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How to Sniff & Disable Firebug
If you're a hardcore Web Developer like me, you're probably well aware of the excellent Firefox plugin known as Firebug. Firebug's built in tools for monitoring and debugging CSS, HTML, and JavaScript/AJAX can improve development time efficiency exponentially. As great as Firebug is...
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Execute a HTTP POST Using PHP CURL
A customer recently brought to me a unique challenge. My customer wants information request form data to be collected in a database. Nothing new, right? Well, there's a hurdle -- the information isn't going to be saved on the localhost database -- it...
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MooTools Zebra Tables Plugin
Tabular data can oftentimes be boring, but it doesn't need to look that way! With a small MooTools class, I can make tabular data extremely easy to read by implementing "zebra" tables -- tables with alternating row background colors. The CSS The above CSS is extremely basic.
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Weekend Links – Firefox 3 Performance, Internet Explorer 8 JavaScript, Google / Microsoft Buying Digg, Social Bookmarking Icons, Referrer Spam
Firefox 3 Performance Gets a BoostThe only problem I have with Firefox is that it's a memory hog and gets slow after you've opened multiple tabs. This article discusses improvement in Firefox's engine -- sweet!http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/25/firefox-3-performance-gets-a-boost/Javascript In Internet Explorer 8Mozilla employee and jQuery...
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CSS Fixed Position Background Image
Backgrounds have become an integral part of creating a web 2.0-esque website since gradients have become all the rage. If you think gradient backgrounds are too cliche, maybe a fixed position background would work for you? It does provide a neat inherent effect by...
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MySQL’s REPLACE() Is PHP’s STR_REPLACE()
The PHP function that I use the most could be str_replace(). If you aren't familiar with the function, here's what it does: Over the past months, I've grown to realize that I oftentimes use the function as a quick fix. I've been...
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DWRequest: MooTools 1.2 AJAX Listener & Message Display
Though MooTools 1.2 is in its second beta stage, its basic syntax and theory changes have been hashed out. The JavaScript library continues to improve and become more flexible. Fellow DZone Zone Leader Boyan Kostadinov wrote a very useful article detailing how you can add a...
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Freeeeeedoooooooooooom!!
One gangsta policy used by many domain registrars is to hold on to a domain for months after its expiration for "convenience and security purposes." Sure. Right. Uh huh.One such registrar is the shady corporation called Network Solutions. Network Solutions is as evil of...
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Use JavaScript to Change the Window Status Message
Though I don't normally recommend modifying the browser's default behaviors, changing the window's status bar does have its place. The window status bar can pass descriptive information about the element the user is hovering over or can hide the URL from users that don't understand...
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MSN Live Search Result Grabber
Within the last month, I've created two popular SEO tools: Google Grabber and Yahoo Grabber. Each grabber goes to the respective website and retrieves the number of pages a specified domain has indexed in the search engine. Having the indexed number...
