One of my biggest frustrations with BBEdit is its weak code coloring. Here is an example that I just ran into: At first I thought the issue was the two classes (left-col and archives). But that doesn’t seem to be it. So I thought maybe something else was wrong with the code and I tried… Continue reading BBEdit code coloring
Undo with iOS
I was playing around with creating a post via Safari and WordPress on my iPad 2 the other night. It was… okay… the WordPress toolbar (the admin bar at the top of the screen) kept getting overlaid on top of the text editor which, to say the least, wasn’t ideal. The other big problem that I ran… Continue reading Undo with iOS
From Photoshop to HTML by Jeffrey Way
I recently purchased the book, From Photoshop to HTML from Jeffrey Way online in the hopes of getting some useful tips on building out clean HTML from PSD comps that I receive regularly from designers. I am familiar with Mr. Way’s work at the Nettuts site and have really enjoyed his video tutorials, especially his… Continue reading From Photoshop to HTML by Jeffrey Way
Cut and Paste (sort of) in Mac OS X’s Finder
One thing that I always liked in Windows and missed on the Macintosh was the ability to move files by cutting and pasting them. I think this is a pretty common complaint for Windows users switching to the Mac. I actually bought a product, TotalFinder, in most part, because it offers an easy cut and… Continue reading Cut and Paste (sort of) in Mac OS X’s Finder
Sometimes it is the small changes
In OS X Lion, there is an option to restore windows upon restart. However, I never used it. Yet, every time I went to shut down my Mac, I was prompted to shut down with the option, “Reopen windows when logging back in” pre-checked. And I would uncheck it every night. Now, as of 10.7.4, I noticed… Continue reading Sometimes it is the small changes
Easy way to pass multiple variables to a CodeIgniter validation callback
I was recently working on a custom form validation callback for my CodeIgniter script. By default, one gets the field that you’re validating available in the callback function. For example, if I have the following form validation rule: $this->form_validation->set_rules(‘discountGlobal’, ‘Global Discount’, ‘trim|integer|max_length[1]|xss_clean|prep_for_form|only_one_global_discount[]’); My custom callback is only_one_global_discount. I am not explicitly passing anything through to… Continue reading Easy way to pass multiple variables to a CodeIgniter validation callback
Safari Extensions
One of the things that bothers me about using Safari as a main browser, is that there is no simple way to see if the page you loaded contains a JavaScript error without actually opening the Web Inspector. I would love to have a simple button that would simply alert you to any JavaScript errors… Continue reading Safari Extensions
Debugging Google Analytics
I was recently working with Google Analytics and discovered the Google Analytics Tracking Code Debugger. In the past, one of the biggest frustrations I had was that I would make a change and then have to wait until the next day to see if the changes worked. I guess that the time to see results… Continue reading Debugging Google Analytics