The Problem: Every year the footer of your personal or company website will need to be updated. It would be a waste of your time and you would risk breaking your code if you needed to update every single webpage to type “2020” in the footer of the page. This should be automated.
The Solution: Use JavaScript to get the date, set it as a variable, and display the result in the footer of the page.
<script type="text/javascript"> //Declares the JavaScript
let d = new Date(); // Creates a variable and calls Date Object
document.write(d.getFullYear()); // Calls getFullYear method on variable d(new Date() Object) and displays year
</script> // Closing bracket
The code above can be copied and pasted into the footer of your website pages. If you have a couple of static pages, it isn’t a big deal to edit each page. In my case, I added the code to the footer.php file for my custom WordPress theme. WordPress automatically appends the footer.php to every new post or page that I create. Now a user will always see a dynamically generated date at the bottom of the page.
The Problem: Opening and digging through a smaller chest freezer. Also, need a way to keep track of food inventory for quarantine.
The Solution: A database accessible from my phone to add, remove, update, or delete items. At the grocery I can see what I have or don’t have at home.
Count | Item | Brand | Ounces | Category | Location | Updated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Burger | Rastelli | 5 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | November 29, 2020 |
2 | Steak Ribeye | Giant | 16 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | November 5, 2020 |
4 | Chicken Pot Pie | Marie Callenders | 10 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | November 5, 2020 |
1 | Turkey Ground | Natures Promise | 16 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | November 5, 2020 |
1 | Sausage Turkey Breakfast | Applegate | 7 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | November 5, 2020 |
5 | Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich | Nestle | 4 | Snack | Downstairs Freezer | November 5, 2020 |
2 | Beef Ground | Generic | 20 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | October 13, 2020 |
1 | Broccoli Cheese Nuggets | Earths Best | 8 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | October 10, 2020 |
1 | French Fries Crinkle Cut | Market Pantry | 32 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | October 10, 2020 |
1 | Ice Cream Mint Chocolate Chip | Hersheys | 48 | Snack | Downstairs Freezer | September 30, 2020 |
1 | Broccoli Florets | Generic | 32 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | September 30, 2020 |
1 | Cauliflower | Giant | 16 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | September 30, 2020 |
1 | Veggie Tots | McCain | 12 | Vegetable | Upstairs Freezer | September 28, 2020 |
2 | Chicken Cordon Bleu | Barber Foods | 5 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | September 28, 2020 |
1 | Bacon Classic Cut | Hatfield | 16 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
1 | Chicken Breast BBQ Cook In Bag | Giant | 32 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
1 | Chicken Thighs Carnitas Cook In Bag | Giant | 32 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
2 | Ravioli Cheese | Tallutos | 15 | Dairy | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
1 | Veggie Tots | Green Giant | 14 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
1 | Chocolate Creme Pie | Edwards | 1 | Snack | Downstairs Freezer | September 22, 2020 |
OUT OF STOCK:
Count | Item | Brand | Ounces | Category | Location | Updated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Ice Cream Philadelphia Vanilla | Greens | 48 | Snack | Downstairs Freezer | August 26, 2020 |
0 | Broccoli Cauliflower Carrots | Generic | 16 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | August 26, 2020 |
0 | Chicken Breast Adobo Marinated | Generic | 16 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | August 16, 2020 |
0 | Steak Filet Mignon | Generic | 9 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | August 13, 2020 |
0 | Steak Sirloin | Generic | 11 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | July 30, 2020 |
0 | Sausage Sweet Italian | Generic | 4 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | July 27, 2020 |
0 | Burger | Omaha Steaks | 4 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | July 18, 2020 |
0 | Pork Chops | Generic | 21 | Meat | Downstairs Freezer | July 16, 2020 |
0 | Shrimp Calypso Coconut | Margaritaville | 10 | Fish | Downstairs Freezer | July 9, 2020 |
0 | Peas Carrots | Generic | 16 | Vegetable | Downstairs Freezer | June 26, 2020 |
I customized the WordPress plugin “Participants Database” to Create, Read, Update, and Delete food items. Anyone can add items but a WordPress login is required to update or delete food items.