Category: HTML, CSS, PHP
iMacros for Retrieving Information from Multiple Web Pages
iMacros is a great tool for grabbing information from web sites. People often use it for grabbing the latest stock prices, or getting the latest prices on many products. Putting the data into a spreadsheet-compatible file is easy. You can also use iMacros to fill out forms from a spreadsheet (.csv) text file. iMacros is…
Form Processing in PHP
Tectite Form Mail to process your web forms, securely, with anti-spammer features built in. Free, PHP.
WordPress 3 (or 4) Multi-Site Installation, on Shared Hosting, Even with Existing Web Sites
WordPress setup, even if you already have a web site, and want Multi-Site features to manage many blogs easily, and want to map domain names to blogs. Detailed instructions, for you and your hosting provider.
KeyCaps Font for Computer Documentation
How to use CSS or a web-licensed keyboard font with all the special keys needed for computer software instructional pages.
Web site design, Keep Vertical Spacing Even, with Em-based layouts
Keeping the vertical spacing even, especially when having text line up in multiple columns, is a way to make your web site look better. This article, “Keep vertical spacing even with Em based layouts – Vertical rhythm calculator” http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/em-based-layouts-vertical-rhythm-calculator/ makes it easier to make your CSS style sheet keep the vertical spacing even, and since…
WordPress stores domain name, here's how to change it
I had multiple domain names pointing to the same place (www.lernerconsult.com and www.lernerc.com were identical). Then the DNS for lernerc.com got altered. WordPress was translating calls from www.lernerconsult.com/blog/ into www.lernerc.com/blog/ and that didn’t work… Here’s how to adjust it: You will need to access the MySQL database (I use phpMyAdmin) for the WordPress database (mine…
Xampp directory mismatch
If you unzip the Xampp files (e.g. into c:\xampp) the installer doesn’t know where the installed files went. You will see in the Xampp Control Panel Application (xampp-control.exe) a message “directory mismatch”. This doesn’t matter for normal operation of Xampp, but if you try using the installer for Xampp add-ons (for example, Perl), you can’t…
Xampp with Skype
If XAMPP doesn’t work with Skype installed, make this one simple configuration change
PHP Development on your laptop
Setting up a PHP development environment Setting up my laptop to be a PHP/MySQL server was easier than I would have predicted. Download the XAMPP package from Apache Friends at http://www.apachefriends.org and unzip it to c:\xampp (keeping the folder hierarchy intact). There are Windows and Linux versions, with Mac OS X version being developed. I’m…
2-Column HTML using DIVs (no print problems)
If you code your multi-column web page wrong, IE and Firefox won’t be able to page break properly for printing. Seems that if you use <p id=”asdf”> the pages won’t print right, if instead you use <p class=”asdf”> they will. Here is what I used for a two-column layout (specifically, in PHPList put this in…
Picked Lunar Pages for new web host
Lunar Pages, http://www.lunarpages.com/id/glerner had the best match of features for my needs. For $7.95/month paid annually, I get 350GB storage, 3500 GB/Month transfers, PHP 4 and 5, and developer tools such as Ruby. I have full control over scripts to run, there is a good selection of scripts available to install with minimal configuration (questions…
