Posts Tagged ‘Web Design’

Mini Tip #5 301 Redirecting a HTML or PHP Web Page

January 31st, 2010

1) Create a txt file. Name it: htaccess.txt.

2) Copy this code into the htaccess.txt file:

redirect 301 /oldpagename.html http://www.yoursite.com/newpagename.html

Note: be mindful to keep all spaces present as the above is written. You may also redirect html or php.

3) Replace oldpagename.html with your previous page name.

4) Replace http.../newpagename.html with the new page you wish to redirect to.

5) Upload to the root directory of your site.

6) Rename the htaccess.txt file to: .htaccess - with no file extension.

Enter the URL to your old webpage and it should redirect!

All done!

Free Personal & Commercial Texture Images

May 15th, 2009

Great site for obtaining 100’s of free textures for use on any of your projects, both commercial and personal. Enjoy!

zentextures.com

Mini Tip #4 Disabling Right-click in Flash MX and higher

May 14th, 2009

Don’t like that default right-click menu when you create a Flash movie? Here’s a simple way of removing it!

Create a new layer in your main timeline. Click on the first frame. Press F9 to bring up the Actions window and paste this code:

Stage.showMenu = false;

And you’re done! Test your movie and right-click to see the change.

Mini Tip #3 Checking Web Design Compatability in all Browsers

May 7th, 2009

It’s safe to say every web designer, now and then, comes to blows with a certain browser version when building a site compatible to its specific guidelines.

Xenocode.com allows you to download and run any browser from the web. Each browser, whether it be a version of Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, Opera or Safari is roughly 12mb in size.

A handy tool to have when building a compatible website for all browsers.