I recently tripped on a need to change the Useragent string for IE11 because of an older DotNet control that I was using and was no longer in development. Again this is not my solution, but it worked for me…
Category: Developement
IE11 Thinking it is a Cookieless Browser
Recently I had an issue where IE11 did not want to track cookies turning IE11 into a Cookieless Browser. I learned quickly this is the default behaviour of the browser unless you uncheck a no-tracking option during its setup. You…
Example of Smooth Scrolling
For one of my projects I came up with a simple jQuery example to create a smooth scrolling effect. The nuts and bolts of the script is the following.
How to use SQL to Extract a Number from a String
Recently I had a need to extract the number from a string in the database. The string would be something like ‘Monitor 16″‘ or “16 inch Monitor”. I would need to get the size for various reasons including fees…
MaxMind GEOIP Look-up for Microsoft SQL
Recently I implemented a GEOIP solution on a client site; however, the site was built on a Microsoft SQL database engine and I could not find a solution for looking up the country name easily. Through some quick Google searches…
Posting Data From HTML to ASPX
Recently I had a need to have a web site post credentials to another web site. The first site was standard HTML and the second site was DotNet (ASP.NET). In this example, we will be passing a user name and…
HTML Centering DIV Tag ( DIV Element )
The easiest way without JavaScript to center a DIV tag is to use a style tag or css that resembles the following. style=’padding:5px;width: 400px;height:200px; margin-top:-100px; margin-left:-200px; left:50%;top:50%; border:outset 1px #ccff99; background-color:#ccff99;position:absolute;font-weight:normal;’ Sample Image
Making Your Web Page Accessible
It seems like a lot of work to make your web page accessible for people with sight impairment, and the audience seems small, but it is worth it. There are a couple of things that web developers often miss when…
