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  • Static Site Generators

    @hotpink Thanks, I'll take a look at Middleman. Have you used it? How does it compare to Jekyll?
    Comment by nosecreek May 4 permalink
  • Country Detection

    Looks like I found my solution here: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite They have a simple PHP api and a downloadable database of ip addresses for every city/country. Now to see if this helps cut down the spam, or if they are all hiding behind pr…
    Comment by nosecreek April 22 permalink
  • Country Detection

    Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately, google analytics tells me that they have their language set as english.
    Comment by nosecreek April 22 permalink
  • Search for Dangerous File Permissions

    I don't seem to have SSH access which could be a problem. Is there any other way to accomplish this (in ftp for example)?
    Comment by nosecreek January 2011 permalink
  • 301 Redirect Problem

    Thanks for that, the explanation was especially helpful. The code you gave me didn't quite work (I think because it also made page-1.php redirect to index.php, which gave a 404 error) but I was able to solve the problem by deleting the .php fi…
    Comment by nosecreek January 2011 permalink
  • 301 Redirect Problem

    While that solution would work I'd rather not go that route if possible... My mod_rewrite rules look like this: # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %…
    Comment by nosecreek January 2011 permalink
  • New CSS-Tricks

    My screen is 1024 x 768. Horizontal scrolling is required to see the whole site. Dislike.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2010 permalink
  • [Solved] Activating Plugin Makes Admin Screen Go Blank (Wordpress)

    Problem solved... here is what happened in case anyone wants to know for reference: PHP was running out of memory, so I increased its memory to 64MB (was 32 before) in wp-config
    Comment by nosecreek September 2010 permalink
  • Editing Live Wordpress Site

    Actually, I hadn't thought of that. I have tried making changes locally on my own machine and then moving changes over on other sites but I run into problems with databases and file locations (there seem to be a lot of absolute vs relative lin…
    Comment by nosecreek September 2010 permalink
  • Poll: Your Linux Use

    I use Ubuntu for all my website design. Of course, I know more of the technical side than the visual, so its not a huge deal for me to use the GIMP instead of Photoshop. You joke about IE being the missing 'favourite' app. It's cer…
    Comment by nosecreek May 2010 permalink
  • Google font directory

    I believe the issue is that XP does not have ClearType enabled by default. If it has been enabled the fonts look fine. Certainly I have tried viewing pages with font-face from my own copy of XP and had terrible results similar to the above screens…
    Comment by nosecreek May 2010 permalink
  • IE6, 100% Width & Centering

    Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am applying this to block elements (div, h1, etc). If width: 100%; is not set that it has no effect since the element is only as wide as the text itself.
    Comment by nosecreek April 2010 permalink
  • Selling Video On Demand Online

    Cool, thanks. That looks like it does everything I need it to do. The only problem is that I'm not using WP for the site so I'm not sure that is the best option. Does anyone have suggestions that don't rely on WordPress? Or would …
    Comment by nosecreek April 2010 permalink
  • Music Studio Wordpress Theme

    Hahaha. It appears that I am directionally challenged. It was indeed the RIGHT column that was giving me issues. I still think it would be better to have the whole page scroll, but this is certainly much better.
    Comment by nosecreek April 2010 permalink
  • Music Studio Wordpress Theme

    I like the the design, but I'm not sold on the fixed positioning. I can't see the entire left column and if I scroll down it just scrolls the text in the center column. So there is no way to see the rest of the sidebar.
    Comment by nosecreek March 2010 permalink
  • Website Suggestions/Feedback

    Looks pretty good IMO. Work on the spacing on the right sidebar. Especially for the twitter/facebook buttons.
    Comment by nosecreek March 2010 permalink
  • Domain Name affiliate program?

    I use netfirms. Only $2/referral, but better than nothing :) http://www.netfirms.com/affiliates/
    Comment by nosecreek February 2010 permalink
  • image optimization

    If you are using png images pngcrush can help optimize images for web use. See this blog article: http://www.geenat.com/?p=233
    Comment by nosecreek January 2010 permalink
  • CSS3

    If you click "More Options" in the validator you can manually set the profile to CSS level 3 to make sure your CSS3 is valid.
    Comment by nosecreek January 2010 permalink
  • Site Feedback

    Running FF 3 on Ubuntu... The Contact Us spills down to the next line. Its not a problem if I make my window wider. I think you just need a slightly larger min-width.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Navigation bar looks different in Internet Explorer.

    Okay, the issue is this: In order to go to the proper height the display needs to be set to block. The problem is that by doing this it is just creating another problem. Since block elements have line breaks before and after them they will each go…
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Navigation bar looks different in Internet Explorer.

    Hmm, that is strange. Without any height declaration I can see why I might only make the element as high as the text, but with it I'm not sure why it would still be too small. What happens if you declare "line-height: 50px;" for the…
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Alternative

    Thanks for the help Ashton. I've got it nicely integrated with my site's design now.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Very true, very true...

    lol. That gave me a good chuckle. Unfortunately it is so very true.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Navigation bar looks different in Internet Explorer.

    Setting display: block should make them go on new lines, so I don't think that solution will work. Perhaps I'm just missing it, but I don't see anywhere where you define a height for your navigation bar and each of the items in it. …
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • How can I make a form the same in IE as FF?

    Ah, okay. Did not realize. Try taking out the between the inputs. They should display as block elements by default, so they shouldn't be necessary and may be causing the extra space in IE.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • How can I make a form the same in IE as FF?

    I would start by adding "margin: 0;" to your input's css, or maybe even using: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } as a reset at the top of your stylesheet.
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Site Mock-Up

    Thanks for the tips. Greg, I'm looking at implementing a few of your suggestions, but I'm not really sure what to do about fonts. Is there anything you would recommend? Edit: I have update the picture to my most recent version. Any tho…
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Alternative

    Hmmm, perhaps I misunderstand how WP templates work then. I downloaded some of the simplest templates I could find and was working on them. I was able to edit them to get close to looking like the rest of my site, but they seemed to be very comple…
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink
  • Wordpress Alternative

    Ok, I decided I am willing to upgrade my hosting to use Wordpress, but I'm still not convinced it is the best solution. Ideally I would like something that I could just pop into my existing website. Something that would look kind of like this…
    Comment by nosecreek December 2009 permalink