by Wayne Hastings | Jul 6, 2009 | Gallery 2, Hacks
When everything else is fairly configurable, why are some things so difficult? Here is how to hide the view count on albums in Gallery 2 using the Matrix default template. Edit /themes/matrix/templates/album.tpl Replace this: showViewCount=true With this:...
by Wayne Hastings | Jun 27, 2009 | Hacks, Macintosh
Have you figured out that you can color code your Apple Mail messages? Go to Format –> Show Colors Select a message in your inbox, then click a color in the Colors palette. You can’t sort based on the colors, but at least you can do more than just mark...
by Wayne Hastings | Jun 26, 2009 | Hacks, PayPal
Here is a simple hack that took me a while to locate, so here is a post to document… The PayPal cart and buy now buttons allow you great variety in shipping, but how do you charge a flat rate for shipping per order? It isn’t obvious. Add the following line...
by Wayne Hastings | Jun 18, 2009 | Content Management, Hacks, Joomla
In Joomla 1.5, the system automatically creates a META Generator tag that you might want to change or hide. The default tag looks like this: <meta name=”generator” content=”Joomla! 1.5 – Open Source Content Management” /> There is...
by Wayne Hastings | Jun 5, 2009 | Adobe Photoshop, Hacks
I’ve never had a problem with browsers, specifically IE, loading favicons created for my client sites. But this week I had one site where the favicon would load in every browser EXCEPT Internet Explorer. Normally, I create favicon images in Adobe Photoshop, at...
by Wayne Hastings | Jun 4, 2009 | Hacks, Macintosh, Utilities
Occasionally in Mac OS, I’ll get an e-mail with a .dat file extension. .dat is pretty generic, but typically this is from an older Microsoft e-mail program bundling the message and one or more attachments into the .dat. The Microsoft program knows what’s...
