David Walsh Tutorials
![August Mailbag Q & A]()
August Mailbag Q & A
Last week I called for questions from you. I had received numerous questions via email, ranging in topic from MooTools to PHP to CSS to dogs, and I thought that posting them on the blog may be a better way to do things. Here...
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dwProgressBar v2: Stepping and Events
dwProgressBar was a huge hit when it debuted. For those of you who didn't catch my first post, dwProgressBar is a MooTools 1.2-based progress bar which allows for as much flexibility as possible. Every piece of dwProgressBar can be controlled by CSS...
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MooTools 1.2 Image Protector: dwProtector
Image protection is a hot topic on the net these days, and why shouldn't it be? If you spent two hours designing an awesome graphic, would you want it ripped of in matter of seconds? Hell no! That's why I've created an image...
![Weekend Links – JavaScript Time Picker, Cuil Search, AJAX Site Thumbnails, IE6, Twitter]()
Weekend Links – JavaScript Time Picker, Cuil Search, AJAX Site Thumbnails, IE6, Twitter
Javascript Time Picker This new MooTools-based script allows you to pick a specific time by dragging and dropping hour and minute hands. Pretty cool, although I'm not sure it makes picking times on forms much easier. http://www.nogray.com/time_picker.php Former Employees of Google Prepare Rival Search Engine A...
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You Script. You Style. Introducing Script & Style.
Any good designer or developer is never satisfied with their knowledge. To maintain and grow as a designer or developer, the person must read the popular blogs, keep up with the new tools, and take as much from their web experiences as they can.
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PHP, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and IIS: Connect and Query with ODBC
I was recently thrown a real curveball of a project. Instead of using a fresh MySQL database to pull information from, the customer required that we pull information from their new Microsoft SQL Server 2005 server. This isn't the most desired method of PHP->Database...
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One Year Anniversary Today!
The David Walsh Blog turns one year old today. It's been a very exciting year! Here are some of my thoughts and some statistics from the first year. Highlights The highlight has to be being featured on the DiggNation podcast. Kevin and Alex discussed...
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Check All/None Checkboxes Using MooTools
There's nothing worse than having to click every checkbox in a list. Why not allow users to click one item and every checkbox becomes checked? Here's how to do just that with MooTools 1.2. The XHTML Note the image with the ucuc ID -- that...
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WHOIS Searches Using whois
I used to do all of my WHOIS searches at a really popular website that I wont name here. I had to stop using the site because they decided to make you pay to use their tools. Next up was GoDaddy, who doesn't charge...
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Calling For Questions – Mailbag!
As my website has grown, I've received numerous emails asking me questions about things ranging from MooTools, to PHP, to CSS, to what I do in my free time. While I'm very open about everything I do, answering the same questions repeatedly can get a...










