Category: Technology

  • CSS Z-Index – Creating an adjustable background image for a page

    I have been messing around with z-index recently for styling documents. I have been meaning to use it as a much more efficient way of creating cool backgrounds but it’s always been a bit of a mystery! It still seems a bit wierd – I don’t think it is supported very well in new browsers…

  • WordPress code for highlighted category links

    If you want to display a higlighted category to your  visitors so that they know where they are in the site, use the following code, which checks to see if the page is of a certain name, category or if in the case that a single post is being displayed, it checks if one of…

  • WordPress

    As part of learning how to use wordpress for work (we are switching all our sites to it) I have decided to port all my websites to the wordpress CMS in order to learn a bit more about it – so at the moment everything looks like a revised version of the old site, but as…

  • Technical & Service Information for Ford Cars

    Online service and technical reference (Sorry – bit of a personal book mark this one!)

  • TVersity iPhone Profile

    Note: this is an archive post and the information may no longer be current or up to date. Also, Plex media server has since become the market leader for media streaming from your local network. TVersity allows you to stream media from your PC to your device (PS3, PSP, xbox, iPhone, laptop) via your local…

  • Embedding video that work in all browser, including iPhone?

    Well, to code for an iPhone, so that the video will stream to the device, do this: <embed src=”your_preview_file.jpg” href=”test.m4v” target=”myself” width=”176″ height=”132″ controller=”false” autoplay=”false” scale=”1″ cache=”true” type=”video/quicktime” pluginspage=”http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/”> But to make it work across all browsers.. I’m still working on that bit! Update: I came across this page that shows how to detect the…

  • Online VCF file converter

    Perfect for importing contacts in to GMail as it will create a CSV file from VCF files!

  • Nokia CK-7W Car Kit & iPhone Echo…

    To fix: Go to (iPhone) Settings > General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth Off then go back to settings and turn Airplane Mode On. Wait a few seconds and turn Airplane Mode back to Off. Go back to General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth back on. Works Like a charm and I have had no…

  • icon / favicon plugin for photoshop

    Create windows icons and web favicons with this photoshop plugin: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/go.php3 To make sure your favicon appears in IE 7, try this: <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico”> <link rel=”icon” type=”image/ico” href=”favicon.ico”>