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![Test For Popup Blocker Using JavaScript]()
Test For Popup Blocker Using JavaScript
Several websites rely on the ever-so-annoying popup window. As much as well all hate popup windows, some websites do benefit and justly require them. The problem is that some people have their popup blocker on but don't know it -- thus the new window...
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MooTools Tip: Class.toElement
Many of you may not know of a feature that's baked into MooTools' Class internals: Class.toElement. Class.toElement allows you to pass the $ (or document.id) method an instance of your class and the instance will be treated as an element. The MooTools Class.toElement Usage This isn't...
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Hot Effect: MooTools Drag Opacity
As you should already know, the best visual features of a website are usually held within the most subtle of details. One simple trick that usually makes a big different is the use of opacity and fading. Another awesome MooTools functionality is...
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Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part III: Creating a Class
In my previous two slideshow posts, Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools and Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part II: Controls and Events, I showed you how to create a slideshow using...
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Introducing MooTools Cache
MooTools Cache is a new proof of concept plugin that I've created so that developers may easily "cache" values. Cache allows you to set, get, and refresh values. Cache also features a system of reading and writing from Cookies so that the cache remains...
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![MooTools Quick Coding: Expand Abbreviation]()
MooTools Quick Coding: Expand Abbreviation
One of the many great reasons for an official MooTools Forge is that I get to check one place to find numerous MooTools plugins that I've never seen before. One such plugin, Expand Abbreviation, allows the developer to create elements using...
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Using the GitHub API and PHP to Get Repository Information
GitHub is an awesome place to host your open source project code. MooTools, Prototype, and jQuery all use GitHub. As you probably know, the MooTools Forge requires your plugins be hosted on GitHub. The only problem with hosting all my MooTools plugins is...
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MooTools Tip: Event.stop
Events are a huge part of JavaScript because so much of our JavaScript is triggered by the user's actions. Quite frequently we will assign a listener to a link and immediately want the default click action stopped. For example: The above code works great but...
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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...
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2009 David Walsh Blog Year in Review
Another year has passed and I wanted to share my thoughts on all the posts and events that shaped my blog (and life) during 2009. Joining the MooTools Team My biggest achievement during 2009 was becoming a member of the MooTools Core development team. I had been...
