“Safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding”
Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 wireless access point mobile broadband router and Apple iPad setup issue. In my case, the error: “Safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding” was due to the device not Activating correctly. It kept showing spotty service or “Programming Failed” when I tried to use the Verizon VZAccess [...]
Contao xtmembers update ALTER TABLE tl_member autologin doesn’t work
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on August 25, 2010
When updating to XTmembers v2.0.1 stable and memberlist v1.0.4 stable, the Install routine attempts to execute this code: ALTER TABLE `tl_member` DROP INDEX `autologin`, ADD UNIQUE KEY `autologin` (`autologin`); and it doesn’t work and keeps returning you to the same screen. Logging off and back on returns to this screen. If you cancel then it [...]
Fieldset Rounded Corners – CSS HTML
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on August 22, 2010
In a simple website, the use of Fieldsets to separate form content is a nice touch, but Internet Explorer and Firefox/Chrome do not round the edges like Internet Explorer does. If you want round corners on FF and Chrome, you can use a little extra CSS: fieldset { -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 7px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 7px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: [...]
cupofcoffee wordpress template background image correction
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on August 21, 2010
If you install this template installed on a WordPress site, then you might notice the background header graphic is a little off. You can correct this in the style.css file. Look for this: #wrapper { width: 960px; margin: 0 auto; background: url(images/img01.gif) repeat-y left top; } and make it this: #wrapper { width: 959px; margin: [...]
How to setup a Podcast on your website
Embedded Flash MP3 Audio Player This isn’t the definitive reference for Podcasting on your website, but it will help you post an MP3 to any website using a slick little Flash player. This article will be expanded as features are added. Steps: Download this MP3 Player for WordPress: http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/ Unzip the files and upload only [...]
Remove a CSS File from a webpage dynamically
It’s actually quite easy to remove a CSS or JS file from a webpage dynamically, it’s a little Javascript function: function removejscssfile(filename, filetype) { var targetelement=(filetype==”js”)? “script” : (filetype==”css”)? “link” : “none” //determine element type to create nodelist from var targetattr=(filetype==”js”)? “src” : (filetype==”css”)? “href” : “none” //determine corresponding attribute to test for var allsuspects=document.getElementsByTagName(targetelement) [...]
Image captions in Blackbaud Kintera CMS
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on August 17, 2010
Blackbaud Kintera Sphere CMS The Kintera CMS has alot of features, but one thing which I noticed it is lacking is an easy mechanism for captioning photos. If you setup your own Donation page under Friends Asking Friends, you can set a master photo with a caption, but that’s the only place where it’s built-in. [...]
Post a Facebook video on your website
Posted by Mitch in Web Development, code on August 14, 2010
Simple code to embed a video you have on your Facebook account (or anyone else’s Facebook account), provided that the privacy settings allow access. <object classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″ width=”400″ height=”300″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″><param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true” /><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always” /><param name=”src” value=”http://www.facebook.com/v/movieID” /><embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”400″ height=”300″ src=”http://www.facebook.com/v/movieID” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>
Canonical Problem domain.com and www.domain.com
Posted by Mitch in Internet, Web Development on August 12, 2010
In the SEO world, there is an issue which exists called the Canonical Problem. Sounds like something to do with the Pope, right? Well, it’s a simple issue, related to how web addresses work and usually only found when dealing with older websites where people created links with and without www. If you have this [...]
Blackberry Silencer – Mute the Shutter sound on the camera
Posted by Mitch in blackberry on August 9, 2010
Here’s a touchy subject. Blackberrys, like most phones these days, have an audible shutter “click” sound when you use the camera to take a picture. Normally this isn’t a big deal because the parties being photographed have reason to expect that their picture is being taken. But what if you wish to be covert? I’m [...]