December, 2008

22/Dec/08

Adding dynamic TinyMCE editors

If you ever tried to dynamically add a TinyMCE editor instance to your page you'll know it isn't always straight forward. I had to do this recently and found the way that works. (2 comments)

21/Dec/08

Introducing: the new design

Introducing RichardEyre.me.uk's new design. It may change a little over time and I've built it with that in mind. (no comments)

20/Dec/08

WordPress comments template

WordPress's default way of showing comments is wp_list_comments(), which isn't very flexible and doesn't really fit my needs. The only alternative is to do the loop manually and get precise control of the layout. Here's what I ended up with... (no comments)

16/Dec/08

PHP: array_unshift changes key values

Recently at work I’ve been building a CMS for a client and needed to add a “None” option to the top of a drop down box. Other than that, the values are pulled from CakePHP’s $this->Model->find('list'); method with IDs as the array keys. (1 comment)

16/Dec/08

Internet Explorer must die!

Those of us that build websites have known for a long time that Internet Explorer is considerably below-par when it comes to standards compliance. We’ve been secretly praying that it will quietly go away while users switch to better browsers like Firefox and Safari. (no comments)

15/Dec/08

Sneak preview

Here’s a sneak preview of the upcoming design for this site. More info to come… (no comments)

11/Dec/08

Save Santa!

The last few weeks at work have been busy trying to finish our 2008 Christmas card. In our industry it’s the norm to have an animated or video Christmas card to send out to your clients and well-wishers. Never one to turn down a challenge, we thought we’d try our hands at something a little more interactive… (no comments)

11/Dec/08

Number 1

This is the first post on my brand new blog! Strictly it isn’t new, because I’ve had a few over the years that I haven’t really done anything with. (no comments)