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Intense Debate and the Base Tag

Written by Jon Karna on July 3, 2009 — 3 Comments

After installing Intense Debate comments on my company’s blog, I noticed some unexpected behaviors while trying to login to Intense Debate from their comments thread.  Upon clicking either login link, I was redirected to {baseUrl}/#idc-container.  Either I had to remove the base tag from the site, thus having to change every url to an absolute [...]

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How To Setup Google Custom Search on Wordpress

Written by Jon Karna on June 8, 2009 — 1 Comment

Replacing default wordpress search with Google Custom Search can be done pretty easily.  However, in my case, it was a bumpy road.  The main issue was having the search results hosted on my blog instead of directing the results to a google search results page.

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100% Height and 100% Width Flash Embed with jQuery and swfObject

Written by Jon Karna on June 2, 2009 — 3 Comments

You would think that creating full browser flash, 100% height and 100% width, would be easy.  However, from recent experience, I’ve realized the pains of making the flash embed do what I intend it to do.  This article will help anyone who is struggling with a full browser flash embed.

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How To Create a Default Text Field Value That Disappears On Focus With jQuery

Written by Jon Karna on May 30, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Most of the designs that come to me for development have a form element that has default text.  This is usually a search form with default text “Search Our Site” or an email signup form specifying that they should enter their email address.  Without additional code, it can be cumbersome for a user to click [...]

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Lack of Design Inspiration

Written by Jon Karna on May 28, 2009 — Leave a Comment

I am a developer. I don’t design the websites for a living, I build them. If I try to come up with a design myself, I become extremely picky and the markup changes radically from one day to another. Does anyone else have an issue with designing their own website?

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