Taylor Consulting, LLC > Web Design Blog

Author:	Joel Taylor	Created:	2/25/2007
Answers to the issues web developers deal with on a daily basis and other useful information. About the author: Application / Web / Database Developer based in Milwaukee, WI. Typically uses XML, ASP.Net, VB/VB Script, PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, MS Access, JavaScript, and a host of other technologies. (Refer to "terms of use", link at the bottom, before using any information from this site.)

Faster, better cross browser testing with browsershots.org

By Joel Taylor on 6/13/2008

For most web developers it is necessary to test website designs in a number of different browsers and possibly on a PC and a Mac. I just found a new website that made it a lot easier to test in multiple configurations.

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A good XSLT Library of common functions and templates.

By Joel Taylor on 4/11/2008

The XSLT Standart Library can be found at http://xsltsl.sourceforge.net/. I recently used version 1.2.1 for an airport flight information data system to format dates and times flights were arriving. The code was simple to use and well documented.

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The Best Free FireFox Add-ons

By Joel Taylor on 4/5/2008

FireFox allows the community to develop Add-ons for the FireFox web browser. These Add-ons are distributed freely from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/. I have found some of these Add-ons to be very useful.

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How do you figure out what w3wp.exe is running each application pool?

By Joel Taylor on 5/3/2007

Easy use the iisapp.vbs to see the application pools and what w3wp.exe pid they are using. Read More »

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DNN Email field errors when registering a new user.

By Joel Taylor on 4/14/2007

The DNN email field can not contain emails like my-home@myip because it doesn't like the - before the @. It has no issue with a - after the @. Read More »

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Favorite Icons - favicon.ico

By Joel Taylor on 4/3/2007

What is the default location for favorite icons, how can a page have a custom favorite icon. Read More »

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JavaScript form submission

By Joel Taylor on 3/2/2007

Use JavaScript to submit and form and change the action. Read More »

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DotNetNuke Site CSS Editor - use the dev tool bar to find class and id information

By Joel Taylor on 3/2/2007

Even the DotNetNuke default templates can be customized by using the css editor. Since you can override the default css classes. Here are a few simple classes that you can use to make your site look unique almost right out of the box. Read More »

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MS Access AutoNumber Field.

By Joel Taylor on 3/1/2007

AutoNumbers are very useful field. It can be even more powerful if you change the default settings. Included are a list of the changes that can be made to the field to make it more powerful. Read More »

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Visual Studio 2005 Access Database Connection "Unspecified Error" - Simple Resolution

By Joel Taylor on 3/1/2007

When attempting to add an access database connection, in Server Explorer -> Data Connections, an "Unspecified Error" continued to occur and would not allow connection. Read More »

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