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Create a NoScript Compatible Select Form Element with an onChange Event
I wouldn't say that I'm addicted to checking Google Analytics but I do check my statistics often. I guess hoping for a huge burst of traffic from some unknown source. Anyway, I have multiple sites set up within my account. The way to...
PHP Form Submission: Recognize Image Input Buttons
As you probably know, you can recognize a form submission from a "submit" input type by placing the following code in the "processing" PHP script: Did you know, however, that when using an "image" input type to submit the form, the above wont work? You need...
Curing “this.setOptions is not a function” in MooTools 1.2
On one of the MooTools 1.2 classes I was working on recently, I kept getting the following annoying JavaScript error: Here's what my code looked like: After doing some research, I discovered that I needed to implement Options: I think this may be new in MooTools 1.2, as I...
Weekend Links – jQuery Progress Bar, jQuery Kwicks, Bill Gates Email, MooTools Plugins
jQuery Progress Bar 1.1 This jQuery progress bar is as good as it gets. The progress bar animates to the next step and is very lightweight. http://t.wits.sg/2008/06/20/jquery-progress-bar-11/ Kwicks 1.5 Released! Jeremy Martin has released a new version of his jQuery Kwicks plugin. Jeremy's added more options and smoother...
Amazon.Com WHOIS = WTF?
I was doing some research on domains and WHOIS information today when I stumbled upon a peculiar results for Amazon.Com. Take a look at the server name in the image below. This is clearly not the name of Amazon's server, but I have no idea how...
Editable Content Using MooTools 1.2, PHP, and MySQL
Everybody and their aerobics instructor wants to be able to edit their own website these days. And why wouldn't they? I mean, they have a $500 budget, no HTML/CSS experience, and extraordinary expectations. Enough ranting though. Having a website that allows for...
Implementing an Array.count() Method in JavaScript
As much as I write about MooTools on my blog, I spend most of my work day knee-deep in PHP. As you probably know, one way to get the size of an array in PHP is to use the count() function: In JavaScript, the way to...
Multi-Select Transfers Using MooTools 1.2
While I was a Zone Leader for DZone's AJAX, CSS, and PHP Zones, DZone's Rick Ross asked me to contact Jeremy Martin with regard to a hot blog post he created: Easy Multi Select Transfer with jQuery. Both...
MooTools 1.2 Tooltips: Customize Your Tips
I've never met a person that is "ehhhh" about XHTML/javascript tooltips; people seem to love them or hate them. I'm on the love side of things. Tooltips give you a bit more information about something than just the element itself (usually...
Weekend Links – Yahoo! Sprite Generator, Dojo AIM Modules, Clientside MooTools 1.2 Plugins, Speed Photoshop
Yahoo's Secret Text-Sprite Generator Chris was snooping around Yahoo's source code and found a sprite generator. It's a really nice way to create headers. I helped Chris make his jQuery work with space, but don't tell him I told you! http://css-tricks.com/yahoos-secret-text-sprite-generator/ Dojo Modules for...