Tips, Tricks and Information for the Modern Technologist

Category: Webdesign


Using Google Analytics Or Other Javascript With Smarty Template Engine

Posted 19th October in Code Samples, JavaScript, Webdesign. No Comments

On a website I was working on recently I added the Google Analytics tracking code to the footer of a Smarty template, like this: footer.tpl: 1234567891011121314151617<script type="text/javascript">   var _gaq = _gaq || [];   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-XX']);   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);   (function() {     var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true;   [...]



Installatron WordPress Upgrade Disables Plugins

I just found a quick tip on the Installatron forums. By default Installatron disables all WordPress plugins when doing an upgrade. This is due to the WordPress best practices for upgrading the version of their system. When you have a lot of WordPress installs to go through this is a big pain because it usually [...]


.htaccess stupid tips and tricks

Posted 11th September in Code Samples, Configurations, PHP, Security, System Administration, Webdesign. Comments Off

Found an encyclopedic list of “stupid” .htaccess tricks. Includes many useful ones such as being able to stop hotlinking of images and replacing with your own, increasing speed and security and general good-to-know htaccess information. Stupid htaccess tricks


Meebo loves iPhone – what about Windows Mobile?

Posted 17th August in Cell Phones, Other Technology, Webdesign, Windows Mobile. Comments Off

Meebo, which I have recently been turned on to, yesterday released an iPhone client which is basically a web interface to their chat website (which integrates AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, gtalk, and more). It looks great, take a peek: That is great that they are developing this and I applaud them for their efforts of releasing [...]


Twitter mini small icon 16 x 16

Posted 28th July in Webdesign, Windows Mobile. 6 Comments

I’ve joined the Twitter world. My Twitter Profile. I’ve created a small 16 x 16 mini Twitter icon. Feel free to steal it! I resized the icon from deanjrobinson. Let me know if anyone knows of a Windows Mobile application for Twitter that includes a today screen plugin, that makes it easy to post to [...]


Joomla! 1.0.12 Double Pathway Bug

Posted 27th June in Code Samples, Joomla, PHP, Webdesign. 5 Comments

Joomla! 1.0.12 appears to have a pathway bug. If you use a component other than com_frontpage for the “Home page” of Joomla – meaning the first link in mainmenu and the page that appears when you load the root of the Joomla! site – then when you click on an article you get a “Double [...]


Comprehensive List of Names by Theme

Posted 16th May in System Administration, Webdesign. Comments Off

I happened upon a great site for a list of names. The list is meant to be used to get pet names, however I happened across this when I was looking for a list of themed names for servers. It includes both self-hosted pages and also links to other lists of names. List of names [...]