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  • Replicate table behaviour using CSS?

    Thanks, that is better, but I was hoping to avoid using an empty div simply for clearing. Hmmmm, brain is beginning to melt :lol:
    Comment by acialk May 2009 permalink
  • Table, list or other?

    Thanks guys. I took a look at the specs "The HTML table model allows authors to arrange data -- text, preformatted text, images, links, forms, form fields, other tables, etc. -- into rows and columns of cells." I don't know what I …
    Comment by acialk May 2009 permalink
  • Sweet Firefox plugin: Dust-Me Selectors

    Very nice, thank you.
    Comment by acialk May 2009 permalink
  • max-width and excess padding in ie

    I fixed the horizontal scrollbar issue in ie 7. Here's the fix if your interested: http://www.brunildo.org/test/ie7_ithscroll.html I learnt a few things from that PNG tutorial. The first being that there is a huge difference between save as a…
    Comment by acialk April 2009 permalink
  • max-width and excess padding in ie

    Sorry, I missed that. 1. IE 6 only. 2. IE 7 only. 3. Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out now. For the first problem I did find this which does fix the issue but I would have to settle for really narrow columns. I've taken it of…
    Comment by acialk April 2009 permalink
  • Learning PHP

    Books to avoid: Learning PHP 5 & PHP Cookbook 2nd edition. Both O'Reilly books :o Learning PHP 5 was actually a really enjoyable read until I got into the meat of the book where the code examples just didn't work. I did fix quite a …
    Comment by acialk April 2009 permalink
  • jquery and google maps

    Well, I'll be damned. Thanks, that's a little easier.
    Comment by acialk February 2009 permalink
  • Safari 4 Beta is out!

    It's very nice indeed. Noticeably quicker on heavy sites like digg.com. I love what the guys over at webkit are doing. I have no doubt Firefox will come back with a counter hook. IE is down for the count though. Fingers crossed they won't…
    Comment by acialk February 2009 permalink
  • Multi-Langage website

    That's a tough one. If I had to get something up and running by this weekend I personally would probably attempt two wordpress installations and have the spanish version of the site on it's own sub domain es.mywebsite.com. I have no doub…
    Comment by acialk February 2009 permalink
  • how to get workplacement?

    Out of interest how did you go about setting up your own business? And have you had any difficulties doing so? I fear all the hurdles that come with it. Contracts, setting rates, chasing pay, taxes. Mainly all the legal bs which unfortunately is re…
    Comment by acialk February 2009 permalink
  • Noob needs help battling IE

    Whilst developing my current site I managed to make it look different in every browser that I tested it in. IE 6,7,8 & FF. After trawling through my CSS code it was because I should of been using padding instead of margin. That alone fixed the i…
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Sidebar - Using images as links

    Just a quick update, in case someone else has had the same problem. I now reference my files via this function: For example:
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • List styling help - &#187

    If anyone is interested here's the solution I settled for: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listutorial/master.htm I had some problems choosing the right image type. I settled for gif in the end, it had the smallest file size plus I decided not to…
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • List styling help - &#187

    I'm using Wordpress and I'm styling a dynamic footer. The content is generated through PHP so I would need to figure out how to add &#187 right after it spits out the opening list item . I'm using this for the dynamic footer: …
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • MAC or PC

    "Robskiwarrior" said:I use Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ Yea, that's what I use. Since upgrading to Vista I've been unable to get the quick text plugin to work, which was the main feature I used. It just seems …
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • query_posts help

    Problem is resolved now. It was just me being silly. I should of wrapped this instead:
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • MAC or PC

    I don't use a Mac but I've always wanted to try Coda and Textmate. I've seen dozens of screencasts from here, lynda.com etc where the author has used those two applications / editors and I'm in awe of them. There are quite a few …
    Comment by acialk January 2009 permalink
  • How do I FIND & style certain Wordpress sections

    Check out Chris' 3 part Wordpress video series. You'll probably find most of your answers in there.
    Comment by acialk December 2008 permalink
  • Wordpress Sidebar - Using images as links

    The only sub directory is the images folder. Everything else like sidebar.php and my style sheet reside in the same directory. The following CSS works fine: background: url('images/logo.jpg') That's why I don't understand why …
    Comment by acialk December 2008 permalink
  • Wordpress Sidebar - Using images as links

    I tried what you said and it worked. http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/t ... /logob.png How come the shortened version doesn't work like it does with CSS? I'm confused :o Anyhow, that'll do for now. Cheers.
    Comment by acialk December 2008 permalink