Fbloggs Geekdom http://www.fbloggs.com Duncan's musings on tech related topics Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How To Assign The Current Date and Time to a MySQL Datetime Field using PHP http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:50:49 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=295 This is a no-brainer, but I always forget how to do it. MySQL datetime fields are stored in this format: 2010-02-18 10:33:18. Here’s a trivial example showing you how to populate a datetime field with the current date in the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/feed/ 0 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 2: How To Create Widget-style Boxes http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:05:21 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=280 This is the second post in a series on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.    Here’s the first one.

Today I’ll show you how to create a nice looking box that has sort of a widget appearance to it. The jQuery UI components…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/feed/ 1 How To Embed A Google Calendar Gadget In Your Web Site http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:28:40 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=277 Google provides two simple ways, other than you writing your own client code to talk to their APIs, to embed a calendar in your web page. One method is easily found by Googling for the info. This link explains how…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/feed/ 0 New Version of jQuery Feedback Plugin released http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:45:18 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=269 This is version 1.0.1. It corrects a bug where the ‘above’ and ‘below’ options did not work, and it also lets you place a message immediately above an element, with the left side of the message area aligned with the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/feed/ 0 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 1: Intro and How To Style a Button http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:39:43 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=252 This is the first in a series of articles on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.. This is a powerful suite of CSS selectors that you can use to build web applications with a consistent UI. The main jQuery UI demo…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/feed/ 2 Tip for Using Picasa and Apple TV http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/09/tip-for-using-picasa-and-apple-tv/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/09/tip-for-using-picasa-and-apple-tv/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:03:45 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=247 I finally Googled to find an answer to this simple problem, which is:
When you load pictures in Picasa, it cleverly rotates them the correct way. However, Picasa does not change the underlying originals (look at them with Windows Explorer if you…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/09/tip-for-using-picasa-and-apple-tv/feed/ 0 How to correct font size problem with tables in jQuery UI widgets http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:11:27 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=225 I just recently used jQuery UI tabs in an application. Within a couple of the tabs I used tables for content (let’s not have a religious debate about using tables for layout, please). Anyway, the font size came out much bigger…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/feed/ 0 Joomla 1.5 has wrong path for css, js files – edit your configuration.php file http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:05:25 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=221 I just moved a Joomla 1.5 install from my iMac to a hosted site. The home page showed up fine, but subsequent pages were missing all styles. It turns out that I needed to change the variable $live_site in configuration.php from…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/feed/ 0 Using Aptana Studio 2.0 and PDT Plugin for Drupal Module Development http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:57 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=207 Aptana now uses the official Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) plugin instead of their own PHP editor. I have Aptana 2.0.2, build date November 10 2009 on my Macbook.  I’m building a Drupal module, so I need to have PDT…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/feed/ 2 How To Create News Items in Drupal – Part 2 http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/11/21/how-to-create-news-items-in-drupal-part-2/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/11/21/how-to-create-news-items-in-drupal-part-2/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:24:31 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=199 This is a continuation of the previous post that explained how to create a custom content type called News, and show News items using the Views module.

Creating A News Page with a Monthly News Archive Block

This post explains how to…

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