Running Windows 8 on my Main Computer
My first impressions of running Windows 8 as my main development and admin computer. Including problems that I have encountered.
WYSIWYG Editor by DMXzone
Which is the best WYSIWYG editor? So we have looked at quite a few DMXzone extensions. We look at them because; firstly they are really good and secondly, we have an interest in extensions for Dreamweaver, and also and this is the important part; Web Developers often ask us how to do things and what...
ASP Years Option Drop Down
If you need to have people sign up that are currently between 14 and 40 it is not really cool to ask them how old are they now as next year they will have changed their age and you don’t want to have to ask them again. So here is an easy way to check...
XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress
I like things that happen automatically and this Plugin for WordPress is very good. It generates your WordPress site map and then notifies Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask. You can also rebuild the sitemap manually. There are a lot of options. It also works out the Post Priority based on a couple of things:...
jQuery Animation Plugins
Very cool ways to make your website much cooler without Flash. 1. Ajax Zoom 2. Image Rotator 3. Cloud Zoom 4. jQuery Before/After Plugin 5. jqDock I hope that helps you with your jQuery designs.
Afrihost vs GamCo vs Mweb vs OpenWeb – Uncapped ADSL South Africa – UPDATED
Our SME clients often ask us for a recommendation for an uncapped ADSL provider in South Africa. Here is a test of some of them.
Do you need to add a different search to IE9?
IE9. Love it or Hate it, it is here now and we have to deal with it. This video shows you how to change the search from Bing to Google. Hope that helps.
Did Edgars sell my email address? – Updated
Edgars and the responses… I have a catch-all account on my domain outsourcehouse.co.za. This means that I can receive my normal email messages, [email protected] and I can use other emails @outsourcehouse.co.za, like [email protected] and [email protected] and they all come into my normal mailbox and no matter what the spelling, they will all come into my inbox. For...
Will 1024 x 768 ever die?
If you are a website developer, then you will understand the problems with resolutions on websites. Now unless you are using a fluid layout you will normally always have some kind of empty space on the sides of the websites you are developing. Now that is fine, using fluid layouts have their own problems. Now...
Official iPad 2 Video – UPDATED
Check out the official iPad 2 video below. This also has been parodied by Conan O’Brien. Check it out below. You can still buy the original iPad here: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-first-generation-MB292LL-Tablet/dp/B002C7481G/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1302018505&sr=1-3 Or the iPad 2 is also available here: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC979LL-Tablet-White-NEWEST/dp/B0047DVWLW/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1302018505&sr=1-6
Measuring the Internet – Part 2 UPDATED
In the first part of Measuring the internet we looked at the way Facebook’s input boxes and layouts didn’t really make sense. Over the past couple of weeks they have a changed the way photos are displayed. So you click on a photo and it opens up in a sort of a lightbox frame. So...
ASP Generate date between 2 different dates
So, if you need to have 2 different dates made as a drop down, here is the code: <select id=”spk_date” name=”spk_date”> <option selected=”selected” value=”">Select a Date</option> <% for counter = date()+1 to date()+60 %> <option <% ‘ select the current date to display it if counter = date() then %> <% end if %> value=”<%=...
