I recently set up a PHP file that generates an XML-formatted sitemap for a dynamic site and set up a cron job to update the sitemap from time-to-time. I didn’t see any reason to allow outside access to executing the script, so I looked into using .htaccess to restrict access to the script. It turns […]
Category: Web Development
Tweaking the inline style of an element in Firebug
One thing that I always like about Chrome’s Web Inspector over Firebug in Firefox is that in Chrome, there is an easy way to tweak the CSS of an individual element by editing its inline style. It is always available right at the top of the CSS editing tools in Chrome and I always […]
Coda 2 – Searching multiple files
I have seen a few people post in the Coda Users discussion group and had a friend of mine recently mention that they did not know how to search multiple files in Coda 2. Here is how to do it. You can either use the keyboard shortcut for Find in Files, Shift-Command-F, or select the […]
Right aligning an image with a caption for Outlook HTML email
If you ever wanted a nostalgic trip back to the early days of web development, I recommend coding an HTML email. Nothing brings back the memories of table-based layout like creating an email. Before it was Netscape 4 that we had to worry about… now, we have the joy of working with Outlook’s Word-based HTML […]
Finding the perfect text editor
I have kind of a reputation for not being able to decide on a text editor. Name it and, if it is on the Mac, I have either tried it or perhaps even own it. The text editors that I own for web development are Sublime Text 2, Coda 2, BBedit 10.5, TextMate, DreamWeaver and […]
TextMate line number glitch
A rather annoying bug that I keep running into with the TextMate 2 alpha is that the highlighted line number in the line number column often doesn’t represent the actual line I am on. Here is an example: It seems pretty re-create-able and, to get it to go away, I can simply scroll with the […]
Simple AppleScript to do lookup in CodeIgniter documentation
Recently, in Coda, I wanted to create a simple way to look up a word directly in the CodeIgniter documentation. While the reference books are nice, there are multiple PHP documentation sources one might want to look up while working. For example, one might want to look up a native PHP function or, if working […]
Installing Composer on Mac OS X Mountain Lion
I recently read about a package management system for PHP on NetTuts called Composer. It looked interesting but I hadn’t had time to play around with it. At work, though, a new project came up that called for using a package from Composer so I needed to figure out how to get it installed and […]
Best error ever?
CodeKit crashed on me last night and when I launched it today… Nice! Makes me glad that it crashed.
Speaking of Sublime Text 2…
Macdrifter has a few posts up about how he uses Sublime Text 2 which contain some great tips and hints. My favorite? Want to edit all occurrences of a word at once? Select the word and hit ctrl-⌘-G. Now start typing. All occurrences of the word will be selected and edited simultaneously. Forget Find-and-Replace, this […]