…play on a server error, and much, much, much more! If you aren't using it yet because you fear it's too complicated, just start with something simple and also very useful: setting a 404 error document. Create a page to display to users if they request a pa…

…nsider all cases, usually they're huge and sometimes even noticably slow. So what if you just want to take care of the 95% case, use something totally self-contained and tiny at the same time? Well, just follow these six steps to make your elements real dr…

…ool to use, just as a robot would! The repair robot is even directly described as not just for repairs but being all-around helpful, something all squonks enthusiastically want to be: "The robot, in fact, was effectively an all-purpose tool, one of the mos…

…it comes to such a widely re-invented technology as blogging systems. I've also been having an itch to start developing orcin.us for something, although I don't yet know what; and I think I'm finally ready to start writing again. Things are getting crowded…

…centering context This is the parent element This is the child element which should be centered IMHO, the ideal behaviour would look something like this image: So I was working on a project that required the behaviour I was expecting, rather than what HTML…

…le bundle of scales home from the pet store. I did it to throw my hat over the fence so-to-speak; in other words: force myself to do something I've always put off by doing something that requires me to follow through. In this case it was bringing a lizard…

Consistent, cross-browser legend positioning within fieldsets Mar 22, 2011The <legend> element has always been something of an enigma. When placed inside a <fieldset> element, it alters the fieldset box by reducing its height and positioning the content of…

…ublican!" OK, George! Jul 01, 2004 - 11:53 # Comment by 3rdPartyAnd that quote by "Tyler" is also most likely false, or at least not something that can be validated. Here is what Snopes.com has to say about the quote, however: "The quote from "Alexander Ty…

…r server and alert the reponse it recieves. It's up to you to take it further than this. For the most part, all you need to do is do something useful with the response, rather than just alerting it. Another thing you'd likely do is put this code inside a f…

activeImageMap script Jan 2, 2020Happy 2020 everyone! It's... been a while :) Here's something for the new year: A little script I've been working on to solve two issues with HTML imagemaps. First, it builds on some code found on StackOverflow to dynamical…