Rewrite or not to Rewrite?
January 21st, 2009
This question has been going around for a long time and has been a topic of great debate. While reading the latest Sitepoint Tech Times I remember reading guidlines posted on the Official Google Webmaster Blog that covers this very topic and is an excellent read.
There is one very important section titled “Does that mean [...]
13 Website Developers and Designers Project Checklists
January 16th, 2009
In an effort to make the website creation process as efficient as possible I searched for some cookie cutter project checklists to add my current checklist and found some great resources.
Online
A Website Design & Development Project Checklist
Website Checklist
Web Design Contract Essentials Checklist
Software Development Project Checklist (Free Registration Required to Download)
Project Checklists
Checklist: Web Contracts
The Official “Successful [...]
When Will Radmin Have Drag and Drop from Explorer?
January 13th, 2009
I use Radmin for handling remote management that requires more than just viewing the remote machine. Radmin can also handle file transfers, copy to and from the remote clipboard, view only as well as full control mode and much more.
My biggest gripe is not being able to drag and drop from Explorer directly to the [...]
iShoot for iPhone
January 11th, 2009
Downloaded iShoot for the iPhone and it’s one of the most addicting games I have played in a while.
The rules are simple; select weapons of your choice (nuclear as well) to destroy the other tanks on the field. The game play is smooth and you’ll find yourself playing this game hours on end.
Set the level [...]
jQuery Show and Tell
January 8th, 2009
This jQuery code will slide up a hidden up on hover() and slide down the same on blur(). This script uses the jQuery UI visual control library.
CSS Transparency
January 8th, 2009
Found this great article by Chris Coyier covering tranparency for all browsers. Huge time saver, thanks Chris!!!
CSS Transparency Settings for All Browsers
Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) 2.0 Released
January 7th, 2009
PDT is an open source development tool that provides basic PHP code editing capabilities. It is also the foundation for the professional-grade Zend Studio for Eclipse.
The new 2.0 release is fully compliant with Eclipse standards, enabling PHP developers to leverage a wide variety of Eclipse projects, such as Web Tools Project (WTP) and Dynamic Language [...]
SlideShowPro and Wordpress
January 6th, 2009
I ran into an issue with images not loading with SlideShowPro and Wordpress. I would get the gray frame but no controls or images from the gallery. To fix the issue I did the following.
Update SlideShowPro
Open the SlideShowPro .fla you are working with in Flash.
Select to Window/Component Inspector or Shift + F7.
Scroll to the bottom [...]
Dynamic Javascript Variables
January 4th, 2009
To create dynamic variables in JavaScript use the eval() function. Of course eval() can be for other dynamic JavaScript creation as well.
function dynamic(id)
{
// Create dynamic variable and set the value
eval("var test_" + id + " = \"value goes here\";");
// Return the value
return eval("test_" + id);
}
// Call function
var test = dynamic(123);
// Display the value
document.write(test);
Demo
View a demo [...]
Format String with String.Format and C#
January 3rd, 2009
<%# String.Format("{0:#####-####}", Convert.ToInt32(Eval("ZipCode"))) %>
It is necessary to convert the ZipCode field to an integer in this instance because the Format class expects an integer to properly format a number, otherwise it will only return the string or value that you passed to the Format class.
I am using this in conjunction with the MaskedEditExtender, which removes [...]









