Dude, this is awesome. Thank you. Where is the "flip" option in handbrake?
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Dude, this is awesome. Thank you. Where is the "flip" option in handbrake?
Under the "Filters" tab for me in Windows.
You do have to make sure you click it each time you pick a different encoding preset though, the first encode I did at 720p30 was too big.
Well, looks like the Mac version is just behind the PC version then, as I cannot find that at all in filters.
I think my first website I made like 10 years ago I made it mostly with tons of images like that. Though I was a teenager and never done that before haha.
Syphon Filter
Member
When coding h2's and a paragraph after, what is the best practice when you have multiple h2's and paragraph's to code right after each other? Should I put each H2 and paragraph in their own div? Spamming <br> is probably not a good idea right? So should each h2 and paragraph be in their own dive and then all of them wrapped under another div?
they should all be on the same level unless they're separate pieces of content.unrelated to each other.
if they can be considered separate then maybe use <article>.
GiantBeagle
Neo Member
I've just started learning the basics of these languages because I want to move into development and didnt do a computer science degree. This thread is a godsend, so many useful tools!
I have to say learning this stuff is a pretty daunting task on my own (I don't have the money to go take a real course or degree right now) any tips for a starter on making things as straightforward as possible and maybe a little less terrifying?
I have to say learning this stuff is a pretty daunting task on my own (I don't have the money to go take a real course or degree right now) any tips for a starter on making things as straightforward as possible and maybe a little less terrifying?
Syphon Filter
Member
nice, thanks. one more thing, if they are on the same level then what if I want to give it spacing from the top so its not close to each other? i wouldn't have other html tags to use to control the spacing css then.
cheebdragonite
Member
Heh, looking at all those tools and technologies listed in the OP is pretty intimidating, but you should always start with just HTML and CSS. They're generally easy to learn, and Codecademy is a decent place to start. Make sure to understand the syntax, and then move onto design and layouts. Once you feel comfortable, make a webpage out it! You can always use CodePen or JSFiddle to fiddle around with front-end code.
Use CSS margin, like so, unless you mean like this.
Daffy Duck
Member
Edit: Ignore me, my brain has been baked in the heat.
Make a new branch from current branch:
git checkout -b {branchname}
Make edits, when you want to save:
git add -A (stages all new/changed files for commit, you probably want to check with "git status" incase there was something you didn't mean to change, add)
git commit -m "{your message}" (commits changes to branch)
when you want to merge your branch:
git checkout {branchname} (branch you want to merge into)
git merge {branchname} (branch you want to merge)
If you don't commit, changes are part of the "working changes" and so if you switch branches they will follow you. You either need to commit them, or temporarily stash them ("git stash", and to get them again "git stash pop"). To blow the working changes away use "git reset --hard".
Daffy Duck
Member
Thanks for the reply, that all makes sense now and the error of my ways was not committing the changes I had made and I was baked from the 30 degree+ heat and couldn't think.
I really need a decent tutorial to read about this stuff.
Edit: one other major question regarding eb deploy to Amazon which this site has, does the eb deploy command deploy the current working branch if say the branch that it checked out is say "feature1" or is it always the master branch?
I really need a decent tutorial to read about this stuff.
Edit: one other major question regarding eb deploy to Amazon which this site has, does the eb deploy command deploy the current working branch if say the branch that it checked out is say "feature1" or is it always the master branch?
cheebdragonite
Member
I'm not sure if this is the place to ask but I'll try.
I'm setting up a website for my work and using Wordpress to do it. I'm using Mailchimp for a newsletter subscription and using Contact Form 7 with the Mailchimp addon to CF7 to add people that actually sign up for the form to the list on Mailchimp.
What I want to do (and having trouble with) is to send the opt-in email right after the person signs up and joins the subscriber list. The automation feature on Mailchimp seems to only allow a template (custom or not) to be sent and not first send the opt-in email first. I know there's a way to create a form via Mailchimp but since I already coded everything right with CF7, I want to stick with that.
Anyone know how I can do this?
I feel pretty dumb not knowing this lol
I'm setting up a website for my work and using Wordpress to do it. I'm using Mailchimp for a newsletter subscription and using Contact Form 7 with the Mailchimp addon to CF7 to add people that actually sign up for the form to the list on Mailchimp.
What I want to do (and having trouble with) is to send the opt-in email right after the person signs up and joins the subscriber list. The automation feature on Mailchimp seems to only allow a template (custom or not) to be sent and not first send the opt-in email first. I know there's a way to create a form via Mailchimp but since I already coded everything right with CF7, I want to stick with that.
Anyone know how I can do this?
I feel pretty dumb not knowing this lol
Daffy Duck
Member
Are you wanting to achieve the double opt in method?
As it's my understanding people give their permission to mail them when they sign up to the mailing list.
However if you do want double opt in, and it's been a little while since I've looked at these plugins but is there not a checkbox to tick to send the double opt in the mail chimp extension for CF7?
As it's my understanding people give their permission to mail them when they sign up to the mailing list.
However if you do want double opt in, and it's been a little while since I've looked at these plugins but is there not a checkbox to tick to send the double opt in the mail chimp extension for CF7?
Enricobandito
Member
Isn't the 'normal' way MC handles the best way? Don't understand the question completly.
Enricobandito
Member
You could use something like cushycms. Wich is very easy to understand. Personally i hate these kind of cms.
As for Wordpress, you could use HTML5 blank theme http://html5blank.com/. Pour your design in the template file's and use a plugin like AFC to populate the fields.
Any design patterns for presenting pessimistic locking to end-users? I can think of a dozen ways to do it, but would be nice to see a tried pattern. Google seems only return the database perspective of locking records, and I'm seeing close to nothing on handling this for end-users.
Use case,
- User1 opens Record-A for editing
- Record-A is "locked" to just User1, no other users can edit
Needs to handle:
- User1 goes to lunch for 4 hours, followed by going on vacation for 2 weeks
- User1 is basically writing a book in this record, and is legitimately taking hours to enter data
- User2 tries to open/edit Record-A
Should User1 be presented with messages like "Your record is currently locked, your session will expire if you become idle.." etc. Maybe something a bit more hidden, like an on-blur event or on-change event that determines the user is not idle, and updates a lock expiration timestamp..
Use case,
- User1 opens Record-A for editing
- Record-A is "locked" to just User1, no other users can edit
Needs to handle:
- User1 goes to lunch for 4 hours, followed by going on vacation for 2 weeks
- User1 is basically writing a book in this record, and is legitimately taking hours to enter data
- User2 tries to open/edit Record-A
Should User1 be presented with messages like "Your record is currently locked, your session will expire if you become idle.." etc. Maybe something a bit more hidden, like an on-blur event or on-change event that determines the user is not idle, and updates a lock expiration timestamp..
Lister
Banned
You are outlining the usual reasons why people tend to go with optimistic locking. Any reason why this isn't an option?
1) Per customer requirements
2) Straight up curiosity at this point of how to best handle this type of thing
I don't think this scenario really leans towards optimistic concurrency any more than it does pessimistic. Both are valid techniques for handling concurrency. Pessimistic is just a bit less flexible for end users, but imo leads to less potential complexity for end-user experience.
I guess I should add that this isn't a small record that's being edited, it's a form with, for example, 3 "pages" of many fields. Many of these fields are free-text fields that would require paragraphs worth of data entry- so it's a form that's going to have a long time-frame for editing. My instinct tells me that optimistic locking would confuse the user in this case.
The experience I don't want my user to have due to optimistic locking,
- User clicks save
- User is presented with "Some of the data is out of date, would you like to get the latest data?"
- User thinks to self, "Hmm.. what data is out of date? Is it going to overwrite fields that I just edited?"
Perhaps a good optimistic locking system would provide a preview of, "here are the changes that will be made to bring your form up to date" with a left/right diff and highlighted changes/etc. But I think that is overly-complicated for my users.
Thanks for the help, guys! Made me think of a different approach and it just turns out I didn't configure the CG7 Mailchimp plugin properly :|
Lister
Banned
Anyway to break up the record transaction so that you are only editing the part of the record you needd to edit, instead of been given the entire thing?
But yeah, the client wants it sounds like somethign you might not be able to work around
Anyway to break up the record transaction so that you are only editing the part of the record you needd to edit, instead of been given the entire thing?
But yeah, the client wants it sounds like somethign you might not be able to work around
Unfortunately not I think. It's pretty cohesive data.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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Lister
Banned
If it's just a few new posts a year, why not just edit the html directly?
Another simple solution would be to use some straight forward jquery, store the blogs as json files along with your html files, and call them in, build the blog entries ont he fly after Reading the json.
So in your HTML you might have some place where the blogs will go:
<section id="blog-posts"></section>
And in your js:
$(document).ready(function(){
$.get('path/to/your/files/blogs.json', function(blogs) {
function scaffoldBlogs(blogs);
});
});
// I'm being vague here but if you decide to go this route and need help, shout out.
scaffoldBlogs(blogs) {
var blogSection = ...
for (var i = 0, len = blogs.length; i < len; i++) {
var blogPost = $('<div class="blog-post">' + blogs + '</div>');
blogSection.append(blogPost);
}
}
If you have a few minutes and you're at a device with a 1080 screen or up, could you take a look at my latest client build and see if it makes sense to you as a potential customer for the site?
It's a kickboxing Gym. I just need to know you can find information on what they offer and how to book it without getting confused.
Currently only shows above 1200px width and only really optimised for 1080 screens. Early dev stage, lots of typos in the client copy, nothing on the contact page yet, more info to go on the fton page, etc...
I just want to know if I have the general layout down ok.
Here's the current build. Thanks in advance!
It's a kickboxing Gym. I just need to know you can find information on what they offer and how to book it without getting confused.
Currently only shows above 1200px width and only really optimised for 1080 screens. Early dev stage, lots of typos in the client copy, nothing on the contact page yet, more info to go on the fton page, etc...
I just want to know if I have the general layout down ok.
Here's the current build. Thanks in advance!
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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Lister
Banned
I mean if you are only touching it that infrequently and you don't mind not having a WYSIWYG type editor, and isntead workign with the HTML directly, I don't see why not.
Can anyone answer this.
In javascript do variables that use other variables re-evaluate?
example
let billAmount = 0;
let tipVal = .07;
let myTip = billAmount * tipVal;
let finalCost = billAmount + myTip;
If i update billAmount, it doesnt reflect in finalCost or myTip. They stay at 0.
In javascript do variables that use other variables re-evaluate?
example
let billAmount = 0;
let tipVal = .07;
let myTip = billAmount * tipVal;
let finalCost = billAmount + myTip;
If i update billAmount, it doesnt reflect in finalCost or myTip. They stay at 0.
Nope. Value typed variables (string, number, boolean) are always copies and have no knowledge of how they are set. Reference types (objects) will change internally if you set properties on them because all references to that object will point to the same memory location. That is:
Code:
let x = {};
let y = x;
y.foo = 1;
console.log(x.foo) //1
I have a (maybe silly) question regarding the build flow of a react app.
We use git flow and webpack 2 for the build. Right now I use a webpack plugin to create named releases based on the git tags and git describe.
So I create a new release with git flow (in tower) and push the release branch. My problem is, that I can't build the new release in the release branch with webpack, as git flow only creates the necessary tags after I finish it.
Am I supposed to build on master after finishing the release? How do I get the build back into the build branch (if I need to do so)
Am I doing it completely wrong?
Thanks guys!
We use git flow and webpack 2 for the build. Right now I use a webpack plugin to create named releases based on the git tags and git describe.
So I create a new release with git flow (in tower) and push the release branch. My problem is, that I can't build the new release in the release branch with webpack, as git flow only creates the necessary tags after I finish it.
Am I supposed to build on master after finishing the release? How do I get the build back into the build branch (if I need to do so)
Am I doing it completely wrong?
Thanks guys!
I've had stuff like this happen a lot. I never charge a fixed fee for working on a legacy website anymore. I give the client a ballpark figure of what I estimate the changes to cost and inform them that the actual cost might be higher depending on how the project was built. Then as soon as I notice that costs might spiral out of control I notify the client beforehand and ask if it's ok by them.
Sometimes I just flat out reject jobs like that too, since it's shit work more often than not.
I missed this before, thanks very much!
I tried Cushycms a while back, but I didn't like it. For the current projects I'm using I settled on Sitecake, which allows simple click/drag drop editing of marked divs. As my clients only ever want to update body text and images it will do for now, but I'll look into your suggestion for future.
Thank you for explaining this.
The Albatross
Member
That was not how websites were built in 2013 or 2014.... But that's how shitty freelancers built websites then, and frankly now.
Honest truth, before starting work, you might want to reach out to the client and explain that you under-estimated because you couldn't look at the underlying code. Apologize to the client and explain that you'd still love the contract but understand if they have to go elsewhere, and then bump it up.
8 Hours is low for any site-wide project, responsive or not.
megarockexe
Member
I'm back to practicing working with Bootstrap and I read some more tutorials on it. Now the thing that confuses me is dealing with a proper nav. Last time I didn't have that and this time I wanted to try one. Some of the examples are a bit complicated and I still don't have it quite how I want it.
Here is what I came up with.
I want a left logo and links on the right on desktop. But I also want the nav container to be larger than the default size.
One problem I had was that then the links would be aligned to the top. Another problem is if the logo is too large, it passes through the nav bar. I'm not sure if I solved that in an ideal way.
Another problem I'm having, which is probably a simpler fix, is that on the small size, when the nav links collapse into the menu, the links are all cramped on the right when I'd rather have them centered across. If the expanded menu could be a different color, that would be nice to have too.
Here is what I came up with.
I want a left logo and links on the right on desktop. But I also want the nav container to be larger than the default size.
One problem I had was that then the links would be aligned to the top. Another problem is if the logo is too large, it passes through the nav bar. I'm not sure if I solved that in an ideal way.
Another problem I'm having, which is probably a simpler fix, is that on the small size, when the nav links collapse into the menu, the links are all cramped on the right when I'd rather have them centered across. If the expanded menu could be a different color, that would be nice to have too.
So we ended up doing it without bumping the price, and I just made it a game for myself. We couldn't reach out and say "Hey our old freelancer was a piece of shit, and we let him build you a bad site", just wouldn't feel right since it was our company's fault. Since they didn't want to redesign the site, they just wanted the site responsive I was able to get it done in 6 hours 50 minutes, and I was super stoked about it. I coded it clean from scratch to match the old site and commented everything; didn't make a mess for the next guy to worry about. So we ended up making an extra hour of labor because I decided to have fun with it. All in all, not a bad experience, and we will definitely be digging deeper into sites that ask for huge overhauls like this.
Oh, and all the JS plugins he was using were totally unnecessary, and just part of some boilerplate trash he used for every project. I managed it with one external JS file on top of jQuery and Bootstrap's js file. The filesize of this hack's website was something like 120MB, and it's now less than 10 with all the images.
So, I'm a radio graduate. Considering full-time employment has me at 10.79/hour with no visible way to move up, I've decided to try and learn web development myself as programming interests me and the career possibilities are much higher.
I'm currently following this to get my feet wet with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/
After that, I plan on following a few Udemy courses I've grabbed, Eloquent JavaScript, etc...
Reading through this thread, some of this stuff is intimidating as hell lol. I have no idea what anything is except for the languages and what little HTML I've learned.
I'm currently following this to get my feet wet with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/
After that, I plan on following a few Udemy courses I've grabbed, Eloquent JavaScript, etc...
Reading through this thread, some of this stuff is intimidating as hell lol. I have no idea what anything is except for the languages and what little HTML I've learned.
StopMakingSense
Member
Holy shit I just had a client have the craziest google rank attack. A third party hacked wordpress site mimicking the content on the clients site, and somehow hijacking the google results for a very high ranking page. (main product listing page).
anyone have a webhost recommendation?
Maybe I'm being unrealistic, but I was doing hosting through Name.com. I guess I had promotional pricing for the first year, so the renewal comes around and it was around $80. Seems expensive for my small, three page website for my photography business. I don't have numbers but I'm guessing under 500 page visits per year. Like it's really just informational.
is there anything decent out there for $50/year or less? I've had a website for 10+ years now and I don't think I've ever paid more than $50.
Maybe I'm being unrealistic, but I was doing hosting through Name.com. I guess I had promotional pricing for the first year, so the renewal comes around and it was around $80. Seems expensive for my small, three page website for my photography business. I don't have numbers but I'm guessing under 500 page visits per year. Like it's really just informational.
is there anything decent out there for $50/year or less? I've had a website for 10+ years now and I don't think I've ever paid more than $50.
Dangansona
Member
Starting to learn Nodejs on the request of the one company in Germany who spoke to me over Skype before I move there next month.
Didn't know about this thread! I feel like my web dev weakness is images and getting them positioned and sized responsively. I need to read a long article or tutorial about that at some point.
Didn't know about this thread! I feel like my web dev weakness is images and getting them positioned and sized responsively. I need to read a long article or tutorial about that at some point.
The Albatross
Member
What kind of software is your site running on? If it's flat HTML and JavaScript, you could host it on GitHub Pages for free for ever.
if it's running WordPress or a similar CMS, you'll need hosting that supports PHP, MySQL, Apache, etc., which takes the price up from zero to something else. I'm sure there's some free hosts around, but your mileage may vary.
If you want to keep the cost low and it's a straight forward, 3-page site that doesn't get updated often, consider converting it to flat HTML, or using a flat-HTML generator like Jeckyl, which can then be uploaded to Github Pages and you can store it for nothing for ever. If you haven't done anything like that before, ti might take you a weekend to get through it, but then you'll pretty much never pay for hosting again (unless github ends up getting bought by some other company and ends the free stuff, but I doubt that)
Lister
Banned
The Albatross
Member
Adobe Muse creates flat HTML/CSS/JS for the output, right? Like, there's no CMS powering the final site, etc.
Daffy Duck
Member
KarneeKarnay
Member
Hi guys,
I'm looking into making HMTL5 games for my website. Are there any IDEs/Sites/Plugins/Tutorials/Books or other that you guys would recommend?
I'm looking into making HMTL5 games for my website. Are there any IDEs/Sites/Plugins/Tutorials/Books or other that you guys would recommend?
Wolf Akela
Member
I heard good things about Phaser.
The downside to HTML5/JS games is that everything inside is completely open.
The downside to HTML5/JS games is that everything inside is completely open.