If a div is set to width (or height) 100% and margins or padding are added, it will be wider than 100% causing the scrollbars to appear in the browser. For example like this (click here to view live sample): <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> body, html { width: 100%; […]
After upgrading to PrestaShop 1.5.3 (and 1.5.4) the subcategories where not showing up anymore in the categories block. The solution was quite simple: Just deinstall the categories block in the modules section and then install it again. After reinstalling, it will probably be necessary to adjust the block position.
When using list items in HTML to create a horizontal list (for example in a horizontal menu) you need to display the list items not vertically which is standard, but horizontally. You will probably also want to remove the bullet. This is how you do it. To display the list horizontally, use CSS display: inline […]
Sometimes you have a need to prohibit a visitor from clicking on a link on your site. For example if you are including content from another soruce via Atom or RSS and they contain links. The best way is of course to remove the link tag (<a href="" >) from the content. But if this […]
In a Joomla 2.5 installation, SEF URLs enabled and URL rewrite using .htaccess enabled I suddenly got internal menu links with URL:s containing Smart%20Search, like: http://www.example.com/some-menu-item/Smart%20Search/some-article The link itself does not work, ending up on an error page. I have no explanation why this occurs. The solution is to go to Menu -> Menus, then […]
The other day I went to watch the demolition of the gas tower in Valby, Copenhagen. The demolition was done by detonating a series of explosive charges in the bottom of the tower. By placing and sequencing the explosions the tower was tipped over to the side with high precision, just like taking down a tree. […]
After moving a Joomla 2.5 site to a new URL (i.e. new domain name) the backend (administrator) did no longer let me login as admin (or any other account for that matter). I tried to recover the admin account by setting the password field to a known value directly into the MySQL database described here, but […]
A girlfriend to one of my friends recently decided to leave the dark side and replace her iPhone with an Android (good decision!). However when she was using the iPhone she also had enabled the iMessage texting. After switching to her new Android phone her friends, that still was using iPhones, tried to text her. […]