Friday, December 18, 2009

Multiple User Names with One Gmail Address

I just recently learned, while testing the app I am working on, that is the app is using your email address for a user name, you can create multiple usernames for testing using just one gmail address.

Apparently, is doesn't matter where, (or how many), (.)'s there are in a gmail address before the @.

So if your gmail address is lastname.firstname@gmail.com, you can use the following iterations and they will all come back to your gmail account:

  • last.name.firstname@gmail.com
  • last.name.first.name@gmail.com
  • la.stna.me.fir.stna.me@gmail.com
  • l.a.stname.fi.rst.na.me@gmail.com
  • la.stn.ame.fi.rs.tn.am.e@gmail.com
  • and so on...

It is a pretty handy feature.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Introducing "The Hadron Zoo of hacks for IE"

I was looking for a way to target IE7 and not IE8. I found my answer here:

The Hadron Zoo of hacks for IE

"Please note that this is not a page to find hacks for IE 8 but rather how to target IE 7 without also targeting IE 8. All hacks are valid CSS. Please use wisely."

from css-class.com

Monday, December 14, 2009

How to keep footers at the bottom of the page...

From http://matthewjamestaylor.com

"When an HTML page contains a small amount of content, the footer can sometimes sit halfway up the page leaving a blank space underneath. This can look bad, particularly on a large screen. Web designers are often asked to push footers down to the bottom of the viewport, but it's not immediately obvious how this can be done..."

MJT has a very simple CSS method for anchoring the footer to the bottom of the page. Learn about it on his blog:

Matthew James Taylor > Design Blog > Get down! How to keep footers at the bottom of the page

UPDATE: CSS Sticky Footer

Apparently the above solution didn't work as desired.

A colleague did some further investigating and found this:

CSS Sticky Footer