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Comment on Rails models with attributes that shouldn’t be updated by Jeremy Peterson

Jeremy Peterson — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:49:25 +0000

Thanks for the input on modifying update_attributes. I had a problem where whiny nil’s couldn’t delete a nil object. I added a condition checking for that and it worked like a charm.

Comment on Paypal encrypted button pitfalls by Piet

Piet — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:29:25 +0000

Hi Kathy,

I’m afraid it wasn’t on wordpress but on modx. Do you know there are some wordpress paypal plugins?

Comment on Paypal encrypted button pitfalls by Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:36:53 +0000

Hi,

I know this is an old post, but did you happen to create these encrypted paypal buttons on wordpress pages? If so, do you have any tips on how to convert the StellarWebSolutions.com script (which I have functioning on an html page outside of WP) to function w/in wordpress? There is a very limited amount of info available on the subject, which I find odd considering WP is probably the most popular platform these days.

Anyway, nice post. It is definitely important to have ALL the variables set for the right environment (sandbox vs live). I was using the wrong certificate ID and the wrong form action for a while until I figured that out.

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by James B

James B — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:23:49 +0000

Encountered the same error - however I had a look at the documentation on GoogleCode and to reproduce the problem:
1. Include tags in head
2. Include tags in body
3. try to load page in IE6.

I tried the defer trick but that didn’t work. Instead I simply placed the registerObject script inside the body of the page. Booyah. I suspect I had placed that line in the wrong place in the document all along…

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by Thomas james

Thomas james — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:56:40 +0000

I forgot the URL

http://www2.fourstudio.co.uk/pivot/

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by Thomas james

Thomas james — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:56:22 +0000

Hey

having an oddproblem where the second of two swf objects doesnt work. the page turns blank. The top banner on the url above works but the middle one, appears for a while (loading) then vanishes. I tried all sorts. Have a look at sourcecode of page. Only in IE 6 there is a problem. Its SWFObject 2.0. Thankful for any clues !

Thomas

Comment on Twitter traffic might not be what it seems by tony morrison

tony morrison — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:36:08 +0000

Unusual Fact I was ranking number 26 on google for my target phrase which is free fun surveys.All of a sudden I was number 4 with no website changes then the next day back to spot 26.I was puzzled then another day I checked and was back up at number 8 after weeks back at spot 26.I was really puzzled then I think I figured it out I have an auto tweet poster tweet whistle.I had left in on posting tweets on auto for 2 days.My thinking is when this thing is posting auto tweets with my website address for some reason I zoom in google rankings and just so you know I am not selling tweet whistle.My preliminary thinking is posting tweets regularly with your url of course not shortened increases search engine ranking a bunch.

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by Piet

Piet — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:33:51 +0000

Thanks for the info Oscar!
Just tested on Firefox 3.5.2 - works here (under windows XP).

Will try your suggestion later on.

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by Oscar Rottink

Oscar Rottink — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:05:12 +0000

Last time. I posted the problem in a Dutch forum. Instead of your fix you can solve it much easier.

Just place the

swfobject.registerObject(”myId”, “9″, “”);

Under the div you want your Flash in or just above to be safe. Works in IE6, no other fix needed and even Firefox is happy with that solution. Hope it works for you as well.

Comment on SWFObject and IE6 causing hair-pulling agony by Oscar Rottink

Oscar Rottink — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:05:50 +0000

Just a little note, seems that Firefox 3.5.2. doesn’t show the swfobject now. Sorry. I know you hate me now I’m more a designer than programmer so can’t fix it for you.