The Suite Spot » Archive for May 2009
Transparent Flash Movies and Firefox Mac
Here’s the scenario: You’ve created an SWF file, then inserted it into a page using Dreamweaver with the wmode = transparent parameter, but found that when testing it in Firefox on the Mac the background is still there! You check your code and it looks fine: <param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /> The answer should be fairly simple – don’t forget that code is added for IE and non-IE browsers so make sure that the mode is set inside BOTH object tags; if you use the parameters option in the Properties Inspector, then this should be set automatically but it’s always worth checking! … Read entire article »
Filed under: Dreamweaver, General
Twitter Widget Validation
Much to my embarrassment, and to the amusement of my web delegates this week, when I validated the XHTML of my own index page it failed. The error came from an empty list tag in the Twitter widget; the fix for this is to add an empty list item to the source code as shown here (in bold, red text): <ul id=”twitter_update_list”><li></li></ul> The empty item doesn’t matter as the tweet feed replaces the content for the list; given that there has been the odd occasion recently where the feeds have been unavailable you could use a list item like this: <ul id=”twitter_update_list”><li>Oops! – Twitter isn’t working at the moment – sorry</li></ul> Which will have the effect of placing the blame squarely on the shoulders to which it belongs. You can click the link above to … Read entire article »
Filed under: General
4T.25 Colour Range
This often-overlooked method of selection (and it has been around for quite a while) has some new functionality in CS4; this episode looks at both and the first (CS3) section should work as far back as Photoshop 7! If you want to find out more about the Shuttleworth Collection, please visit their website. … Read entire article »
Tweets of my current activities and items of interest are available via my Twitter Feed; click here to start following. … Read entire article »
Filed under: General
