Speed control widgets for Captivate
These 2 widgets allow your users to alter the speed (in frames per second) of the Captivate presentation they are viewing. To use them, go to the first slide you want the widget to appear
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z-index problem in IE
In IE 6, the border of a block element will cover up a contained item which should appear on top of it, even if the z-index of the contained item is set higher than the
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PhpSuexec and Movabletype
Recently, my webhost enabled phpsuexec on the server, and several of the web applications on my site stopped working. Movabletype began rebuilding pages with the wrong permissions, so browsing an affected page would generate a
Continue readingFixing “Too many redirects” error in MediaWiki
I run a wiki for my ParrotCichlid.com fish fancier’s site, based on “MediaWiki.” It had been running fine, except for an increasing problem with spam, but one day it simply stopped working. Browsing to the site would result in the following error message:
Continue readingToo many redirects occurred trying to open “http://parrotcichlid.com/book/index.php/Main_Page”. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page.
Using trace function to print out all properties of an object in Flash
The trace() function in flash is used much like alert() in Javascript. You can use it to print the contents of a variable or the result of an expression. For example var theNumber = 2
Continue readingUsing dynamic text to toggle a play/pause button
I’ve been building a simple flash video player based on the one here and had the idea to use dynamic text to easily toggle the play button between the play and pause states. The Webdings font character for the play state is “4” and for the pause state is “;”
To avoid problems with fonts not displaying on some machines, click the “Embed” button on the text properties panel when creating the dynamic text, and embed the numerals.
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One of the most frequently used constructions in javascript are functions that toggle styles or properties on and off. This can be used for items that require a highlighting effect, or to create layers that
Continue readingA SCORM-ready template: Part 1F. Modifying the CSS styles
Modifying the CSS styles
The css styles are defined in several sheets. Any of the styles can be overridden by adding a new definition for the selector to /css-local/userStyles.js or to individual pages or even individual elements on a page. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO change any of the files inside the css/ folder but you can add your own overrides to userStyles.css.
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