All you have to do is turn NumLock on, hold the ALT key, type the desired number, then let go of the ALT key. Have fun

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

There are other ways to achieve the same result, but I find this method is clean and requires the least amount of overhead to incorporate.

ls -Rl | grep -i 'rwxrwxrwx'

Note: The example above looks for all files and directories with maxed out (eg: 0777) permissions

Here is how my session configuration is defined…

$config['sess_cookie_name']        = 'my-session';
$config['sess_expiration']        = 60*60*2; //2 hours
$config['sess_expire_on_close']    = TRUE;
$config['sess_encrypt_cookie']    = FALSE;
$config['sess_use_database']    = TRUE;
$config['sess_table_name']        = 'sessions';
$config['sess_match_ip']        = FALSE;
$config['sess_match_useragent']    = TRUE;
$config['sess_time_to_update']    = 300;

Here is the updated table structure…

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `sessions` (
  `session_id` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '0',
  `ip_address` varchar(16) NOT NULL default '0',
  `user_agent` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `last_activity` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
  `user_data` text NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`session_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

My solution… First, I increased the user_agent field to 255 characters in length. Then, since session_id is always 32 characters in length, I reduced that from 40. If you have any other suggestions, feel free to leave a comment.

Hope this helps someone else having the same problem with CodeIgniter sessions that are being stored in the database

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_added, '%b %Y') AS sDate, COUNT(post_id) AS iCount FROM blog_posts GROUP BY sDate ORDER BY sDate DESC

Mostly for my reference, but hope it helps someone else

If you forgot your admin password for Gallery3 by Menalto, open the users table via phpMyAdmin and replace the existing encrypted password with the following.

$P$DyhWrqfmMF/XKPf3CtPn0pIQDZpQKu

Now, you can log in using 12345 as the password. Make sure you change this immediately after logging back in!

Take this…

Note: The above screen has my hide offline users mod applied

And make it look more like this…

This is a “for fun” project and will be completed as time permits. So check back soon for progress updates.

One thing I have always hated is that there are no preferences for how you want to filter that list. Personally I find it pointless to show you offline contacts in an instant chat interface. I know some people use it to leave messages, but I am not one of them.

Assuming you know how to modify your browser’s custom style sheet, this is all you need to add and those offline users will no longer be visible!

.fbChatOrderedList li.item,
.fbChatOrderedList li.separator {
    display: none !important;
}
.fbChatOrderedList li.active,
.fbChatOrderedList li.mobile {
    display: block !important;
}

Feel free to post questions, comments or even improvements.

1. It did not check form action attributes
2. It assumed ANY link starting with “http[s]://” was external

Here is my new and improved method for making all external site links open in a new window. It now includes form tags, one less selector for secure and non-secure link urls, AND excludes any of those which link to an internal page where the full url may have been specified.

$('a[href*="://"], form[action*="://"]').not($('a[href*="://'+location.host+'"]')).attr('target','_blank');

A quick breakdown…

1. a[href*="://"] and form[action*="://"] matches the elements where a full url has been specified
2. .not($(‘a[href*="://'+location.host+'"]‘)) excludes all matched items that include the current host (eg: http://www.robertmullaney.com/)
3. finally we update the target attribute of the the remaining links open in a new window

Why this is important:

Once you have a user on your site, the worst thing you can do is send them away. Also, you will easily annoy them if all links open in new windows and cause them to leave anyhow. This way, only the links that pull them away from site site are opened in new windows. When they are done on the external sites, they close the browser and there your site remains.

Well, here’s how you calculate the combined height of the children with jQuery…

HTML

<div id="container" style="height: 1em; overflow: hidden">
    <p>content<br />content<br />content<br />
    content<br />content<br />content<br />
    content<br />content<br />content</p>
    <p>content<br />content<br />content<br />
    content<br />content<br />content<br />
    content<br />content<br />content</p>
</div>

JavaScript

var totalHeight = 0;
$("#container").children().each(function(){
    totalHeight += $(this).outerHeight(true); // true = include margins
});
alert("Total Height: " + totalHeight + "px");

Result

Total Height: 360px

All you have to do is loop over each child element inside the parent element, adding its outerHeight (which includes margins, borders and padding) to the totalHeight variable.

preg_replace('/^www\./i', '.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])

Now, some of you may be looking for a way to determine the top-level domain for something like this.subdomain.robertmullaney.com. That is not an easy solution (since many TLDs have multiple suffixes like .co.uk). If that’s what you’re looking for, check back later and see if I have come up with a good solution… that one’s tricky.

Simply enter an amount into either field and the conversion is automatic.

PS: If you leech my code, at least link to me for credit

While I don’t claim this is the best skeleton HTML5 template, I think it is a very solid foundation to start from

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta name="description" content="">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->
<script>
$(function() {
    //DOM is Ready
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

String Value: XYZ123

Desired Result: XYZ124

The majority of solutions I have read regarding this problem require splitting the string or using regular expressions to manipulate the numeric portion. The overhead for complex solutions for such a simple problem are simply overkill. The example below shows the easiest way to increment the string  and requires minimal overhead…

$str = 'XYZ123';
echo $str++; // Output: XYZ124

It couldn’t be any easier. To decrement, simply modify the ‘++’ operator as follows…

$str = 'XYZ123';
echo $str--; // Output: XYZ122

Now, if your numeric string ends with a letter, this method will perform differently than you might expect.

$str = '123ABC';
echo $str++; // Output: 123ABD

Here as an example performed using a for loop.

<?php
$str = '35A990';
for ($i = 0; $i < 16; $i++) {
    echo $str++ . ' ';
}
// Output: 35A990 35A991 35A992 35A993 35A994 35A995 35A996 35A997 35A998 35A999 35B000 35B001 35B002 35B003 35B004 35B005
?>

Note: Since we exceeded the upper limit of the numeric portion, the preceding alpha character ‘A’ is incremented to ‘B’ (in red above). Be sure you understand this behavior before implementing this method.

Feel free to comment if you have any questions.

Let’s say your login page has a form similar to the following…

<form action="/login.php" method="post">
    <label>Username: <input type="text" name="user"></label>
    <label>Password: <input type="password" name="pass"></label>
    <input type="submit" value="Log In">
</form>

Some logins simply cannot be stored in the browser’s password system. So, to save you the extra effort of manually logging in on each visit to such pages, create a bookmark that automatically logs you into the system.

Here’s the code to submit that form using a bookmarklet…

Red text indicates what should be changed…

javascript:'<html><body onload="document.forms[0].submit()"><form method="post" action="http://yourdomain.com/login.php"><input type="hidden" name="user" value="yourusername"><input type="hidden" name="pass" value="yourpassword"></form></body></html>'

As long as you have a basic understanding of HTML forms and JavaScript, you should be able to modify the above code to suit your specific needs

Warning: Since your username and password are stored in plain-text within the bookmark, you should never implement this script on a computer or device accessible by other users.

Google CDN (latest 1.x version, theme)…

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/themes/blitzer/jquery-ui.css" />

The javascript…

$(function() {
    $('<div id="dialog"></div>').dialog({
        modal: true,
        autoOpen: false,
        buttons: {
            Ok: function() {
                $(this).dialog('close');
            }
        }
    });
    var faveMetaKey = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf('Mac') != -1) ? 'CMD' : 'CTRL';
    var faveLetter = 'D';
    var faveText = 'Bookmark Us';
    if ($.browser.opera) {
        $('#addBookmark').attr('rel', 'sidebar');
        if (parseInt($.browser.version, 10) < 9) {
            faveLetter = 'T';
            $('#addBookmark').text(faveText + ' (' + faveMetaKey + '+' + faveLetter + ')');
        }
    } else if (/konqueror/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase())) {
        faveLetter = 'B';
        $('#addBookmark').text(faveText + ' (' + faveMetaKey + '+' + faveLetter + ')');
    } else if (window.external || window.sidebar) {
        $('#addBookmark').text(faveText);
    }
    $('#addBookmark').click(function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        if (window.external) { // IE
            window.external.AddFavorite(window.location.href, document.title);
        } else if (window.sidebar) { // FireFox
            window.sidebar.addPanel(document.title, window.location.href, '');
        } else {
            if ($.browser.opera && parseInt($.browser.version, 10) >= 9) {
                // do nothing (added rel="sidebar" above)
            } else {
                $('#dialog').dialog('option', 'title', faveText);
                $('#dialog').html('Press ' + faveMetaKey + '+' + faveLetter + ' to ' + faveText + '.');
                $('#dialog').dialog('open');
            }
        }
    });
});

The HTML anchor (link)…

<a id="addBookmark" href="#">Bookmark Us (CTRL + D)</a>

You can see from the HTML above that we set our link using generic defaults in case the user’s browser doesn’t process the script correctly.

In our JavaScript, we first add a generic dialog to the DOM in case automated bookmarks are not supported. Next we set our defaults: faveMetaKey, faveLetter key, and faveText. Only the rel=”sidebar” attribute is required for this to work with Opera, but we also have to check the Opera version to re-assign the letter key for older versions. The check for Konqueror was required since it uses a letter key that no other browser is known to use. Then, if we know that automated bookmarking is allowed, we can just omit the key combination since the link should work (IE & FF).

Now for our almighty click() function. First, we kill the event with preventDefault(). Then we do our conditional checks for Internet Explorer and FireFox (both of which can be automated). If all else fails, we make sure it’s not Opera 9+, then tell the user which key combination to press within the jQuery-UI Dialog.

Let me know if you run into any browser/OS combinations with which this method fails. Try to limit concerns regarding browser versions to those released within the last 5 years, thanks

I would also appreciate feedback regarding key combinations not included in my script. I’m pretty sure I covered them all, but one can never be sure.

Here is a simple solution…

$(function() {
    $('body').hide();
    $(window).load(function(){
        $('body').show();
    });
});

Adjust the selector to your needs of course

$(function() {
    $('input[name="some_date_field"]').datepicker({
        showOn: 'button'
    });
    $('button.ui-datepicker-trigger').button({
        text: false,
        icons: {
            primary: 'ui-icon-calendar',
            secondary: ''
        }
    });
});

Note: Since my datepicker button was displayed inside a jQuery-UI Dialog, some extra CSS rules were required to make it look right. You may not need them, but if you end up with a huge unsightly button, adjust the following rules.

button.ui-datepicker-trigger {
    font-size: 65% !important;
    vertical-align: top !important;
    margin-left: 3px !important;
}

Comments and questions are always welcome