Archive for March, 2009

BounceBox Update, Version 1.1 March 21st, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I was using an implementation of my BounceBox mootools javascript class on a site I am working on at the moment, and made a couple of additions to the Class that I hope other will enjoy.
The new version1.1 demo can be viewed at http://bouncebox.lendrum.co.nz/ and the change log with a new version 1.1 demo [...]

Hack Safari to open links in new tabs, not new windows March 11th, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

Safari (by default) will open certain links (e.g. target=”_blank”) in a new browser window instead of a new tab even if you have your preferences set no too. Fortunately, there is a hidden preference you can set to force Safari to behave.
If you run this command in Terminal /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

to disable [...]

New Version of 'MiniShowCase Administration' coming – any enhancement requests March 9th, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I am working on adding some features to the MiniShowCase Administration, like better user management, better image scaling options and better description management.
If anyone has any ideas or enhancement requests, please post a comment below, or to be notified via email when the next version is released, send me an email [...]

Alternating row styles with Javascript March 5th, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I am writing a list that outputs a large amount of data in a vertical structure, with many rows the list gets hard to tell which entry is which.
Now, normally I would do this via PHP, something like

< ?php $messages = SQL(‘QUERY TO GET MY MESSAGES’); ?>
< ?php $style [...]

removing .SVN directories recursively March 4th, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I have been working a lot lately using SubVersion ’s to maintain all the projects that I and some times others are all working on.
A firm that I contract to has recently set up a SVN Server on a dedicated machine with ActiveCollab and Versions to manage our projects. This means that we have versions [...]