Advertise with Googlier.com Tips https://chateau-logic.com/ en Flash always ontop of page content. https://chateau-logic.com/content/flash-always-ontop-page-content <span>Flash always ontop of page content.</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2009-08-14T20:34:50+02:00" title="Friday, August 14, 2009 - 20:34">14 August, 2009 - 20:34</time> </span> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>I had this problem today with Flash (SWF) content appearing ontop of a JTip popup. I tried changing the z-index within the CSS, but it didn't work, it took me a long time to discover what needed to be done to fix it, but basically it was quite easy;</p> <p> 1. Add the following parameter to the OBJECT tag:</p> <p> &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt; </p> <p> 2. Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag:</p> <p> wmode="transparent" </p> <p>reference <a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14201.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14201.html</a></p> </div> <ul class="links inline"> <li><a href="https://chateau-logic.com/content/flash-always-ontop-page-content" rel="tag" title="Flash always ontop of page content." hreflang="und">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Flash always ontop of page content.</span></a></li> </ul> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:34:50 +0000 admin 25 at https://chateau-logic.com The dangers of global variables revisited because of PHP. https://chateau-logic.com/content/dangers-global-variables-revisited-because-php <span>The dangers of global variables revisited because of PHP.</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2009-07-10T14:31:01+02:00" title="Friday, July 10, 2009 - 14:31">10 July, 2009 - 14:31</time> </span> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In 1985 after about two years of full time programming I had an epiphany; realising that global variables are a very bad idea. Roughly 20% of the bugs that I kept finding were down to abuse or misuse of global variables, so I stopped using them, apart from the time when you really should use one (e.g. for a pointer to global shared memory that never changes).</p> <p>So here I am over 20 years later, and I've just realised exactly the same thing, except this time it's in PHP not 'CORAL' '66'.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"> <li><a href="https://chateau-logic.com/content/dangers-global-variables-revisited-because-php" rel="tag" title="The dangers of global variables revisited because of PHP." hreflang="und">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The dangers of global variables revisited because of PHP.</span></a></li> </ul> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:31:01 +0000 admin 16 at https://chateau-logic.com The danger of the using words new latest and old updated newer in any names https://chateau-logic.com/content/danger-using-words-new-latest-and-old-updated-newer-any-names <span>The danger of the using words new latest and old updated newer in any names</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2008-08-07T15:29:46+02:00" title="Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 15:29">7 August, 2008 - 15:29</time> </span> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The danger of using the words that relate to time and freshness in names, such as old,newer,latest and updated.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"> <li><a href="https://chateau-logic.com/content/danger-using-words-new-latest-and-old-updated-newer-any-names" rel="tag" title="The danger of the using words new latest and old updated newer in any names" hreflang="und">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The danger of the using words new latest and old updated newer in any names</span></a></li> </ul> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:29:46 +0000 admin 10 at https://chateau-logic.com How to use alpha blending on websites to create cool looking effects https://chateau-logic.com/content/how-use-alpha-blending-websites-create-cool-looking-effects <span>How to use alpha blending on websites to create cool looking effects</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2008-08-07T14:15:56+02:00" title="Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 14:15">7 August, 2008 - 14:15</time> </span> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Alpha blending is now possible thanks to improved browser support for PNG images with an alpha channel.</p> <p>In essence the alpha channel controls the visibility and I use this together with layering images atop each other to provide texture and colour to style page elements.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"> <li><a href="https://chateau-logic.com/content/how-use-alpha-blending-websites-create-cool-looking-effects" rel="tag" title="How to use alpha blending on websites to create cool looking effects" hreflang="und">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about How to use alpha blending on websites to create cool looking effects</span></a></li> </ul> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:15:56 +0000 admin 8 at https://chateau-logic.com