Many of us access the same website dozens or hundreds of times a day, making the combined total time that we wait for page requests…
ColdFusion 9 Tags and Eclipse / CFEclipse
If you've recently switched to a version of ColdFusion which isn't yet supported by your IDE, in this case, Eclipse with the CFEclipse plugin, you…
cannot concatenate ‘str’ and ‘NoneType’ objects
The cause of this error may run deep in your code, but if you simply wish to have and error free interface on the front…
Test your RegEx’s using the SiteKickr Regular Expression tester
Regular Expression testing probably requires more trial and error than just about any other programming language. Testing within your code can be tedious, so we…
IE Gradient filter colors are way off
If you're using gradients within your CSS, you may have encountered an issue with colors in IE. The problem is that the filter parameters don't…
Allowing tab within textarea
There are solutions out there on the subject. We borrowed the following jQuery code from another post: jQuery.fn.extend({ insertAtCaret: function(textToInsert){ return this.each(function(i) { …
Generating safe, valid id attributes
Depending on your circumstances, it may not be straightforward to generate unique or valid id's for your HTML elements. If you are looping over database…
Pure JavaScript / CSS photo cropping tool
If you don't have image manipulation capabilities available on your server, fortunately, you can still implement a basic photo cropping tool using pure CSS &…
ColdFusion Data truncated for column at row 1
You may receive this error when attempting to insert an empty string into a numeric database column. This logic should provide a good example on…
MVC security issue
Using the model-view-controller approach is a great way to organize your code and keep logic separate from presentation, but depending on the framework you use,…