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Forcing Flowplayer videos in an overlay to stop when they are closed

Mike Badgley — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:58:12 +0000

This is an issue that primarily affects Internet Explorer – as far up as IE9 and has to do with the way videos (powered by Flowplayer) are handled within an overlay ‘window’. All other browsers are smart enough to disabled (…)

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Blindly using CSS resets

Mike Badgley — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:16:01 +0000

CSS resets are great and make life a whole lot easier as it allows front-end developers to start on a ‘clean slate’ across all browsers with all the available HTML elements. However, that does not mean that they have a (…)

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Working on remote pages using wget

Mike Badgley — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:06:27 +0000

Updating and fixing layout issues on sites that are hidden from the public can be a tricky process – especially when you’re unable to replicate the problem with your (normally out-of-date) version of the site. Solutions such as saving the (…)

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A manageable method for creating CSS image sprites

Mike Badgley — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:08:42 +0000

The technique for creating and using CSS image sprites has been around for quite some time now. However, they don’t seem to be used near enough, despite the performance bonuses they can deliver. Perhaps it is due to the fact (…)

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Inline-Block whitespace workaround

Mike Badgley — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:13:01 +0000

In response to an article written yesterday (April 26th, 2010) about the inline-block display property on Impressive Webs, there was some debate on unwanted whitespace that appears to the right of elements that are styled with this property. If you (…)

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Quick tip: Disabling inline JavaScript within Sitefinity “edit” mode

Mike Badgley — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:12:04 +0000

This is a handy little workaround I found for a small issue I was having within the CMS of Sitefinity. Pages that have some form of custom JavaScript functionality can sometimes play havoc with Sitefinity when in “edit” mode. For (…)

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Quick tip: Overriding the CSS in Telerik controls

Mike Badgley — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:16:27 +0000

Thought I’d pass this along – nothing to earth shattering, but it should save you some headaches! When attempting to modify the layout and styling for most Telerik controls, you’re better off disabling the embedded styles that come with it, (…)

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Using a unitless line-height to enhance your typography

Mike Badgley — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:52:45 +0000

I came across a fairly old article on Web typography (by Eric Meyer) this morning that I found pretty interesting and thought I would share some of my feelings on the subject matter. Up to this point I’ve been doing (…)

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Quick fix for “Simple Feed List” WordPress plugin

Mike Badgley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:44:48 +0000

I came across a bug today with a RSS feed plugin we use for one of our WordPress-powered client sites. The bug is with Simple Feed List (v 1.4, by David Artiss), and occurs when the feed link supplied is (…)

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Adding a user agreement JavaScript plugin to IdeaJam

Mike Badgley — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:32:06 +0000

The following is an overview of implementing a simple “terms and agreement” JavaScript plugin to your existing IdeaJam Web site. First, you need to create the necessary language strings in each of the languages that your IdeaJam installation is using. (…)

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