Offset an Element with Relative Position Property with CSS Without Taking Up Any Space in the Document
Using CSS positioning it's possible to offset an element and collapse its width and height where it would normally appear. Wrapping the content in an absolute positioned element, the space that the element would normally take up is collapsed.
<div st...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Intercepting the Wordpress Loop with Pre_get_posts
#deprecated (see http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Post_.26_Page_Parameters)
Using the "pre_get_posts" filter you can intercept the Wordpress loop and override or set attributes in the "$query" object. This is useful because you c...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Render Partials with an Underscore in Sinatra
Sinatra doesn't have a method for rendering partials. It defers to the template language of your choice. For instance, if you're using ERB, it's as simple as
erb :'path/to/partial'
Rails has a nice convention of using an underscore to mark file...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/13/2013
Using Prototype to Access Form Data
Prototype has a powerful API for accessing and manipulating the Document Object Model, A.K.A the DOM. The following code will let you interact with a simple web form.
Suppose we have a form that contains hidden/or locked inputs and they need to be update...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
YouTube Internal Server Error
Thought I'd share a snapshot of this error message from youtube.com. It's nice to know that their monkeys are highly trained. I figured they just got those lazy monkeys who work for bananas.
500 Internal Server Error
Sorry, something went wrong.
A team o...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
