The page was now displaying an error message:

The error is due to a change in the way new posts are created in WP3. The fix (until such time as the plugin is updated by the authors) is to replace the following section of code in the administer_queue_scripts function in the ad-minister.php file:

with the new code:

Right click any element on the page that you wish to inspect/edit and select the Inspect Element option. The Firebug panel opens with the HTML displayed, and the element you selected highlighted. In the right panel are the CSS styles attached to that element. From here we can make changes to the current styles, or add new styles.

I do this constantly when working on sites as it gives me realtime feedback and visualisation of the changes I make. Once the styles are working correctly and everything is looking the way you want it to it's time to copy all those changes back into the actual stylesheet. But can you remember all the changes you made, and to what elements? This is where the pro tip comes into play.

To the right of each of the style declarations is a hyperlink to the relevant CSS file and the line number the declaration is on in that file. Click this link to display the full CSS file in the Firebug CSS panel. Click the Edit button in the panel to view the plain text content of the CSS file, including the changes you've just made. You can now select all, copy and paste into the actual stylesheet. That's it!! Save the stylesheet and transfer it to the server to see all the changes applied to the live site.

Archie doesn't know how kinky his girlfriend is

It's not heavy rain, just a golden shower really

The man of steel isn't enough for Lois.

Peter Parkers' aunt has a "Something about Spidey" moment

So that's how he gets the spidey goo in

And finally…

Captain America doesn't need to be ordered to wank

I'm sure there are many, many more examples of past innocence seeming corrupted by present standards. Let me know where they are and I'll make a running series.

But every cloud has a silver lining. A chance to rid myself of no longer needed cruft, and cut back to the bare essentials. So here is my list of plugins, in no particular order, that make Firefox such a cool tool for any web developer.

• NoScript – makes the web a safer place to browse. Selectively allow scripts and browser plugins to run on individual sites, block the stuff you don't want, never be click-jacked!
• Foxmarks – synchronise bookmarks between all of your computers. Home, work, mobile – all in sync, all the time.
• Firebug – live editing, debugging and monitoring of CSS, HTML and JavaScript as you browse. Plus network monitoring, JavaScript profiling, DOM exploration. Is there anything this magical tool cannot do?
• Web Developer Toolbar -information and page control at your fingertips. Turn stuff on, turn stuff off, view hidden stuff, measure it, highlight it, analyse it. Beautiful!
• Colorzilla – the latest version of this add-on adds the ability to create colour palletes from any page, on top of it's already outstanding eyedropper and colour picker. Lots of other features make this an essential tool for working with colour.
• LiveHTTP Headers -View headers and responses as you browse the web. Essential for debugging cookie, server and HTTP transaction information.
• Operator – View and interact with microformat and other semantic data on a web page. Extract contact, location, event, taxanomic details into various applications for storage and/or immediate use.

So there we have it, seven plugins that make light of many web development tasks. No doubt there are others that do the same type of job, but these are the best of breed as far as I'm concerned.

Do you use something different, or have a must have recommendation? Comments are open, feel free to let everyone know what you think.

I have written directly to the Senator, as well as my local MP, requesting answers to several key points that have not been addressed in any public announcements. I have discussed the implications of the introduction of the filter with relatives, friends, and colleagues, and asked them to do as I have, and voice their objections. I will be asking them again, because the more effort we put into stopping it's introduction now, the less chance it has of being implemented.

Nathanael Boehm articulates exactly why we must make the effort now in his blog post "Why we must fight the filter NOW". I advise that you read his post, and if you need more information about the implications of the introduction of the filter visit the No Clean Feed website.

Built from the ground up to enable designers and content editors to rapidly build and manage search engine optimised websites, Boost Optimiser fills a gap in many CMSs available today.

Tight integration with Google Analytics and Website Optimizer Tool allows quick development of whole sites, mini-sites and landing pages tailored to rank well with the major search engines.

Online demos of the CMS are available at the Boost Optimiser website, and applications from resellers are welcome. Check it out at www.boostoptimiser.com.au.

The first problem I found with making this choice is that the Gmail Notifier tool does not play nicely with HTTPS, and so could not login and retrieve data from my Gmail account. Bah!!

Luckily, there is a workaround available while Google get an update sorted. Details below are sourced from the Gmail Help Discussion list on Google Groups.

1. Download http://www.google.com/mail/help/downloads/notifier_https.zip
2. Open up the folder.
3. Double-click on the file called notifier_https.reg to install it.
4. Click 'yes' when you're asked to confirm if you want to add the information to the registry.
5. Restart the Notifier.

And you're done! The Notifier will now work with Gmail set to always use HTTPS. If you decide you don't want to use that setting anymore, you'll need to install the other file in the zip folder – notifier_https_undo.reg – to reset Notifier.

At Amplify we are hiring, and looking for a strong PHP dev with the usual set of skills. The job is a beautiful mix of hardcore exteme programming, laid back maintenance, personal development, and Playstation 3! You can check out the full details of the position on the Work for Amplify page.

You'll be working in a small team of developers, one of whom is me (possibly the main reason for your application), working on a range of new and existing projects. We love our PHP, but also dabble in .NET and Java, as well as all of the fun 2.0 stuff and malarkey that's going around. We even play with 3.0 stuff for fun.

So if you're after a taste of the future, in need of a change of routine, or just want to hang out with a bunch of FIFA08 geeks, give us a call. I look foward to meeting you.

The launch of the Apple iPhone in Australia is due on July 11th, and Pope Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Sydney on July 13th for World Youth Day 2008. Both events are causing quite a stir, and not all for the good.

iPhone

The iPhone launch has once again seen the Australian telcos whipped into a gouging frenzy, with Optus releasing pricing details of their 3G iPhone plans, and Vodafone and Telstra sure to follow suit shortly.

If the Optus pricing is anything to go by, and the other two follow suit, I will be withdrawing my expression of interest for an iPhone and reverting to my trusty Samsung on a pay-as-you-go account. Optus is advertising 1GB per month for $100 on their Turbo Cap pre-paid plan. Granted, the plan comes with a huge amount (by my monthly call count) of included calls, but that isn't why most people will be buying the iPhone. 1GB of internet access will be used up very quickly. A simple example is visiting the Sydney Morning Herald homepage. Today's measurement of that page weighed in at 920Kb, and the page auto-refreshes every 5 minutes. If you were to visit the page twice a day, which is not unreasonable, and sit on the home page for an average of 7 minutes each visit, you would use up 3.6MB of your allowance. One months worth would see 100MB / 10% of your allowance gone. And that's just looking at the news! Never mind your mapping, Twittering, Facebooking, and emailing needs. Come on Aussie telcos'! If you want to be a leader in the growing online mobile space you're going to have to be a lot more generous with your data plans. Making a quick buck now is not in yours, or the national interest.

The Pope

I am not a religous man. I am, by definition, an Athiest. I have no belief in God, or any other of the much lauded deities. I do not though have any strong feelings about others having belief in those things. Whatever floats our boat.

I do find the whole religion thing very hypocritcial though, and none more so than the Catholic faith. Throughout history the Catholics, and indeed many other religions, have used their 'faith' as an all encompassing reason for attrocities that would, under normal circumstances, be denounced by average men.

But I digress! The Pope visiting Sydney for World Youth Day has caused no end of problems for the citizens of this fair city. From the taking over of the Randwick Racecourse, to untold strain put on the public transport systems, to the special powers being granted to police to arrest anyone causing, or looking like they are going to cause, annoyance to attendees of the functions.

And to top it all off, there is a huge scandal hanging over Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, and his handling of accusations of sexual assualt by a Catholic Priest.

I have nothing against people celebrating their beliefs, but when the act of performing those celebrations affects the way I, and many hundreds of thousands of other Sydneysiders, go about our daily activites, I have to question the legitimacy of the celebrations.

Am I being harsh? I don't think so. In both cases, the iPhone and the World Youth Day events, somebody is standing to make a lot of money, and your average citizen is having their liberites restricted so that that money can be made. For shame!