Very simple Typo3 navigation

Sometimes I get asked how to build a menu in Typo3. It’s really easy, but TSref isn’t very verbose. So here’s how to build a basic, valid Typo3 navigation: (more…)

Different CSS style for logged in WordPress users

Update: I wrote a theme switch plugin that changes the template for logged in users. It’s available here.

I like to tweak my wordpress theme. And I’m far too lazy to set up a second blog just for development. So I’m looking for a solution to work on my template without distracting visitors. I think one day I’ll write an extension that is a little more powerful than this trick, but it’s a start. (more…)

Mooified focus onload but keep backspace intact

You may have heard about Harmen Janssen’s technique to focus input fields on pageload and keep the backspace button’s history back function intact. I wanted to play with it any my first step was to mooify his ideas. (more…)

The biggest CSS annoyance

I think this is one of the biggest design flaws, and I see it all the time when I surf the net. What surprises me is that I even see it on sites that have valid code, a nice design and offer valuable services. (more…)

Help! My mootools script doesn’t work in IE!

Today I went through the pain of installing Windows XP. On QEMU. I wanted to do some JavaScript debugging for mootools. It turned out that IE was just a little picky about list formatting. (more…)

Typo3 and the YAML vertical navigation

Using the YAML CSS framework to build TYPO3 templates is relatively easy if you have some experience with TYPO3. The only thing that wasn’t obvious to me was how to integrate one of their navigation components, the vertical list navigation. (more…)

HTML forms and onclick/onfocus

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When you use HTML forms it is often desirable to pre-fill some input fields. Your idea could be that you want to give your visitors some clue to what they’re supposed to fill in. (more…)