I'm not sure this is worthy of a post, but it's an issue that I couldn't find a solution to on the web, so may…
WP E-Commerce – element classes could be more unique
WP E-Commerce does a nice job filling the "product store" gap left in the available WordPress plugins. Overall, it does a nice job of getting…
WP E-Commerce Gold Cart Product Gallery – no lightbox
I was pumped to upgrade to the Gold Cart plugin for WP E-Commerce today, but was disappointed to find that the product gallery lightboxes simply…
Styling tables with rowspan
Tables have got to be the most awkward set of elements offered by the HTML spec. Both JavaScript and CSS have their issues in dealing…
Careful with those Canonicals
This is more of a high-level summary of this post: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=139394 But, I think it's a very important and often overlooked aspect of specifying canonical…
ColdFusion CFFile rename – source attribute invalid
While this quick troubleshooting tip is aimed at ColdFusion, it actually has some application to other scripting languages when performing file system operations. If <cffile>…
Overcoming first-child pseudo-class limitations
The :first-child CSS pseudo-class is one of the most useful "pseudos" in the CSS spec, allowing us to select the first child element within a…
A CDN can improve website performance on the cheap (or free)
If you've used Google PageSpeed, or Pingdom's Full Page Test, you may have learned something you didn't already know. That is, that web browsers don't…
Increase the phpMyAdmin timeout
Yeah, this might not follow all the security best practices in the world, and if your database contains highly sensitive information, you should probably close…
Migrating a website with a frequently updated database
This is a very common, but welcomed problem. You're website has become so popular that it has outgrown its current web server's capabilities. But, with…