This is where I write about website development, search engine optimization and my thoughts on various issues. If you are interested in a particular topic, then check the section under categories on the right. I hope you will find something here that might interest you. So, sit back and read along.

Archive for the 'Website Development' Category

How to add specific style/script for IE in HTML?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

There are times when we want a specific style or stylesheet or a javascript to be rendered only in IE and not other browsers such as FireFox. If this is so, then you can do so by adding following if and endif declarations in the HTML.

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Flash Detection JavaScript

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Websites that use flash must use flash detection JavaScript. Such a JavaScript will look for flash player on the user’s browser. If it detects no flash player, it will display an alternative image instead of the flash.

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Image Flicker Problem in IE

Monday, May 8th, 2006

When you use CSS background images that are clickable, you must have come across image flicker problem in IE. It’s very annoying. So, hopefully here’s the solution that might work: http://dean.edwards.name/my/flicker.html.

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Check Web Page Download Time

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

One of the principles of usability is fast downloading of a web page. Here’s a neat tool that helps to check web page download time. This will help your website from search engine optimization perspective as well.

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Min-Height

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Majority of the web page layout require side navigation column and the content column to expand vertically equal. This can be a challenge when we prefer to use div rather than tables for layout. I explained one of the most useful hacks that create an appearance of two columnar div’s expanding vertically equal to each other. However, there are times when we actually want both the columns to have equal height.

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PHP Script for Form with File Attachment

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

I developed contact us form for DagadTrikon.com using HiQFormMail PHP Script. It is available for download for free and allows file attachments. This is the best one I have found so far and is very easy to customize. Please note that this script will not work on Windows server.

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