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Getting flash to show up in front of content 2007-12-07 10:20:29 I used to have a problem of controlling flash elements on my sites.. On one site we have 6 different flash flv movies that are all the same size and are in the same position on the page. But only 1 is displayed at a time based on what the user wants to watch. So the selected flash movie needs to have the highest stacking order/zIndex. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Prevent WP-Cache from Caching index 2007-12-07 09:12:56 Disable caching on WordPress index pages when using WP-Cache with this neat mod to the famously speedy cache plugin. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Best Free Online Banking for Web Professionals 2007-12-04 15:18:19 I've spent a lot of time over the past 10 years managing my money online, and I want to let you all know my two favorite free online banks, Etrade and WaMu. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

301 Redirect Cheatsheet 2007-11-29 19:48:15 Ultimate Redirect Cheatsheet for multiple programming languages. Redirecting Users with Javascript redirect, meta refresh redirect, and php redirect, also htaccess methods, python, coldfusion, asp, perl, etc. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Smart HTTP and HTTPS RewriteRule Redirects 2007-11-29 10:34:47 This is freaking sweet if you use SSL I promise you! Basically instead of having to check for HTTPS using a RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on for every redirect that can be either HTTP or HTTPS, I set an environment variable once with the value "http" or "https" if HTTP or HTTPS is being used for that request, and use that env variable in the RewriteRule. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Simple PHP Anti-Spam Captcha Script 2007-11-28 21:37:44 Prevent automated web robot tools and spammers from taking advantage of your site with this simple php script that I hacked up earlier today to use on my Advanced HTTP Header Viewer. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Best CSS .Classes for CSS Toolbox 2007-11-28 15:57:41 CSS is one of the most useful tools I have in my toolbox as a Web Developer. Having a CSS Toolbox containing good CSS Classes that you repeatedly use is quite helpful for us XHTML / web-standards / best-practices developers. Check out 10 of my favorite CSS classes. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Review: Posh CSS 2007-11-28 14:41:45 PoshCSS.com has links to nice and new CSS Articles. Don't worry, they aren't snobs. ;) [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Referer Spoofing Using JavaScript 2007-11-27 02:21:33 Even though at the moment I'm more into AJAX and simple behavioural unobtrusive javascript more than java, I still remember how excited I was back in 1995 when Sun released both beta and alpha Java versions to the public.. In fact I still have my Java 1.0 Unleashed book, which I'm looking at right now. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Tips on Writing WordPress Plugins 2007-11-26 11:50:18 Thought I'd give you all the tips and tricks that I've learned and use when developing WordPress plugins.. which can be quite fun! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

A better way to use PDF files online 2007-11-26 00:54:45 .htaccess and php example serves .pdf files to give visitors the choice to open in an external program or save to disk without having to open it in the browser PDF Before and after Fix - Firefox [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

The Latest and Greatest php.ini 2007-11-25 20:49:27 Grab the latest php.ini developmental version and discover new or previously hidden php runtime configuration settings... ahead of everyone else! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Apache Directives and Modules on DreamHost 2007-11-23 05:23:09 Apache .htaccess Directives and Loaded Modules allowed on DreamHost Apache Server 2 Setups. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

The Final Countdown 2007-11-20 21:38:47 Music for my home page.. thanks to Nintendo Wii, Mario Bro's, and YouTube. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Renaming Sponsored Links in AdSense 2007-11-13 14:30:02 Google AdSense calles their AdSense Ads, "Sponsored Links", while Text-Link-Ads.com recommends "Sponsored By". Of course it is against the Google Adsense TOS to rename your ads, but in general, for non-adsense, what do you like to call your sponsored links? [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ... Adsense