Hey everyone,
Just a quick post on how to stop text taking up more than one line using only CSS:
.truncate {
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
You can check it out using this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wb5m7/
There’s also a great StackOverflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/a/572302/522859
Hey everyone,
I ran into this error message while trying to debug a project today:
The workaround to this was actually pretty weird. Remove all of your breakpoints that appear before this exception and place one after it instead. That’s it!
A bit of a weird issue, but according to the StackOverflow post where I found the solution Microsoft are aware of it: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23529882/522859
Hey everyone,
Just linking to a few Stackoverflow posts that have helped me out with bitcoin precision requirements:
Precision Values
http://stackoverflow.com/a/22077085/522859
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/4099
Setting up Decimal Precision in MVC4+
http://stackoverflow.com/a/7769162/522859
Hey everyone,
Just a quick post on how to force a page refresh with JavaScript (no jQuery required):
location.reload();
Note that the reload function accepts a boolean parameter that can be used for force a server refresh. Alternatively, it just defaults to the cache.
Checkout this Stackoverflow post for more info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5404869/522859
Hey everyone,
Just a quick post on how to detect a file’s size with jQuery. I’m currently using a version of this for basic client side validation:
Upload image:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#image-file').bind('change', function() {
var fileSize = this.files && this.files.length > 0 && this.files[0].size ? this.files[0].size / 1024 / 1024 : 0;
if(fileSize > 0){
$('body').append('' + fileSize + ' MB');
}
else{
$('body').append('' + fileSize + ' MB');
}
});
});
.file{
padding: 5px 7px;
border-radius: 3px;
background-color: green;
color: white;
margin: 5px;
}
.file.valid{
background-color: rgb(127, 197, 127);
}
.file.invalid{
background-color: rgb(197, 127, 127);
}
Here’s the link to the full fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nLLMF/
There’re also a whole heap of other options listed on this StackOverflow post if you’re chasing something a bit more robust: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13249924/522859
Hey everyone,
For some reason the “My Selling Tools” option is now missing on my production account. Unfortunately the only way to get around this that I’ve come across is to access the required features directly. For example:
API Access:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_profile-api-access
If you’ve got any other links that might be useful please let me know and I’ll add them.
Hey everyone,
This is just a short post showing how to render views as strings. I’ve used this as a quick way to generate email templates. The logic to render a view as a string is as follows:
public static string RenderRazorViewToString(Controller controller, string viewName, string content)
{
controller.ViewBag.Content = content;
using (var sw = new StringWriter())
{
var viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName);
var viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, sw);
viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
viewResult.ViewEngine.ReleaseView(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View);
return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
}
}
The Email Template: Views/Emails/DefaultTemplate
@{
Layout = null;
}
Easy Carts
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In your controller:
public String TestEmail(String content)
{
Email email = new Email() {
To = "lls@live.com.au",
From = Email.Fields.From.NoReply,
Body = content,
Subject = "Test",
TemplateName = @"~ViewsEmailsDefaultTemplate.cshtml",
UseTemplate = true
};
email.SendEmail(this);
db.Emails.Add(email);
db.SaveChanges();
return email.Body.ToString();
}
If you looking to implement this with your emails, note that it builds on top of the email class we created back in this post: http://www.whatibroke.com/?p=963
If you’re just going to be using it directly within the controller, using the original code from over StackOverflow will probably be your best bet: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2759898/522859
Hey everyone,
Just a quick one, how to redirect to root from a controller:
return Redirect(Url.Content("~/"));
For more info, checkout this Stackoverflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10292039/522859
Hey everyone,
Coming from Rails I’d grown quite fond of flash messages. Unfortunately there isn’t a built in way of doing this in MVC4. Luckily, there’s a five minute solution posted on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11809178/522859
Once implemented, it works just like in Rails:
this.Flash("We need you to login before you can edit anything.", FlashEnum.Warning);
Definitely worth checking out if you’ve got time, even more so if you’ve come over from Rails!
Hey everyone,
I ran into a bit of an issue today with my stylesheet conflicting with Bootstrap. After a bit of tinkering I realised that all I really needed from bootstrap were the Carousel styles. I’ve taken everything else out and included everything that’s left below:
.carousel {
position: relative;
}
.carousel-inner {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
}
.carousel-inner > .item {
display: none;
position: relative;
-webkit-transition: 0.6s ease-in-out left;
transition: 0.6s ease-in-out left;
}
.carousel-inner > .item > img,
.carousel-inner > .item > a > img {
line-height: 1;
}
.carousel-inner > .active,
.carousel-inner > .next,
.carousel-inner > .prev {
display: block;
}
.carousel-inner > .active {
left: 0;
}
.carousel-inner > .next,
.carousel-inner > .prev {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
}
.carousel-inner > .next {
left: 100%;
}
.carousel-inner > .prev {
left: -100%;
}
.carousel-inner > .next.left,
.carousel-inner > .prev.right {
left: 0;
}
.carousel-inner > .active.left {
left: -100%;
}
.carousel-inner > .active.right {
left: 100%;
}
.carousel-control {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 15%;
opacity: .5;
filter: alpha(opacity=50);
font-size: 20px;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}
.carousel-control.left {
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0), color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100%));
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100%);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#80000000', endColorstr='#00000000', GradientType=1);
}
.carousel-control.right {
left: auto;
right: 0;
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 0), color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 100%));
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 100%);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00000000', endColorstr='#80000000', GradientType=1);
}
.carousel-control:hover,
.carousel-control:focus {
outline: none;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
opacity: .9;
filter: alpha(opacity=90);
}
.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .icon-next,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
z-index: 5;
display: inline-block;
}
.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left {
left: 50%;
}
.carousel-control .icon-next,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right {
right: 50%;
}
.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .icon-next {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
margin-top: -10px;
margin-left: -10px;
font-family: serif;
}
.carousel-control .icon-prev:before {
content: '2039';
}
.carousel-control .icon-next:before {
content: '203a';
}
.carousel-indicators {
position: absolute;
bottom: 10px;
left: 50%;
z-index: 15;
width: 60%;
margin-left: -30%;
padding-left: 0;
list-style: none;
text-align: center;
}
.carousel-indicators li {
display: inline-block;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
margin: 1px;
text-indent: -999px;
border: 1px solid #fff;
border-radius: 10px;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #000 9;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
.carousel-indicators .active {
margin: 0;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
.carousel-caption {
position: absolute;
left: 15%;
right: 15%;
bottom: 20px;
z-index: 10;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}
.carousel-caption .btn {
text-shadow: none;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right,
.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .icon-next {
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
margin-top: -15px;
margin-left: -15px;
font-size: 30px;
}
.carousel-caption {
left: 20%;
right: 20%;
padding-bottom: 30px;
}
.carousel-indicators {
bottom: 20px;
}
}
Minified:
.carousel{position:relative}.carousel-inner{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%}.carousel-inner>.item{display:none;position:relative;-webkit-transition:.6s ease-in-out left;transition:.6s ease-in-out left}.carousel-inner>.item>a>img,.carousel-inner>.item>img{line-height:1}.carousel-inner>.active,.carousel-inner>.next,.carousel-inner>.prev{display:block}.carousel-inner>.active{left:0}.carousel-inner>.next,.carousel-inner>.prev{position:absolute;top:0;width:100%}.carousel-inner>.next{left:100%}.carousel-inner>.prev{left:-100%}.carousel-inner>.next.left,.carousel-inner>.prev.right{left:0}.carousel-inner>.active.left{left:-100%}.carousel-inner>.active.right{left:100%}.carousel-control{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;width:15%;opacity:.5;filter:alpha(opacity=50);font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;text-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.6)}.carousel-control.left{background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(left,color-stop(rgba(0,0,0,.5)0),color-stop(rgba(0,0,0,.0001)100%));background-image:linear-gradient(to right,rgba(0,0,0,.5)0,rgba(0,0,0,.0001)100%);background-repeat:repeat-x;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#80000000', endColorstr='#00000000', GradientType=1)}.carousel-control.right{left:auto;right:0;background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(left,color-stop(rgba(0,0,0,.0001)0),color-stop(rgba(0,0,0,.5)100%));background-image:linear-gradient(to right,rgba(0,0,0,.0001)0,rgba(0,0,0,.5)100%);background-repeat:repeat-x;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00000000', endColorstr='#80000000', GradientType=1)}.carousel-control:focus,.carousel-control:hover{outline:0;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;opacity:.9;filter:alpha(opacity=90)}.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right,.carousel-control .icon-next,.carousel-control .icon-prev{position:absolute;top:50%;z-index:5;display:inline-block}.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,.carousel-control .icon-prev{left:50%}.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right,.carousel-control .icon-next{right:50%}.carousel-control .icon-next,.carousel-control .icon-prev{width:20px;height:20px;margin-top:-10px;margin-left:-10px;font-family:serif}.carousel-control .icon-prev:before{content:'2039'}.carousel-control .icon-next:before{content:'203a'}.carousel-indicators{position:absolute;bottom:10px;left:50%;z-index:15;width:60%;margin-left:-30%;padding-left:0;list-style:none;text-align:center}.carousel-indicators li{display:inline-block;width:10px;height:10px;margin:1px;text-indent:-999px;border:1px solid #fff;border-radius:10px;cursor:pointer;background-color:#000 9;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)}.carousel-indicators .active{margin:0;width:12px;height:12px;background-color:#fff}.carousel-caption{position:absolute;left:15%;right:15%;bottom:20px;z-index:10;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;text-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.6)}.carousel-caption .btn{text-shadow:none}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right,.carousel-control .icon-next,.carousel-control .icon-prev{width:30px;height:30px;margin-top:-15px;margin-left:-15px;font-size:30px}.carousel-caption{left:20%;right:20%;padding-bottom:30px}.carousel-indicators{bottom:20px}}
Let me know if you have any other issues.
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