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Three Hacks Your Mamas Can Do. by Alamir. CSS Hacks and IE7. Return to p.i.e.Return to Articles If you only want to know the quick and dirty way to feed rules to IE only, go to this page which explains one method to do so. In 2005 Microsoft started cleaning up a lot of its selector support problems, but a lot of coders were using these IE problems to hack special rules for the Explorer browser. In the long run the newly-supported CSS selectors will make our jobs easier, but in the short run it mean rewriting stylesheets and updating our IE-coddling methods so they don't explode in our faces. A number of CSS hacks that relied on IEwin's failure to support certain advanced selectors are failing to "work" because IE7 now supports those selectors and so reads CSS rules not intended for it.

If this is you, read on... Should We Even Bother? It's a simple fact that the majority browser (IE/Win) cannot be made to handle complex CSS designs without the ability to induce hasLayout on certain buggy elements within those layouts. What's In, What's Out Going Legit. Geek to Live: Set up your personal Wikipedia. I know this article is more than 2 years old but the basic principles still work well. Thanks for the great guide it helped me get this setup, but some things have changed over the last couple of years. WAMP link is [www.wampserver.com] Downloaded the lastest version (might as well start with the latest version) and installed following directions supplied, worked great, much simpler than installing apache, php, and sql on your own. The latest mediawiki software can be found at [www.mediawiki.org] (again, why not). If you have looked up things on wiki, you might have noticed the the addresses are [en.wikipedia.org] (assuming the english version) but your new wiki has the address of [localhost] Getting rid of this this requires some doing in the [httpd.conf] file Apache conf directory.

I found most of this information on [www.mediawiki.org] with many other google searches. Alias /wiki C:\wamp\www\HighlandWiki\w\index.php In addition at the end of the file, add: AllowOverride all. Top 10: Top 10 Free Windows File Wranglers. Quick Tip: Never Lose Anything Again. Hack Attack: Advanced file and attachment management with Gmail. Step By Step: Share a Printer on Your Home Network - Lifehacker. 7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing | Marc and Angel.

Email Below I have compiled a list of 7 clever Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of. Together I think they represent the apex of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks. Although there are many others out there, these 7 tricks are my all-time favorite. Enjoy yourself. 1. 2. 3. You’re connecting to a public network at a coffee shop or internet café and you want privacy while you browse the web. There are subscription services and applications available such as TOR and paid VPN servers that do the same thing. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bonus Material: Here is a list of my favorite Google advanced search operators, operator combinations, and related uses: Want more info on Google Hacking?

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