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By David WalshJuly 25, 2012
CSS 3D Folding Animation
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...
By David WalshJune 11, 2013
Serving Fonts from CDN
For maximum performance, we all know we must put our assets on CDN (another domain). Along with those assets are custom web fonts. Unfortunately custom web fonts via CDN (or any cross-domain font request) don't work in Firefox or Internet Explorer (correctly so, by spec) though...

By David WalshApril 27, 2010
Using Dotter for Form Submissions
One of the plugins I'm most proud of is Dotter. Dotter allows you to create the typical "Loading..." text without using animated images. I'm often asked what a sample usage of Dotter would be; form submission create the perfect situation. The following...
By David WalshDecember 28, 2009
Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part II: Controls and Events
Last week we created a very simple MooTools slideshow script. The script was very primitive: no events and no next/previous controls -- just cross-fading between images. This tutorial will take the previous slideshow script a step further by: Adding "Next" and "Previous" controls. Adding...