Converting College Football Data for a Simple Website, using PHP, SQL and MySQL

The pages discussed here can be found at: http://www.sixmanguru.com/ncaa13.php The idea of this project came from a thought that there does not exist a single place where you can see NCAA college football teams’ records and schedules easily, without having to make a bunch of clicks on very ‘graphically full’ websites. The first step was to see if the data could be found easily. This was done easily, as Peter Wolfe keeps this information updated daily. (http://prwolfe.bol.ucla.edu/cfootball/scores.htm). Wolfe is a member of the official BCS rankings and also includes a comprehensive listing of conferences as well. ...

December 2, 2013 · 5 min · granger

Creating Maps with MySQL, PHP and Google Maps API v3

It has been awhile since I started this and never really followed up. I created this blog to be a space where I can share data, news and concepts I am working with. I have been feverishly working on a project that will be hosted here that just doesn’t seem to want to end. In the meantime, I decided I needed to catch up with a few projects that I have actually completed. ...

November 28, 2013 · 4 min · granger