Joomla 1.5 get blank screen when editing articles
I had a client contact me saying that their Joomla (1.5) admin worked fine until they tried to edit an article and then got a blank white screen. What was strange was that the live website was working...
View ArticleShould we be using CodeIgniter?
For me as a freelancer I would answer the question ‘Should we be using CodeIgniter?‘ and say ‘its dependent on the individual project at hand‘ or when I walk into a studio ‘it depends on whats already...
View ArticleCall CodeIgniter MySQL query inside a helper file
This is a short snippet of php code if you want to use a CodeIgniter database query inside a helper file/function which is based in the following folder ‘application/helpers/‘. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
View ArticleFix html table width with CSS
Sometimes when outputting data in a table based layout you may find the size and width differ depending on the content, so to fix the tables and all the inner columns width use the below CSS. I had...
View ArticlejQuery datepicker disable dates
Here is a nifty little script for disabling dates, if you are using the jQuery datepicker. One thing to remember all the days and months must be a single digit so the 1st of February 2012 should be...
View ArticleDeus Ex 1 updated graphics in 2012
(This is not such much a game review but more an update). I have always wanted to play the original and still the best Deus Ex 1 on my Apple Mac natively (after apple ditched Mac OS 9 Classic support …...
View ArticleChange the order confirm email template opencart
I recently had to edit the order confirmation email template (HTML) that is used in opencart. So just incase you need to know where it’s found, here you go…...
View ArticleRemove WordPress generator meta tag
If you are wanting to hide the meta WordPress generator tag from your pages, which looks something like below. <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.5.1" /> Then simply add this code to...
View ArticleImport CSV into WP-eshop Magento error
I recently updated some CSV files in Excel (on my mac) then tried to import the CSV files into WordPress eshop, but I kept getting back error messages. Plus I also had the same issue with a different...
View ArticleAdding a custom function in WordPress
You may want to add your own custom functions to your WordPress theme files. The following example is a very simple echo ‘hello world!’, but if you are using the built in WordPress functions it can be...
View ArticlejQuery Can’t find variable: $ error on iPad FIX
I had been testing a website on an iPad and started getting the error message: Can’t find variable: $ This was strange since I had tested the website on all the popular browsers (Internet Explorer,...
View ArticleAdd Twitter Feed App to WordPress
Due to Twitter stopping their RSS feed I had to go down the Twitter API route. So here is how to set up a Twitter App and output the JSON feed into WordPress using the plugin oAuth Twitter Feed for …...
View ArticleShow hidden files on Apple Mac
Sometimes is handy to view those hidden files on your mac. The files that usually start with a ‘.’ such as ‘.example_file_name’. This has to be done using the Terminal app found in: Applications ->...
View ArticleAdd widget to header in WordPress
You may want to add a widget to your WordPress theme header but have noticed that it doesn’t appear in admin (Appearance->Widgets). Luckily it’s possible with the following PHP code which makes it...
View ArticleWhat is responsive CSS
The use of Responsive CSS has become more popular over the last few years due to the demand and popularity of mobile devices. It allows you to design a website which will change scale and layout...
View ArticleHide google analytics on preview posts/pages
In WordPress you may have added (by hand) your google analytics to the footer.php file. But this brings a problem that you may not have noticed. While previewing a post/page your are still telling...
View ArticleOrder posts alphabetically in WordPress
By default WordPress orders your posts by the edit/added date. But what happens if you want them to be ordered Alphabetically. Open the following files: 1. tag.php 2. category.php 3. search.php And...
View ArticleHide posts/pages from search results
If you want to hide certain pages or posts from the WordPress search results. Then you need to edit the functions.php file. At first open the file and add this function. In the array you need to add...
View ArticleReplace WordPress@ as sender on emails
You will notice that when you activate the register/login option in WordPress that all the emails that it generates, such as Forgotten Password, Register have the following email address...
View ArticleRemove the ‘Private:’ title for private posts
If you are creating private pages or posts for certain members to view, you will notice by default WordPress adds ‘Private:‘ to the title. So the title ‘Secret Page/Post‘ will actually be ‘Private:...
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