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Hash Magic URIs for Wikidot 08 Sep 2011 12:22 | 12 comments The Wikidot Team just sneaked in a new feature - and it's extremely useful! ;-) Blog post written for: Advanced users. Most site owners will never use these directly. Previously, if you wanted to open the page editor using a URI, you would type something like this into a live template or ListPages... Read more... Topics: wikidot |
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Making JavaScript Firefox-friendly 06 Aug 2011 03:13 | 4 comments I recently ran into a problem: some JavaScript code that was working on other browsers (Google Chrome Internet Explorer) consistently failed when I attempted to use Mozilla Firefox. In fact, Firefox did absolutely nothing. A loading dialog was meant to appear while things were being processed in... Read more... Topics: firefox javascript |
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Exam Helper (application) 30 Jun 2011 04:04 | 7 comments Have you always wanted that extra edge when revising for an exam? Can't find anyone to revise with? This application can help! Introducing Exam Helper! The most uninventive name possible, for an extremely simple application. It allows you to create and then answer quizzes to help with exam... Read more... Topics: java |
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Client-Server Whiteboard Application 19 Jun 2011 01:02 | 20 comments Continuing on from what I knew just three weeks ago, I'd like to show you what I've achieved since then. This was an assignment that I handed up several days ago. It is a whiteboard application without the whiteboard ;-) It's designed exactly according to the assignment specification, so I want to... Read more... Topics: java |
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We're approaching the middle of the year 16 Jun 2011 01:21 | 4 comments Beginning midday of Monday 20th June, I will have my first taste of freedom from this semester at University. From that point onwards, I will only have one more exam left. My final assignment is due that morning and I'll be glad to see the end of it. Around the world, children are finishing their... Read more... Topics: misc |
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Editor buttons - making everyone happy 27 May 2011 06:56 | 10 comments When it comes to hiding things with CSS, there's nothing more heavily disputed than whether or not to hide the editor buttons. Wikidot Community member gerdami would argue that it is the user's right to have all three rows of editor buttons if they want to, and that site administrators should... Read more... Topics: wikidot |
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Java - network programming 27 May 2011 06:14 | 6 comments This is my first attempt at network programming with Java. In this case, the client and server are the same machine - my MacBook. However in theory it should work the same way when using two different machines. My short-term plan is to get the client to send messages to the server, so that I can... Read more... Topics: java |
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Wikimedia is better than Wikidot for wikis 11 May 2011 03:31 | 0 comments This is a big claim, especially as I am writing this from a Wikidot site, and am a regular contributor to the Wikidot community. So why am I claiming this? Edit sections. That's why. When I have another look at a recent article that I was reading on Wikipedia, I notice one thing immediately. Have a... Read more... Topics: wikidot |
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Wikidot Chatbox CSI 03 May 2011 04:25 | 8 comments Just something I made in my spare time. Already done: It works! Still todo: Put divs (with class names) around the important elements, so that they can be easily styled via CSS Create the actual CSI code, allowing you to control layout and appearance that way, or falling back to the default... Read more... Topics: wikidot |
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Get XP's defrag diagram in Windows 7 26 Apr 2011 07:26 | 2 comments Back in the days of Windows XP that ancient operating system that will be 10 years old this October, and which Microsoft officially no longer supports we had the ability to defragment our hard drives using a handy tool found in the Start menu. Fragmentation (in the computer world) can be a big... Read more... Topics: windows |
