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USING THE BROWSER SEARCH FEATURE TO LOCATE QUESTION FOR QUALTRICS ACTION

December 14, 2020 — Tags: keyboard shortcuts, productivity, Qualtrics | 0
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This past summer, I needed to replace the Email Triggers in a research proposal
system I built using a regular Qualtrics form. The process was complicated
slightly by the form having 90 questions and there not being a search feature
built into the conditions section of the email Actions. So, when setting up the
conditions for when each email is sent, I needed to scroll through a long list
of questions to locate the ones to use. Luckily, there is a faster way.
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ISSUE WITH PHPMYADMIN AFTER USING THE CTRL+F KEYBOARD SHORTCUT

November 9, 2020 — Tags: keyboard shortcuts, phpMyAdmin | 0 Comments


While cleaning up database entries using phpMyAdmin, I ran into an issue after
using the Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut. Something about the shortcut modifies the
functionality of the arrow keys within phpMyAdmin. For example, when the text
cursor is in a textarea form field, the arrow keys usually move the cursor
around in that field. However, after using the shortcut, the arrow keys now jump
between the different form fields for editing a database record. Luckily, there
is a quick way to restore the normal functionality of the arrow keys, at least
until the Ctrl+F shortcut is used again. [Continue reading]


LESSONS LEARNED: AUTOMATED SCRIPT FOR POPULATING MEETING HANDOUTS DATABASE

November 4, 2019 — Tags: database, lessons learned, PHP, portfolio, productivity
| 0 Comments


A few years back, I developed a script for processing sets of PDFs to populate a
database. That database is then used to dynamically generate the corresponding
meeting handouts page for visitors to download the PDFs. The project was planned
out so that pretty much everything needed for the meeting handouts page could be
found in the set of PDFs. The only other extra thing I needed to do, besides
making occasional minor corrections to the database, was store these handouts in
a folder that was named with the meeting date, which I was already doing. Then I
just needed to upload the files to the server and run the script. [Continue
reading]


MANAGE TASK LIST IN MICROSOFT WORD: EMBEDDING EMAILS FROM OUTLOOK

September 23, 2019 — Tags: managing projects, Microsoft Office, task management
| 0 Comments


For the last few years, I have been using Microsoft Outlook for managing tasks.
The main problem that I have been experiencing is with flagging emails as tasks.
For some reason, the newly created task isn't always staying in my task list. It
usually appears at first, but I need to wait for around 30 to 40 seconds to make
sure the task doesn't disappear. I am not sure what causes the issue, but quite
a few of my tasks disappear on me. When it happens, I need to reflag the email
as a task. Since I am having trouble figuring out why the flag disappears, I
spent the last year or so experimenting with Microsoft Word to manage tasks.
[Continue reading]


TRICK GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER WINDOW TO BE NARROWER THAN 500 PIXELS FOR TESTING
RESPONSIVE DESIGNS

July 8, 2019 — Tags: browser testing, Google Chrome, responsive design | 0
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An issue I'm running into is that Google Chrome prevents its browser window from
being narrower than 500 pixels. So I was using browsers, like Internet Explorer,
to see how website designs adjust for small-screen devices. The problem is that
I'm most familiar with the development tools available through Chrome. And there
are times where it's easier to tweak the HTML and CSS code directly in Chrome
versus going back to my normal code editor, editing the code, uploading the
modified script, and then testing the changes. It turns out that there are a
couple of options for addressing the issue. [Continue reading]


SAVE SINGLE EMAIL MESSAGE TO MULTIPLE OUTLOOK FOLDERS

April 29, 2019 — Tags: email, Microsoft Office | 3 Comments


I use a series of folders to keep my email archive organized. The folders are
designed to match the navigational structure of the websites I manage so that
emails are easier to locate when needed. The problem is that some emails don't
fit neatly within these folders. I'll receive an email, for example, that
contains a newsletter to post online and asks to make changes to the about
section for the website. Should that email be archived with the messages related
to the newsletters section or should it be saved with the about section emails.
It finally dawned on me that I don't need to make that sometimes tough decision.
[Continue reading]


AVOID CODE DUPLICATION CAUSED BY EXPRESSIONENGINE (V2.6.1) NOT LETTING YOU REUSE
NAMES IN CHANNEL FIELD SETS

December 17, 2018 — Tags: ExpressionEngine, lessons learned, template | 0
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I developed a content template in a CMS called ExpressionEngine. Everything
seemed simple enough until I was asked to incorporate a few extra fields that
were commonly used in other content templates. Since the website was using an
outdated version of ExpressionEngine that didn’t let you use the same field
name in multiple content templates, I ended up duplicating a lot of code that's
used to display these common fields. Well, it turns out that there is a better
way. [Continue reading]


TRICK TO OPEN QUALTRICS IN MULTIPLE BROWSER WINDOWS FOR COMPARING THE SETTINGS
OF SEPARATE FORMS

June 11, 2018 — Tags: HTML forms, productivity, Qualtrics | 0 Comments


When building a new form in Qualtrics, I would prefer having two separate
browser windows open so that it’s easier to copy content from older forms into
the new one. The problem is that Qualtrics remembers your last action no matter
which browser window you are using. So when I copy CSS code from an old form in
one window, for example, the other browser window with the new form starts
misbehaving. Luckily there is a way around this issue. [Continue reading]


QUICKER WAY TO USE PHOTOSHOP FOR CROPPING PHOTOS FOR THE WEB

April 30, 2018 — Tags: Photoshop, productivity | 0 Comments


If only I could go back and tell myself that I’ve been resizing images the
wrong way. When preparing staff photos for the web, for example, I spent so much
time cropping a photo so the spacing around the person looks proportional to my
other staff photos posted online. I would then change the photo’s dimensions
to fit the website template only to discover the new photo needs to be cropped
some more or that it was cropped too much. I would then need to hit undo one or
more times to make additional adjustments before resizing and testing again. It
turns out that there's a much simpler way to edit photos and it’s less prone
to errors. [Continue reading]


PREVENT QUALTRICS FROM SENDING EMAILS BASED ON INCOMPLETE RESPONSES

February 12, 2018 — Tags: email, HTML forms, Qualtrics | 4 Comments


An online form I manage through Qualtrics sent some confusing emails recently.
The form should only email me when someone completes all required information,
but somehow the emails I received were missing some critical information. I
double checked that all my form validation was in place and my Survey Flow did
not have anything letting respondents bypass the necessary questions. It turns
out that the emails were triggered by an incomplete response reaching the
expiration date. Therefore, I needed to rethink how my email triggers were set
up. [Continue reading]

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