We all know that the "more" tag in wordpress allows you to place a break in a post in a specified position. But what if you wanted to cycle featured posts on your wordpress blog and you didn't want to add a "more" tag to every post (or have to go back and add a more tag to hundreds of old posts)? There are plugins available to do this but I tried a couple and didn't have … [Read more...] about Wordpress: Limit Text of Post Without Using More Tag
Web Development
Browsershots robots.txt error — “Browsershots was blocked by robots.txt”
Browsershots.org is a fantastic resource for web developers because it allows you to test how a web page will look in many different browsers. One of the most common problems with browsershots.org, however, is the robots.txt error that people often get when using the service: "Browsershots was blocked by yoursite.com/robots.txt" Here's the short version of why you are … [Read more...] about Browsershots robots.txt error — “Browsershots was blocked by robots.txt”
Run IE6 in Vista with Microsoft Virtual Machine and a Windows XP Image
As a web developer I still like to test my sites in Internet Explorer 6. And even though everyone really should upgrade from IE6 for a litany of reasons -- the least of which is security -- IE6 still remains a popular browser. One of the biggest problems for testing in IE6, however, is that it's pretty difficult to run IE6 in Vista (at least without quite a bit of registry … [Read more...] about Run IE6 in Vista with Microsoft Virtual Machine and a Windows XP Image
How to Test Your Website on Multiple Browsers on Multiple Operating Systems to Test Compatibility
As a web developer, one of the most common tasks I have in developing a website is making sure that the sites I design look the same in all major browsers. As it is in my opinion, impossible to test a site on every browser for every operating system, at this point in time I currently test all of my websites on IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox and Opera. Addendum: If you are running … [Read more...] about How to Test Your Website on Multiple Browsers on Multiple Operating Systems to Test Compatibility
Website in IE Shows Last Letter or Word of Text, but is Fine in Firefox
There are many things that will cause a site to display properly in Firefox but not in IE (especially in IE6). One of the surprise reasons that this may happen is due to HTML comments. The problem you get is that while viewing a site with Internet Explorer only, you see the last letter, letters, or words of your text in the wrong place on the page. If you test the site with … [Read more...] about Website in IE Shows Last Letter or Word of Text, but is Fine in Firefox