How to Save a Dreamweaver document as UTF8!
Today I tried to save arabic text inside a javascript file and on saving encountered a dialog box asking me to first convert the document to UTF8.
Why …
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In-depth guides, insights, and best practices for modern software engineering
16000 Limit!
Today I discovered that Flash truly has a limit!
htaccess ErrorDocument
Create a file called .htaccess in the root of your public_html/htdocs of your domain.
This is useful when you want to handle error pages gracefully …
Read Article →How to correctly form HTML
Here’s a basic XHTML 1.0 Strict template showing the correct document structure. Getting this right matters because browsers switch to quirks …
Read Article →Trying to get variables into flash from the browser!
Ever wondered how to get variables from an html page to a flash element?
Well, it’s quite easy using the following actionscript 2 example:
I use …
Read Article →Flash Tweening
tween is an actionscript class and can be used after importing the core files. If you’re working with Flash animations and need smooth …
Read Article →Cube Desktop on Ubuntu
Alright, so I run Ubuntu 7.10 and use the Desktop Effects via compviz, anyhow, I could get the 2d workspace but really wanted the 3d cube, even if I …
Read Article →Animate with Actionscript [part1]
// Created by Andrew Odendaal
//
// :: DESCRIPTION ::
// Animate a ball moving to the top
// of the screen/stage and back again
//
// :: HOW TO USE :: …Kill Adobe Updater
So adobe updater keeps doing updates eventhough you’ve said ‘NEVER DO IT AGAIN!!!’.
The fix is to physically remove the dir with the info …
Apache Cannot be Run. Another web server is using the web port or port is blocked by firewall.
Tried to start EasyPHP: “Apache Cannot be Run. Another web server is using the web port or port is blocked by firewall.”
I was running …
Read Article →How to load xml into flash using actionscript 2
Loading external XML data into Flash was a common pattern for building dynamic content like menus, galleries, or config-driven layouts. The …
Read Article →TypeError: node is null message=node is null
The following error message occurs in Firefox 3 when using Firebug.
TypeError: node is null message=node is null
The error can be tracked back to …
Cant start your browser?
Can’t start your browser? Try checking if any torrent apps are running. Close them and retry.
This was a surprisingly common issue back in the …
Read Article →How to Temporarily Edit the Text of Any Website
Have you ever wanted to temporarily edit a webpage displayed in Chrome or another browser?
How it works
Let’s take a look at the Google homepage …
Read Article →PHP __autoload function
When PHP encounters a class that hasn’t been defined yet, you can use __autoload to automatically add them instead of including masses of …
Read Article →IE6 on Vista?
I find myself constantly fighting the microsoft battle of making things work in their browsers (thanks guys).
On one of my machines I have Vista …
Read Article →Guillotine-Bug? Bug
Yes, it’s called a Guillotine-Bug and it’s yet another bug IE users get to look forward too 😛
So how does it work?
Basically, the …
Sending data from javascript to php
If you ever find yourself needing to do some ajax and in turn sending strings of characters via javascript then you should really try …
Read Article →What is Eb in firebug?
Gmail produces the following error/warning in firebug.
Eb is not defined
function …Add TinyMCE code button
I had quite a few problems adding the htmlCode button to a fairly old copy of TinyMCE (I think around version 2.x).
All is resolved now and this is …
Read Article →Runtime Error! (abnormal program termination) maya.exe
The Problem
When starting Maya 8.5, you get an immediate error message and program termination:
Runtime Error!
Program C:\Program …
Read Article →Need more than hover?
I had a hover effect on an html input element but also needed to have an active state.
The css was like this for the inputs in mention: …
Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7
Getting an internet connection under VirtualPC running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7
Open the ‘settings’ of the virtual machine and select …
Read Article →Uppercase text in Actionscript
Need to convert text to uppercase in ActionScript? The toUpperCase() method on the String class does exactly that. This works in both ActionScript 2 …