To clear text from a pre-seeded textarea or input text on a mouse click, you have to use some javascript. Luckily, it’s very simple to implement this bit of javascript. This short tutorial will show you how and explain what the code used means. (Read more…)
The Word Count Tool that was previously hosted on Zann Marketing has now moved to its own domain. (Read more…)
The new Apple Airport Update 4.2 caused problems with some Mac (and possibly Windows) users. The Airport Update caused the AirPort Admin Utility to prompt users to upgrade their Airport Extreme or Airport Express firmware. Upgrading the firmware caused the wireless network to become unstable and users were disconnected from the network.
Read more about the Airport Update 4.2 Problems with Airport Extreme.
Step by Step Solution
1. Go to Apple Support. (Read more…)
The Problem
After installing Airport Update 4.2, I opened up Airport Admin Utility and it prompted me to upgrade the firmware on the Airport Extreme Base Station. Thinking that nothing could go wrong, I naively went ahead and installed the firmware upgrade to the Airport Extreme.
Almost immediately after the firmware installation was complete, the wireless network went (Read more…)
Valid code for web pages is of vital importance. Your webpage should validate for html, css and robots.txt, if you use one.
Valid code helps less forgiving browsers to display your web page as you intended it. By sticking to web standards, you also future proof your web sites for future browsers, which may not be able to display your web pages as elegantly with invalid code.
Search engines also likes web pages and (Read more…)
Uses of Pop Ups
Pop up windows are used for a variety of reasons. As much as people hate pop ups, they are still a form of advertising that works. In particular, they are used for Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising as well as banner exchange advertising.
Pop ups are also useful for open up a link to an external web site without leaving your site completely. Once the user has finished with the external site, they can close the pop up window and go back to your site.
You can also use pop up windows to request visitors to complete surveys, or for newsletter signups. They are also a useful way to display your help or frequently asked questions page.
Methods of Creating Pop Ups
There are several ways to achieve a pop up window. The simplest method is to use (Read more…)
What are regular expressions?
A regular expression is a special string used to describe or match a search pattern or set of strings. Regular expressions use certain syntax rules as outlined in the section below, “Basic regular expressions syntax”.
Regular expression can be abbreviated as:
Plural forms of regular expressions are:
One of the fastest growing populations of computer users and information seekers on the internet are the people over 60 years old, also known as the “Silver Surfers”. They’re also often the ones with the money to spend on the internet, so it may be well worthwhile to keep the older population in mind when design your web site. This article includes tips and ideas for designing your web site to be Silver-Surfer-friendly. It will discuss:
What are favicons?
Favicons (pronounced “fav-eye-cons”), short for “favorites icon”, are 16 x 16 pixel icons that are displayed by your web browser. Favicons are typically displayed in the address bar of the web browser, on the left of the web page’s URL. An example of a favicon in the browser’s address bar:
Not all fonts are installed on both PC and Macintosh computers. If a font isn’t installed on the visitor’s computer, they won’t be able to see the web page as you intended.
There are 12 fonts that are installed on both PC’s and Macintosh computers. These fonts are the safest fonts to use for a html web page.
In addition to using “safe” fonts for web pages, it’s also a good idea to specify more than one font when defining the font face (in HTML) or font-family (in CSS). By specifying more than one font, the browser will use the second or third font specification if the first font is not installed or supported. To specify more than one font, use a “comma” (”,”) to separate the fonts.
