Centre widthless floats in a text basd menu.

Filed under ASP.net development , CSS

Tried a couple of different methods over the years for achieving a text based menu (unordered list) using floated il but this one seems the best and simplest. You can find the full post here.

#buttons{
float:right;
position:relative;
left:-50%;
text-align:left;
}
#buttons ul{
list-style:none;
position:relative;
left:50%;
}

#buttons li{float:left;position:relative;}/* ie needs position:relative here*/

#buttons a{
text-decoration:none;
margin:10px;
background:red;
float:left;
border:2px outset blue;
color:#fff;
padding:2px 5px;
text-align:center;
white-space:nowrap;

}
#buttons a:hover{ border:2px inset blue;color:red;background:#f2f2f2;}
#content{overflow:hidden}/* hide horizontal scrollbar*/

Oct19

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Visual Source Safe check-in/upload error

Filed under ASP.net development

Was rather stumped today when for no reason MS Visual Source Safe was allowing me to check files out but not check them back in. Tracked down the following solution, hopefully help somone in a similar situation and save them some time!

  1. Open SSAdmin (for the database you want to use)
  2. On Server|Configure, uncheck "Enable SourceSafe Internet for this computer"
  3. Close SSAdmin
  4. Open IIS manager, and verify that the VssWebService 
  5. Open SSAdmin (for the database you want to use)
  6. On Server|Configure, check "Enable SourceSafe Internet for this computer"

This should re-build all the required virtual directories and configure properly the web service.

Oct07

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Glasgow based artist Trevor Bollen goes online with ventil8.com

Filed under ASP.net development , Development

After studying geography and art at St Luke's College Exeter University, Trevor Bollen taught at schools in England for three years before becoming an Army Officer in 1961.

Military service took him to Malaysia and Borneo where he was with the Gurkhas, then to Germany, the Gulf and the Ministry of Defence Whitehall. On retirement from the Army he worked in industry mainly with A.G. Barr plc, the Irn Bru Company.

His various careers all involved constant mobility and little time for art. But, throughout his working life Trevor maintained a long-term ambition to one day become a painter. A role he is now developing.

The variety of Trevor's life experience is reflected in his artwork which constantly varies in subject and style, consistently evolving.

Some of his schoolboy paintings were exhibited in Wiltshire and once in Moscow as part of a an English and Russian cultural exchange programme. Later artwork appeared in Army exhibitions and, more recently, in galleries and exhibitions in and around Glasgow where Trevor now lives.

Check out Trevor Bollen's site here

Aug07

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