from either website or web application. I added the export database in my application using the PHP based MySQL dump library. I did the search and found … Read More

Howdy, working in the back-end in the web application, often you will find the bulk actions is very useful when you want to do the action with more than one records at once. Today I will share with you how … Read More

Recently I have been adding the new features to my own application. I add new features using the module so I can disable and enable each module easily in the application configuration. The module is self-contained software unit that contains … Read More

Often when I work with the PHP framework and I want to install the extensions or packages in general term, in order to use in the framework, for PHP, we use composer. In js framework, you will use npm or … Read More

(last update on 9 Jan 2019) For Thai Retirement Visa, you must report every 90 days. It is time consuming if you have to report in person. Luckily, you have a choice that let you do online.   Follow the … Read More

Earlier, I wrote how to add the summary footer in the gridview widget. The grand total column will sum all the total column on each page and the default page size of gridview is 20 items per page. I want … Read More

Currently I am building the invoice feature in my own application with Yii2. I use the gridview widget for displaying all invoices data. I want to add the grand total for all invoices. Just like the screen shot below. To … Read More

When I develop the custom plugin, I prefer to build the custom plugin with Object Oriented Programming(OOP) to avoid the conflict from other plugins or the themes. Plus my code is cleaner and more organized. Today I will share how … Read More

When you want to do the form validation you can do from the client side and server side. I like to do on the client side so users can get the notification message right away after leaving the input field. … Read More

As WordPress developers know that the jQuery in WordPress runs in noConflict mode. Which means when you enqueue the script that is dependent on jQuery in WordPress, you cannot use the common $ alias. To solve this issue, you can … Read More

Often when I work on the custom plugins or custom themes, I will call the PHP functions within the JavaScript. I do that because I want the data that normally can access via PHP to be available on my script. … Read More

Create the shortcode is very simple. Only one thing you have to remember is to print out the content from the callback function. You can add the content to the variable and return this variable in the callback function. However, … Read More

Last week, I did one small task which is adding the floating survey button on the front page. At the backend, the client is able to add the link and enable or disable the survey button for the front page. I … Read More

A few days ago, I wrote how to add the translation files to your child theme. If you use the theme which doesn’t come with the translation files for your language, you should check this post. Today I gonna talk … Read More

Last week, I received the urgent project from my client. The site needed to be online within one day. The client requested only two pages which were the front page and contact page. Also, I needed to add all content … Read More

For a Thai retirement visa, a person who holds this kind of visa must report at the immigration every 3 months. You can report 15 days before the due date or 7 days after the due date. If you miss … Read More

When I develop the email function on my localhost, I like to set the Gmail for sending an email from my localhost. It is convenient and easy to set up. Today, I will share how to set up the Gmail account … Read More

I have been using WAMP for years. Sometimes I notice the web page loads slower than the same web page on the internet. So I did research on the internet and found out for my case, I just need to … Read More

I have been using the visual studio code since 2016. The cool features that I like the most is the outline code. It is very useful when I develop the complex application or website. Other extensions that I often use, are … Read More

When you are working on the responsive design. You want your design works well across all devices. Today I will share how to change the default dropdown box on the iPhone.   HTML <select> <option value=”Apple”>Apple</option> <option value=”Samsung”>Samsung</option> <option value=”Huawei”>Huawei</option> … Read More

When I develop the email function on my localhost, I like to use the Gmail account for sending an email from my localhost. It is convenient and easy to set up. Today, I will share my method with you how to … Read More

It is common that your clients want to change the slugs for the different reasons. When the slug of the page changes, the old URL will return 404 error. Normally, we will redirect the old URL to the new URL … Read More

Sometimes, you have a style issue that occurs on the real mobile device only. If you were developing the site on the PC, it is easy to use the inspection tool that comes with the browsers. But for the real … Read More

A few days ago, I got a request to add the signup form from MailChimp to the WordPress site. There are four fields in the form which are first name, last name, phone number, and email. All fields are required. … Read More

We all know that we can not add the links inside the <option> in the select box. Today I gonna share one simple trick with pure javascript.   Let’s say you want to add the links inside the <option> like … Read More

Today I gonna share how to increase the maximum file upload size in Multisite  WordPress Network with WHM.   WHM What is WHM? WHM stands for WebHost Manager. WHM provides administrative control over your dedicated server or VPS. You can manage … Read More

Today I am working on some small tasks. It should not take long. But I stuck on one issue for a while. Here is what I am trying to do.   I have the page link list that is generated by … Read More

Today my husband went to apply for the Thai retirement visa at Chiang Mai immigration office at Promenada. The office opened at 8.30 am but we saw many people get in the line when we arrived. We got the latest queue … Read More

Today I am working on one WordPress project. The site is very simple. No extreme plugins are on the site. What I did, I just migrate the database (using WP Migrate DB plugin) and transfer all WP files to my … Read More

Recently I upgrade my application and I add two Gridview widgets on one page. Everything seems working fine until I notice the pagination of all Gridview widgets won’t work properly. There are two issues that I found.   Issue #1 … Read More

Lately, if you are the house or condo owner and you have the foreigners stay in your properties, you must report the immigration within 24 hours. If not, you will be fine 1,600 baht. Here is the document you need. … Read More

In Chiang Mai, the best way to get around in the city is using the motorcycle. If you have NON-O visa (NON-Immigrate visa), you can apply for the driver license.   Here is the document you need for apply Passport Copy … Read More

Before you read this post, I want to say the post is my opinion. Some people may think differently from me.   I started to use Modx in 2009. It was fast learning and developing. You can transfer the HTML … Read More

My husband is a foreigner and he wants to get a motorcycle driver license in Chiang Mai. Before he applies for a driver’s license he needs to get a residence certificate first. Since we rent a condo, the landlord must … Read More

Many years ago, I worked with a web designer. What she did, she designed and created the templates for the web applications and gave to the developers to integrate into the web application. At that time, I never used CSS … Read More

Sometimes you create a form by containing the file input field(such as upload image file) and other text input fields. And you want to send all form data to the backend using Ajax. But you find out the only the … Read More

One feature that the users like, is the global search. With CRUD from gii module, the index.php comes with filters for each column in grid view. The attribute calls filterModel. It is good and it is working perfectly. But it … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1  When you are working on a form validation, sometimes it is better for the users if you do the Ajax validation on a form. This way, users will get the warning message after they fill in each … Read More

Visual Studio Code version 1.19.3 Recently I change my developing tool from NetBeans to VScode(Visual Studio Code). The main reason is, VScode is faster. Plus I can integrate the XDebug extension to VScode easily. Here I will share with you how … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1 In grid view widget, the delete button uses the window confirm dialog which is simple. But it would be better if it can be changed to use the confirm dialog with bootstrap style. Since Yii2 is already integrated with … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1 Currently, I am building the custom application with Yii2. I want to add the language switcher in the application. I found some posts that help but these posts won’t explain well. So I try to explain what … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1 When you work with Pjax either Pjax jquery or Pjax module, you may face the same issue as me. I am working on Pjax widget in Yii2.0. The widget uses Pjax jquery.   Problem Every time the … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1 Select2 plugin is very useful plugin when you are building the custom application or website.   Problem When I use the select2 inside a bootstrap modal. I can not type anything in the input field that attaches to … Read More

Yii version 2.0.13.1 Recently I am working on building the custom application with Yii2.0. I have one issue with Pjax widget. It turns out to be a common issue when you are working on Pjax.   Problem I want to … Read More