Mint Cookie Tag

Date Stamp:
31 December 2006
Topic(s):
Mint

An extension for ExpressionEngine which sets a cookie storing the username when a member logs in. This cookie can be used by the Mint pepper Nametags (see also the forum thread) to show the pages viewed by logged in users.

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ESV Bible Text via AJAX

Date Stamp:
19 August 2006
Topic(s):
How to, Tutorial

In response to the Toongabbie Anglican Church site being linked from the ESV Bible Blog, I received several requests to explain how the Bible Talk pages loaded the ESV text using “AJAX”.

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Recording Sermons

Date Stamp:
15 May 2005
Topic(s):
Tutorial

I recently received an email asking how we recorded sermons at Toongabbie Anglican Church. This article provides the details of the setup we use.

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Streaming Media Tutorial

Date Stamp:
11 April 2005
Topic(s):
Tutorial

Being able to take an audio or video file and broadcast it to users of your web-site is not a difficult process, however there are several steps involved which I’ve summarised here. This tutorial focuses on audio files, however, to work with video files, follow the same concepts.

  • Encode the source file into a format suitable for streaming
  • Create a metafile, which will ensure users experience the streaming media correctly.
  • Link from your web-page to the metafile.

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