Website Designers and Webmasters

WordPress Plugin Settings: Contact Form 7

Ashton Sanders — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:59:56 +0000

I’ve used Contact Form 7 on a number of websites. I dislike the default settings for the contact form because I like to realize when emails I get are from my website. (Also email providers like to see that the from address is actually from the same server where that domain is.) These settings also [...]

Websites in a Flash CSS Reset

Ashton Sanders — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:57:10 +0000

As one does more and more work with CSS, you start to create a CSS Reset that work well for you and your workflow. There is some important code that I always recommend having on any website, so it’s more of “CSS Starter Code” that a “CSS Reset” /* ~-~-~~-~ CSS Starter Code -~-~-~-~ *\ [...]

PHP Mail Fail on Windows IIS Server

Ashton Sanders — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:08:38 +0000

Over the years I’ve transferred a number (too many) PHP websites to Windows servers running PHP (or have had to install PHP apps on a windows server, etc.). One of the biggest problems I always run into when using PHP on a Windows IIS Server is that the PHP Mail Function doesn’t work. The solution [...]

CenturyLink Support Still Sucks

Ashton Sanders — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:26:36 +0000

It has been years since I have called CenturyLink (used to be CenturyTel), and their support still sucks. Either that or I must have the worst luck. I’ve been paying for 6 MB/s for 4 years, but have only been getting 3 MB/s because I’m in a small town. Recently it’s dropped to 1.5MB/s. I [...]

My New Blue LED Case Fan

Ashton Sanders — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:01:53 +0000

Well, this will be short and sweet because it’s almost completely pictures. I just got and installed my first LED case fan. I’ve never liked lights in my computer, but it’s slowly wearing off. I have a fan vent on the top of my computer, so thought it would be an awesome place to put [...]

Development Temporary Image Placeholder

Ashton Sanders — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:38:16 +0000

I found this great website that helps you instantly create temporary image placeholders for your development websites. Here’s the default example of the temporary image: I create this image by making the image source (src=) “http://dummyimage.com/480×108″. The website automatically creates the temporary image with the number. Just looking at their home page, I found that [...]

Firefox Adding and Removing Scrollbar (CSS Fix)

Ashton Sanders — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:56:47 +0000

In Firefox, if the webpage you are viewing is not taller than your screen (and doesn’t need a scrollbar), Firefox will completely remove the scroll bar from your screen. This adds 20px of more space to your view space. Unfortunately, if your website is centered, this will actually move your webpage 10px to the left [...]

WordPress: Redirect Blog to First Post

Ashton Sanders — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:06:18 +0000

I just created a simple WordPress installation. It was only going to be short pages and a simple shopping cart, but at the last minute, they decided to add a blog. Since the area for text was so small, we decided to only have one post for every page. As it would only act as [...]

Free FLV Editor – Not Trial Software!

Ashton Sanders — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:48 +0000

I have looked through the interwebs for many an FLV video editor. There are many to select from on CNET and for any search on Google. I have downloaded and tried many of these. Even with them being trial software, I was not impressed. In a sentence, I’ve had horrible luck trying to find a [...]

SQL – Delete Similar or Identical Records

Ashton Sanders — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:05:59 +0000

Deleting similar or identical records in SQL is a lifesaver. I found Brian Cryer’s “SQL How To…” about deleting similar or identical records in SQL. It’s got a lot of information, including the code for MS-Access SQL. Here’s a quick explanation of what the following code does: It searches MyTable for and deletes all rows [...]