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SmoothScroll Using MooTools 1.2
A while back I wrote a post about MooTools' SmoothScroll plugin which allows you to smoothly take a user to a specific portion of a page. By default, the browser "jerks" you up or down in the page when you click on an...
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Know Your Environment: PHP Server Module Reporter
Jeremy Martin gave me the opportunity to guest post on his blog so I dropped a little PHP knowledge on his audience. I've created a script that analyzes a hosting environment and returns a list of installed PHP modules. What's missing? What's there?
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Morphing Elements Using MooTools and CSS
Morphing an element between CSS classes is another great trick the MooTools JavaScript library enables you to do. Morphing isn't the most practical use of MooTools, but it's still a trick at your disposal. Step 1: The XHTML The block of content that will change is...
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Using MooTools 1.2
As you can probably tell, I try to mix some fun in with my MooTools madness but I also try to make my examples as practical as possible. Well...this may not be one of those times. I love movies and useless movie trivia so naturally I'm...
![Weekend Links – Firefox 3 Hacks, jQuery Kwicks, Shorthand CSS, XMPPHP, Google Page Rank PHP]()
Weekend Links – Firefox 3 Hacks, jQuery Kwicks, Shorthand CSS, XMPPHP, Google Page Rank PHP
Cutting Edge: Exclusive Firefox 3 about:config Hacks Firefox 3 has not yet come out in its official, final form yet but Eric Wendelin is already tinkering with Firefox's popular "about:config." Learn how to further customize your 'fox! http://eriwen.com/firefox/firefox-3-aboutconfig-hacks/ Introducing Kwicks For jQuery Jeremy Martin was...
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Password Protect a Directory Using .htaccess
Protecting files on your website from unauthorized users can be very important. Even more important is the method by which you accomplish this task. You could use PHP to listen for login authorization information on each page, but that doesn't protect your images, documents...
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Load Your Static Content the Dynamic Way
One of the catch 22's of owning a blog or site on the cheap is that of not breaking the budget, while tip-toeing around an overly constrictive space/bandwidth quota. Along with countless others, I myself am often hanging in the aforementioned balance. One solution...
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Facebook Sliders With Mootools and CSS
One of the great parts of being a developer that uses Facebook is that I can get some great ideas for progressive website enhancement. Facebook incorporates many advanced JavaScript and AJAX features: photo loads by left and right arrow, dropdown menus, modal windows, and...
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Dynamically Load Stylesheets Using MooTools 1.2
Theming has become a big part of the Web 2.0 revolution. Luckily, so too has a higher regard for semantics and CSS standards. If you build your pages using good XHTML code, changing a CSS file can make your website look completely different.
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NSFW Blocker Using MooTools and CSS
One of my guilty pleasures is scoping out the latest celebrity gossip from PerezHilton.com, DListed.com, and JoBlo.com. Unfortunately, these sites occasionally post NSFW pictures which makes checking these sites on lunch a huge gamble -- a trip to HR's office could be just a click away. Since...
