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(ASP) Make YouTube Embed HTML Validate

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:55:27 GMT

YouTube offers a method for users and developers to embed video on their web pages. Unfortunately the code that they use doesn't validate. Use this function to make YouTube's embed code validate.

(CSS) CSS Diagnostics - Highlight Deprecated HTML With CSS & More...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:52:24 GMT

CSS Diagnostics allows web designers and developers to highlight invalid HTML using CSS selectors. Say goodbye to the font tag by highlighting it in a large obnoxious border. It also has the ability to highlight 404 pages, old CSS classes and old JavaScript function calls.

(ASP) Create Class Name From URL In ASP

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:34:51 GMT

Use this function to create a unique class name based on the page's url. It makes for a great way to drill down with specificity in CSS later by placing this on the ID or as a Class on the body tag.

(CSS) Using CSS To Find Broken Links & 404 Pages

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:21:27 GMT

Using CSS3 selectors, highlight links to deleted pages and 404 pages. Also highlight function calls to deleted javascript using this CSS technique.

(ASP) Getting Full URL/Path with ASP

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:04:46 GMT

One thing that always bothered me about Classic ASP is that there isn't an easy way to get the entire url. So I devised a function that will get the full path including the query string.

(CSS) Always Show Scrollbars In Firefox Using CSS

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:11:21 GMT

In FF the page will "jump around" when moving from page to page due to the scrollbars. Find out how to make that stop.

(JavaScript) Common JavaScript Functions

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:04:52 GMT

Slim down the size of your javascript by using these custom functions.

(ASP) Reversing Arrays in ASP

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:27:32 GMT

ASP does not have a built in function to reverse or sort array like other languages. Find out how to do it.

(HTML) Embedding Flash Without Click To Activate Using Valid HTML

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:30:27 GMT

Flash sucks, embedding it sucks more, find out how to make it not suck.

(CSS) Target Safari With CSS

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:33:47 GMT

The -webkit prefix will ensure it is only applied to safari

(CSS) Media Targeting With CSS Using @Media

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:19:41 GMT

Consolidate all your various stylesheets into one and cut down on requests to your server by placing your screen, print & handheld stylesheets into one stylesheet

(ASP) Checking Plurals With ASP - A Simple Check Plural Function

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:37:25 GMT

I notice that a lot of database driven websites make easy mistakes by not checking for plural words. An example might be "2 vote" or "1 votes". Here is an example of a function using ASP to check for plurals.

(ASP) Get File Size And Type Using ASP

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:04:31 GMT

Often times it is nice to add some text after a link on your website to let your users know whether the link goes to a PDF and how large that PDF file is. I've found that manually doing this works but after awhile when that PDF file get updated, the file size next to it is incorrect. It is even possible that the link is no longer a PDF but somebody forgot update the text. An easy solution to these problems is to create a function within ASP that spits out the file type and the file size after the link to let your users know using asp how large a file is and what the file type is.

(ASP) How To Serve XHTML to Internet Explorer 6 And 7 as XML Using Content Negotiation

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:47:12 GMT

Serve your xhtml pages correctly with this script and xsl file. Most websites serve their xhtml pages as text and not xml to Internet Explorer. With this it will serve to IE as xml. Your sites will be more valid because they will validate against the xml validator rather than the html validator.

(CSS) Change Text Selection Color Using CSS

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:39:40 GMT

Change selection color using CSS. Works in most modern browsers except for IE.

(CSS) Style External, PDF, and Mailto links with CSS

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:23:49 GMT

Style External, PDF, and Mailto links using CSS and a background image. For a great set of icons to choose from visit http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/.

(HTML) How To Use target="_blank" Correctly In XHTML & HTML Strict

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:53:06 GMT

If you've ever used a strict doctype and used the target attribute on links you'll notice that it doesn't validate. Here is an easy solution.

(CSS) CSS Diagnostics - Find Depreciated Elements Using CSS

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:50:46 GMT

Find depreciated elements and attributes using CSS . Simply add the CSS below to the end of your style sheet and it will highlight bad code.

(CSS) Slashdot Style Quoting With CSS

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:00:03 GMT

Style quotations similar to those used on Slashdot.org.

(CSS) Make Button Appear to Be Disabled on Click With CSS

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:57:51 GMT

A better more accessible method to make buttons appear to be disabled upon click via css (with no javascript) Doesn't work in IE but does in other browsers.