HTML displaying £ instead of £

Oct 31
2011

Another quick fix – if you are finding that your html page is outputting £ instead of £ it is more than likely because you need to specify the content type meta tag:

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

HeidiSQL query results hidden

Oct 27
2011

If you are trying to run a query in HeidiSQL and find that the results are not displaying, it is probably because the box has been pushed off the bottom by the query editor window. This can be caused by resizing of the various windows.

To fix this issues:

  1. Close all instances of HeidiSQL
  2. Open regedit.exe
  3. Delete the entry \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HeidiSQL\querymemoheight
  4. Restart HeidiSQL

Adding CSS3 Support to IE 9

Oct 21
2011

If you have been developing your first CSS3 theme in a non-IE browser such as Google Chrome, you might find that when you preview your new design in IE 9 there is still no support.

Luckily the solution is simple, all you need to do is add the following tag to yoursection and you should be good to go:

<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=Edge” />

Install subversion on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.7

Oct 10
2011

INSTALL SUBVERSION

$ yum -y install subversion

CHECK INSTALLATION

$ svn –version

$ svnadmin –version

CHECKOUT REPOSITORY

$ svn checkout file:///tmp/repos/test folder

UPDATE FROM REPOSITORY (navigate to folder)

$ svn update

COMMIT TO REPOSITORY (navigate to folder)

$ svn commit -m “your commit message here”

Install CNTLM proxy on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.7

Oct 06
2011
  1. Download rpm file from http://cntlm.wiki.sourceforge.net
  2. rpm -i [file]
  3. $ nano /etc/cntlm.conf
    Username user
    Domain domain
    Password password
    Proxy proxy:8080
  4. $ service cntlmd start
  5. System > Administration > Unbreakable Linux Network Configuration > General: Enable HTTP Proxy = localhost:3128

Updated Links

Aug 30
2011

I have been working on getting together a list of useful websites and I have now added those links to a new page on this website:

Links

If you have any suggestions for new links to add, please let me know.

I have also noticed that my Google ranking is dropping, probably because I haven’t updated this site for nearly a year. I will therefore post an update or two soon, I promise!

Graphics Work – Space Scenes

Oct 16
2010

I have been working with Adobe Photoshop to create a few space scenes for a project I’m working on. Below are a few of the new images.

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ChessIT – My Online Chess Game

Oct 08
2010

I have had this script online for a while, but I have had a few requests to make it public so that people can use it themselves.

ChessIT is a php and xml based program that lets you play chess against another person.

chess.dannicholson.co.uk

The system allows the majority of chess moves (some of the more obscure ones aren’t quite in yet), and even has a move history replay feature by hovering over the move list to the left of the board.

I originally wrote this as a test of a chess move validation script, but it turned out to be quite a fun game, so have a look and invite your friends!

Server Change

Oct 08
2010

I have just moved this site to a shiny new hosting package and imported the content from the previous server, everything seems to be working but there may be a few images & files missing that the export missed. If you find anything that I haven’t spotted yet let me know and I’ll see if I can track it down.

Javascript XML Parser

Apr 01
2009

This code was originally for Adobe Illustrator 10 as I needed something to parse a basic XML file and create an image from the data. It shouldn’t be too difficult to adapt it for other uses, as most of it is generic Javascript code.

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