Notes to self

Make MAMP Pro show directory on localhost

Problem: I kept getting “You don’t have permission to access / on this server.”

Solution: In MAMP Pro go to Hosts > Advanced and check “Indexes”. Restart server.

IE:hover problem solution

For some reason when you hover over a transparent background in IE, it considers the mouse to not be in the dom object (or in this case, the span) anymore, but instead in the element below it and calls the mouse out event.

» Sneak: Fixing the background 'bleed'

I recently came up against an issue in Safari where the background colour of an element seemed to ‘bleed’ through the edge of the corners when applying both borders and a border-radius (see the image above). After seeing David Cole tweet about the same issue I resolved to find a solution,…

» Wordpress. Template pages not showing in dropdown list

One fix to this dropdown problem - it works for me - in either pages and authors name in write panel is to “jog” the system by changing your custom theme to default theme and FTP upload the page templates you made in original theme to default theme folder.

Go to Pags > Add New and check if dropdown for page template is there. If you see it there, then system’s been “jogged”. Change theme back to your custom theme and in all probability the page template dropdown is there.

If not, go change theme to classic theme and FTP upload your page templates there and check for the dropdown in Pages > Add New. Again, if you see it then change theme back to custom theme.

“ Always put in left: 0 and top: 0 when using positioning. It will save you from many IE-related headaches.

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» How to get into MODx when your blocked or lost your password. « Web by Booth

» jQuery execution after image load

If you need to run JavaScript that’s based on some attribute of a loaded image (e.g. height or width), use a callback with$(window).load() instead of $(document).ready().

So you need a typeface (via i.imgur.com)

» GoDaddy - Password Protecting a Directory in Your Shared Hosting Account

Because directly editing .htaccess and .htpasswd files on GoDaddy is a pain.

» Child and Sibling Selectors

Well visualised ul > li, p + p, and p ~ p.