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How to set the default view in visual studio to either, Design, Source, or Split View

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 Visual Studio. Split View - Horizontal or...

Responsive jQuery Vertical Menu

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...

SEO Safe CSS Hiding: CSS Snippet

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...

Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

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 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Transitional Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Strict...

PHP Ispostback Equivalent Function – Code Snippet

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...

jQuery UI Accordion Tutorial: How to Make a Basic jQuery UI Accordion

This post is for beginners.  It shows how to make a basic jquery UI accordion. We will use a predefined jquery ui for the accordion. There is a link to the demo right before the entire code snippet. HTML for Basic jQuery UI Accordion <!--...

Coding With Unity State Machine Using Inheritance

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...

Protocol Relative URL – Network-Path Reference or Scheme-Relative URL

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...

ASP.NET WatchDog System Requirements. Installation Instructiuons

In order to run ASPNETWatchDog, your system must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed. For more information about Microsoft .NET Framework, please visit MSDN .NET web site...

Modify the Windows Registry With VBScript

Famous WSH heard? He is the short form of the Windows Script Host, WSH is a Windows platform scripting command, his function is very powerful, and...

jQuery Document Ready Explained: $(document).ready() Function

jQuery $(document).ready() is a basic part of using jQuery. The jQuery document ready function executes when the DOM (Document Object Model) is completely loaded in the...

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CSS Clearfix: How to Clear Floats in this Tutorial With 5 Clearfixes

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...

Images in HTML Emails: Images Still Separate in Gmail?

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...

Make RSS Icon Display in Browser With this HTML Snippet

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...

Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

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...

Protocol Relative URL – Network-Path Reference or Scheme-Relative URL

Here we examine why you would use a protocol relative URL.  Have you ever had this error in ie - “This page contains both secure...

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Control Naming Conventions for ASP.NET VB C#

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 something like lblName. ASP.NET Control Naming Conventions ASP.NET Control Naming Conventions are prefixed to...

Responsive jQuery Vertical Menu

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...

Images in HTML Emails: Images Still Separate in Gmail?

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....

CSS Sticky Footer – Sticks Whether You’ve Scrolled or Not

There are several tutorials on how to make a CSS sticky footers sticky header, or sticky sidebar.  This is one. Remember to compensate at the bottom of your page so the CSS sticky footer doesn’t cover any content....

Doctype Reference – HTML and XHTML

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 Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> XHTML 1.0 Transitional Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC...

CSS Generators – My Favorites – CSS3 Tools and Gradient Generator

There are several CSS generators out there. Many do the same things. Soo… To keep you from sorting through several different generators, here are my favorites to save some time.  Some browsers have different quirks,...

jQuery UI Accordion Tutorial: How to Make a Basic jQuery UI Accordion

This post is for beginners.  It shows how to make a basic jquery UI accordion. We will use a predefined jquery ui for the accordion. There is a link to the demo right before the entire code snippet. HTML...

SEO Safe CSS Hiding: CSS Snippet

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; ...

Protocol Relative URL – Network-Path Reference or Scheme-Relative URL

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...

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IIS URL Rewrite Tutorial – Installation and Use – web.config

To get the below URL Rewrite code to work in IIS, you must first install the URL Rewrite module. The URL Rewrite module is...

jQuery Window Width – Determine Browser Window Size, Responsive Design

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...

Images in HTML Emails: Images Still Separate in Gmail?

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...

CSS Wildcard (kind of) – CSS Attribute Selector

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...

ASP.NET Cache Advanced Usage

Many of the people who did the program performance optimization, or concerned about the process of program performance, should have used all kinds of...