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CSS MooTools
Morphing Elements Using MooTools and CSS
Morphing an element between CSS classes is another great trick the MooTools JavaScript library enables you to do. Morphing isn't the most practical use of MooTools, but it's still a trick at your disposal.
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Using MooTools 1.2
As you can probably tell, I try to mix some fun in with my MooTools madness but I also try to make my examples as practical as possible. Well...this may not be one of those times.
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Weekend Links – Firefox 3 Hacks, jQuery Kwicks, Shorthand CSS, XMPPHP, Google Page Rank PHP
Firefox 3 has not yet come out in its official, final form yet but Eric Wendelin is already tinkering with Firefox's popular "about:config." Learn how to further customize your 'fox!
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Password Protect a Directory Using .htaccess
Protecting files on your website from unauthorized users can be very important. Even more important is the method by which you accomplish this task. You could use PHP to listen for login authorization information on each page, but that doesn't protect your images, documents, and other media, does it? That's why I've found the .htaccess method of protecting files and directories the most reliable. Oh, and it's easy too!
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Load Your Static Content the Dynamic Way
This post was authored by Jeremy Martin. To learn more about Jeremy, click here.
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Facebook Sliders With Mootools and CSS
One of the great parts of being a developer that uses Facebook is that I can get some great ideas for progressive website enhancement. Facebook incorporates many advanced JavaScript and AJAX features: photo loads by left and right arrow, dropdown menus, modal windows, and the slider. A slider allows the user to drag a slider across a given plain to set a value instead of the boring, tedious text box. I've created a very simple 3-slider system that allows a user to modify the height, width, and opacity of an image using just sliders! Here's how it will look...
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Dynamically Load Stylesheets Using MooTools 1.2
Theming has become a big part of the Web 2.0 revolution. Luckily, so too has a higher regard for semantics and CSS standards. If you build your pages using good XHTML code, changing a CSS file can make your website look completely different. Using a short MooTools snippet, you can dynamically load a change primary stylesheets with just one click.
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NSFW Blocker Using MooTools and CSS
One of my guilty pleasures is scoping out the latest celebrity gossip from PerezHilton.com, DListed.com, and JoBlo.com. Unfortunately, these sites occasionally post NSFW pictures which makes checking these sites on lunch a huge gamble — a trip to HR's office could be just a click away.
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Weekend Links – MooTools Ext Adapter, MooWheel, MooColorFinder, Digg Count Stylizer, Super Mario JavaScript
Ext is a wicked cool JavaScript framework/library. The ability to use Moo 1.2 with it is even better. If you're a MooTools developer looking to try out Ext, get this adapter.
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Set the User Agent With PHP cURL
A few months back, I shared with you how to download the contents of a URL and execute a HTTP POST transmission using PHP cURL. For security purposes, some hosts require that a common user agent be present in the POST. If an unacceptable user agent is given, the POST is ignored. Luckily, cURL allows us to "spoof" the server using any user agent we choose...
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