http://www.cybervaldez.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Problem #1: Help Me! How do I install Windows 7 in my macbook while retaining Mac OSX. Problem #2: Driver issues! I can't install my 64 bit bootcamp drivers in Windows 7! Problem #3: Sound: My Macbook sounds very tinny and awful in Windows 7 Problem #4: Right Clicking: How do ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/ultimate-guide-to-installing-windows-7-64-bitx64-in-your-macbook-white-and-solutions-to-bootcamp-driver-problems/2009/ Help! I'd like to create a toolbar similar to facebook that is locked in the bottom of the screen. Introduction Facebook is such a great website - usability, features, speed, you name it, facebook has it. One of facebook's most useful feature is the toolbar that is being displayed to the ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/super-tip-how-to-create-that-floating-facebook-toolbar-at-the-bottom-of-the-page/2009/ One very important usability feature of a website is to have the menu or links highlight the current page the visitor is currently in. Here's a trick I do with jquery to do just about that. For educational purposes, i've split it to 3 lines of code to make it ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/jquery-super-tip-automatically-highlight-the-linksmenu-of-the-current-page-with-1-line-of-code/2009/ Problem: Help! I'm using the OCUpload, or One Click Upload Plugin for Jquery. IE7 and IE8 is requiring me to do a double click to display the upload dialog box! Solution: The one-click upload technique uses a trick that sets the file input's browse button directly in front of your mouse ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/how-to-fix-ocuploadone-click-upload-clicking-bug-in-ie7-ie8-jquery/2009/ Problem: I've decided to re-install windows because of some issues. My new install is ok but I can't delete the directory of my old windows anymore! Solution: The folder you are trying to delete has it's administrative privileges locked from your previous windows. You could change the ownership of your folder ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/how-to-deleteremove-protected-folders-and-files-from-a-previous-installation-of-windows/2009/ Problem: Help! How can I pass parameters in my Bindings? Solution: By using lambda functions in python(Check your PL's manual for anything similar), you would be able to create on-the-fly functions that returns your bindings with the extra parameters/arguments you want to pass. Example 1: Passing an argument to a ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/super-tip-pass-arguments-in-your-python-bindings-using-lambda-functions/2009/ Problem: Help! My mask clipping isn't working because of the my layer's overlay effect! I need to rasterize my effects first but I don't know how! Solution: Step 1: Select the layer with the effects you want rasterized. Step 2: Press Control(CMD for Mac)+Shift+N to create a new layer. Step 3: Add the ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/super-tip-rasterize-a-layer-with-its-effect-in-photoshop/2009/ Problem: Help! I need to replace some words with something else in my database. Solution: Use the replace() function to do a search and replace query. UPDATE table_name SET table_field=REPLACE(table_field,"old_text","new_text"); Here's an example: UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content=REPLACE(post_content,"localhost","www.cybervaldez.com"); Easy as pie! No related posts. http://www.cybervaldez.com/super-tip-a-mysql-query-to-find-replace-text-in-your-database/2009/ Problem: Help! I've pasted some text from Microsoft Word and saved it to my SQL database! Now whenever I print my text there's a bunch of diamonds with a question mark symbols appearing! Solution: You are trying to display characters that are outside your page's character set, you have to tell ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/how-to-remove-those-nasty-question-mark-with-a-diamond-symbols-from-appearing-in-your-website/2009/ I really love SQLite. It's lightweight and got a really small footprint. I use it as my database initially when i'm creating web applications(I then move to mySQL during production), the only issue I have is the lack of IDE for working with it. Of course there's SQLite Administrator, i'm ... http://www.cybervaldez.com/super-tool-probably-the-best-sqlite-editoride-for-development-and-production-use/2009/