Category: How-to

  • HTML for webredaktører

    Webredaktører oplever det hver dag. Der er kopieret tekst ind på hjemmesiden, og uanset hvad du gør, bliver der ved med at dukke andre skrifttyper, størrelser, afstande, farver, m.m. op i teksten. Funktionerne i CMS’ets editor til at rydde formatering hjælper ikke, og problemet består, uanset hvad du gør. Til sidst spørger du den nærmeste,…

  • Events in and out of Google Maps

    Google Maps allows for events to affect the website surrounding it and vice versa. Here’s an example and some pointers on how to do it yourself.

  • Polyline/polygon tool for Google Maps

    This small tool aids you in getting the coordinates for your polyline or polygon. By: Martin Ove Hi all. I made a little tool, which can make the process of finding coordinates for polygons and polylines in Google Maps a lot easier and intuitive. It lets you draw a line with multiple points by just…

  • Webscraping with Python – Getting started

    [tweetmeme]If you have no idea on how to start scraping the web with Python, then read on. The first small step is simpler than I thought it would be. By: Martin Ove This post will teach you how to fetch the HTML of a website using Python in windows. This is as far as I…

  • Facebook Like Box – A closer look at the code

    Click the buttons to highlight parts of the code.[tweetmeme] By:Martin Ove [Update 22.10.2010: Id-number is no longer used by Facebook. It has been replaced by url. Read more here] The code behind the Facebook Like Box is easy to modify manually without having to go back the Facebook site. Here’s a rundown of “what does…

  • Javascript in WordPress posts – Beware!

    [tweetmeme]By: Martin Ove Here’s a quick tip, that might save you the hours of agony, that I’ve just been through. I tried to use a simple javascript in a post, but it simply didn’t work. I was using the editor in HTML mode of course, but WordPress still managed to sneak up on me and…

  • Facebook Like Box – A step-by-step guide

    Check out the step-by-step guide to get the Like Box in your WordPress sidebar – and make it look good. [tweetmeme] By: Martin Ove [Update 22.10.2010: Facebook has changed the code a bit. Read more below the screenshot tour.] If you want to connect your Facebook Page with your site, the Like Box is a…

  • Don’t miss a Twitter mention – RSS style

    It takes about two seconds to set up a feed for your Twitter mentions. By: Martin Ove [tweetmeme]If you’re reading this, you probably use a client for Twitter like Seesmic or Tweetdeck on your desktop or some other client on your smartphone. In that case, you probably never overlook a mention on Twitter. However, if…

  • Extreme close-up with a cellphone camera

    If an object is too small, the cellphone camera won’t focus on it. If you try to get any closer, you’ll be too close for the camera to focus. Thus you get a picture of the background.(Photo: Martin Ove Christensen)

  • Google Charts and where to start

    [tweetmeme]By: Martin Ove If you want to make a quick chart using Google Charts, you definitely want to know about these sites from Google. These are both official sites build to help you get started on the API. First off is the “Live Chart Playground” located here: http://code.google.com/intl/da/apis/chart/docs/chart_playground.html This is where you want to go,…