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Work-arounds for 9 MSIE bugs…

netsi — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:29 +0000

If you implement layout on the web, chances are that you have to make som MSIE work-arounds from time to time. The page “9 Most Common IE Bugs and How to Fix Them” is a great resource for avoiding such bugs to mess up your layout.

Here is an example from the website:

The output you’d expect:

But what IE actually gives you:

This is mainly due to IE6 in quirks mode and below not recognizing the auto value we set to the margin property. Fortunately, this is easily fixed.

Snippets: Dynamicweb snippets

netsi — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:21:23 +0000

If your are working a lot with the Dynamicweb CMS system you will find these snippets very handy! I have allready been published a very useful “eval window” snippet, where you can see a description about how to “install” it in your browser. Below are five other snippets targeted for users of Dynamicweb CMS.

I have choosen to set the snippet in as a link on each word, so what you need to do to get the actual code is to right click and choose “Copy destination”. On your clipboard the snippet will be then to use as I wrote in the article “eval window“.

Here goes:

Log off – Use this to logoff a an extranet user
Admin – Open the ADMIN (backend) of the current Dynamicweb CMS site
Empty cart – Well… Empty the shopping cart
Save Template XML – Will add “savetemplateXML=true” to the current page, which will make Dynamicweb CMS save the XML in the respective template folders
GetImage – Will open the “Get Image” URL generator of your Dynamicweb CMS – very usefull!

Oh, and You ofcause can right click the link (snippet) and choose “Add to favourites…”

Snippet: eval window

netsi — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:47 +0000

Here is a very usefull javascript snippet which you can put in a link in your (MSIE) browser. It opens a new window from where you can execute javascript in the context of the parent window. Very usefull! Here is the snippet code:

javascript:void(eval("var s = '';s+=' ';window.w = window.open('','','width=700,height=210');window['w'].document.write(s);window['w'].document.title='Debug window'"))

To add this snippet to your browser follow these steps:

Copy the code above to the clipboard
Add this page to your bookmarks – in the link area.
Edit the bookmark, replacing the URL with the copied code on the clipboard
Save, while accepting any warnings about protocol

Using it is simple. When you are on a website you simply – press the link just created, and you get a new window in which you may execute javascript. The script will run in the context of the original window so you may explore the DOM and any other relevant information.

Weblogging directly from your browser

netsi — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:36:55 +0000

Hytex – Velkommen

Okay, we are really getting there! Can it be easier? With a few settings put correct I now has the option to BLOG directly to my WordPress BLOG simply by pressing the “Blog it” button in Internet Explorer 7.0! Nice, really nice!

Before the content will be on my blog, I get the chance to write extra information and enrich it. Below is a test – this has been submittet directly from internet explorer…

- In case you wonder where the image and the link to “Hytex” is from – it is the site of a friend of mine.