Nick BartlettPHP Developer in Minnesota

A challenge I’ve found being a PHP developer in the .NET and Java ruled Minneapolis and Saint Paul area is finding good PHP jobs.  I am building a list of companies in the Twin Cities that use PHP or have a need for PHP developers so when the time comes to find work, this list should be very helpful. If you’re willing to work for ten bucks an hour, you can find PHP work in craigslist any day. However, if you need to make a living, this list should help you out.  Please leave a comment with additional companies in the Twin Cities area you’re aware of that use PHP and need Developers.

Employ Full Time PHP Developers

1. VISI
   visi.com
2. Sierra Bravo
   www.sierrabravo.com
3. Ecreativeworks
   ecreativeworks .com
4. Colle + Mcvoy
   collemcvoy.com
5. National Bankcard Services, Inc
   nbs-inc.com
6. Internet Exposure
   iexposure.com/
7. Cazarin
   cazarin.com/
8. Star Tribune
   startribune.com/
9. Digital River
   digitalriver.com/
10. Artropolis
    artropolis.com/
11. The MLS Online
    themlsonline.com/

Contract or Temporary PHP Developers

1. Best Buy
   bestbuy.com
   They only hire contractors. Accenture is their main recruiting firm.
2. Dolan Media dolanmedia.com
   Various recruiting agencies
3. Regis regissalons.com
   Various recruiting agencies

Many of you, like me, found this great tool at http://digitarald.de/project/fancyupload/ gives you a javascript alert box that says “error” after clicking one of the “browse” links if you have Flash 10.  Flash 10 breaks all Flash-based upload solutions that control a hidden flash-object with JavaScript.  Even my wordpress blog, which uses a flash upload, doesn’t work anymore.  I will have to install an update of wordpress to make it work again.

There are two ways to fix this.  One is to back down to Flash 9 and the second is to implement the fixes Herald has come up with for this issue.  My implementation of FancyUpload deviated from Herald’s demo install, so rather than start from scratch again, I updated fixes file by file and line by line.  It’s a fairly quick fix that I’ll go over below.

Herald’s updated and fixed demo is here http://digitarald.de/project/fancyupload/2-0/showcase/photoqueue-fixed/ and the current version can be downloaded at github http://github.com/digitarald/digitarald-fancyupload/tree/master.

The changes -

1. Replace the following files with updated versions
   • FancyUpload2.js
   • Fx.ProgressBar.js
   • Swiff.Uploader.js
   • Swiff.Uploader.swf
   • script.js
   • The xhtml will need to be updated as well. Change the following line

     <a id="demo-browse-images" href="#">Browse Only Images</a> |

     to

     <input id="demo-select-images" type="checkbox" /> Images Only |

Hope this helps others who have implemented and rely on this tool. All credit for the solution and fix goes to Herald.