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
Google Plus provides loads of inspiration for front-end developers, especially when it comes to the CSS and JavaScript wonders they create. Last year I duplicated their incredible PhotoStack effect with both MooTools and pure CSS; this time I'm going to duplicate...
As much as developers now loathe Flash, we're still playing a bit of catch up to natively duplicate the animation capabilities that Adobe's old technology provided us. Of course we have canvas, an awesome technology, one which I highlighted 9 mind-blowing demos. Another technology available...
One excellent way to add dynamism to any website is to implement a slideshow featuring images or sliding content. Of course there are numerous slideshow plugins available but many of them can be overkill if you want to do simple slideshow without controls or events.
Google recently introduced an interesting effect to their homepage: the top left and top right navigation items don't display until you move your mouse or leave the search term box. Why? I can only speculate that they want their homepage as...
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!