HR’s in IE All I can say is … grrrrrrr. Waste a bunch of time, if you like, trying to get them to look right, cross-browser, or just use this work-around code for IE:
http://blog.neatlysliced.com/2008/03/hr-image-replacement/But I lurved the hr image from here:
http://www.pewpewlaser.com/articles/fancy-hrs
Also, how you you not love a site called ‘pewpewlaser’? :-)
Mysterious extra white space around img in Firefox If you will recall from the last post, I was working on an image map. Then, I couldn’t get it to look right, because of all the extra white space. This post’ll get you headed in the right direction:
http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-84484.html
Proper use of jQuery dialog
Otherwise known as “Why does this dialog only open once?”
http://blog.nemikor.com/2009/04/08/basic-usage-of-the-jquery-ui-dialog/
Hmmm. Not much Ruby or Rails in this post, eh? Well, Ruby on Rails apps are web apps, and some days you’ll be struggling with HTML, CSS, & Javascript. That’s just the way it is, so make sure you don’t neglect those tools in your toolbox.
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