Here is the cross browser technique I use to create CSS on the fly with script. I use this method when I want to manipulate certain page elements with CSS, but only when the user has JavaScript enabled. I usually place this code just after the opening body tag. <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ [...]
This is how you use IE conditional comments to target non-IE browsers: <!–[if !IE]><!–>This browser is NOT internet explorer<!–<![endif]–>
Configure your email in yourapp/config/factories.yml all: mailer: class: sfMailer param: transport: class: Swift_SmtpTransport param: host: mail.example.com port: 465 encryption: ssl username: yourname password: yourpassword And if you want email to work in the DEv environment: dev: mailer: param: delivery_strategy: realtime
Template path hints are a great Magento feature to help you customise the frontend of your store. They can also be enabled for the admin backend. Override the app/code/core/Mage/Core/etc/system.xml file with the following. In my case I have put the override file in an extension app/code/local/Deanoj/Theme/etc/system.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <config> <sections> <dev translate="label" module="core"> <groups> <debug [...]
Create an .htpasswd file for your login credentials: htpasswd -c .htpasswd someuser Create your .htaccess file: AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user
The xdebug extension can be found pre-compiled for windows, linux and OS X systems. http://code.activestate.com/komodo/remotedebugging/ Edit your PHP.ini file to enable the xdebug extension. Under windows: [xdebug] zend_extension=C:\software\php-5.3.2\ext\php_xdebug.dll
In this case I wanted to add a custom block containing the company contact details to the right sidebar on a CMS page. In the admin panel > CMS > ‘your page’ > design view, I set the Layout to a 3 column view. In the Layout Update XML I added a reference to my [...]
A basic CSS template for use my barebones HTML layouts. /** * My main CSS * @author Your name dd/mm/yyyy * @requires reset.css */ /** ————————————————- layout **/ /** ————————————————- typography **/ /** ————————————————- forms **/ /** ————————————————- tables **/ /** ————————————————- lists **/
In PHP: $mysqldate = date( ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, $unixdate ); $unixdate = strtotime( $mysqldate ); In the MySQL query: $query = "UPDATE table SET datetimefield = FROM_UNIXTIME($phpdate) WHERE…"; $query = "SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(datetimefield) FROM table WHERE…";
If you merge a PNG-32 (PNG format with an aplha channel) with another image, the transparent part of the original image will render with a solid black colour. The fix for this is quite simple. $bg = new sfImage(’main_image.jpg’); $bg = new sfImage(’blank_frame.png’); // has alpha channel $bg->transparency(’#000000′); // preserve alpha channel $bg->overlay($img, array(10,10)); The [...]