http://stringfoo.com Tips, Tools, Tutorials and Resources for Advanced Web Development Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:05:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://stringfoo.com/2010/05/15/maptechnica-updated-with-us-city-boundary-maps/ http://stringfoo.com/2010/05/15/maptechnica-updated-with-us-city-boundary-maps/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 20:53:03 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/?p=331 Lots going on over at my side-project, MapTechnica, lately. In addition to the US 5-Digit Zip Code Maps and US County Boundary Maps, I've just turned on City maps.]]> http://stringfoo.com/2010/05/15/maptechnica-updated-with-us-city-boundary-maps/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/25/tutorial-launching-mamp-silently-on-startup/ http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/25/tutorial-launching-mamp-silently-on-startup/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:04:09 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/?p=201 MAMP is a great tool for running and managing a development server when you require more than the basic PHP configuration included with Leopard. However, getting the web server to run typically involves launching MAMP, entering your root password, and quitting MAMP. This tutorial walks through the simple steps needed to launch MAMP silently on startup so that you do not have to enter your root password every time.]]> http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/25/tutorial-launching-mamp-silently-on-startup/feed/ 22 http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/24/integrating-the-iphone-sdk-simulator-into-dreamweaver/ http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/24/integrating-the-iphone-sdk-simulator-into-dreamweaver/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:43:56 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/?p=200 Are you doing iPhone development on a Mac? Do you use Dreamweaver as your IDE? If your answer to both questions is 'yes,' then try this simple tip.]]> http://stringfoo.com/2008/08/24/integrating-the-iphone-sdk-simulator-into-dreamweaver/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2008/05/26/dreamweaver-cs4-public-beta/ http://stringfoo.com/2008/05/26/dreamweaver-cs4-public-beta/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 05:00:21 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/?p=198 The Dreamweaver team has been hard at work since the launch of CS3 to bring you...drum roll please...CS4!]]> http://stringfoo.com/2008/05/26/dreamweaver-cs4-public-beta/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2008/03/18/safari-31-update-released-my-recommended-standards-compliant-development-browser/ http://stringfoo.com/2008/03/18/safari-31-update-released-my-recommended-standards-compliant-development-browser/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:24:27 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/2008/03/18/safari-31-update-released-my-recommended-standards-compliant-development-browser/ Safari 3.1 has been released for both the Mac and the Windows. The update is available via the automatic Software Update on the Mac, or via a manual update on Windows. Of course, you can download a fresh clean install here. Included in the update is a new Develop menu which contains various web development features, allows access to the web inspector and the network time line, allows CSS editing in the web inspector, and allows user agent spoofing. On the standards side, Safari 3.1 adds support for CSS 3 web fonts, CSS transforms and transitions, HTML 5 <video> and <audio> elements, offline storage for Web applications in SQL databases, SVG images in <img> elements and CSS images, and SVG advanced text. (Ironically, none of these things are standards yet, but whatever.) The full release notes can be read here. Since the launch of Leopard and Safari 3, I've been using Safari as my primary development browser. The only thing I miss from firefox is the ability to view the source code on selected text. Other than that, Safari 3 with the debug menu enabled has been the best browser for development on the market, hands-down. With 3.1's update, this will only improve.]]> http://stringfoo.com/2008/03/18/safari-31-update-released-my-recommended-standards-compliant-development-browser/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2007/02/01/googles-resources-for-webmasters-2/ http://stringfoo.com/2007/02/01/googles-resources-for-webmasters-2/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:59:56 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/2007/02/01/googles-resources-for-webmasters-2/ http://stringfoo.com/2007/02/01/googles-resources-for-webmasters-2/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2007/01/30/what-if-you-launhed-an-os-and-nobody-came/ http://stringfoo.com/2007/01/30/what-if-you-launhed-an-os-and-nobody-came/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:16:26 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/archives/2007-01-30_what-if-you-launhed-an-os-and-nobody-came A truly remarkable thing happened today: Microsoft released Vista to the public, yet concensus seems to be that few people care. There were no long lines at the stores, and the air seems completely devoid of buzz. Opening day seems to have come and gone with a whimper, not a bang. Is it any wonder?]]> http://stringfoo.com/2007/01/30/what-if-you-launhed-an-os-and-nobody-came/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2006/06/06/vista-slip-spells-opportunity-for-apple/ http://stringfoo.com/2006/06/06/vista-slip-spells-opportunity-for-apple/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:47:46 +0000 sstringer http://stringfoo.com/archives/2006-06-06_vista-slip-spells-opportunity-for-apple http://stringfoo.com/2006/06/06/vista-slip-spells-opportunity-for-apple/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/29/why-the-dmca-needs-revision/ http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/29/why-the-dmca-needs-revision/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:55:25 +0000 sstringer http://www.stringfoo.com/archives/2006-01-29_why-the-dmca-needs-revision http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/29/why-the-dmca-needs-revision/feed/ 0 http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/14/identify-that-font/ http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/14/identify-that-font/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:55:17 +0000 sstringer http://www.stringfoo.com/?p=13 http://stringfoo.com/2006/01/14/identify-that-font/feed/ 0