Monthly Archives: February 2016

Why is There a Â in my MySQL Database?

By Brennan | February 4, 2016

Data submitted to a database via AJAX or other means sometimes includes a non-breaking space ( ). How this entity is displayed depends on the character encoding of the database and its tables. Using the default Latin1 encoding, a non-breaking space is displayed as this little funny character right here -> Â To have it displayed… Read More »

Designing HTML Tables for Mobile Devices

By Brennan | February 4, 2016

If you have an HTML table with multiple columns it likely doesn’t render very nicely on a small smartphone. One way to solve this problem is to hide lower priority columns when the table is viewed from a mobile device. First, create a new class in your CSS file, under the @media tag. For example… Read More »