Category: Snippets and Notes

The posts in this area are mostly notes to myself about things I’ve learned along the way and don’t want to forget.

Glitch Hosting “Disk Full” Fixes

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Add to .gitignore: In the Terminal: Note!! pnpm will not understand ci and will pass it to npm directly, and you will end up with locally-installed npm modules that contribute to your quota. refresh will trigger the editor refresh, pnpm to prune & install, and the app to restart.

My Favourite Text Gradients

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Note: I am using -webkit prefixed styles for all three relevant rules to ensure that only browsers that implement all three will load the background gradient at all. I could use a proper polyfill and/or @supports, but honestly this creates more readable code. Non-webkit browsers have started using webkit prefixes too, so this code works… Read More

Automatically generate Google Fonts link.

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Useful if you are making a customizable skin, or if you allow users to set font preferences in their account settings. Of course, the basic way you include google fonts on your page is like this: HTML (preconnects are technically optional): Or, CSS Include: So how to generate that link from an array of font… Read More

Data Binding, Updates, and SQLDataSource

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Random Things to remember: SQLDataSource won’t bind parameters properly if you don’t specify a type, but the GUI data source setup window doesn’t guess nor prompt you to provide them. It’s under ‘Advanced’; or go into the code and add them. GridView will automatically add anything with ‘id’ in the field name to the DataKeys… Read More