AJAX Tutorials
Send Email Notifications for Broken Images Using jQuery AJAX
It's usually best to repair broken image paths as soon as possible because they can damage a website's credibility. And even worse is having a user tell you about it. Using jQuery and PHP, you can have your page automatically notify you of broken...
Send Email Notifications for Broken Images Using MooTools AJAX
One of the little known JavaScript events is the image onError event. This event is triggered when an image 404's out because it doesn't exist. Broken images can make your website look unprofessional and it's important to fix broken images as soon as possible.
Using MooTools 1.2 For Drag, Drop, Sort, Save
This post has been updated: Using jQuery or MooTools For Drag, Drop, Sort, Save. The code on this page is no longer best practice. The following is a repost of an article that ran on Script & Style a few months ago.... My...
NetTuts Exclusive: Twitter Emulation Using MooTools 1.2 and PHP
NetTuts debuted my article today: Twitter Emulation Using MooTools 1.2 and PHP! From the article: People all over the world love Twitter because of how easy it is to use. All you need to do is type in your current status, click "Update", and...
AJAX Username Availability Checker Using MooTools 1.2
This post has been updated: Using jQuery or MooTools For Drag, Drop, Sort, Save. The code on this page is no longer best practice. There a many examples of egregious usages of AJAX out there but every once in a while you find...
Periodical AJAX Requests Using MooTools 1.2
Every browser I have, both at work and at home, has its default homepage setting set to NetVibes. Why? Because NetVibes lets me decide what content I want on my homepage and it uses AJAX to update information, so I can keep the same...
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...
MooTools Gone Wild: Element Flashing
If you're like me and lay awake in bed at night, you've flipped on the TV and seen the commercials: misguided, attention-starved college girls fueled by alcohol ruining their futures by flashing lame camera-men on Spring Break. Why do they do it? Attention...
AJAX For Evil: Spyjax
With great power comes great responsibility. With every advancement in technology we face the threat of it being used for evil purposes. This is the case with AJAX. AJAX has a ton of great uses but one form of negative AJAX has taken...
Facebook Sliders With Mootools and CSS – Now With Image Generation!
A few weeks back, I posted Facebook Sliders With Mootools and CSS, which explain how to create Facebook-style sliders that control the height, width, and opacity of an image: After tinkering around a bit, I modified the script to use PHP to save the resulting...