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add an outline to everything!
very handy for checking elements and other things on your page. this one line will add an outline to every element, so you can see where all the elements are located.
content editable p tag with spell check enabled
im not sure how this is useful, but you can set a p element to content editable so you can change its contents and then also set the spellcheck to true so the browser knows that it should run its spel..
fixing error Call to undefined function simplexml_load_string
usually the error "Call to undefined function simplexml_load_string" happens when the php xml library is missing from your server. You can install the xml php library with the following command, repl..
bootstrap form basic
a nice simple bootstrap form layout example template
get directions from google maps form embed
this is a random form that posts back to google maps showing the directions needed to get from one address to another location, im not sure where this would be usefull. Maybe on a site where you neede..
Create Strings using Template Literals
if you use the backtick to enclose your strings you no longer have to use \n for a new line. For example: `this is a multiline ...string!!` Console Example
Darkmode JS - Add darkmode to your site with one script
This library looks really nice! It drops in ok, but maybe with more complex layouts or coloring, it seems to break a little bit. Darkmode JS Example Source Links https://darkmodejs.learn.un..
How to download music to mp3 format from youtube using youtube-dl
How to download ABGT from youtube. youtube-dl sudo apt install python3-pip ffmpeg brew install ffmpeg brew install youtube-dl Getting this error: The operation couldn’t be completed. Un..
Input Suggestions using a datalist
I found this cool piece of code here, looks very handy. Basically you can add the input and then provide it a data list with suggestions, which then will allow you to start typing the item and it wil..
get php to validate its self with php check syntax
Did you know that php has a syntax checking function built into it? Well it does and this is how you can use it to check your php files for errors, rather than just running them and hoping for the be..
Console Tips and Tricks
Here are some quick commands for the console. Getting to the console in your browser Press F12 and Find the console tab. That little blue > there is the console. this is in brave or chrome, bu..
pi400 how to take a screen shot
This is actually built in, well if you have scrot installed anyway. Which it already was for me. Press Print Screen button and it saves it into your home folder.
install cmatrix on mac m1
For some reason i thought the mac would have apt or apt-get to install packages, but apparently not. Here is how you can install cmatrix a matrix emulator or other unix type terminal apps on ma..
how to embed google fonts icons
For some reason when i go to embed a google font icon, they dont seems to have any obvious way to actually use it, i can find the icons ok here. But then when i go and use it it links to a how to embe..
php get file and save it
gets a file from a url and saves it to your local server
youtube search api request function
This function requests a search from the youtube search api, and searches the text in the snippet for the seearch string. You can get your own API key for this from the google developers console. They..
javascript try catch example function
try catch is a good way to stop errors breaking your javascript. here is the example from the firefox mozilla with a basic try catch logging the error to your console, rather than just breaking all t..
add a divider to your dropdown nav toggles
good for seperating menu sections in the same dropdown item add this to your toggle <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
How to Access Props Using this.props in React
If you would like to access a class component prop within its self you can do this using the this keyword.
How to Use PropTypes to Define Props in React
React allows you to define the types of props given to your components to make sure that invalid data is not sent as the prop to the element. To do this you can define propTypes. You can defin..
how to join an array in javascript using the join method
This example shows how we can join an array into a string using the join method. Its a nice quick way to convert your array into a string with a delimiter such as , or ; Here we can see the test arr..
How to Pass Props to a Stateless Functional Component in React
Props are like properties that you can pass into a component in react. A prop would be something like this in your component. JSX <div> <MyProp id="1234" /></div> The..
How to Create a Component with Composition in React
This shows how you can compose multiple React components together. In this example we return the parent component which has within it the child component, you can add as many child components as requ..
How do Self-Closing JSX Tags Work?
So in JSX all the tags must be closed, other wise it can break the element. for example: <div> must have a closing </div> and also for elements like <br> and <hr> must include..
Create a Complex JSX Element
JSX must return a single element, so you must wrap your items in a div element you cant just return a bunch of p tags. Define a new constant JSX that renders a div which con..
react hello world with variable name
i was just testing some of the hello world examples on the react site, and as they use JSX they cant be directly entered into your code, so you need to run a pre compiler (not sure of the exact term f..
php html template class system
just a simple php templating system to extract your html files from within the php code into external files, makes things (or your code) a bit neater.
create a 200 character summary from a longer html string
this is a quick function that can create a 200 word plain text summary from a html string. Also added the option to specify the char length of the string. Function function create_summary($htm..
twitter social sharing meta tags
I had done this one so many times on client sites I actually forgot that i had not applied it to my own site! Doh! Anyway this is the tag setup i use for adding the title, url, author and featured im..
responsive three box section with tabular data or table data
here is a section in foundation with 3 hero boxes with images on top, and then a title and some tabular (is that the same as table?) data in each box, so could be good for some kinda products and then..
get and show the featured image on a wordpress page template
this will extract the featured image on wordpress page if you are using custom page templates.
link to a custom style sheet in your theme directory wordpress
this is how you can include a manual link in your wordpress header file with a link to a stylesheet called theme.css then if you change theme names or something it will still link correctly, rather t..
wordpress add a template file to your theme
this is the basic layout of adding a wordpress template php file to your wordpress theme. good for custom theme pages This is a really basic template with just the header, but once added wordpress w..
How to record your own page views with PHP, and make them into weekly monthly and yearly charts
Building a better Simple Page View Counter Currently this site has a very basic view counter on it. Here is how it currently works. Load the page, function checks if the page has a existing r..
video not auto playing issue in chrome and brave
i had this error the other day when i was adding an auto play video to a page. the error was: Javascript Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: play() failed because the user didn't interact with the ..
twitter json feed testing
just testing using the Twitter Post Fetcher script, seems to be working well.
atom on mac and synchronise settings
installing atom and syncronise settings between windows and mac versions. Install the package Syncronize Settings the package is called sync-settings but searching for sync-setting and Syncroniz..
simulate a click on an element with jquery
you can actually use jquery to simulate a click event using the following .click() so as soon as the document is ready and you have jquery loaded it will run the click event for you, and should pop ..
how to bundle css files together using windows or mac
so i was wondering how to do this the other day using some modern end tools, and i found this way just do it straight from mac or windows. lets say i have these css files main.css style.css..
extract youtube image from video url
showing how you can get the image wallpaper in different sizes from a youtube video I used to have this tool a while ago, it just passes the video id and extracts the images and also can produce the ..
old browser check with javascript
modified from this script i console logged all the items available so you can do what you need with them these are the avilable variables Javascript console.log(browser.agent);console.log(browser...
check browser version and show a message
a button that displays your browser version in a modal Demo (gif)
verify the google recapture server php
i was still getting quite a bit of spam even after using google recapture v2 and i think this is just as i was using the javascript only version, which disables the submit button if the capture is not..
for auto filled fields, need to change the text and background colours
for some reason bootstrap or the browser is doing this to auto filled fields. according to my searching there is a pseudo class added to auto filled fields CSS input:-webkit-autofill { col..
ajax callback to delete with sweet alert confirmation to make it cool! 😎
I recently wanted to to an ajax call back on a list of items just to make it easier to move around the place, rather than it reloading the page every time. So i thought why not also use sweet alert on..
prevent default click event on link
This will prevent the default event on a link url, so for example if you have a <a href="">link</a> link this code will prevent it from loading the href link when clicked and you can do so..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds v2
this is a working version of this post, for some reason that image was deleted I think due to a content upgrade. Basically this uses the object-fit: cover; to make images not stretch when they ..
show the browsers name in javascript
This function will show you an alert box with the name of your browser, however im using brave at the moment and it shows as Netscape, so i guess you cant trust the result. Also i just discover..
counting the occurrence of words in a multidimensional array
array sorting example The array Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Some [1] => great-looking [2] => special [3] => editio..
backup script to google drive that can be used for multiple directories
this zips the content of the target directory and then uploads it to a google drive backup location just create a file called ~/_backup_dir.sh and then add the following BASH - _backup_dir.sh ..
unable to access the $_FILES when submitting a form php
I was getting this weird error when submitting an image for a form upload and i could not see why the $_FILES was not set as this is where the files go from a $_POST back form in php. The error i was..
show all methods or functions in a class (class function version)
add this to your class to show all its methods including this one... sorts the array ascending by values so should be sorted in a-z
passing in arrays to your functions rather than using variables
this is probably an old technique, but i discovered it the other day when i was playing around, and i thought wow i should do this to all my functions, i cant see the downside, apart from having to re..
check server https or http value in php using $_SERVER
this will check the server method and if its https assign the value to $server_http_val so this will either be "https://" or "http://" good for generating full url's for your domain.
fancybox image popout easy
just in case you want to easily apply a modal or pop out effect to your images when they cant be displayed full size on the page. related: https://kruxor.com/view/code/3gNUD/inline-fancybox-m..
Remove background image php with image magic
untested research on removing background and making it transparent with php
pre-wrap preserve line spacing but also wrap where needed
a class to pre-wrap your line text this preserves line spacing but also wraps the text if the line goes out of its limit
change photoshop to show px rather than pt
if your photoshop is showing pt when you select font sizes, you can change this in the settings. in the Edit menu go into Preferences and then Units and Rulers then you can change both uni..
page scroll indicator research
I was wondering the other day how they do those page scroll indicators, i saw one when viewing this site: https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/03/24/the-solution-of-the-zodiac-killers-340-character-cipher..
using moment.js to make your time format nicer
moment.js is a very nice way to handle multiple date strings and output them in a nicer format. grab the latest copy of momen from cdnjs lets say our date is in this format, i think this is un..
add a moving chevron to your href link
this adds a right chevron that moves when the link is active demo: * note: this may not show up in light mode as the chevron is white, so would need to change the color it
add click event to multiple link items and load the link content into a target div ajax
this will get a group of links with existing href targets and load them dynamically with an ajax callback you will need to also include the full jquery script as the slim one does not include the aja..
using text-stroke to add a border to your text
this is quite good for webkit enabled browsers, and most of them are these days. Check what is supported: https://caniuse.com/?search=webkit-text-stroke
installing exfat and ntfs drivers to enable reading of these filesystems
this will install the ntfs package on your linux system, allowing you to read and mount ntfs partitions on drives. NTFS 3G BASH sudo apt updatesudo apt install ntfs-3g This should give you the fol..
linux list all drives and partitions
the following command will list all drives and partitions in your shell BASH sudo lsblk -o UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,MODEL It should look something like this depending on your drive se..
using the nth-of-type selector to target a class with the same name
using the nth-of-type css selector you can target a class with the same name, using a number. I guess this can make your code a bit neater not having to add a sub class
how to find what version pi you are using
So i was wondering the other day how to show what raberry pi i had, rather than opening it up. you can install lshw and it can list all your hardware Install it with BASH uname -r which should gi..
slick carousel jump to a slide on element hover
jumps to a specific slider on hover over on an element this is working now, here is the example, mouse over the buttons to see the slide change. trying to add this: Javascript $( selector ).mous..
checking for spam comments function
with this function, you can scan through your incoming comments and check them for keywords the function will scan through the comment text and then provide you with a score as you get more spam com..
Adding HTML Templates into TinyMCE Editor
This can be very useful if you are using the tinymce editor on your site and want to be able to add simple or complex html templates. Here is how to do it: Add this to your tinymce init Javascrip..
How to set a cookie and expire it in 30 days
Here is some basic usage for the js cookie library. Include the following script. Or you can grab the latest version at the cdnjs website. HTML <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/lib..
how can i make my code look nice, or highlighted in evernote
* update: this is actually a paid tool, so i will be skipping this, as the code highlighting function is not that important to me. If anyone finds a nice free way to do this let me know. I have only ..
TortoiseSVN for updating wordpress plugins
For updating wordpress plugins, and probably other SVN related stuff, i found that using TortoiseSVN is the easiest. For windows anyway. Just go to the downloads page, and pick the correct flav..
using multiple text shadow
sometimes you want to use more than one text shadow, like if you want one with 2px on the bottom left and then one with 2px on the top right, so you can get a full outline or a more even shadow on you..
darkmode toggle switch with local storage to remember the last selection
Here is a darkmode toggle switch, that swaps out the body class so you can target dark-mode or light-mode on all your elements! It saves to local storage the last selection so if you come back to the..
@import and html link to Montserrat font family google font
includes the Montserrat font family as @import in your css or add as a link in html with preconnect. also has basic usage as the .montserrat class.
set maxHeight of element by id with javascript
sets the max height value of an element with javascript demo pending
make labels or badges look better
How to make these look better. The labels are used in the list items to show a small version of the category or sometimes the view count for a list item. How they look currently Dark Mode Ligh..
test page for the custom css 12 grid used on this site
This is my testing page for the grid used on this site, it shows elements and other things for use on the grid and other general formatting.
easy twitter embed code
Just need to switch your twitter user name to show that feed here. Back when i used to use twitter, apparently.
How to add jquery to squarespace site
I dont use square space, but if i did and i wanted to use jquery in it. This is where i would add it... ;) Settings > Code Injection > Header Then add your script, like this one:
add a jquery date picker to your text box
This JQuery UI Date picker is good if you want to add a nice dropdown date selector to your input box, rather than having to type in the date manually. Requires: JQuery JQuery UI Documen..
use an emoji on your list items ul li
I didnt think this would work but it does somehow, i guess it may differ depending on what emojis are available on your system.
Windows Emoji Shortcut
I keep forgetting this shortcut so ill add it here. Windows Key + . Windows Key + ; These both pop open the emoji menu in windows. Enjoy Your Emoji's 😘
css prefers-color-scheme example
This uses the @media and prefers-color-scheme to check which one you have as a setting in your browser
adding pagination to custom wp_query
you can add this to your custom wp_query making sure your query also has the paging passed through to it
how to install js socials for social media share buttons and make them rounded
This should be a nice quick one on how to install js socials which add social media sharing buttons on your pages. Yeah i always just ignore these as well, but hey some people may use them?? H..
Fix Hover Over color on list group dark mode in bootstrap
How to fix the problem when switching to dark mode, the list group item text disappears when active. Here is what it currently looks like. To fix this we need to target the element and force the..
using linear gradient background on text css
If you want to have a background gradient on your foreground text you can use this css. I think currently this only works on webkit enabled browsers, but it looks pretty cool.
setting up css variables in your stylesheet
Using css variables at the start of your stylesheet can make things down the road much easier to change. You can also use it for more complex variables like drop shadow settings as shown below. ..
match a category id in wordpress and then add styles just for that id
this is in template-parts/content.php which may be different based on your theme or version of wordpress. you can locate the category id in wordpress by going into categories and then clicking ..
generating all css colours with php?
I was looking at doing this just to generate all css colours, i think the only issue is there is a lot! You can do this with rgb(0,0,0) all the way up to rgb(255,255,255) how many seperate colours is..
fix for Uncaught (in promise) Error: reCAPTCHA placeholder element must be empty
This is usually caused by something being inside the element used to render the reCAPTCHA. In this case tinymce was adding a or a <p> tag to the element Removed the space and this f..
search a zip file with windows command prompt and 7zip
if you ever need to search for a file in a zip file this is how to do it (in windows). Also you will need to install 7zip Open a command prompt CTRL+R and type cmd cd C:\Program Files\7-Zip 7z l c..
Fix for Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function file_get_dom() simplehtmldom simple_html_dom
This error is caused due to a function name change in the simple_html_dom.php library if you are using an older one and upgrading to the never version, you can see it in the change log here: https://s..
stop tinymce replacing urls with relative url's
If you have been using tiny mce for your content editing, you will sometimes find that it replaces your full url strings with its relative ones. This can be annoying so this is how you can disable it..
Create a UTF8 General MySQL Database with Command
This will create a UTF8 database with the character encoding utf8_general_ci replacing the with your database name. I was manually doing this in adminer before this and selecting the encoding, this i..
scroll to top html css and js
add a button to your website that allows scrolling to the top of the page css add scroll behavior smooth to your html, to allow the page to scroll nicely rather than just jumping to the top, in supp..
adding pulsating dots to your css ul li list
get rid of those boring dots in your list and add some pulsation! See the Pen Pulsate your <ul><li> list item dots! by Luke (@kruxor) on CodePen.
wordpress adding post custom field meta and displaying it on you template
if you want to be able to add custom post fields into your pages in wordpress and display them in your template this is how you can do it, no plugin is required for this as post meta is available by d..
add a tag to wordpress header from a plugin
when i googled this it just showed me plugins to add and remove things from the wordpress header. here is how you actually add your own tags to the wordpress header. This function will add the tag hi..
list items matching a category title
this is just raw at the moment, not tested or working. this is matching a category number at the moment so would need an additional way to link that number to the category name, or know what the categ..
Use Sweet Alert rather than alert!
i love this script, it make the default alert look so much nicer, and its very easy to install. Just add the one script to your site, and then use Swal.fire rather than alert. simple usage Swal.fire..
Add a post date to your custom wordpress post listing
this is an example using: get_the_date: this one gets the post date the_excerpt: which gets the .. excerpt or summary text from the post and get_the_post_thumbnail_url which gets the image from th..
load a youtube video in a fancybox modal
With just a couple of lines of js and html you can load your video links in a modal lightbox. Get the latest version of the fancybox scripts (just the links) from here: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/fa..
Using the rest operator to pass in a variable amount of arguments
If you don't know how many parameters you will need in your function you can use the rest operator to pass them in. ...
card counting example from fcc
here is a solved version of the card counting function from free code camp you can test it using console log.
IP Address
this uses php $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to show your IP address
using local storage rather than cookies to store data (localStorage)
you can see what is stored in local storage by typing this into your browser console. localStorage Adding something You can add something to local storage by using the setItem function.
using transform scale in css to zoom on hover over
using a css transform will not effect other elements that surround it, so when you mouse over this div (or press it on your phone/tablet) it should scale to 1.5 times its original size.
using scroll-behavior: smooth css
This is a nice example of smooth scroll using just css. You can add it to the page by adding it to the html element html { scroll-behavior: smooth; } for this demo I will add some padding to ..
Making Images Retina Display Friendly
Have you ever noticed images look a bit blurry on your high res screen? Sometimes this is referred to as a "Retina" display... Its probably because the image used is exactly the pixels made for a regu..
Dropdown Box with Searchable Text
Here we have a dropdown select box, that you can type into to search the available options. No Javascript Required for this the browser does all the work. Press into the text box, and you will see a..
using the disk free space function in php
here is a built in php function that will show the amount of free space available on your server.
asp classic get a url and display it
gets a url and displays it using XMLHTTP
page load timer class
usage: $page_timer = new page_timer; // at the start of your code echo $page_timer->end(); // at the end of your code.
remove all of an element in a string <h1>
good if you want to remove all of the instances of an element in a string like if you have a <h1> tag in your string and want to remove it you can use the following code. $additional = "some te..
wordpress change domain in config, wordpress domain config
When moving wordpress sites around the place its usually easiest to change the domain like this. add these to your wp-config.php file define('WP_HOME','http://newsite.com'); define('WP_SITEURL','ht..
wordpress enqueue slicknav and slick slider
add this to your theme scripts functions file here is the full one from HTML5 Blank // Load HTML5 Blank scripts (header.php) function html5blank_header_scripts() { if ($GLOBALS['pagenow'] != ..
wordpress include jquery in theme functions
Add this to your themes functions.php file, to include your own version of jquery. if (!is_admin()) add_action("wp_enqueue_scripts", "jquery_enqueue", 11); function jquery_enqueue() { wp_deregi..
wordpress use a shortcode in php gravity forms
good for using shortcodes in your wordpress templates
wordpress show posts loop with feature image thumbnail
this is surprisingly hard to find code that lists all blog posts in a template with the feature image that does not use an additional plugin. you shouldnt need a plugin to do this as its already built..
show errors in php with toggle
Toggle showing errors in php if your server is configured not to show them, good for testing. If you dont have this enabled it will usually just show a 500 error with no details of where the error o..
google map with overlay data
Ever wanted to add a really slightly complex google map to your site? Working Example /* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div * element that con..
flems embed in url
Flems.io is a single-file, embeddable Web sandbox. It keeps all its state in the URL, so just make your changes, copy the URL from the address bar, and send it wherever you please. Most popular link s..
load google sheet data into json string with jquery
Just discovered this the other day, you can actually export google sheets data into json format and load it directly into your site, how good is that. A free mini basic database! Initially i was lo..
do something later with settimeout or loop with setinterval
setTimeout This one will run a certain time after the document loads. So if i want to execute something 5 seconds (or so) after the page loads i would do this. You will need to check your console..
clipboard copy js
for copying things to the clipboard, like the click to copy. Basic Usage Include the script <script src="js/clipboard.min.js"></script> add a field to copy to the clipboard..
document ready wordpress jquery
Wordpress uses JQuery rather than $ to initialize so here is a workaround that allows you to still use the $ to access JQuery functions. Just incase your normal document ready is not working.
set and check a cookie using js cookie
this library makes setting and checking cookies so easy its amazing! include this script <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-cookie/2.1.4/js.cookie.m..
jquery accordion
here is an easy drop in if you need a quick and dirty accordion sometimes you just need something quick, here is mine for the jquery accordion also changed the default selected tab to green rather t..
meta refresh reload page
this can use a meta tag to get the browser to reload the current page. the following code will reload the page every 30 seconds. usually you have to add meta tags into the header of your page, not ..
using foundation 6.4 xy grid basics
Foundation 6.4 introduced a new xy grid which replaces the old row and large-x format here is a basic grid layout (foundation grid) add some style to show the cell border <style> .grid-x .ce..
youtube extract thumbnail from video link
Good if you need to extract the ^^ for some reason. replace $v with your video id. raw links https://img.youtube.com/vi/$v/default.jpg https://img.youtube.com/vi/$v/hqdefault.jpg max size https:/..
make all links target new window
I was actually searching for a js way to do this, but i found this instead. Here is a really easy way to make all links target a _blank window. Just add this to your <head>. <base targ..
Form elements New Zealand region list
A list of the Regions of New Zealand converted into a form element select option dropdown. Sorted in alphabetical order. Ready to paste into your own form.
css grid sidebar main content fluid layout with fallback
this is a continuation from the original post with added fallback for older browsers that do no support the grid elements yet. I have tested this fallback in IE11 and it seems to work well, if you wa..
bootstrap styled buttons
Just in-case you would like the shiny (flat/rounded) blue buttons from bootstrap without all the css. Example Button add the class btn and btn-primary to your link An Example Primary Button (bt..
embed and use a ttf font font face
Handy if google fonts does not have your required font and you have the correct licence for showing it on your site... ;) css /* Include the font, you can call it whatever you like */ @font-face ..
truncate text long titles with text overflow ellipsis
this one can be useful for fitting text into smaller places without it looking broken. text-overflow: ellipsis; this basically adds the 3 dots where the end of the text used to be... Also if you are ..
transitions and the easy way to apply them
Would you like your element to transition nicely? well you can do it in about 1 line of css. .transition { transition: all 2s; } This is the one I usually use, as its not too slow. transitio..
material design icons google font
you can just link to this like a font in your header how do we use the icons? <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet"> this one should ..
targeting the printed version of a page with media print
there are 2 ways to target the printed version of a webpage, you can do it with a @media print query inside your css, or you can link the whole style sheet and target the print media. target print ..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds
Update: Fixed the code, you can see it here. i deal with a lot of sites where they have a bunch of images listed and sometimes they can end up looking a bit sqashed unless you add a div and set..