How To Setup A Local DNS Host File On Mac OS X
Written on 20/01/12 • 0 CommentsA local DNS host file can be useful when developing a website. You can have a build environment and a production environment and simply point the host to the build environment on your machine, and your machine only, while all of the other users are directed to the live site. This allows you to work on the build environment and fully test prior to pushing the changes to the live production site.
Step 1: Open up a Terminal windows (this is in your Applications/Utilites folder by default)
Step 2: Enter the following command to open the local host file. (Note: The sudo command requires an admin password to allow you to open this file as root.)
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
Increasing the Number of File Links in Typo3
Written on 21/10/11 • 0 Comments
This is a problem I discovered when uploading files for a client into a Typo3 site. By default Typo3 sets a limit of 10 files it allows to be uploaded. If you try and upload any more you receive a generic error message in the form of a yellow triangle warning.
Continue ReadingAdding two Google Analytics accounts to one page
Written on 06/05/11 • 3 Comments
There are times when you would like to track your page visits using Google Analytics and also someone else wants to do the same. We have had this situation where the client wants to have the data in their analytics account and we also would like to track the site using our account. We have also had external SEO companies that want to track the site using their account.
Continue ReadingUseful Wordpress Snippets
Written on 15/04/11 • 0 Comments
There are loads of things that can be achieved very easily in Wordpress if you know how. Many of these things can be done in just one line of code, so here are a few that I have found useful in the past and want to keep a record of for use in the future.
Continue ReadingDisplaying a From Field Depending on Previous Question using jQuery
Written on 07/01/11 • 0 Comments
Sometimes forms on websites can look daunting to users when there are lots of fields to fill out. A neat solution is to hide fields that are only required depending on a previous answer. In the example I have created suppose you have a form with a drop-down list of peoples titles we have all the usual titles included but what if a Professor filled out the form? We add another fields to the form for 'other' that only needs filling out if the correct title was not available in our drop-down. 99% of people filling out the form will not need to use this field so with a little bit if Javascript magic we can hide the field unless a user selects 'other' from the drop-down. This approach gives us much neater form for users who have Javascript enabled and will degrade nicely for those few who don't.
Continue ReadingRecreating the Fade Scrolling Text Marquee on Twitter
Written on 19/11/10 • 0 Comments
Scrolling marquees were widely used on many early webpages that used the now defunct non-standard marquee tags and have fallen out of vogue in recent years. The twitter.com homepage show that the effect can still be used to good effect today in a more subtle manner. We can use client side scripting to create the effect without the use of proprietary tags.
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