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This guide takes you through the process of converting a website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5 using the Fiverizer software. (Fiverizer is a program that I wrote to convert my own websites, all of which were also in XHTML 1.0. It may be downloaded and used free of charge.) ...

The Feedback Form Wizard has been fixed so that it can now, once again, create the CAPTCHA versions (ReCAPTCHA and hCaptcha) of the script. Apparently, somewhere along the line, I seem to have broken it during one of my inteal updates. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. Note: you do not have to recreate your script if you successfully generated it before. (The problem was that under certain conditions, the wizard choked and died before it could generate a script. So if you actually received a...

Suppose you find yourself in a situation where you need to disable or intercept a console command in Laravel. This tutorial will primarily focus on how to intercept the php artisan migrate command. We'll delve into the command method app/Console/Keel.php and explore how to prevent the migrate command from executing any actions. Inside the command method of app/Console/Keel.php In Laravel 11 use routes/console.php Intercept command You can intercept php artisan migrate and, instead, catch it an...

Introduction When working with forms, it is common to display or conceal various fields based on the options selected. I'll use Vue to conditionally show or hide form elements. In this example, I'm going to use an SFC (Single File Component) for ease of us. You'll see this in full in the putting it all together section below. For this to work it does not need to use a SFC, the HTML and JS will work when used in traditional setups i.e. having JS in javascript blocks and the HTML in a page's b...

Running API tests you may be tempted to open PostMan or another API client, did you know, you can run HTTP requests from inside PhpStorm directly? When developing a new API, you will want to run the API endpoints. Being able to run them without leaving PhpStorm speeds up your workflow. To start a request file, you can either select a HTTP Request file when using the new file or create a new scratch file. For a scratch file select the HTTP Request type. In either case ...

VIM Modes There are multiple modes in vim, normal mode is loaded by default. Command mode. Press : from normal mode, This mode is used when escape is pressed. Insert mode. Press i to enter insert mode, from here typing is allowed within the file. Visual mode. Press v to enter visual mode from here you can select and move lines. Visual line. Press capital V to enter visual line mode, this will select entire lines. By default command mode wil...

I've documented my PhpStorm setup, what theme I use, plugins, and keybindings. Theme I use the New UI which is located at Appearance & Behaviour -> New UI Once tued on I use the Light Theme: I like to keep things minimal, in fact, I tu off the toolbars and status bars by toggling distraction-free mode Plugins .env file support Environment variables completion based on .env, Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml files. Go to declaration(in .env ...

The script generated by the Feedback Form Wizard has been updated to improve compatibility with PHP 8 (eg, 8.0, 8.1, etc). Note: if you have generated your form and script after 1 January 2023, you already have this version (ver 3.2.0). ...

CKeditor 5 out of the box does not come with upload capabilities. Uploading is supported with its plugins, some are official paid plugins that require subscriptions. There are a few free options. Base64 upload adapter This plugin allows uploads that will convert an uploaded image into base64 data. Very easy to use but will require you to save the complete base64 code with the post, this can be get long. Docs Simple image adapter An image upload tool. It allows uploading images to an applica...

Microsoft's free web editor is a sophisticated WYSIWYG web editor with many features usually only found in commercial offerings (and no wonder, since it was previously something you had to buy). This tutorial series takes you through the process of designing a fully functional multi-page website with Expression Web....

This article on whether a domain name registrar is the same thing as a web host answers a question I was asked by a visitor....

The entire BlueGriffon Tutorial has been updated for the version 3 series of BlueGriffon. Those thinking of using it to create a website can find the complete series online....

What if someone else owns the domain on which your website sits? For example, as it was in the case of one of my visitors, someone may have bought the domain for you, and retained ownership of it. Or perhaps your website is on a free web host, or a blog host, and you are using the web address given to you by them. This article deals with how you can solve that problem (or potential problem)....

This article shows you how to insert a bullet point list (where each item on the list is marked with a solid black circle rather than numbered) into a web page using the BlueGriffon web editor....

This article deals with how to use the BlueGriffon web editor to draw lines around text and/or images on a web page, so as to put them into a box, setting them apart from their surrounding content. ...

BlueGriffon has built-in facilities for you to insert an audio clip or music file into your web page. This article shows you how to use it....

Sometimes you may want to keep a group of words on a web page together on a single line, rather than allowing the web browser to break them up and place them on separate lines if there's no space. This article shows you the HTML and CSS to accomplish this....

I was asked by a visitor why he couldn't dispense with a registrar and just make up any domain name he wanted. You may be surprised to hear that you can actually do that. But it won't do you any good....

There may be times you need to change the default colour of a link on your web page, for example, because the background colour clashes with it or renders it nearly invisible. This article shows you how to do it using the free BlueGriffon web editor....

This article deals with how to change the colour of the links on a web page using the free Microsoft Expression Web editor. It also addresses how you can change the colour of a link that has been clicked, as well as its colour when a mouse pointer is hovering over it....