30 Mar 2011
by connerin Uncategorized
If you ever want a challenging and frustrating experience try moving a dozen or so websites from one server to another. But not so fast. These have to be sites you did not develop yourself. A few will be simple straight up html sites but most will be coded in some cms or even be flash based. The cms sites could be wordpress or moveable type or the rare “open realty” platform. Most will have database backends that you also have to move. File permissions will mysteriously change and sites that should move easily will often not even show up in the browser once moved.
But despite all this it is your job to get these sites moved and working correctly on their new server home. You will have to use google extenselvely and learn from the trials of others who have attempted this foolhardy task. If you feel you just can’t do it or a site is giving you problems and you can’t figure it out, fear not. There is a wonderful service called Website Movers that will do all of this for you. It will cost about $60 a site, but sometimes that is money well spent. Now just convince your boss to spend it.
27 Mar 2011
by connerin Uncategorized
I recently have been struggling with a site I’ve been working on. My trouble has been that a few of the background images are not showing up in internet explorer. This happens in any version of internet explorer. It took me too long to figure out why this was happening but here it is. Your css might look something like this:
#myDiv {
background:url(images/myImage.png)top left no-repeat;
}
This will not show up in internet explorer. Here’s the fix:
#myDiv {
background:url(images/myImage.png) top left no-repeat;
}
Notice the space between “.png)” and “top”. That’s all you need to do to get your background images to show up in internet explorer.
27 Mar 2011
by connerin Web Development, Wordpress Tags: CMS, web development, Wordpress
Recently, I have been working almost exclusively with the content management system, WordPress. I have grown to really love this powerful platform and am excited to have it in my web development arsenal. I’m sure there are certain limitations that I haven’t stumbled across but so far I’ve been able to accomplish all mine and my client’s goal using wordpress. I have yet to do an e-commerce site in wordpress but I’ve been reading about it and I know it is possible. It looks like Foxycart is probably the way to go with this and I will definitely base the site on the wonderful videos presented by Chris Coyler over at css-tricks. Chris Coyler is my favorite wordpress expert. He presents the often complicated nuances of the WordPress system in an easy to understand manner. I totally recommend his Linda video on wordpress. You can find it here WordPress 3: Creating and Editing Custom Themes. I especially recommend the section on custom fields.