Trying to keep things simple, sometimes I use the 'max-width' and 'min-width' properties of CSS. Makes it simple if you are letting someone upload images to a site for you. For example, blogCFC has a slideshow function. Here's an example. Ok.. so you've got this slideshow and you are letting someone else upload the images or create totally new slideshows.. Telling them to keep the images a to a certain width is all fine but.. People tend to "forget" and then you … [Read more...]
Archives for 2007
Site of the Week: WikiHow
I just had to share this site as the..... Site of the week!!! Say hello to... The WikiHow. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps people by offering clear, concise solutions to the problems of everyday life. wikiHow currently contains 15,674 articles written, edited, and maintained primarily by volunteers. Please join us by writing a new page, or editing a page that someone … [Read more...]
Computer Locked up?
Everyone's seen it... You are surfing the web or working on a project for work when.... Everything Freezes up! AAAAARRRRGGGG... (no, this isnt an ad for Geek Squad!). What caused it? Spyware? Virus? Cheese? It's really hard to tell. Lots of things can cause the dreaded "Freeze". After cursing furiously, you reboot and continue your work..(if you were a good boy/girl and actually saved it!?) But what caused it???? When this starts happening, think about what may have changed lately.. Did … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – A Little Late… oops
This was meant to be the Friday Funny for last Week.... But it's a little late... hmmm, sorry... It's not hilarious but it'll have to do... This came to me in an e-mail from my friend Laurie.. Enjoy. 19 WAYS TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF SANITY At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice. Every time someone asks you to do something, … [Read more...]
New Year Update Reminder
Just a quick reminder to everyone out there... It's a New Year ... (Yippeeeee!!!) If you're still doing it by hand, don't forget to update the Copyright Dates on your web sites. If you're doing it automatically.. Good for you!! Keep up the Good work. Just check to see that it did what it was supposed to do. If you want to do it automatically, I blogged about a couple of methods a while back: Update-Copyright-in-Javascript-and-Coldfusion Check it out... great time saver.. … [Read more...]
Site of the Week: My German Class
This week's "Site-of-the-Week" is .. Something completley different! Ever want to learn another language? German perhaps.. Well this site is for you! This is the most enteretaining "Learn to Speak" site you'll find on the web. MyGermanClass.com This site is maintained and created by Clark Shah-Nelson. Clark Shah-Nelson is a Colorado-licensed German teacher living in Brooklyn, New York. He has taught online German since 1999. He previously taught German and elementary geography using … [Read more...]
Simple Pop-up: Fuel
Weird title, huh?! Well, last time I showed you all the code I like to use for Simple pop-up Windows. Really simple and easy to use. This window is useful when you are displaying product details, Biographical details etc. Really, anytime you are returning a list and you want to save space on the main page. To Fuel this window you need to start with the main page of info. For example, we have these products listed on our page: Lets pretend that we want the user to be able to click … [Read more...]