Category Archives: Problems & Solutions

Mootools: fixing “’something.window’ is null or not an object” error

May 10th, 2010 | Posted in Problems & Solutions

Ran in to a strange error on one page of a website we were working on today, relating to a Mootools JavaScript error that manifested in IE only. (IE6 through to IE8 all had the problem)
The error we saw was :
‘A.window’ is null or not an object
However, research on the Internet has also shown that:
‘doc.window’ [...]

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Fix: website hacked but only in IE

March 25th, 2009 | Posted in CSS, Problems & Solutions

We’ve been playing the role of super-sleuths today, to try and work out why a client’s website was not working.
All was fine in Firefox and other normal browers, but anybody visiting using IE (any version) got a malicious little javascript loading up an iframe with lots of other unwanted malware within it.
Checking the actual pages [...]

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IE6 for Windows Vista - it’s here!

February 10th, 2009 | Posted in Problems & Solutions

It’s a sad fact when you get excited about the availability of a new version of Internet Explorer, and even sadder if that version should be Internet Explorer 6!  However, with 20% of Internet users still using Microsoft’s les-than-perfect IE6 browser, any web designer/developer worth their salt has to ensure that their websites look and [...]

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Remove unwanted line-space when designing a form in HTML

December 5th, 2008 | Posted in Examples, Problems & Solutions

Here’s a little tip that not everyone will know, and one that made my life a whole lot easier when I first discovered it.
Say you’re designing a form on a page that has pixel perfect layout.  Everything is looking great, but there is one problem:
you can’t figure out why there is a line-space underneath the [...]

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PHPLD - fixing “SmartyValidate: [is_valid] form ‘login’ is not registered” error

November 27th, 2008 | Posted in Problems & Solutions, Scripts

PHP Link Directory is one of the most popular link directory packages available today.
One of our clients uses this package to run a local business directory, and experienced the following problem:
Notice: SmartyValidate: [is_valid] form ‘login’ is not registered. in /path/to/html/libs/smarty/SmartyValidate.class.php on line 273
The log in box also features the following message:
Notice: SmartyValidate: [validate plugin] [...]

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