Web Development Questions That Don't Need Their Own Thread v2

[StinkyJoe]

[QUOTE=tgara;30676839]Yes, it's all .NET. You don't even need to change the code of a library.

[editline]24th June 2011[/editline]

well then explain how stackoverflow only runs on 5 servers (including db servers)

what a terrible attempt at anti-ms propaganda.[/QUOTE]

I've said the same thing. Their website and documentation reeks of the most childish anti-microsoft bullshit I remember seeing outside the mac forums, but if you look past that, it (so far) seems to deliver some good results.

[tgara]

[QUOTE=StinkyJoe;30677728]I've said the same thing. Their website and documentation reeks of the most childish anti-microsoft bullshit I remember seeing outside the mac forums, but if you look past that, it (so far) seems to deliver some good results.[/QUOTE]

I would have given it a shot but they don't even attempt to present themselves professionally - why should I trust their code on my servers?

[Richy13]

Is this the correct way to hide file extensions in the url with a .htaccess?

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

[tgara]

[QUOTE=Richy19;30678511]Is this the correct way to hide file extensions in the url with a .htaccess?

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

[/QUOTE]

Personally, I'd go with:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri.php
}

[Richy13]

[QUOTE=tgara;30678564]Personally, I'd go with:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri.php
}

[/QUOTE]

useful to know, but im on WAMP at the moment (for ease of setting things up, which isnt to say I might swap over to nginx at a later time)

[Scoob]

[QUOTE=Richy19;30656564]A while back a few of you were saying that apache was crap and not to use it, what do you tthink of LightTPD?[/QUOTE]

Bad memory leaks, that's all I know

[Within]

Can someone help me set up MySQL remote connection properly with my VPS? This is the first time I'm trying this and I have no clue. I have set up an account in phpMyAdmin and I am trying to connect to the database through HeidiSQL, which I am unable to.
The account has sufficient privileges, i.e. I punched a % in the host field.

[StinkyJoe]

[QUOTE=Within;30680280]Can someone help me set up MySQL remote connection properly with my VPS? This is the first time I'm trying this and I have no clue. I have set up an account in phpMyAdmin and I am trying to connect to the database through HeidiSQL, which I am unable to.
The account has sufficient privileges, i.e. I punched a % in the host field.[/QUOTE]

Double check your bind_address in /etc/mysql/my.cnf (or equivalent file).

[Within]

[QUOTE=StinkyJoe;30680856]Double check your bind_address in /etc/mysql/my.cnf (or equivalent file).[/QUOTE]

[quote]bind-address = 127.0.0.1[/quote]
Should I replace with my VPS IP?

[Richy13]

In MySQL is it possible to search for an element that contains part of a search variable?
I.E

have a database Files like:

(int)ID   |   (string)fileName   |   (string)Tags
    1               blah                      ocean, sea, beach
    2               hmnng                  fire, hell, sun
    3               whut                     crazy, creepy, weird

and then search in the database doing something like

GET fileName WHERE Tags CONTAINS $tagVariable

[compwhizii]

[QUOTE=Within;30680938]Should I replace with my VPS IP?[/QUOTE]

That or 0.0.0.0

[Chuushajou]

Well, this is embarrassing.

I've embedded tumblr into my website and now I would like to style it, but I can't on earth figure out how to style it! :what:

If it's any use I'm using;

[QUOTE]<script type="text/javascript" src="http://( YOU ).tumblr.com/js"></script>[/QUOTE]

[Within]

[QUOTE=compwhizii;30681820]That or 0.0.0.0[/QUOTE]

Thanks

[jaybuz]

which IDE's take advantage of doc tags?

[Fate]

[QUOTE=Chuushajou;30683041]Well, this is embarrassing.

I've embedded tumblr into my website and now I would like to style it, but I can't on earth figure out how to style it! :what:

If it's any use I'm using;[/QUOTE]
Would help if you replaced ( YOU ) with your username or w/e it wants :what:

[rzzi]

[QUOTE=Chuushajou;30683041]Well, this is embarrassing.

I've embedded tumblr into my website and now I would like to style it, but I can't on earth figure out how to style it! :what:

If it's any use I'm using;[/QUOTE]

Just look at the source code of the page. Get all the CSS classes and stuff then style it.

[TVC]

Say I have div a which holds div b which holds content and I tell div b to float: left; how can I make div a extend in height so it goes right around div b?

[PieClock]

I think this is what you want. Put this in div a, under div b.

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

Not sure if there's a better way that this should be done or not. (I doubt it is)

edit: see here [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/211383/which-method-of-clearfix-is-best[/url]

[TVC]

I seem to have been able to fix it with a simple overflow: hidden; in div#a.

[VoHiYo]

Help! ORIGINAL should be centered but it's not, and the box is longer than it should be or something
[url]http://antn.me/dev/tf2valuator/items.php[/url]

This literally makes no sense at all :psyduck:

[TehWhale]

[QUOTE=AntoniD;30693860]Help! ORIGINAL should be centered but it's not, and the box is longer than it should be or something
[url]http://antn.me/dev/tf2valuator/items.php[/url]

This literally makes no sense at all :psyduck:[/QUOTE][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1439918/Pics/2011-06-25_0025.png[/img]

That shows the problem

[VoHiYo]

Thanks, figured it out!

[rzzi]

[QUOTE=PieClock;30692481]I think this is what you want. Put this in div a, under div b.

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

Not sure if there's a better way that this should be done or not. (I doubt it is)

edit: see here [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/211383/which-method-of-clearfix-is-best[/url][/QUOTE]

I usually use <br style="clear:both" /> instead. Personal preference though.

[Richy13]

[QUOTE=Richy19;30681012]In MySQL is it possible to search for an element that contains part of a search variable?
I.E

have a database Files like:

(int)ID   |   (string)fileName   |   (string)Tags
    1               blah                      ocean, sea, beach
    2               hmnng                  fire, hell, sun
    3               whut                     crazy, creepy, weird

and then search in the database doing something like

GET fileName WHERE Tags CONTAINS $tagVariable[/QUOTE]

To do this would I do a query like this?

SELECT fileName FROM FilesTable WHERE Tags LIKE '%hell%'

Which would give me the second file

[tangra]

[QUOTE=Richy19;30698340]To do this would I do a query like this?

SELECT fileName FROM FilesTable WHERE Tags LIKE '%hell%'

Which would give me the second file[/QUOTE]

have a second tags table with a tag name and a foreign file id key

[hzy]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization[/url]

[ken188]

How can I take an argument in javascript and make it the name of a variable? So I can do something like this

function echo(variable, value)
{
var variable = value;
document.write(variable);
}

and

echo('vegetable', 'carrot');

will print the word 'carrot'.

Hope that made sense.

[compwhizii]

[QUOTE=ken188;30702427]How can I take an argument in javascript and make it the name of a variable? So I can do something like this

function echo(variable, value)
{
var variable = value;
document.write(variable);
}

and

echo('vegetable', 'carrot');

will print the word 'carrot'.

Hope that made sense.[/QUOTE]

Why would you want to do that?

[swebonny]

Please help out a poor boy playing with CSS.

#menuboxes li a {
	border:1px solid;
	border-color:white;
	height:60px;
	width:280px; 
	position:relative;
	font-size:45px;
	font-weight:900;
	text-align:center;
	text-decoration:none;
	transition:width 1s;
	-webkit-transition:width 2s;

}

#menuboxes li a:hover {
	width:300px;
	background-color:red;
}

The transition won't occur for some reason, but the background color changes.

[Fate]

[QUOTE=ken188;30702427]How can I take an argument in javascript and make it the name of a variable? So I can do something like this

function echo(variable, value)
{
var variable = value;
document.write(variable);
}

and

echo('vegetable', 'carrot');

will print the word 'carrot'.

Hope that made sense.[/QUOTE]

function echo(variable, value){
document.write(value);
}
echo('vegetable', 'carrot');

derp

-edit-
Stupid me, I didn't understand what you were trying to do.