Consistent HR styling using CSS

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] The HR tag is notoriously inconsistent between browsers. Here’s how we got IE8 and Firefox to display the same. Problem The only HR styles that are consistent across Web browsers are the width and height styles making it tricky to get a consistent look across browsers. Solution Working with IE8…

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Moving a domain from Office Live

Problem We have a new client with an existing website hosted via Microsoft Office Live. Without any DNS changes possible we need to extract the domain to a preferred ISP. The client registered the domain with Office Live when setting it up so the domain is registered with Melbourne IT. They use a system called delegation to…

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Output parameters return empty using VB.Net

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Output parameters from a SQL Server stored procedure are not returned when you run an ADO.NET command in Visual Basic Problem A stored procedure needs to return 2 parameters, which are set as output parameters in the stored procedure and in the VB.Net code that calls the SP. However, the…

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Outlook Express and Shared Drives

Outlook Express won’t allow storage folder to use a shared drive. We added a Synology DS107+ NAS device to the network recently and wanted to use it for Outlook Express data files. But, if you try to set the storage folder to a network drive mapped to a Synology folder the OK button is greyed…

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