Dropdown menubar hidden by an iframe

Problem : your dropdown menubar is hidden underneath an iframe (eg by a youtube embedded video)


possible Solution : make iframe 'transparent'
Try adding this to the end of the iframe url
?wmode=transparent

So if it's a youtube video, you will add it to the end of the youtube url
?wmode=transparent

It worked for me.

how to open a .gz file in windows

Open a gz file in windows
You need some sort of file extractor program

My impression is that a popular free one is the 7zip program
7zip for opening gz files : download.com 

Other programs suggested (check if free)
Winzip
Winrar

how to open iframes in a new window (or tab)

Iframes don't open in a new window using target="blank"

Instead you need to add &lt1=_new to the end of the link

&lt1=_new

example
link before (in iframe) :  amazon.com...........=ifr
link after (in iframe) : amazon.com.....=ifr&lt1=_new

Color Schemes and color pickers

I will try and get a decent collection of color scheme and color picker websites together

Link : colorsontheweb.com

colorsontheweb

Belarc Advisor for info about your computer

click to visit Belarc 

I have been using Belarc Advisor for years to quickly get general info about my computer. It's free and gives you details about the hardware and software installed.

Link : Belarc Advisor

auto patch your programs with free Secunia PSI

personal software inspector

I would guess the easiest way for hackers to hack your computer remotely would be if you have unpatched programs running, which is probably typical for the average user.

Secunia have a free program on their website, called a Personal Software Inspector, which seems to update all your programs atomically. For the average user, this seems ideal to me.

Secunia Personal Software Inspector

Changing the link color only in certain classes

Someday changing link colors for only certain links or for classes of links will be very easy. For now, I find I have to do this : If its for a class, you make a new CSS rule with that class, and put a:link at the end of it

example

.post-link-footer a:link {
color : red;
}

 unfortunately you need to do that for all the link values : link,active,hover,visited, depending on how many you want to have the new styles

 .post-link-footer a:link { color : red; }
 .post-link-footer a:active { color : red; }
 .post-link-footer a:hover { color : red; }
 .post-link-footer a:visited { color : red; }

Update : just saw a new version

a, a:visited, a:active {
    color: #5589A3;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #C7C7C7;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

Free bannermakers online

The following are my uneducated list of online banner makers so far :


A good basic bannermaker. Can make buttons etc.
Maximum width - 1000 pixels
Good range of fancy fonts
Can custom set sizes
Can downoad banner or use the imageshack hosted version
Easy layout. Easy to use
discrete 'link' to their site (in the form of an icon)
Minor gripe: Would be better if it auto-updated the changes whilst building
I am happy