Archive for March, 2012

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

AMP Superannuation Warning

While the AMP web site indicates that you can change future allocations to your superannuation fund independently of current allocations, doing so will result in them changing your current allocations without your permission unless you can accurately predict what movements to the fund values will occur by the time the request is actioned. I recommend [...]

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Attributes Dropped From HTML 5

While there are not many tags that are proposed to be dropped, there are quite a few attributes that are suggested for removal from the next version of HTML. Attributes Dropped From HTML 5

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Changed meanings in HTML 5

The proposal for the next HTML version suggests changes to the meanings of several tags but does not provide a mechanism for determining which HTML version is being used to allow you to work out which meaning is intended. Changed meanings in HTML 5

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

HTML 5 New Form Fields

There are lots of new input field types proposed to be added to the next version of HTML. Almost all of them will make form processing much easier. HTML 5 New Form Fields

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Updated Pages

Four pages updated this week: Naming Form Fields Form Actions Filling a Table Cell Becoming a Hacker

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Keydown and Keypress

The keydown and keypress events are possibly the most likely for JavaScript beginners to get mixed up with their ending up using the wrong one. While their code may still work it will be nowhere near as efficient as it could be. So let’s consider what the difference is between keydown and keypress and under [...]

Monday, March 26th, 2012

“Programming Perl”

When you start with a new programming language you need a book to teach you the basics. As time goes on you need a reference book and possibly a book covering the more advanced topics that are harder to understand. So where does the book “Programming Perl” fit if you are planning to learn how [...]

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Tags Removed From HTML 5

After the tag cleanup in HTML 4 there are not many extra tags that the next version could do away with. Tags Removed From HTML 5

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

HTML 5 New Tags

The proposal for the next version of HTML lists a significant number of new tags. Here we look at what all the new tags are and what the closest equivalents are in the current standard. HTML 5 New Tags

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Creating a Sub-Domain using cPanel

Creating subdomains for your web site is very easy when your hosting provides you with cPanel, subject of course to any limits placed on you by your hosting provider. You simply need to define the new subdomain that you want to create and the folder you want it to point to in order to set [...]

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Removing Duplicates Using DFSORT

The mainframe sort utility program can do a lot more than just sort the records in your file. It can also be used to test for and remove duplicates. Removing Duplicates Using DFSORT

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Selecting More than One File

Often when processing files under Windows, you want to perform the same action on more than one file. In this tutorial we look at how you can select all of the files you want to perform that action on so as to do it all at once. Selecting More than One File