<select name="state"> <option value="AL">AL</option> <option value="AK">AK</option> <option value="AZ">AZ</option> <option value="AR">AR</option> <option value="CA">CA</option> <option value="CO">CO</option> <option value="CT">CT</option> <option value="DE">DE</option> <option value="DC">DC</option> <option value="FL">FL</option> <option value="GA">GA</option> <option value="HI">HI</option> <option value="ID">ID</option> <option value="IL">IL</option> <option value="IN">IN</option> <option value="IA">IA</option> <option value="KS">KS</option> <option value="KY">KY</option> <option value="LA">LA</option> <option value="ME">ME</option> <option value="MD">MD</option> <option value="MA">MA</option> <option value="MI">MI</option> <option value="MN">MN</option> <option value="MS">MS</option> <option value="MO">MO</option> <option value="MT">MT</option> <option value="NE">NE</option> <option value="NV">NV</option> <option value="NH">NH</option> <option value="NJ">NJ</option> <option value="NM">NM</option> <option value="NY">NY</option> <option value="NC">NC</option> <option value="ND">ND</option> <option value="OH">OH</option> <option value="OK">OK</option> <option value="OR">OR</option> <option value="PA">PA</option> <option value="RI">RI</option> <option value="SC">SC</option> <option value="SD">SD</option> <option value="TN">TN</option> <option value="TX">TX</option> <option value="UT">UT</option> <option value="VT">VT</option> <option value="VA">VA</option> <option value="WA">WA</option> <option value="WV">WV</option> <option value="WI">WI</option> <option value="WY">WY</option> </select> |
HTML Select Box – 50 States Abbreviation Text and Value
HTML Select Box – 50 States Full name Text, Abbreviation Value
<select name="state"> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="DC">District of Columbia</option> <option value="FL">Florida</option> <option value="GA">Georgia</option> <option value="HI">Hawaii</option> <option value="ID">Idaho</option> <option value="IL">Illinois</option> <option value="IN">Indiana</option> <option value="IA">Iowa</option> <option value="KS">Kansas</option> <option value="KY">Kentucky</option> <option value="LA">Louisiana</option> <option value="ME">Maine</option> <option value="MD">Maryland</option> <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI">Michigan</option> <option value="MN">Minnesota</option> <option value="MS">Mississippi</option> <option value="MO">Missouri</option> <option value="MT">Montana</option> <option value="NE">Nebraska</option> <option value="NV">Nevada</option> <option value="NH">New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option> <option value="NM">New Mexico</option> <option value="NY">New York</option> <option value="NC">North Carolina</option> <option value="ND">North Dakota</option> <option value="OH">Ohio</option> <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option> <option value="OR">Oregon</option> <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC">South Carolina</option> <option value="SD">South Dakota</option> <option value="TN">Tennessee</option> <option value="TX">Texas</option> <option value="UT">Utah</option> <option value="VT">Vermont</option> <option value="VA">Virginia</option> <option value="WA">Washington</option> <option value="WV">West Virginia</option> <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option> <option value="WY">Wyoming</option> </select> |
Xbox 360, netflix access, settings change, account change
Ever have to reset your password on netflix, or just got rid of one account for a new one, or whatever the case? Then you go back to your xbox and realize you can’t access netflix anymore? Yea that sucks, when you realize theres no direct menu found anywhere to log you into netflix, and that when you load netflix all it does is cycle endlessly (maybe errors eventually) but pretty much offers no means of keying in your login details again. Well I’ve found myself a niffty little fix. And as stupid as its going to sound. It actually works.
Apparently Netflix has a built in hidden menu that you can access at any time when the app is open (usually a few seconds after its loaded, even in the title screen your stuck at)
To access it using the Direction (D-Pad), on the left side of the controller, and no not the joy stick, the one that resembles a circle, with the arrows, you know the one you barely touch anymore in games.. yea, that one.
Follow this Combination after you Open Netflix
Up
Up
Down
Down
Left
Right
Left
Right
Up
Up
Up
Up
If you did that correctly, a new menu should pop up, from which you can select “login” or various other settings you didnt know about. Have fun, also don’t go deleting your netflix application data like most bloggers will tell you to, cause all you’ll have for the effort of having to manually delete various bits, bit by bit is the need to redownload the whole netflix app, suffer through the updates, and all else. Only to and very likely be presented with the same situation that you have before you tried to delete the whole app.
Apparently Netflix has a built in hidden menu that you can access at any time when the app is open (usually a few seconds after its loaded, even in the title screen your stuck at)
To access it using the Direction (D-Pad), on the left side of the controller, and no not the joy stick, the one that resembles a circle, with the arrows, you know the one you barely touch anymore in games.. yea, that one.
Follow this Combination after you Open Netflix
Up
Up
Down
Down
Left
Right
Left
Right
Up
Up
Up
Up
If you did that correctly, a new menu should pop up, from which you can select “login” or various other settings you didnt know about. Have fun, also don’t go deleting your netflix application data like most bloggers will tell you to, cause all you’ll have for the effort of having to manually delete various bits, bit by bit is the need to redownload the whole netflix app, suffer through the updates, and all else. Only to and very likely be presented with the same situation that you have before you tried to delete the whole app.
HTML Select Box – Country List with ISO Codes as Values
Just like the other HTML Select Box – Country List this select box is a list of all the countries, however the values used in the element are the ISO Short Code versions (or abbreviations as some may call it). Anyway here it is.
<select id="countries" name="countries"> <option value="AF">Afghanistan</option> <option value="AX">Åland Islands</option> <option value="AL">Albania</option> <option value="DZ">Algeria</option> <option value="AS">American Samoa</option> <option value="AD">Andorra</option> <option value="AO">Angola</option> <option value="AI">Anguilla</option> <option value="AQ">Antarctica</option> <option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option> <option value="AR">Argentina</option> <option value="AM">Armenia</option> <option value="AW">Aruba</option> <option value="AU">Australia</option> <option value="AT">Austria</option> <option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option> <option value="BS">Bahamas</option> <option value="BH">Bahrain</option> <option value="BD">Bangladesh</option> <option value="BB">Barbados</option> <option value="BY">Belarus</option> <option value="BE">Belgium</option> <option value="BZ">Belize</option> <option value="BJ">Benin</option> <option value="BM">Bermuda</option> <option value="BT">Bhutan</option> <option value="BO">Bolivia</option> <option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option> <option value="BW">Botswana</option> <option value="BV">Bouvet Island</option> <option value="BR">Brazil</option> <option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option> <option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</option> <option value="BG">Bulgaria</option> <option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option> <option value="BI">Burundi</option> <option value="KH">Cambodia</option> <option value="CM">Cameroon</option> <option value="CA">Canada</option> <option value="CV">Cape Verde</option> <option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option> <option value="CF">Central African Republic</option> <option value="TD">Chad</option> <option value="CL">Chile</option> <option value="CN">China</option> <option value="CX">Christmas Island</option> <option value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option> <option value="CO">Colombia</option> <option value="KM">Comoros</option> <option value="CG">Congo</option> <option value="CD">Congo, The Democratic Republic of The</option> <option value="CK">Cook Islands</option> <option value="CR">Costa Rica</option> <option value="CI">Cote D'ivoire</option> <option value="HR">Croatia</option> <option value="CU">Cuba</option> <option value="CY">Cyprus</option> <option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option> <option value="DK">Denmark</option> <option value="DJ">Djibouti</option> <option value="DM">Dominica</option> <option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option> <option value="EC">Ecuador</option> <option value="EG">Egypt</option> <option value="SV">El Salvador</option> <option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option> <option value="ER">Eritrea</option> <option value="EE">Estonia</option> <option value="ET">Ethiopia</option> <option value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option> <option value="FO">Faroe Islands</option> <option value="FJ">Fiji</option> <option value="FI">Finland</option> <option value="FR">France</option> <option value="GF">French Guiana</option> <option value="PF">French Polynesia</option> <option value="TF">French Southern Territories</option> <option value="GA">Gabon</option> <option value="GM">Gambia</option> <option value="GE">Georgia</option> <option value="DE">Germany</option> <option value="GH">Ghana</option> <option value="GI">Gibraltar</option> <option value="GR">Greece</option> <option value="GL">Greenland</option> <option value="GD">Grenada</option> <option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option> <option value="GU">Guam</option> <option value="GT">Guatemala</option> <option value="GG">Guernsey</option> <option value="GN">Guinea</option> <option value="GW">Guinea-bissau</option> <option value="GY">Guyana</option> <option value="HT">Haiti</option> <option value="HM">Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands</option> <option value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option> <option value="HN">Honduras</option> <option value="HK">Hong Kong</option> <option value="HU">Hungary</option> <option value="IS">Iceland</option> <option value="IN">India</option> <option value="ID">Indonesia</option> <option value="IR">Iran, Islamic Republic of</option> <option value="IQ">Iraq</option> <option value="IE">Ireland</option> <option value="IM">Isle of Man</option> <option value="IL">Israel</option> <option value="IT">Italy</option> <option value="JM">Jamaica</option> <option value="JP">Japan</option> <option value="JE">Jersey</option> <option value="JO">Jordan</option> <option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option> <option value="KE">Kenya</option> <option value="KI">Kiribati</option> <option value="KP">Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option> <option value="KR">Korea, Republic of</option> <option value="KW">Kuwait</option> <option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option> <option value="LA">Lao People's Democratic Republic</option> <option value="LV">Latvia</option> <option value="LB">Lebanon</option> <option value="LS">Lesotho</option> <option value="LR">Liberia</option> <option value="LY">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</option> <option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option> <option value="LT">Lithuania</option> <option value="LU">Luxembourg</option> <option value="MO">Macao</option> <option value="MK">Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of</option> <option value="MG">Madagascar</option> <option value="MW">Malawi</option> <option value="MY">Malaysia</option> <option value="MV">Maldives</option> <option value="ML">Mali</option> <option value="MT">Malta</option> <option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option> <option value="MQ">Martinique</option> <option value="MR">Mauritania</option> <option value="MU">Mauritius</option> <option value="YT">Mayotte</option> <option value="MX">Mexico</option> <option value="FM">Micronesia, Federated States of</option> <option value="MD">Moldova, Republic of</option> <option value="MC">Monaco</option> <option value="MN">Mongolia</option> <option value="ME">Montenegro</option> <option value="MS">Montserrat</option> <option value="MA">Morocco</option> <option value="MZ">Mozambique</option> <option value="MM">Myanmar</option> <option value="NA">Namibia</option> <option value="NR">Nauru</option> <option value="NP">Nepal</option> <option value="NL">Netherlands</option> <option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option> <option value="NC">New Caledonia</option> <option value="NZ">New Zealand</option> <option value="NI">Nicaragua</option> <option value="NE">Niger</option> <option value="NG">Nigeria</option> <option value="NU">Niue</option> <option value="NF">Norfolk Island</option> <option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option> <option value="NO">Norway</option> <option value="OM">Oman</option> <option value="PK">Pakistan</option> <option value="PW">Palau</option> <option value="PS">Palestinian Territory, Occupied</option> <option value="PA">Panama</option> <option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option> <option value="PY">Paraguay</option> <option value="PE">Peru</option> <option value="PH">Philippines</option> <option value="PN">Pitcairn</option> <option value="PL">Poland</option> <option value="PT">Portugal</option> <option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option> <option value="QA">Qatar</option> <option value="RE">Reunion</option> <option value="RO">Romania</option> <option value="RU">Russian Federation</option> <option value="RW">Rwanda</option> <option value="SH">Saint Helena</option> <option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option> <option value="LC">Saint Lucia</option> <option value="PM">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option> <option value="VC">Saint Vincent and The Grenadines</option> <option value="WS">Samoa</option> <option value="SM">San Marino</option> <option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option> <option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option> <option value="SN">Senegal</option> <option value="RS">Serbia</option> <option value="SC">Seychelles</option> <option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option> <option value="SG">Singapore</option> <option value="SK">Slovakia</option> <option value="SI">Slovenia</option> <option value="SB">Solomon Islands</option> <option value="SO">Somalia</option> <option value="ZA">South Africa</option> <option value="GS">South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands</option> <option value="ES">Spain</option> <option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option> <option value="SD">Sudan</option> <option value="SR">Suriname</option> <option value="SJ">Svalbard and Jan Mayen</option> <option value="SZ">Swaziland</option> <option value="SE">Sweden</option> <option value="CH">Switzerland</option> <option value="SY">Syrian Arab Republic</option> <option value="TW">Taiwan, Province of China</option> <option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option> <option value="TZ">Tanzania, United Republic of</option> <option value="TH">Thailand</option> <option value="TL">Timor-leste</option> <option value="TG">Togo</option> <option value="TK">Tokelau</option> <option value="TO">Tonga</option> <option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option> <option value="TN">Tunisia</option> <option value="TR">Turkey</option> <option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option> <option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option> <option value="TV">Tuvalu</option> <option value="UG">Uganda</option> <option value="UA">Ukraine</option> <option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option> <option value="GB">United Kingdom</option> <option value="US">United States</option> <option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option> <option value="UY">Uruguay</option> <option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option> <option value="VU">Vanuatu</option> <option value="VE">Venezuela</option> <option value="VN">Viet Nam</option> <option value="VG">Virgin Islands, British</option> <option value="VI">Virgin Islands, U.S.</option> <option value="WF">Wallis and Futuna</option> <option value="EH">Western Sahara</option> <option value="YE">Yemen</option> <option value="ZM">Zambia</option> <option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option> </select> |
Zend Framework – Disable Layout and View from Rendering (Handy for AJAX)
I don’t know how many times I have needed to look this up for myself, typically when I am putting together a controller action that I want to use specifically for outputting something like JSON for some AJAX related thing I am doing. That or when I am working on a page that I need to have different from the base template that I have setup in my layouts. Either way, figured I’d post it here like the rest of the code I tend to reuse often, and share with the world cause they may be looking for it too.
The two above lines added into just about any “Action” will stop your default layout from loading. Alternatively you could also do it as a pre dispatch for the entire controller like so.
public function indexAction() { $this->_helper->layout()->disableLayout(); $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true); } |
public function preDispatch() { $this->_helper->layout()->disableLayout(); $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true); } |
HTML Select Box – United States, 50+1 States List
<select name="State"> <option value="" selected="selected">Select a State</option> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="DC">District Of Columbia</option> <option value="FL">Florida</option> <option value="GA">Georgia</option> <option value="HI">Hawaii</option> <option value="ID">Idaho</option> <option value="IL">Illinois</option> <option value="IN">Indiana</option> <option value="IA">Iowa</option> <option value="KS">Kansas</option> <option value="KY">Kentucky</option> <option value="LA">Louisiana</option> <option value="ME">Maine</option> <option value="MD">Maryland</option> <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI">Michigan</option> <option value="MN">Minnesota</option> <option value="MS">Mississippi</option> <option value="MO">Missouri</option> <option value="MT">Montana</option> <option value="NE">Nebraska</option> <option value="NV">Nevada</option> <option value="NH">New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option> <option value="NM">New Mexico</option> <option value="NY">New York</option> <option value="NC">North Carolina</option> <option value="ND">North Dakota</option> <option value="OH">Ohio</option> <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option> <option value="OR">Oregon</option> <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC">South Carolina</option> <option value="SD">South Dakota</option> <option value="TN">Tennessee</option> <option value="TX">Texas</option> <option value="UT">Utah</option> <option value="VT">Vermont</option> <option value="VA">Virginia</option> <option value="WA">Washington</option> <option value="WV">West Virginia</option> <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option> <option value="WY">Wyoming</option> </select> |
HTML Select Box – Country List
<select name="user_country"> <option value="" selected="selected">Select Country</option> <option value="United States">United States</option> <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option> <option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option> <option value="Albania">Albania</option> <option value="Algeria">Algeria</option> <option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option> <option value="Andorra">Andorra</option> <option value="Angola">Angola</option> <option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option> <option value="Antarctica">Antarctica</option> <option value="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</option> <option value="Argentina">Argentina</option> <option value="Armenia">Armenia</option> <option value="Aruba">Aruba</option> <option value="Australia">Australia</option> <option value="Austria">Austria</option> <option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option> <option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option> <option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option> <option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option> <option value="Barbados">Barbados</option> <option value="Belarus">Belarus</option> <option value="Belgium">Belgium</option> <option value="Belize">Belize</option> <option value="Benin">Benin</option> <option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option> <option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option> <option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option> <option value="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option> <option value="Botswana">Botswana</option> <option value="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</option> <option value="Brazil">Brazil</option> <option value="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</option> <option value="Brunei Darussalam">Brunei Darussalam</option> <option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option> <option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option> <option value="Burundi">Burundi</option> <option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option> <option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option> <option value="Canada">Canada</option> <option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option> <option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option> <option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option> <option value="Chad">Chad</option> <option value="Chile">Chile</option> <option value="China">China</option> <option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option> <option value="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option> <option value="Colombia">Colombia</option> <option value="Comoros">Comoros</option> <option value="Congo">Congo</option> <option value="Congo, The Democratic Republic of The">Congo, The Democratic Republic of The</option> <option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option> <option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option> <option value="Cote D'ivoire">Cote D'ivoire</option> <option value="Croatia">Croatia</option> <option value="Cuba">Cuba</option> <option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option> <option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option> <option value="Denmark">Denmark</option> <option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option> <option value="Dominica">Dominica</option> <option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option> <option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option> <option value="Egypt">Egypt</option> <option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option> <option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option> <option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option> <option value="Estonia">Estonia</option> <option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option> <option value="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option> <option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option> <option value="Fiji">Fiji</option> <option value="Finland">Finland</option> <option value="France">France</option> <option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option> <option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option> <option value="French Southern Territories">French Southern Territories</option> <option value="Gabon">Gabon</option> <option value="Gambia">Gambia</option> <option value="Georgia">Georgia</option> <option value="Germany">Germany</option> <option value="Ghana">Ghana</option> <option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option> <option value="Greece">Greece</option> <option value="Greenland">Greenland</option> <option value="Grenada">Grenada</option> <option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option> <option value="Guam">Guam</option> <option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option> <option value="Guinea">Guinea</option> <option value="Guinea-bissau">Guinea-bissau</option> <option value="Guyana">Guyana</option> <option value="Haiti">Haiti</option> <option value="Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands">Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands</option> <option value="Holy See (Vatican City State)">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option> <option value="Honduras">Honduras</option> <option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option> <option value="Hungary">Hungary</option> <option value="Iceland">Iceland</option> <option value="India">India</option> <option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option> <option value="Iran, Islamic Republic of">Iran, Islamic Republic of</option> <option value="Iraq">Iraq</option> <option value="Ireland">Ireland</option> <option value="Israel">Israel</option> <option value="Italy">Italy</option> <option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option> <option value="Japan">Japan</option> <option value="Jordan">Jordan</option> <option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option> <option value="Kenya">Kenya</option> <option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option> <option value="Korea, Democratic People's Republic of">Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option> <option value="Korea, Republic of">Korea, Republic of</option> <option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option> <option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option> <option value="Lao People's Democratic Republic">Lao People's Democratic Republic</option> <option value="Latvia">Latvia</option> <option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option> <option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option> <option value="Liberia">Liberia</option> <option value="Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</option> <option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option> <option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option> <option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option> <option value="Macao">Macao</option> <option value="Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of">Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of</option> <option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option> <option value="Malawi">Malawi</option> <option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option> <option value="Maldives">Maldives</option> <option value="Mali">Mali</option> <option value="Malta">Malta</option> <option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option> <option value="Martinique">Martinique</option> <option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option> <option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option> <option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option> <option value="Mexico">Mexico</option> <option value="Micronesia, Federated States of">Micronesia, Federated States of</option> <option value="Moldova, Republic of">Moldova, Republic of</option> <option value="Monaco">Monaco</option> <option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option> <option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option> <option value="Morocco">Morocco</option> <option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option> <option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option> <option value="Namibia">Namibia</option> <option value="Nauru">Nauru</option> <option value="Nepal">Nepal</option> <option value="Netherlands">Netherlands</option> <option value="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</option> <option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option> <option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option> <option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option> <option value="Niger">Niger</option> <option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option> <option value="Niue">Niue</option> <option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option> <option value="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</option> <option value="Norway">Norway</option> <option value="Oman">Oman</option> <option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option> <option value="Palau">Palau</option> <option value="Palestinian Territory, Occupied">Palestinian Territory, Occupied</option> <option value="Panama">Panama</option> <option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option> <option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option> <option value="Peru">Peru</option> <option value="Philippines">Philippines</option> <option value="Pitcairn">Pitcairn</option> <option value="Poland">Poland</option> <option value="Portugal">Portugal</option> <option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option> <option value="Qatar">Qatar</option> <option value="Reunion">Reunion</option> <option value="Romania">Romania</option> <option value="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</option> <option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option> <option value="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</option> <option value="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option> <option value="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</option> <option value="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option> <option value="Saint Vincent and The Grenadines">Saint Vincent and The Grenadines</option> <option value="Samoa">Samoa</option> <option value="San Marino">San Marino</option> <option value="Sao Tome and Principe">Sao Tome and Principe</option> <option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option> <option value="Senegal">Senegal</option> <option value="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</option> <option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option> <option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option> <option value="Singapore">Singapore</option> <option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option> <option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option> <option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option> <option value="Somalia">Somalia</option> <option value="South Africa">South Africa</option> <option value="South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands</option> <option value="Spain">Spain</option> <option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option> <option value="Sudan">Sudan</option> <option value="Suriname">Suriname</option> <option value="Svalbard and Jan Mayen">Svalbard and Jan Mayen</option> <option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option> <option value="Sweden">Sweden</option> <option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option> <option value="Syrian Arab Republic">Syrian Arab Republic</option> <option value="Taiwan, Province of China">Taiwan, Province of China</option> <option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option> <option value="Tanzania, United Republic of">Tanzania, United Republic of</option> <option value="Thailand">Thailand</option> <option value="Timor-leste">Timor-leste</option> <option value="Togo">Togo</option> <option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option> <option value="Tonga">Tonga</option> <option value="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</option> <option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option> <option value="Turkey">Turkey</option> <option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option> <option value="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</option> <option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option> <option value="Uganda">Uganda</option> <option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option> <option value="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</option> <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option> <option value="United States">United States</option> <option value="United States Minor Outlying Islands">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option> <option value="Uruguay">Uruguay</option> <option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option> <option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option> <option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option> <option value="Viet Nam">Viet Nam</option> <option value="Virgin Islands, British">Virgin Islands, British</option> <option value="Virgin Islands, U.S.">Virgin Islands, U.S.</option> <option value="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</option> <option value="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</option> <option value="Yemen">Yemen</option> <option value="Zambia">Zambia</option> <option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option> </select> |
HTML Select Box – Instant Messenger Networks
Just for those who need it like I did today.
<select name="user_chat_network"> <option value="" selected="selected">Select Network</option> <option value="aim">AOL-IM</option> <option value="skype">Skype</option> <option value="yim">Yahoo!</option> <option value="live">Live (MSN)</option> <option value="icq">ICQ</option> <option value="gtalk">Google Talk</option> <option value="fb">Facebook</option> <option value="twit">Twitter</option> <option value="gadu">Gadu-Gadu</option> <option value="xfire">Xfire</option> <option value="jabber">Jabber</option> </select> |
Clean Gradient CSS Styled Buttons
Now I take no claim on creating this CSS I want to state that first and foremost, I did however find it some time back, and I use it often enough, but I find myself going back into older projects to pull this same code out time and time again. So since I use my blog as my own personal code repository on code I use often enough, that others may get a kick out of as well. I figured I might as well put this here as well since its suiting enough. To the original author (or anyone who knows them). Please be so kind to send me a link to your site so I can pay tribute to such a nice set properly by linking back to you, its the least I can do.
Thing I like most about this set is not only was it diverse by having so many colors to pick from initially, but you can easily add more as you go. With that when the browsers don’t support certain CSS styling these things fail real nice, and don’t leave something to be less than desired. Well that is of course if the browser doesn’t support css at all.
I think that I may end up doing though outside of this original concept is adding in an icon set and enhancing it just that much more. Taking from this original concept and making it all the more better. A couple Examples:
Thing I like most about this set is not only was it diverse by having so many colors to pick from initially, but you can easily add more as you go. With that when the browsers don’t support certain CSS styling these things fail real nice, and don’t leave something to be less than desired. Well that is of course if the browser doesn’t support css at all.
I think that I may end up doing though outside of this original concept is adding in an icon set and enhancing it just that much more. Taking from this original concept and making it all the more better. A couple Examples:
.button { display: inline-block; zoom: 1; /* zoom and *display = ie7 hack for display:inline-block */ *display: inline; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0 2px; outline: none; cursor: pointer; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: .5em 2em .55em; text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3); -webkit-border-radius: .5em; -moz-border-radius: .5em; border-radius: .5em; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2); box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2); } .button:hover { text-decoration: none; } .button:active { position: relative; top: 1px; } .bigrounded { -webkit-border-radius: 2em; -moz-border-radius: 2em; border-radius: 2em; } .medium { font-size: 12px; padding: .4em 1.5em .42em; } .small { font-size: 11px; padding: .2em 1em .275em; } /* color styles ---------------------------------------------- */ /* black */ .black { color: #d7d7d7; border: solid 1px #333; background: #333; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#666), to(#000)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #666, #000); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#666666', endColorstr='#000000'); } .black:hover { background: #000; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#444), to(#000)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #444, #000); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#444444', endColorstr='#000000'); } .black:active { color: #666; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#000), to(#444)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #000, #444); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#000000', endColorstr='#666666'); } /* gray */ .gray { color: #e9e9e9; border: solid 1px #555; background: #6e6e6e; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#888), to(#575757)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #888, #575757); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#888888', endColorstr='#575757'); } .gray:hover { background: #616161; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#757575), to(#4b4b4b)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #757575, #4b4b4b); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#757575', endColorstr='#4b4b4b'); } .gray:active { color: #afafaf; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#575757), to(#888)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #575757, #888); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#575757', endColorstr='#888888'); } /* white */ .white { color: #606060; border: solid 1px #b7b7b7; background: #fff; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#ededed)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #ededed); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#ededed'); } .white:hover { background: #ededed; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#dcdcdc)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #dcdcdc); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#dcdcdc'); } .white:active { color: #999; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ededed), to(#fff)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ededed, #fff); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#ffffff'); } /* orange */ .orange { color: #fef4e9; border: solid 1px #da7c0c; background: #f78d1d; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#faa51a), to(#f47a20)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #faa51a, #f47a20); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#faa51a', endColorstr='#f47a20'); } .orange:hover { background: #f47c20; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#f88e11), to(#f06015)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f88e11, #f06015); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f88e11', endColorstr='#f06015'); } .orange:active { color: #fcd3a5; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#f47a20), to(#faa51a)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f47a20, #faa51a); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f47a20', endColorstr='#faa51a'); } /* red */ .red { color: #faddde; border: solid 1px #980c10; background: #d81b21; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ed1c24), to(#aa1317)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ed1c24, #aa1317); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ed1c24', endColorstr='#aa1317'); } .red:hover { background: #b61318; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#c9151b), to(#a11115)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #c9151b, #a11115); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#c9151b', endColorstr='#a11115'); } .red:active { color: #de898c; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#aa1317), to(#ed1c24)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #aa1317, #ed1c24); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#aa1317', endColorstr='#ed1c24'); } /* blue */ .blue { color: #d9eef7; border: solid 1px #0076a3; background: #0095cd; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#00adee), to(#0078a5)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #00adee, #0078a5); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00adee', endColorstr='#0078a5'); } .blue:hover { background: #007ead; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0095cc), to(#00678e)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0095cc, #00678e); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#0095cc', endColorstr='#00678e'); } .blue:active { color: #80bed6; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0078a5), to(#00adee)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0078a5, #00adee); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#0078a5', endColorstr='#00adee'); } /* rosy */ .rosy { color: #fae7e9; border: solid 1px #b73948; background: #da5867; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#f16c7c), to(#bf404f)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f16c7c, #bf404f); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f16c7c', endColorstr='#bf404f'); } .rosy:hover { background: #ba4b58; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#cf5d6a), to(#a53845)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #cf5d6a, #a53845); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cf5d6a', endColorstr='#a53845'); } .rosy:active { color: #dca4ab; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#bf404f), to(#f16c7c)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #bf404f, #f16c7c); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#bf404f', endColorstr='#f16c7c'); } /* green */ .green { color: #e8f0de; border: solid 1px #538312; background: #64991e; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#7db72f), to(#4e7d0e)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #7db72f, #4e7d0e); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#7db72f', endColorstr='#4e7d0e'); } .green:hover { background: #538018; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#6b9d28), to(#436b0c)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #6b9d28, #436b0c); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#6b9d28', endColorstr='#436b0c'); } .green:active { color: #a9c08c; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#4e7d0e), to(#7db72f)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #4e7d0e, #7db72f); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#4e7d0e', endColorstr='#7db72f'); } /* pink */ .pink { color: #feeef5; border: solid 1px #d2729e; background: #f895c2; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#feb1d3), to(#f171ab)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #feb1d3, #f171ab); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#feb1d3', endColorstr='#f171ab'); } .pink:hover { background: #d57ea5; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#f4aacb), to(#e86ca4)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4aacb, #e86ca4); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f4aacb', endColorstr='#e86ca4'); } .pink:active { color: #f3c3d9; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#f171ab), to(#feb1d3)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f171ab, #feb1d3); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f171ab', endColorstr='#feb1d3'); } |

Comment your Code!
Sure we are all self proclaimed guru’s our code is our kingdom, why should we take notes. We made it we can read it. Well all I can say to that is your logic is flawed. Just cause you write code today into next week does not mean in a month from now after writing 1,000+ lines of code else where your going to remember whats what, when or where.. or even why. Now you have to go back into your own code and either append to it, take away from it, or whatever to enhance it. Be it cause of a new exploit thats out, or some function got went legacy and you just upgraded your code language version.
Whatever the case, eventually you will come back to your code, and when you do I don’t care who you are. The two key problems you will be faced, that will have you scratching your head for hours is, one the inability to remember what you did and why, two as your grow as a coder your coding style changes, you learn new things, new techniques, etc. I can’t count the times I’ve gone back to code I did several years back and said to myself “What the hell was I thinking?!?”. But in both events and likely several others your going to be faced with having to reverse engineer your own code. Which is funny cause you think messing with other peoples code is a royal pain in the you know what, cause you didn’t write it. Now here you are facing your old self. Worse off you left yourself no notes to work with.
So we come back to Comment your Code! Im not saying leave yourself a book per function, per if-else, per whatever. Just do at the very least the basics. At the beginging or end of your functions leave a small less than 50-70 char message about the function (cause thatReallyCoolName()) you gave it won’t make sense, and your going to want some context to why you made it in the first place. Also try to comment at the end of your if, if-else/if-else at the very end closing bracket ie “//this closes this == that”. Also like at the top of your functions where you leave a short synopsis (unless a book is needed). Do the same at the very beginning of your if statements (likely within the first opening bracket) again serving as a small synopsis as to why this was needed.
Commenting your code is helpful in so many ways not only for your own time and sanity saving purposes, but lets say you build this completely awesome site/service and someone comes a long and says hey I wanna pay you 1,000,000 for your site/service lock-stock-barrel (domain, code base, rights). Giving the keys over to the site will be a much smoother transaction if your code is commented cause you wont have to spend as much time training people who to develop around your coding style. It also says to the buyer its a good investment cause now I dont have to spend extra money on 3 extra developers to figure out this heap (All of which usually will have you on retainer as a consultant til everyone is comfortable). Commented code means less learning curve, less learning curve means you can get out and enjoy that $1,000,000 quicker.
But back to reality, not everyone is going to build a site/service that will be such a success. Nor will they likely only stick to one site/service. Example (maybe a bad one) but I own several domains and sites (which currently are not up or running for various reasons). But from this the point is that going back between various sites and services doing various different things the logic, concept, etc is different for each site/service. Without commenting I would spend more time reverse engineering what I did just to move forward an inch rather than with commenting just view my notes and jump into development making huge strides as needed in less time.
Anyway, this article may seem random at best, and in some cases with my code may seem like I am being a hypocrite but. I say this to all those up and coming developers who are eventually looking to make big things happen, or want a job in the industry where they will be working in a collaboration of efforts (another reason why commenting is good). Or what ever the case. Sure taking a moment here and there to stop coding and do something less enticing sucks, but the pay off is very good. Personally and I think most can agree once you get in the habit you don’t realize that your just doing it. But in doing it, everyone’s happy in the end yourself included.
Just for reference what to you would be easier to read in time (use your imagination and pretend these examples have hundreds of lines of code between each opening and closing bracket.
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