Information Technology Articles
As an Applications Analyst, Patrick frequently discovers a software bug or enhancement that is noteworthy. Below are some of his experiences and notes (mostly pulled from my full collection stored on a Google notebook).
Referencing a location in Google Maps without a street address (Category: google)
Friday, February 25, 2011, 16:28Do you ever find yourself frustrated with the Google Calendar event location option when you do not have an address for the location? Where is that building on campus for your team meeting? Here are some tricks to get your Google Calendar events to get you pointed in the right direction.
Simple image mapping using CSS (Category: css)
Friday, February 25, 2011, 15:49Ever wonder how to map an image using CSS? Well, here ya' go.
Force client CSS or javascript refresh (Category: css)
Friday, February 25, 2011, 14:48When you make updates to the css or javascript files on your website your site visitors probably will not notice the updates. Why not? Well, let's take a look.
Joomla Admin Content Search (Category: joomla)
Monday, March 02, 2009, 08:53For whatever reason the Joomla CMS does not have a content search within the administrative interface. Here is how to achive it.
Google Screensaver - Photo Feed Updating (Category: google)
Friday, November 07, 2008, 10:14Unexpected behavior in the Google Screensaver calls for a workaround. Here we will look at a brute force method to update image feeds.
Modifying the mod_feeds module in Joomla 1.5 (Category: joomla)
Friday, March 07, 2008, 10:49Here I will discuss modifying a module using the mod_feed module as a starting point. We will change the feed module to allow sorting by date. So here goes.