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Weekend Links – MooTools Fancy Upload, 60 Second Tech, jSize, CSS Pull Quotes, PHP First Language
MooTools Fancy Upload Moo developer Harald Kirschner gave Fancy Upload a face-lift for MooTools 1.2. If you haven't seen Fancy Upload before, please check this out! http://digitarald.de/project/fancyupload/ Sixty Second Tech I met Cal Evans through my time as a PHP Zone Leader. He's a really...
Basic File Uploading Using PHP
I create a lot of websites that allow administrators to upload files to their own website. Since allowing user customization has become more and more important on websites these days, I thought I'd share how easy it is to handle file uploads in PHP. The XHTML...
Weather Switcher 1.000001
A while back, CSS-Tricks Tsar Chris Coyier and I created a Weather Switcher script that connected to Yahoo!'s weather API, downloaded an XML file containing weather information for a specified zip code, and modified the website's theme based on the weather. Yahoo! recently made an update...
Using Form Input Arrays For Checkboxes
One way that I've gotten faster at XHTML forms is using input arrays whenever possible. Input arrays allow me to deal with just one variable for checkboxes that serve as multiple answers to one question. Here's how the process works. Step 1: The XHTML Form Note...
Save Text Size Preference Using MooTools 1.2
Last time posting here I taught you how to change text-size with JavaScript. The problem with using the solution I presented as Ian Lloyd pointed out: Increase the font size, follow a link to another web page on same site and … back...
MooTools onLoad SmoothScrolling
SmoothScroll is a fantastic MooTools plugin but smooth scrolling only occurs when the anchor is on the same page. Making SmoothScroll work across pages is as easy as a few extra line of MooTools and a querystring variable. The MooTools / PHP Of course, this is a...
CSS Variables Using PHP
CSS is an amazing formatting tool but it has one glaring omission: variables. In My CSS Wishlist, I proposed a PHP-like syntax for CSS variables. Using PHP, I've made the idea of easy, dynamic CSS a reality. The Sample CSS The above is a sample css file that...
Weekend Links – CSS Developer Confessions, CSS Link Techniques, OnMissingImage, Javscript Versions, MK vs. DC
Confessions of a CSS Developer I agree with most of Reinhold Weber's article. His confessions are very "real-world-trying-to-get-paid." http://reinholdweber.com/?p=26 4 Uber Cool CSS Techniques For Links CSSGlobe drops some linking knowledge. The article provides detailed CSS code for each technique. http://cssglobe.com/post/1614/4-uber-cool-css-techniques-for-links HTML OnMissingImage I had...
Adding Days To Dates In MySQL
One of my customers recently asked me to increment the date field on an event in their database by 14 days because their upcoming event got delayed. I knew the SQL statement would be simple and after doing some quick research, I found the magical...
Assign Anchor IDs Using MooTools 1.2
One of my favorite uses of the MooTools JavaScript library is the SmoothScroll plugin. I use it on my website, my employer's website, and on many customer websites. The best part about the plugin is that it's so easy to implement. I recently ran...