Web Site Development by Shawn Olson

Web Site Development by Shawn Olson

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Software Activation, Licensing and Piracy

11.11.09 The problem with software activation systems in the Internet Age and the inflated claims that piracy costs billions of dollars a year. authored by Shawn Olson

Filter XML Data Based on Dates in ActionScript

10.13.09 You can filter your XML data based on dates in ActionScript to limit results in a component's data provider to one that is relevant to the given task. authored by Shawn Olson

Change HTML Styles with JavaScript

07.24.09 Video and source files on using getElementById, getElementsByTagName and object oriented methods to dynamically change HTML element styles in JavaScript. authored by Shawn Olson

Apache Mod Rewrite and PHP

07.09.09 How to check if Apache's mod_rewrite module is installed on your server directly inside your PHP script. authored by Shawn Olson

Get a Form Element's Label with JavaScript

07.08.09 This JavaScript finds the label for a form element, which is helpful for dynamically highlighting or changing a label based on user input. authored by Shawn Olson

Flash bgcolor and allowFullScreen Parameters Not Working?

07.01.09 I spent half a day trying to figure out why a Flash project suddenly stopped honoring bgcolor and allowFullScreen in IE but not other browsers. authored by Shawn Olson

Change CSS in JavaScript in multiple browsers

06.23.09 I have updated the popular changecss() JavaScript function to be compatible with most common browsers. authored by Shawn Olson

Web Statistics

03.31.09 A brief introduction to understanding website statistics, including a discussion of visits, hits and other topics to be aware of. authored by Shawn Olson

MP4 files in Flex VideoDisplay

01.09.09 Here is a solution to your problem if you are building an application in Flex 3 that uses the VideoDisplay component and the results fail to work in Internet Explorer and Chrome but mysteriously work in Firefox. authored by Shawn Olson

Dynamically change a form's action with JavaScript

12.12.08 JavaScript allows you to dynamically change a form's action. To make the function work in the new Google Chrome browser, you need to reference the action differently than you could in other browsers. authored by Shawn Olson

SwfObject JavaScript Error in IE7

11.26.08 IE7 has a JavaScript Error when using the swfobject.js method if you do not give the containing object element an ID. authored by Shawn Olson

Google's Dewey Update

06.10.08 Some thoughts on the latest upheaval to the search engine world and the so-called Dewey Update. authored by Shawn Olson

UseMaps Crash IE When Changed

03.31.08 Dynamically changing an image's usemap property can cause Internet Explorer to crash completely. Here is a solution to changing usemaps with JavaScript. authored by Shawn Olson

Streaming Video using ASX files on Internet Explorer not working in Windows Vista

03.26.08 A solution to getting streaming video to play in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista. The solution is to turn off UAC. authored by Shawn Olson

Add Google Translation Links

01.11.08 Use this free custom JavaScript functions to add links to translate your web pages with the Google translation tools. authored by Shawn Olson

Google Page Rank Dilemma

11.02.07 A solution to the dilemma of a loss in page rank according to the Google Toolbar. authored by Shawn Olson

Google Page Rank Woes

10.28.07 Google has sliced and diced the page rank of many websites, including this one. authored by Shawn Olson

Select Radio Inputs JavaScript

08.17.07 A free javascript function to choose radio inputs with a given value. authored by Shawn Olson

What are Meta Tags Anyway?

08.13.07 Discussion on meta tags, including their legitimate usage, abuse and misunderstanding. authored by Shawn Olson

URL Fragment not Accessible to PHP

12.12.06 The fragment part of a URL or web address is not sent to servers to be accessible by scripting languages such as PHP. authored by Shawn Olson

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