IE bug in window.open
by admin on Mar.02, 2010, under Javascript, Tips & Tricks
If you use window.open function, then you don’t want to use spaces in the name, cause else IE (doesnt matter which version) won’t execute it.
Moz/Firefox will pop open a new window, but IE6 will throw an “Invalid Argument” error. IE7 and 8 don’t want to execute this either. Why?
The second argument to window.open is the name of the window. In IE, this cannot contain any spaces or special characters. Some people mistakenly think this argument is for the title of the window. So they put in something human-readable (like “Example Window”), thus the error.
This won’t work:
window.open(“example.html”,”Example Window”,”scrollbars=no”);This will work:
window.open(“example.html”,”ExampleWindow”,”scrollbars=no”);
How to empty your browser cache
by admin on Feb.19, 2010, under Tips & Tricks
Internet Explorer 8
- Once your browser is open, press ALT on keyboard, click the Tools menu.
- Click on Delete Browsing History
- Select “Temporary Internet Options
- Make sure the General tab is selected
- Click Delete Files in the Temporary Internet Files section and click OK
- If you want the browser to automatically clear the cache whenever you close it, click the Advanced tab. Click to check the box next to the “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed” option (in the section labeled “Security”). Click OK. This will delete everything except cookies
Firefox 3.5
- After the browser opens, click on “Tools”.
- Now click on Clear Recent History. Alternatively, you can access this menu directly by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
- Now, beside “Time range to clear”, click “Everything”.
- Click on Details and select only Cache.
- Select Clear Now.
Google Chrome
- Once your browser is open, select the tools menu. (the spanner(UK) / wrench(US) in the upper-right corner).
- Select Clear Browsing data
- Select the Empty the cache checkbox.
- If you do not wish to delete cookies, etc., remove checks from them in the list.
- Select the period of time for which you wish to delete cached information using the Clear data from this period: dropdown menu. (If in doubt select Everything)
- Click the Clear Browsing Data button.
Opera
- Once your browser is open, select the tools menu and click delete private data.
- Click the details button.
- If you do not wish to delete cookies, saved passwords, etc., remove checks from them in the list.
- Press delete
Safari
- Once your browser is open, click the Safari menu and select Empty Cache
- Confirm the action by clicking Empty in the pop-up window
Go for more details to this site. Click here if you want to view a similar website in Dutch.
Internet Explorer 8
Editing host file location file
by admin on Feb.08, 2010, under Tips & Tricks
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
Open the file hosts, and add these lines: <IP ADDRESS> <SITE URL>
74.125.77.99 google.nl
74.125.77.99 www.google.nl
Does thumb.db also annoys you? Disable it now!
by admin on Jan.29, 2010, under Tips & Tricks
At work I use NetBeans IDE a lot, and every time I open my images folder it also makes a thumb.db file. After a search on my best friend Google, I found a solution to disable thumb.db.
How to get rid of the thumb.db file:
Windows XP:
- In Explorer, go to Tools -> Folder Options or open the Folder Options icon in the Control Panel.
- Choose the View tab, and turn off the Do not cache thumbnails option.
- Click Ok.
These steps should be quite similar for Windows Vista. I’ll try them out later.
Sending email from localhost (wamp)
by admin on Jan.19, 2010, under PHP
This bothered me for a while, so I did some research on the internet.
You have to change the following to get it working:
- Open the “php.ini“. You should know where it is located because it depends upon the particular server you’re running.
- Search for the attribute called “SMTP” in the php.ini file. Generally you can find the line “SMTP=localhost“. Change the localhost to the smtp server name of your ISP. And, there is another attribute called “smtp_port” which should be set to 25. I’ve set the following values in my php.ini file. If you don’t know what your SMTP is, then I suggest you to contact your internet provider.
SMTP = smtp.wlink.com.np
smtp_port = 25 - Restart the apache server so that PHP modules and attributes will be reloaded.
- You are able to send mail now if you use something similar to PHPmailer/Swiftmailer. If not, then you might want to take a look over here.
Google Maps API v3: customizing controls
by admin on Jan.13, 2010, under Google Maps
A couple of weeks ago I had to create a Google Map, and they wanted it to fit to their website. I found out that a new version of Google Maps (v3) had been released, and decided to use Google Maps v3. After a while I noticed that there are still limited options in this new version.
Customizing controls
For example, I wanted to customize the control buttons, but it was really hard to find some information about it, since Google Maps still doesn’t support this. After a long search I finally found a script in which you are able customize the controls (from this site). You can see the customized Google Map here.
Some usefull links
- Google Maps API v3
- Tutorials – many tutorials, most of them are for v3.
- The basics – this one could be usefull if you’re new to v3.
- Geocoding - convert street addresses to coordinates.
Delicious.com: save your bookmarks online!
by admin on Dec.02, 2009, under Other
Delicious.com is an amazing website! With Delicious you can manage your bookmarks online. So it doesn’t matter where you are, you can always access your bookmarks.
Dreamweaver CS3 Crashes While Working with a File
by admin on Dec.02, 2009, under Uncategorized
If Dreamweaver CS3 crashes when you try to open a file, or when you’re working on a file, you might take a look at the link below. The solution is to delete the winfilecache.+\.dat file.
Windows Xp:
[drive]:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
Windows Vista:
[drive]:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
or accessible via windows explorer in
Desktop\[username]\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
Fireworks vs Photoshop Compression
by admin on Nov.26, 2009, under Photoshop
“Surprisingly enough, based on the findings from my recent survey there are quite a bit of Fireworks users. Personally, I never used Fireworks. Photoshop is alway my first choice for designing—from image editing to designing mock-ups. But, did you know that Fireworks is way better than Photoshop in term of image compression? I’m not a software engineer, I can’t explain why Fireworks can compress better. But I can prove it to you by showing a series of experiments I did.”
In short: Fireworks compression is better than Photoshops compression. read more
Targeting IE 5.x, 6 and 7 Separately
by admin on Nov.24, 2009, under CSS
Very usefull site for targetting IE5, 6 and 7 seperately: http://www.ejeliot.com/blog/63
