How to redirect homepage in Joomla

Nov 08

Zaheer ParachaProgramming, Web Development 1 Comment


Joomla is a wonderful platform to publish websites. With readily available templates you can have your website up and running in no time. Sometimes though you may need to direct your visitors to a different page than your regular home page, for instance you may want to direct all the visitors to a promotion page during special sales events. There is a very simple and easy way of doing this in Joomla. More

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An HTML element you don't want to omit.

Feb 17

Zaheer ParachaWeb Development , , 1 Comment

doctypes An HTML element you don't want to omit.

Doctypes

As web developers we have the tendency to blame web browsers for inconsistencies and for not displaying the pages as designed. Most of the time the blame is justified, but there are instances when the blame lies at the feet of the web developers. For example, incorrect CSS declarations, missing closing tags in HTML documents will break you website. Another common and often overlooked reason of broken web pages is the missing or incorrect DOCYTYPE declaration. More

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Why you should stop using onload method.

Feb 01

Zaheer ParachaJavascript, Web Development , , , , 8 Comments

onload1 276x300 Why you should stop using onload method.

Onload

It is amazing that many web developers still use onload method embedded in the BODY tag, like


 <HEAD>
 <BODY onload="document.contact.userID.focus();">
  <form name="contact">
   <input type="text" name="userID" >
  </form>
  </BODY>
 </HEAD>

There are two problems with this line of code.

  1. Embedding code (behavior) with HTML (structure) makes it difficult to maintain the page.
  2. onload() method will executes only after the page is fully displayed.

    3. Let’s see how to fix these problems. More

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Google says Adios to IE6.

Jan 30

Zaheer ParachaWeb Development , , 3 Comments

Google says Adios to IE6.
Google agrees that the time has come for us to lay IE6 to rest. Google announced in a blog post that it will stop supporting IE6 from March 01, 2010. Google will start by phasing out IE6 support for Google Docs and Google Sites, but I believe eventually all Google products will stop supporting IE6.
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Five free tools to choose perfect colors for your website.

Jan 29

Zaheer ParachaMost Popular Posts, Web Development , , , , , , 17 Comments

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Rainbow colors


Color coordination plays a big role in the look and feel of a website. An appealing color scheme is an important prerequisite for eye catching web design. Dull or very sharp colors or mismatch colors will not only look ugly it may overshadow other nice elements of your website. Choosing vibrant, harmonious colors that are pleasant to eyes enhance the aesthetics appeal of a website. Following is a list of online resources you can use to construct the color schemes for your next web design project.
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How to position HTML element in the center using CSS.

Jan 19

Zaheer ParachaCSS, Web Development , , , 3 Comments

Positioning text in the center of an element is easily done using text-align:center property. But how do you position an entire element, for e.g; a div or an image in the center of the containing parent element?

For example, if you want to put an image at the center of your header div how do you accomplish this?

There are several ways to align an element in the center but the preferred and elegant method is to use margin property. More

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Reset CSS: A simple solution to browsers’ inconsistencies.

Jan 10

Zaheer ParachaCSS, Web Development , No Comments

One of the challenges web designers face is to get various web browsers render their web pages in a consistent manner. The reason is every browser assigns slightly different default styles to certain page elements.


A simple approach to handle this cross-browser inconsistency is to overwrite browsers’ default styles. This technique is known as resetting CSS. To me it is more like setting a starting point for your web page being rendered by various browser. By setting (or resetting) the base styles you start with a consistent base for each browser. More

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