Have you ever made an HTML email with images in it and it looked good in most email clients, but not gmail or possibly hotmail?
You’ve made sure to build your HTML email using tables instead of divs, used colspans, specified heights and widths. But…the images still separate in gmail.
GMail adds...
There is a function called ispostback in asp.net. However there isn’t one in PHP. You use do it to check if a page is a postback. The snippet of code below will create a PHP ispostback function.
// Determine whether the page...
This tutorial will show how to use jQuery append. It will also show how to append after and append before. Append actually means to add after. But this will show you how to use jQuery to insert content with these four functions.
BeforeAfterInside.prepend().append()Outside.before().after()
.before() - Inserts content outside and before.
.prepend() - Inserts...
As far as I know, this is better for SEO when hiding an element with CSS. I believe it is better than display: none; and/or visibility: hidden;
#thingamabob {
position: absolute;
left: -9999px;
}
CSS Hiding the SEO...
The vertical menu knows how far to animate by getting the width of the div it’s located within.
View Demo
The snippet of code below is the html for our vertical menu. Take note of the span tag with class v_item. It is...
Here we examine why you would use a protocol relative URL. Have you ever had this error in ie - “This page contains both secure and nonsecure items?” A protocol relative URL may also be called a “network-path reference” or “scheme-relative URL.” If...
The Developers Dilemma usually takes two forms:
If Only I could XOr, How Do I X
Usually followed by a flurry of Google Searches and, depending on the platform/language you are programming in, either success or failure.
Often though, if the solution requires downloading...
In this post I want to show you how I like to go about creating a state machine. A state machine is usually used (or at least, I use it) for things like the game states (pause, playing, gameover,ecc) or AI...
In Visual Studio, to change the Default View from Design View to Source View, or Split view, do the following.
In the menu, go to “Tools” > “Options.” Once in options, select the “HTML Designer” Section.
Next, select your default view...
This tutorial will show you how to make the ASP.NET forms authentication work with SQL Server using the provided ASPNETDB.MDF file. Then it will show you...
These control naming conventions may help provide some organization. Visual Studio sets Name properties to defaults for controls, like Label2. Using these conventions it would be...
Here are the doctype declarations for you. Short and sweet
HTML Doctypes:
HTML 5 Doctype
<!DOCTYPE html>
HTML 4.01 Strict Doctype
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
XHTML Doctypes:
XHTML 1.1...
Many of the people who did the program performance optimization, or concerned about the process of program performance, should have used all kinds of...
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CSS Center - This short tutorial and snippet will show how to center with CSS
CSS Center HTML
<body>
<div class="centerMe">
<!-- Put centered content here -->
</div>
</body>
CSS Center
This CSS centering includes styling that may...
This will show how to make RSS icon display in browsers with RSS feed integration.
Most CMSs will automatically add the code needed for an RSS feed to be displayed in supported browsers. However, if you need to add...
There are several tutorials on how to make things “sticky” using CSS. We will make a “sometimes sticky” element using CSS and jQuery. Here is an article on CSS sticky footers to help you understand before we...
Here we will explore 5 different CSS clearfix options. A “CSS clearfix” is often needed to clear floats.
Examples 1-3 clear floats by applying a CSS class to a p tag. The p tag holds a “non-breaking space” - ascii...
To get the below URL Rewrite code to work in IIS, you must first install the URL Rewrite module. The URL Rewrite module is not installed by default. The IIS URL Rewrite module may be...
In Visual Studio, to change the Default View from Design View to Source View, or Split view, do the following.
In the menu, go to “Tools” > “Options.” Once in options, select the “HTML Designer” Section.
Next, select your default view of choice, Design View, Source View, or Split view.
Click “OK.” Then restart...
CSS wildcard or CSS Regular expression? - You may be looking for CSS Attribute Selector.
CSS Attribute Selector - Here’s the scenario: You want to add styling to all elements that have “read” in the name of the class.
For instance:...
jquery window width, you’ll need it if you’re working with Responsive Design and/or need to figure out the width of the browser Window? Are you using a responsive design layout and using viewport, but need a way to determine window...
Javascript window location object properties contain information about the current URL. For example” location.pathname” returns “/subdirectory/search.”
Example URL: http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/search?filter=a#somewhere
Javascript Window Location Object Properties
PropertyDescriptionReturnshashReturns the anchor portion of a URL#somewherehostReturns the hostname and port of a URLwww.domain.com (will...
In order to run ASPNETWatchDog, your system must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed. For more information about Microsoft .NET Framework, please visit MSDN .NET...
Javascript browser detection can be useful. This is called user agent sniffing. jQuery had the function “.browser” which would detect the users browser, but...
Ever noticed that FireFox applies a border/outline around links. This CSS snippet will remove dotted line around link.
If this is what you are trying...
CSS Center - This short tutorial and snippet will show how to center with CSS
CSS Center HTML
<body>
<div class="centerMe">
<!-- Put centered content...
