Weekend Links – Best CSS Hacks, Apache Speed Optimization, AJAX File Upload, Image Theft
10 Best CSS Hacks
CSS hacks are, unfortunately, a necessary evil on the web. Here are some of the best.
http://stylizedweb.com/2008/02/14/10-best-css-hacks/
Speed Up Apache - How I Went From F to A in YSlow
This article details ways you can speed up your website using PHP and .htaccess.
http://www.jaisenmathai.com/blog/2008/02/27/speed-up-apache-how-i-went-from-f-to-a-in-yslow/
AJAX File Upload Tutorial
If you've wanted to know how to build a great AJAX uploading script, check out this article.
http://www.ajaxf1.com/tutorial/ajax-file-upload-tutorial.html
How to Highlight Search Results with JavaScript and CSS
Eric Wendelin details how to highlight words from a Google search. Awesome job, Eric!
http://eriwen.com/javascript/highlight-search-results-with-js/
Techniques for Fighting Image Theft
Image theft can be a huge problem -- here are some possible solutions.
http://css-tricks.com/techniques-for-fighting-image-theft
How is it possible that JavaScript-based animation has secretly always been as fast — or faster — than CSS transitions? And, how is it possible that Adobe and Google consistently release media-rich mobile sites that rival the performance of native apps?
This article serves as a point-by-point...
When you say or read "HTML5", you half expect exotic dancers and unicorns to walk into the room to the tune of "I'm Sexy and I Know It." Can you blame us though? We watched the fundamental APIs stagnate for so long that a basic feature...
One major problem with creating UI components with the MooTools JavaScript framework is that there isn't a great way of allowing customization of template and ease of node creation. As of today, there are two ways of creating:
new Element Madness
The first way to create UI-driven...
Jonathan Snook debuted a great tutorial last September detailing how you can use an image and a few jQuery techniques to create a slick mouseover effect. I revisited his article and ported its two most impressive effects to MooTools.
The Images
These are the same...
thanks for mentioning me
These are definitely some solid articles ;). Thanks for making me one of them!
I prefer to use FancyUpload 2 for uploading files, but that just me, besides, now it uses mootools 1.2 so you probably like it.
Wow, It would be nice combining FancyUpload 2 with your Facebook sliders tutorial. Regards!