I ran across an interesting problem with IE 9 and empty HTML elements. I am maintaining a project that was originally maintained by a different consulting firm.
There was a requirement to update the footer of one of the websites. The footer layout ended up exploding on me and was stretched down the page. I only noticed this issue with IE 9.
I dug around through the source code a bit and noticed that there was an empty table element. It was like this <table />. Apparently, IE 9 did not handle the rendering of the page correctly with the trailing DIV element. The layout was perfect for all other browsers.
I removed the empty element and viola! The layout renders out appropriately. Take a look for empty elements if you encounter any strange rendering issues with IE 9.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Google Drive has been released
Google docs and Google storage has been around for a long time. One of the biggest drawbacks to Google storage in comparison to Dropbox or any other online file storage system was a file synchronization client.
It looks like Google has released the Google Drive with options for a file sync client for your computer. You can go to http://drive.google.com to see if your Google Drive is available for your account. You can choose to be notified when the Drive is ready if it is not ready.
One warning: DO NOT UPGRADE OR CHANGE YOUR STORAGE if you have already purchased a large storage plan. You can retain your current storage plan as long as the following remains true:
It is too late to go back if you upgrade your storage plan. I wonder if this will become the Dropbox killer.
It looks like Google has released the Google Drive with options for a file sync client for your computer. You can go to http://drive.google.com to see if your Google Drive is available for your account. You can choose to be notified when the Drive is ready if it is not ready.
One warning: DO NOT UPGRADE OR CHANGE YOUR STORAGE if you have already purchased a large storage plan. You can retain your current storage plan as long as the following remains true:
- The account stays active.
- The credit card in your Google Wallet does not get declined. (not sure if this includes transactions not related to renewal of your plan. Ex: google music transactions)
- The plan does not get upgraded.
It is too late to go back if you upgrade your storage plan. I wonder if this will become the Dropbox killer.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Dev Virtual Machines
Star log 9000654998.0025.... I have arrived at a strange planet. There are creatures moving and speaking in strange tongues. They use strange keys on devices that have some kind of visual peripheral. They communicate through this place called "The Internet".
Finally, I have joined the current decade and I have created my own blog. This is the first post.
I figured I would post a link to the folder that contains development virtual machines that I maintain. There is only one PHP dev machine available right now. The PHP dev machine has two IDEs installed and also contains Drupal 7, Wordpress, and Joomla. You will need Virtualbox to run the vm. I will be adding more as I continue to work.
You can access the virtual machines here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B37iWxTxZVl8cFhSVURpdUsyQzA
Finally, I have joined the current decade and I have created my own blog. This is the first post.
I figured I would post a link to the folder that contains development virtual machines that I maintain. There is only one PHP dev machine available right now. The PHP dev machine has two IDEs installed and also contains Drupal 7, Wordpress, and Joomla. You will need Virtualbox to run the vm. I will be adding more as I continue to work.
You can access the virtual machines here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B37iWxTxZVl8cFhSVURpdUsyQzA
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