Likes Received By deathshadow

  1. mytechiestuff liked deathshadow's post in the thread Which PHP Framework will you use often?.

    No, I would not. The dependencies it wants at the system level -- the halfwit nonsense "composer" -- is by itself; much like PEAR,...

    Jul 15, 2015
  2. KangBroke liked deathshadow's post in the thread Php insert script, where's it going wrong?.

    One should also point out that: mysql_connect Do we SEE the problem here? Do we? I think we do... This is 2015 not 2005... But yeah,...

    Jul 13, 2015
  3. KangBroke liked deathshadow's post in the thread How to display title in url in next page it loads..

    That's my take on it too -- the question shows someone starting out and a bit green around the gills, to even MENTION blindly dumping...

    Jul 13, 2015
  4. NetStar liked deathshadow's post in the thread How to display title in url in next page it loads..

    Some advice on that... use htmlspecialchars on that output: <?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['q']) ?> Otherwise people could pass...

    Jul 13, 2015
  5. billzo liked deathshadow's post in the thread Forcing a line break in tweets from a URL?.

    I thought twitter didn't allow carriage returns -- just like their crappy useless character limit that makes me not even bother TRYING...

    Jul 12, 2015
  6. HMB Shiraz liked deathshadow's post in the thread HTML Troubleshooting.

    I'd say part of the problem is it looks like you're not opening or closing everything properly. The validator are bitching about <div>...

    Jul 12, 2015
  7. sisatel liked deathshadow's post in the thread Please review my website.

    Well, you've got two major accessibility failings -- fixed width layout and illegible undersized fixed metric (aka px) fonts. You seem...

    Jul 10, 2015
  8. kk5st liked deathshadow's post in the thread Hover text for checkbox?.

    If you're building the form, MAKE THE ROOM! Dicking around trying to show/hide a label on something is NOT good usability -- it's as bad...

    Jul 9, 2015
  9. COBOLdinosaur liked deathshadow's post in the thread Learn Responsive Design.

    Ok, not to contradict the first-responder, but anyone telling you to use a 'framework' doesn't know enough about HTML, CSS or...

    Jul 7, 2015
  10. PoPSiCLe liked deathshadow's post in the thread Learn Responsive Design.

    Ok, not to contradict the first-responder, but anyone telling you to use a 'framework' doesn't know enough about HTML, CSS or...

    Jul 7, 2015
  11. IG2010 liked deathshadow's post in the thread Website Value Calculator.

    I always LAUGH at "tools" like this that effectively pull numbers out of their ass about the value of a site; as if you can ACTUALLY say...

    Jul 6, 2015
  12. Phil S liked deathshadow's post in the thread CSS - Background image - Repeat X, Repeat Y.

    Which is a really BAD idea, since the color SHOULD be there for if images are disabled. One of those little accessibility bits people...

    Jul 5, 2015
  13. ryan_uk liked deathshadow's post in the thread Converting larger number of sites from mysql to mysqli/PDO.

    Just be warned most 'tools' and 'wrappers' do not ACTUALLY fix what's 'wrong' with the old mysql_ functions in the first place; that the...

    Jul 5, 2015
  14. ryan_uk liked deathshadow's post in the thread Converting larger number of sites from mysql to mysqli/PDO.

    there are a few commands that won't have 1:1 equivalents and will take some rewriting -- it should work with a bit of translation, but...

    Jul 5, 2015
  15. ryan_uk liked deathshadow's post in the thread Links open in Chrome but not in Firefox.

    This is why I'm NOT a fan of opening and closing PHP willy-nilly just because you want to echo something. Convoluted poorly formatted...

    Jul 5, 2015
  16. ryan_uk liked deathshadow's post in the thread How do I delete my account.

    Look, I'm sorry if you found it offensive, but what you were asking was SO flawed and what you were doing is so flawed, it's obvious...

    Jul 5, 2015
  17. PoPSiCLe liked deathshadow's post in the thread Please review my tech answers web-site ....

    NOT really an excuse; I've been coding since 1977 and still write x86 and 6502 machine language; doesn't mean I can't use HTML properly....

    Jul 2, 2015
  18. PoPSiCLe liked deathshadow's post in the thread What is Machine, Assembly and High label Languages?.

    For the most part once you change "label" to "level" as others have, the answers given so far are accurate, but don't quite paint the...

    Jun 30, 2015
  19. Phil S liked deathshadow's post in the thread how to create Website Template in Photoshop..??.

    Then you're very lucky -- around these parts the state college didn't remove FrontPage from the curriculum until LAST YEAR Generally...

    Jun 30, 2015
  20. ketting00 liked deathshadow's post in the thread Why this clear:both method is bad.

    As others have implied but not quite come out and said, what you have there is a clearing DIV, NOT the actual "clearfix". EITHER method...

    Jun 27, 2015