OSX ships with Apache and PHP but not MySQL, you can use HomeBrew to install the other parts of the AMP Stack quickly including MySQL, phpMyAdmin and mcrypt. What you need to get started as a base is Xcode and Command Line Tools. This guide is intended for those with more experience with the command …
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Create an FAQ Page with Show and Hide Questions and Answers using jQuery
This guide will take you through the steps needed to create an FAQ page with contract and expand Questions and Answers, just follow the Questions below… What jQuery do I need? Include the latest jQuery <script type=”text/javascript” src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js”></script> If you are using a modern CMS such as WordPress or Drupal you can skip this as …
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How to Make Images Scale for Responsive Web Design
So you have got your web layout flexing and changing layout in a fluid or responsive web layout – but the images are not quite working they are being stubborn and not scaling and moving around like the text! The reason is because the images most probably have a fixed width which the web layout …
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Responsive Video in HTML Emails – Really?
Can you use video in HTML emails?, the answer to this is yes absolutely. Only a couple of email clients can currently support HTML Email Video, which is not so cool; Apple iPhone Apple iPad Apple Mac Mail All the rest including Outlook, Gmail, Lotus Notes and Hotmail do not support video, however they can …
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Setting Up different Internet Explorer Testing Environments via Virtual Images
If you are developing any content for Web and are doing so on a Mac, you need some type of testing in your local development environment for Internet Explorer especially version 8. There are a couple of options available with Browser Stack being a great online browser testing solution for all platforms and browser versions. …
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Add Javascript and CSS files to the Head and Footer in WordPress
Getting it right in the head As a hack every now and then I would whack in a javascript or CSS link hardcoded directly into the header.php or footer.php template files of a WordPress theme. This really is a no no! as this can result in script conflicts or duplications or just downright badness, there …
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Style The Placeholder Text in Input Fields in Forms with CSS
With CSS you can change the style of placeholder text in form and search fields, the placeholder HTML 5 form attribute is supported in the latest browser versions, how you get text pre-populated in an input field and use the placeholder attribute is explained here. You can change how the placeholder text style looks in the …
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Combining VOB files into one in Linux or OSX and convert to MP4
So you need to combine multiple VOB files from a DVD VIDEO_TS folder into one and convert to MP4? One of the easiest and quickest ways to do this is a simple method on the command line to merge the files and then use a free video converter to change format. Merging the VOBs Launch …
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