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![Implementing jQuery’s “One” Functionality in MooTools]()
Implementing jQuery’s “One” Functionality in MooTools
I like the idea behind jQuery's "one" event method. You allow an event function to be triggered once per Element; after its initial run, the function is removed, never to be heard from again (a.k.a until the next page load). I think there...
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iPhone Checkboxes Using MooTools
One of the sweet user interface enhancements provided by Apple's iPhone is their checkbox-slider functionality. Thomas Reynolds recently released a jQuery plugin that allows you to make your checkboxes look like iPhone sliders. Here's how to implement that functionality using the beloved...
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Get the Intro: PHP Paragraph Regular Expression
Recently I was playing around with WordPress' wp_posts table. I wanted to grab the basic information about my posts (ID, title, content, slug) and build a quick summary list of them. One problem I ran into was creating a content "intro." Luckily a...
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Poll: Should Browsers Implement Lazy Loading?
Lazy loading is the process of delaying the load of a resource until it's needed. Image a webpage that's 2,000 pixels high (lots of scrolling). Why should the images toward the bottom of the page load if the user clicks the first link way up at...
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Dress Up Your Select Elements with FauxSelect
I received an email from Ben Delaney a few weeks back about an interesting MooTools script he had written. His script was called FauxSelect and took a list of elements (UL / LI) and transformed it into a beautiful Mac-like SELECT element.
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What If: Twitter Started Charging $5/Month
As you probably know, I'm a fairly frequent Twitterer (@davidwalshblog). I tweet about programming, life, sports, and even reply to my friend's dog's tweets. I promote MooTools via @mootools, promote Script & Style via @scriptandstyle, and follow
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Detect an AJAX Request in PHP
I like using the same PHP script for both AJAX and non-AJAX content requests. Using one script just makes everything easier because it's only one file to update/edit and it's one more cache-able request. One way to try detect an AJAX request (as opposed...
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What If: TinyURL Sold to a Porn Company
Disclaimer: TinyURL has never been rumored to be sold, especially to a smut website. I use TinyURL in the title because it's the most well-known URL-shortener on the internet. It's used by Twitter and, to my knowledge, it was the first service of its...
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Degradable SELECT onChange
Whenever I go to Google Analytics I notice a slight flicker in the dropdown list area. I see a button appear for the shortest amount of time and the poof! Gone. What that tells me is that Google is making their site function...
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Support MooTools on Twitter via Twibbon!
Just a secret between you and I: MooTools is the best JavaScript framework out there. I mean it. It's compact, reliable, flexible, and as free as the air (not Adobe) you and I breathe (except persons on oxygen tanks -- I assume...
