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Dell Inspiron E1505 and 6400 Drivers XP

November 21st, 2011 by Jake in Posted in Code | No Comments »

Finding drivers for laptops can be annoying and dell’s website is useless, its either always down or under construction, I’ve gone and got my hands on a file which can solve everyones problems…

Its from the link below and works on the Inspiron 6400 and E1505 from Dell.

http://winxp76.com/Bunker/index.php?dir=Drivers/DELL%20INSPIRON%206400%20-%20E1505/

Im going to set up a mirror of the main file which can be found (here).

Download, unzip and run the main exe file. It will do a total restore for every single driver on both models of the laptop. I havent tried it on other models but if you do try and it works, post the model number and a breif description of how it went and I’ll add this to the list…

Enjoy Guys!!

WordPress Development “Must Haves”

September 15th, 2011 by Jake in Posted in Code | 8 Comments »

Everyone loves coding and theres nothing better than making your own wordpress theme like a pro. People all over the forums are asking for new ways to do it and loads of people dont even know where to begin. My first piece of advice is, dont go and buy a book on it. If your really that helpless or lost, get someone online to show you or build you a simple theme. With a simple theme you can build off of it.

When I go to make a new wordpress site, I’ve got a folder full of “cheatsheets”, plugins and then finally my frame. My frame consists of

  • css
  • css/img
  • css/img/aut
  • css/img/ext
  • header.php
  • footer.php
  • page.php
  • post.php
  • sidebar.php
  • content_add.php
  • ext_lnk.php (External SEO link handler, you dont really need this but its something I build for myself and clients.)
  • comments.php
  • css/style.css
  • css/reset.css
  • css/theme.css
  • css/tablet.css (Setting the media type for “tablet”)
  • css/mobile.css (Setting the media type for “mobile”)

A very simple frame but this holds, all my syntax tags, formatting for resetting browser formalities and device changes. I plan to release this some day and just by uploading it, you can display your blog instantly with minimal styling.

Below are the links to the “Cheatsheets” that I frequently use, many people dont like the thought of having to refer to a file to code. If you think about it though, if you can code for over 20 platforms, PC, Mac and mobile devices its good to have a hard copy to refer too. These files have saved me countless hours of fretting around after 20 characters of code.

Remember though, the WordPress Codex is always free at anyones disposal.
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