When using the excellent formidable library to handle file uploads, I needed to get a count of the number of files unloaded in a multi-part form. Javascript arrays have a .length property that you can use, but objects do not. I instinctively typed: 1 files.length Which returned undefined. So if there is no length property present, an [...]
The One Character Block Comment
When debugging, I often find that I have to comment and un-comment a block of code several times during the process of trying to find out what’s going on. That used to mean typing and deleting comment block characters repetitively, but not anymore. Here’s a simple solution to that problem: Comment or un-comment an entire [...]
Get the Most From Your Google Analytics Dashboard
I’m a big fan of Google Analytics. The service is free, can go on multiple websites using just one account, and displays and processes stats beautifully. But the one thing that’s always annoyed me about Google Analytics is the default dashboard setup when you create a new website profile. The dashboard is the place for [...]
Fixing IE7 Z-Index Issues with jQuery
For some reason, Internet Explorer 7 does some pretty funky things, and has several known bugs with it’s rendering engine that drive web developers like me crazy. While most of the known bugs occur in relatively obscure situations and go largely unnoticed, there are a few that really stick out and cause web developers to [...]
