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by Rob
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic Section
Topic: Hiding page name following site URL
Replies: 24
Views: 26884

Re: Hiding page name following site URL

Ok. I was also given this code to put in the htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^/about/ /about.html Redirect 301 /about.html /about/ Seems everyone (each "generator") has a different way to accomplishing this. Thoughts on the best way? Also, if I am using redirects ...
by Rob
Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic Section
Topic: Hiding page name following site URL
Replies: 24
Views: 26884

Re: Hiding page name following site URL

BaconFries - Request permission to add a question (or rephrase the existing question) Here is a link I found - https://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.html. Thoughts on it's accuracy? ​For a permanent 301 redirect solution on a Linux platform with GoDaddy, which is a better solution...
by Rob
Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:43 pm
Forum: Showcase your website created by WYSIWYG Web Builder and invite feedback.
Topic: Redesign of my existing site
Replies: 7
Views: 37276

Re: Redesign of my existing site

Is there anyway to optimizes the images in both size and compression? IE - if the image is 4000+px wide, I think you can get away with it being a bit smaller and them compress it before uploading it. Site speed is really slow according to GT Metrix as well as Google Page Speed. Otherwise, looks real...
by Rob
Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:46 pm
Forum: Off Topic Section
Topic: Merry Christmas One and All!!!!!!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 13284

Re: Merry Christmas One and All!!!!!!!!

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Very Blessed & Prosperous New Year to you ALL from Bob The Website Builder.
by Rob
Sun Sep 11, 2016 12:44 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Mail Engine in the Contact Form
Replies: 1
Views: 4752

Mail Engine in the Contact Form

If I may, I have heard of some hosts having issues sending emails via a php contact form to a generic email address such as gmail, Hotmail, etc. However, if one changes the mail engine via the "advanced" button at the bottom of the general tab and under the "mail engine" tab (cha...
by Rob
Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:54 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Imbedding a Device Friendly Video
Replies: 21
Views: 11797

Re: Imbedding a Device Friendly Video

If I may, I think another upside to YouTube, other than the obvious that the very heavy video is hosted on YouTube servers (reduces weight on your own server right?, is that YouTube can also be thought of as another social media channel for seo purposes. Pop in your keywords and it is possible for t...
by Rob
Sun Jul 10, 2016 1:21 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Inner Border *** UPD 2020-Apr-22 ***
Replies: 14
Views: 36951

Re: [rz] Inner Border

I haven't had time to look into it seriously but I've often wanted to find an easy way to add an inner shadow to an image (standalone, slideshow, rollover text, or inside a layer) as opposed to a drop shadow. Not sure if its reasonable with todays UX and design standards but I've always liked the lo...
by Rob
Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:01 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Full Width Background
Replies: 1
Views: 3840

Full Width Background

1 of my all time favorite 3rd party WB11 extension is by RZ - "Full Size Proportional Background image". I often place it either in a master frame as a full screen background or inside a layer either as a full-width proportionately cropped or fixed width proportionately cropped image. Howe...
by Rob
Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:46 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Peek user testing
Replies: 3
Views: 3983

Re: Peek user testing

I've been a little quiet so yes I am trying to get my 1/2 star back on the rating. :D Trying to do what I can. I've tested quite a few different pieces of software and WB11 is still by far my favorite. No question. As for the catch with Peek user testing, I believe there is a link in there somewhere...
by Rob
Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:39 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Peek user testing
Replies: 3
Views: 3983

Peek user testing

Neat little tool to get a video of a live person visiting and using your website and giving feedback. http://peek.usertesting.com/
by Rob
Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:03 am
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: What Font
Replies: 1
Views: 2844

What Font

Earlier someone had posted a question about "what font did you use". Since the question as not posed to me I did not want to hijack the thread and answer it BUT I did think I'd post a way to find out for future reference - What Font Bookmarklet - http://code.stephenmorley.org/articles/what...
by Rob
Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:44 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: For your responsive site designs
Replies: 8
Views: 6642

Re: For your responsive site designs

Another link on device resolution stats - http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp. My monitor is 1600x800 (20") & traditionally I use 1260, 1024, 768, 480, 320. I think I may add 1900 to the list for that next size up monitor - but I still like the wider gutters. 50-100px. Wi...
by Rob
Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:59 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: For your responsive site designs
Replies: 8
Views: 6642

Re: For your responsive site designs

On that note let add this one also by google - device size in px: https://design.google.com/devices/

Be sure to look at the height / width by dp (not in, cm or px) to see if your breakpoints will fit.
by Rob
Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:21 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Responsiveness
Replies: 14
Views: 11869

Re: Responsiveness

My apologies...
by Rob
Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:20 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Responsiveness
Replies: 14
Views: 11869

Re: Responsiveness

Question - what websites do we all think would be useful for view on a smart-watch (apple or android brand)? Me personally, I see it more for apps (email, maps, etc). I don't necessarily see it as useful for web browsing or even texting - unless connected to a Bluetooth ear device with voice recogni...
by Rob
Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:41 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: RWD Check & Interesting Phenomenon
Replies: 1
Views: 3341

RWD Check & Interesting Phenomenon

If your site has a breakpoint of 1024, and you go to Google Chrome to check it, it provide two different views depending on which tool within Chrome you use. If you use the RWD icon in the upper right, it might render the view of the breakpoint smaller than 1024. This seems to be due to the scroll b...
by Rob
Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:26 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: Countdown (FREE)
Replies: 26
Views: 66310

Re: Countdown (FREE)

Bummer. Thanks for the reply. Would be nice if it didn't rely so much on CSS3 (so IE8 could support) but I understand. Thank you again.
by Rob
Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:19 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: Countdown (FREE)
Replies: 26
Views: 66310

Re: Countdown (FREE)

Paul - silly question: is this extension suppose to render in IE8? Just curious.
by Rob
Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:47 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Don't hate me for asking this question but is there anyway to have the pic grow (as the monitor is widened) from a single side (bottom, top, left, right) as opposed to the center?
Just curious. Thank you in advance.
by Rob
Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:16 pm
Forum: Share templates with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: Sneak Preview of a PARALLAX template
Replies: 37
Views: 183381

Re: Sneak Preview of a PARALLAX template

Zinc - are you saying the two sites you noted were built using the two extensions you mentioned? Just curious. I see the designs being the current trend. Beautiful work. I look forward to learning this technique.
by Rob
Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:49 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Sorry - The extension is the Full Screen Background plus the V Patch. Actually belay my last - I got it to work (forgot to bring the extension forward after adding the slideshow. Sorry. All is well.
Thank you again. I love this extension.
by Rob
Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:28 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

I’ve managed to build a couple more sites with the same setup as my template – all is working. However, I’d like to take one of those sites and swap out a single image for a slideshow and I can’t seem to get it to work. Is there anything different I need to do to make it work? Again, simply replacin...
by Rob
Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:12 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Paragraphs
Replies: 0
Views: 4147

Paragraphs

Recently, in the interest of having paragraphs have consistent line height across browsers, I've been selecting the "use <div> with position for each line" option. I've been struggling to prevent the last line from stretching the width of the paragraph when fully justified. I happened to s...
by Rob
Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:40 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: Back Stretch (FREE)
Replies: 27
Views: 42439

Re: Back Stretch (FREE)

Currently I cannot have an image as a fixed / repeating texture page background (via WB9 page properties) AND have an image as a layer background (when layer is set to relative horizontal position / sizing and the image is repeating horizontally) and have it render correctly in the default android b...
by Rob
Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: Google Maps API v3 ***Re-Released 17/07/2014*** (Deprecated)
Replies: 188
Views: 251554

Re: Google Maps API v3 ***Update 09/11/12***

It would be really great if I could simply add the link to a map I've already made (or a link to a specific listing in Google )from within Google and use your extension to embed the map with w3c compliant code. is this possible? I've played a little bit with it and it doesn't seem to like the link I...
by Rob
Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:29 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT
Replies: 638
Views: 1252791

Re: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT

Understood. At present I am only targeting US visitors. All EU visitors come from forums such as this.
by Rob
Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:32 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT
Replies: 638
Views: 1252791

Re: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT

BF - Understood. Does this complicate the build beyond what is reasonable? Can it have the cookie extension built in or simply noted that the cookie extension should be installed as well? On a side note, as a US based designer targeting locals, I have not researched the EU Cookie policy yet, althoug...
by Rob
Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:15 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT
Replies: 638
Views: 1252791

Re: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT

Mobile redirect that includes mobile phones only and does not redirect tablets. Also allows cookies in case of placing a link on mobile site back to main site.
https://github.com/sebarmeli/JS-Redirection-Mobile-Site

Thank you for your time.
by Rob
Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:31 am
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: BrowserStack
Replies: 1
Views: 4274

BrowserStack

The first emulator that seems to be accurate - http://www.browserstack.com/responsive#. Thoughts?
by Rob
Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:13 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT
Replies: 638
Views: 1252791

Re: SUGGEST FOR EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT

2 Ideas: I personally like the redirect by resolution better, however I find the resolutions of mobile phones ever increasing and even overlapping that of tablets. The first would be a mobile redirect back to full site from mobile site (assuming mobile redirect by resolution is used). Here is a link...
by Rob
Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Question - why does enabling "mobile optimized" (scale or no scale) result in the mobile device zooming in and not fitting the site full screen like normal? Is there a way around this?
by Rob
Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:18 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010***
Replies: 59
Views: 131047

Re: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010

I feel compelled to try this one more time... Can I use your DBTS Admin extension to automatically create the txt database and tables neccessary (not mysql) and then use the WB9 login & user redirect extensions? Something else I was struggeling with. The site is in a sub / sub-directory of my ro...
by Rob
Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:53 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010***
Replies: 59
Views: 131047

Re: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010

For the time being I''m using a simple single page protect object for my project. Obviousely this is not the optimm solution. Should I go with your extension and use a MySQl database, do I need to create the table in PHPMyAdmin (part of GoDaddy's control panel) prior to adding users? This is where I...
by Rob
Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:36 pm
Forum: Share self-made extensions with other users of WYSIWYG Web Builder
Topic: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010***
Replies: 59
Views: 131047

Re: DBTS Admin Object/WB Login System **UPDATED June 19,2010

Naval design, I am working on a client project. They would like to have only certain pages password protected, depending on the user. This is what I need - a login form and user redirect to a protected page depending on the user name entered in the login form. I don't need (I am struggeling with) a ...
by Rob
Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:08 pm
Forum: Paid extensions
Topic: Fix Justify (text block) *** UPDATED Oct-01-2012 ***
Replies: 20
Views: 36425

Re: Fix Justify (text block) *** UPDATED Oct-01-2012 ***

RZ - Posted the following question in the "general" forum and Pablo directed me to your extension. Please advise with what I need to know about the latest and greatest version of your extension (ie - how it will render on desktop v tablet / mobile in different browsers).... "I am noti...
by Rob
Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:38 pm
Forum: WYSIWYG Web Builder Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Code Examples
Topic: Twitter API changes
Replies: 2
Views: 4341

Re: Twitter API changes

For those that struggle with the developer portions of the twitter / fb sites, I've found a 3rd party solution that may help.
https://www.rssinclude.com/ - various rss feeds available
http://fbrss.com/ - export FB to rss feed
Thank you for your time.
by Rob
Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Thanks. Contact request sent.
by Rob
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:33 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

I think it looks ok. Thoughts?

Is there an update to the extension for me to download and try on my site?
by Rob
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:34 am
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Ok. Do I need to download an update to the extension and then install it? Thank you for looking into this for me. Sorry to be a paid. : - )

PS. I'm still in WB8 for now. I hope this is ok.
by Rob
Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

However you say "thank you" in your language, "thank you"
by Rob
Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:36 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Samsung Galaxy S3 - I always use the house browser - IE.
by Rob
Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

teeny bit stretched in landscape but not as noticable. Did you want a pic?
by Rob
Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:55 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

Maybe it's just me, but it looks stretched top to bottom and / or squashed left to right. Sorry.
by Rob
Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:24 pm
Forum: [rz] archive
Topic: [rz] Full Size / Proportional Background *** UPD 2016-Jul-21
Replies: 146
Views: 152976

Re: FullScreen Proportional/Background Pack *** UPD May-21-

I gave your link a test on my 5" android smartphone and it stretches the pics in portrait as I feared. Looks great in landscape but not in portrait. Would this have anything to do with how overflow is rendered? Not a big deal. Forces the user to view the site in landscape anyway. Thanks. I am p...