How to Force a WWW and SSL Redirect

Here's the basic htaccess code to force a WWW into the URL. It also optionally redirects to the HTTPS version of the url.

Scot Ranney, April 14, 2016

HTML/CSS Trick: How to Turn Off Auto-Complete

Sometimes you need to turn off autocomplete in forms for a good user experience.

If you have a web app with forms that come up on a regular basis, for example if you're entering blog posts, you don't want the inputs to have auto-complete turned on because it is annoying.

Scot Ranney, February 18, 2016

Easy Way to Stop Flash of Unstyled Web Page Content

A flash of unstyled content when a webpage loads is ugly and annoying, and easily fixed.

As helpful as jQuery and other website plugins can be, a common issue is unstyled web page content coming up a moment before everything looks good. Luckily there's an easy five minute fix to keep unstyled content hidden until it's ready.

Scot Ranney, February 13, 2016