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Parsing the Sharepoint Site Actions menu with jQuery
December 27, 2011 By hightechdave Leave a Comment
On recent Sharepoint (WSS3) sites I use jQuery extensively. One of the things I often do is to remove the default Site Actions menu and draw those same links at the bottom of each page in the site. I had found a way to successfully parse the Site Actions menu using some trickery:
$(‘#siteactions ie\\:menuitem’).each(function(){
(Note: my Site Actions Menu …
Stop the annoying Adobe Dreamweaver prompt for Alt field text
Yes, I still use image maps. They are nifty, and don’t require Flash to pull off things like interactive maps. But suppose you are trying to add 70ish links to an image map and Dreamweaver insists on prompting you EVERY SINGLE TIME to add an ALT tag. Before you slit your wrists or kill your computer, there is hope. This …
Downloading past purchases from iTunes (or your other devices)
It has been awhile since I felt the desire to blog, things have been really busy. But this tip was just too good not to share!
Have you ever wanted to re-download something from iTunes? I sure have. One example was a TV Season I bought for the kids a while back, Backyardigans Season 3. I opted for the HD …
Reset the Windows Home Server (WHS) backup database
I was in the final stages of migrating to a newer, quieter server and was finally ready to move my drives to the new machine. However, I could not seem to get the old server to remove the old backups. After trying to get the console to do it for me I still was staring out 30% usage towards backups …

Akismet, why it is awesome, and why you don’t need it
WordPress is a fantastic platform. I use it almost exclusively as my CMS and blog of choice for myself and for my clients. As it has matured the potential is really limitless as to what you can do with it. But one of the things you might find once you delve into running your own WordPress site is that you …
How to install a beta version of iOS on an iPhone
If you are an iOS (iPhone/iPad) developer you might want to try the latest beta release on your device. To do so you will need to do a complete restore. But rather than install the latest available to the public you will want to use the latest beta. Once you have downloaded and mounted the beta release DMG file head …

Consumer Reports on the iPhone
The Consumer Reports article slamming the new iPhone 4 is making major waves throughout the media. The issue has been circulating quite a bit now in the blogosphere but seems to have really made it mainstream now.
I can easily reproduce the issue on my phone. And it is clear that many people can as well. I honestly cannot say
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