14.06.2006 web tech tips 1 Comment

Dreamweaver and Subversion

I recently started using Tortoise SVN (Subversion) to get a handle on version control in a multi-programmer project. Subversion is a Good Thing—you know, subvert the dominant paradigm, just like we learned in college.
However, I was having trouble getting Subversion and Dreamweaver to play nice. You see, Subversion places a “.svn” directory inside each of [...]

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03.06.2006 web tech tips 1 Comment

Fix yellow form fields in Firefox

If a visitor to your website has downloaded the Google Toolbar and uses Firefox to view your site, form fields with common names (First Name, Email, etc) will display in yellow. To circumvent this design snafu, place the following in your CSS:

input[type="text"] /* To keep form fields consistent */
{
background: #FFF !important;
}

This doesn’t impact the functionality [...]

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19.01.2006 web tech tips No Comments

CSS layout generator

Inknoise offers a great timesaver: a CSS layout generator that allows you to define how many columns the page should have, pixel widths, background colors, etc. Defining all this CSS code by hand is a pain, and Dreamweaver doesn’t help much, so these templates are quite handy.

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