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Here's a well hidden issue (and I blame nobody but myself):   I was writing what really is a very simple PHP script to grab a file from the server and download the file via a link. No matter what I did I kept getting an error from Firefox that politely informed me that it couldn't render the image due to internal errors.   I quite accidentally tripped across the cause .... somehow I
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PHP and downloaded image can't be rendered error (Tue, Nov 15, '11)
It seems Safari doesn't like the use of the 'continue' as an object element. I have a short JS script all neatly wrapped up as a JavaScript "object" ....   function obj() { function _continue() { do_something_here; } this.continue = _continue; }   This worked fine with IE (7, 8 and 9), Firefox, Chrome and Opera; but Safari 5.05 complained that "this.continue = _continue;" was
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A quick JavaScript note involving Safari ... (Sun, May 15, '11)
Because this question seems to be frequently asked, and because I want to help make the answer easy to locate:   PHP code follows ...   $ch_post_data = array(   'property_name_1' => 'property_value_1',   'property_name_2' => 'property_value_2' ); $ch = curl_init('http://somesite.com/somefiletocall.php'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_
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PHP, curl and post submissions (Sun, May 15, '11)
Because this question seems to be frequently asked (by me at least), and because I want to help make the answer easy to locate:   Internet Explorer obviously has issues, but despite the fact it should be relegated to the trash heap of buggy software that doesn't perform nearly as well as its competition IE will be with us for years to come. One of the many issues I've had programming cross-
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Internet explorer and overlay boxes that don't have content (Sun, Feb 20, '11)
I've taken up using FlowPlayer for my web site streaming video needs. It's light weight, extensible, easy to program to and with, packed with features and available for free. If you want just a few extra tidbits like being able to brand your players with your own logo then a few bucks is in order for the commercial version ... otherwise you're free to use the freebie in any manner you choose (incl
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FlowPlayer and the (non) problem with overlays (Sat, Oct 30, '10)
Shopping carts ... developed sometime after the invention of the wheel and then not really updated until the advent of the internet and electronic shopping.   Two things I wonder about: 1) Is it better to use a session cookie or database for shopping cart storage? 2) Isn't it annoying when you have to click from one to another just to view you shopping cart entries?   Okay, so I do
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Shopping carts and databases and sessions oh my! (Sat, Oct 30, '10)
This is the first post of my web development blog. I don't pretend that you will find cutting edge technology or programming techniques here, but I do believe what you find here will be of value in your day to day needs.
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My little attempt at giving back that which I have been so freely given (Sat, Oct 30, '10)
Displaying a user friendly shopping cart
Posted by ramabahama on Sat, Oct 30, '10
 

Here's the scenario: you're clicking your way around a favorite commercial website looking for stuff to buy. Your mouse is busy filling up your shopping cart, but you really can't follow from product to product without pursuing a link that takes you from your happy hunting shopping grounds just to download information that really should be at your finger tips.

 

Damn ... what to do? Isn't there a better mouse trap for this shopping cart non-conundrum? Absolutely, and I present it below the fold ... 

LABELS: Shopping Carts JQuery CSS

Why not use a simple slide down window? I can't demonstrate it directly in this post because I'm too paranoid to allow javascript in any uploaded content, but you can see what I'm talking about by clicking on "[submit an addition or response]" below. The idea is simple (and I love simple ... much easier to program): you can put complex layouts that are chock full of important and relevant information pretty much anywhere on a web page, and you don't have to clutter up the user's view by making them sort through it all!

 

I like an unobtrusive link somewhere at the top of the page because that is where most people look for such things. The link displays a full fledged shopping cart that is updated as the cart has items added or removed, and the user has the ability to make any of the changes to their cart's contents one would expect.

 

There are many different ways to display this type of cart of course, but I'm a big fan of ...

JQuery ... write less, do more

 

The JQuery library has a fun little function slideDown that gives a great little special effect of, what else, sliding down. You can use this to push your content into the existing view or have your shopping cart overlap the existing view ... doesn't matter. It really is your choice.

 

And that's the entirety of making a more user friendly shopping cart display.

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