Category Archives: Geeky

Tutorial: Using FCKEditor FileManager in the new CKEditor

Posted by on May 18, 2012 No comments

Recently I decided to upgrade a clients administration panel from the old FCKEditor to the new CKEditor – however after installation I realised the FileManager was missing… So I started trawling the internet looking for an alternative. I came across …

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Why trust your PC after a virus!

Posted by on May 16, 2012 1 comment

I see this time and time again – someone gets a virus on their PC, calls their “techie” friend who immediately goes “oh yeah – I can remove this…”. The “techie” removes some start-up program entries that run the offending …

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JavaScript: Basic, Multi-Dimensional & Associative Arrays

Posted by on May 10, 2012 No comments

Arrays are an amazingly useful variable in all programming languages, they allow you to store vast amounts of organised data in just one reference. This helps not only on software memory usage and speed – But also on program complexity …

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PHP: Only variable references should be returned by reference

Posted by on May 4, 2012 No comments

Pulling your hair out over this Notice message? Well here is an explanation for why you are getting this and how you can avoid it. Take a look at the following code: <?php class myClass { public $var = 1; …

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Ampersand Design (designampersand.com)

Posted by on April 30, 2012 2 comments

http://www.designampersand.com/ A guy named James Shirley, is A very nice guy at first, but then he uses your skills and time and then decides not to pay you what you have both agreed. yup… This is what has happened to …

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National "cc all your e-mails to Theresa May" Day

Posted by on April 27, 2012 No comments

Normally I would not support such an activity as this, as it is obviously going to cause some serious downtime, but because it’s the government and also because I completely agree with the reasons behind doing it! I will make …

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Using Google Analytics on AJAX Requests

Posted by on April 23, 2012 No comments

Google Analytics is a great way to track the visitors on your websites, however what if you are using AJAX for website navigation? Fortunately Google have everything under control, you can easily tell Analytics that the user is loading another …

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AJAX loaded content not visible in IE7 + IE8 with jQuery

Posted by on April 23, 2012 No comments

Recently I have had a nightmare of a problem with an apparent rendering bug in IE7 + IE8 which had all the hallmarks of the “peakaboo bug”. Firstly, here is a quick explanation of my problem: AJAX fetches content into …

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Theme Hospital Fan Site

Posted by on April 16, 2012 No comments

Just a few days ago I setup a new site for Theme Hospital fans. As a long time lover of Theme Hospital, I have always been uneasy with the rapid decline in support for the software… Just 6 months ago …

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Visual Editor/TinyMCE not working in WordPress

Posted by on April 10, 2012 No comments

If, like me, you find that the WordPress visual editor (TinyMCE editor) has stopped working randomly (or in my case when moving your WordPress site to another server) then you may be lost as to how to fix the problem! …

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