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Auto Margin not working in Internet Explorer

Problem You have a web page design which automatically centers in Firefox and other browsers, however Internet Explorer does not...

Display PDF in Internet Explorer Frame

Occasionally after an Adobe Acrobat Reader update PDF documents will not automatically display inside an Internet Explorer frame element. To...

Internet Accessibility

Accessibility means providing flexibility to accommodate each user’s needs and preferences. In an Internet context, accessibility is making computer technology...

[SOLVED] Unable to access Gizmodo – 400 Bad Request Error

Problem: When attempting to access ‘www.gizmodo.com’, ‘www.kotaku.com.au’, or ‘www.lifehacker.com.au’ you receive a ‘Bad Request’ error message and the website fails...

PHP Script / Javascript – Detect and run by Country

When faced with the challenge of including a javascript only for Internet connections from the US I discovered that javascript...

How to delete your LogMeIn Account

After the recent announcement that LogMeIn are discontinuing their free remote access service a lot of people are asking how...

How to target elements using ID or class containing a colon

If you have an element you need to target using an ID or class that contains a colon, for example:...

Pinterest unable to find (pin) images

Problem When attempting to ‘pin’ an image on a website to a Pinterest album, Pinterest will be unable to find...

How to make your website ‘print friendly’ using CSS

Unfortunately a great deal of websites put little or no effort into providing their content in a printer-friendly fashion. No...

Internet Explorer 8 – @media screen not working

Problem If you’re developing a responsive website design using CSS you may have noticed Internet Explorer 8 does not support...

Prevent CSS and content caching

When you’re developing a website there can be lots of little changes, and with each of these a refresh –...

MySource Matrix – Content Keyword List

MySource Matrix users may be familiar with the ability to use keywords to automatically build content. This feature is particularly...

Using ASP to connect to an Access Database

The following ASP script was used to pull information out of an Access database and publish it to a web...

How to use wildcards with CSS selectors

The examples below show how to use wildcards in your CSS selectors. To use a selector you need to take...

3 free online tools for cross-browser testing a website

For web developers testing for cross-browser compatibility is a critical but often difficult and time consuming task. The first challenge...

Simple Project Management

Project management is a complex topic, and there isn’t one way to manage it. This document is merely a guideline...

How to redirect old domains to a new domain using htaccess

When you migrate a website to a new domain it’s important that you redirect the links that are are active...

Joomla 1.5 – Random Poll

Polls are great user driven features to help a website feel more interactive for the audience, but when it comes...

Get any colour code from your screen

Ever wanted to get the exact colour code from an image or a website? We’ll there’s a free tool called...

How to make two column list items using basic CSS

The following CSS can be used to make HTML listed items use two or more columns. For example, Item 1...

If you’re using Google AdSense on your website you may find yourself regularly having to log in to check the...

How to ‘Mobile Enable’ your website using CSS

Unfortunately a great deal of websites put little or no effort into optimising their website design for mobile devices. With...

How to import large SQL export files into phpMyAdmin mySQL databases

If you’ve got a large SQL export file that you need to import into another mySQL database using phpMyAdmin you...

How to find and track broken links using Google Analytics

Here’s a quick and easy way to track broken links using Google Analytics. It requires you to have Google Analytics...

WCAG Colour Contrast Analyser

If you’re assessing a design or a website for WCAG colour contrast compliance the Colour Contrast Analyser tool is for...

htaccess – How to remove a single query parameter from a URL

The following htaccess code rule shows how to remove a single query parameter from a URL – leaving any existing...

jQuery – How to get element text without child elements

The following jQuery script shows how to get the text from an element, without getting the text from any child...

How to use Firebug to inspect hover and active CSS styles

Firebug is a web development tool for Firefox which allows you to inspect the HTML, CSS, Javascript and more as...

Generate and test .htaccess files online

If you’ve ever had to create .htaccess commands you would have found that at times it can be hard to...

I’m a huge fan of using SoundCloud to share audio tracks over the web – but what if you don’t...

Redirect non-www traffic to www address

Advertising website addresses without the ‘www.’ is a growing trend. It’s smaller, concise and gives the domain name the first...

[SOLUTION] cPanel – ‘domainadmin-domainexistsglobal’ error

Problem When you attempt to create a sub-domain using cPanel you receive the following error message: “There was a problem...

PHP script to test HTTPS secure connection through proxy server

The following PHP can be used to test if a web server can make a https connection through a proxy...

LogMeIn discontinues its free remote access service

Over the years LogMeIn has been widely known for it’s easy to use free remote access system. The most popular...

Why CloudFlare’s flexible SSL is really bad

Back in 2014 CloudFlare, a CDN provider, announced free universal SSL for all their users. Which sounds pretty awesome, especially...

Is CloudFlare Pro worth getting?

CloudFlare is a popular service that speeds up websites by managing the websites DNS and routing traffic to a visitors...

What CSS do email clients support?

The folks over at Campaign Monitor have put together a brilliant table of CSS support for popular email clients. Most...

[ANSWER] Is “DOCTYPE html” enough for valid HTML?

Question Is ‘<!DOCTYPE html>‘ enough to make your HTML valid? Answer Yes – ‘<!DOCTYPE html>’ is the doctype for HTML5....

tabindex is not the enemy – when and why to use tabindex in your online forms

The tabindex attribute defines the navigation order for focusable elements such as links and form fields in a web page....

How to make embed YouTube iframe mobile responsive

The following CSS can be used to make embedded YouTube videos responsive to different screen sizes. iframe[src*=youtube] { display: block;...

htaccess rule to force Internet Explorer to use the latest version

The following htaccess rule can be used to force Internet Explorer to display your website using the latest version. This...

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