MooTools Tutorials
Font Replacement Using Cufón
We all know about the big font replacement methods. sIFR's big. Image font replacement has gained some steam. Not too many people know about a great project named Cufón though. Cufón uses a unique blend of a proprietary font generator tool...
Adding Events to Adding Events in MooTools
Note: This post has been updated. One of my huge web peeves is when an element has click events attached to it but the element doesn't sport the "pointer" cursor. I mean how the hell is the user supposed to know they can/should click on...
Image Protection Using PHP, the GD Library, JavaScript, and XHTML
Warning: The demo for this post may brick your browser. A while back I posted a MooTools plugin called dwProtector that aimed to make image theft more difficult -- NOT PREVENT IT COMPLETELY -- but make it more difficult for the rookie to average user...
WordPress-Style Comment Controls Using MooTools or jQuery
WordPress has a nice little effect on the Admin Dashboard where it shows and hides the comment control links when you mouseover and mouseout of the record's container. Here's how to achieve that effect using MooTools or jQuery. The XHTML Notice that we place the links into...
Method Chaining in MooTools and PHP
One of the great parts of most every JavaScript and PHP framework these days is the ability to chain class methods. I've gotten quite a few question about how this is possible so I want to cover the basics of allowing chaining in your own...
Add Site Screenshots for External Links Using MooTools Tooltips
Before you send your user to an unknown external website, why not provide them a screenshot of the site via a tooltip so they may preview the upcoming page? Here's how you can do just that using MooTools. The MooTools JavaScript The first step is to grab...
Create Custom Events in MooTools 1.2
Javascript has a number of native events like "mouseover," "mouseout", "click", and so on. What if you want to create your own events though? Creating events using MooTools is as easy as it gets. The MooTools JavaScript What's great about creating custom events in MooTools is...
Faces of Moo: Represent Your Framework!
I just posted over on the MooTools blog about the Faces of Moo project. The MooTools team would like to announce Faces of Moo. Faces of Moo is where we post photos of you and fellow community members wearing your MooTools shirts, hats, and hoodies. What better...
Introducing MooTools ScrollSpy
I've been excited to release this plugin for a long time. MooTools ScrollSpy is a unique but simple MooTools plugin that listens to page scrolling and fires events based on where the user has scrolled to in the page. Now you can fire specific...
Grab MooTools Merchandise!
As I posted over on the MooTools blog, there's a variety of MooTools merchandise available now in the MooTools store. Items available include: T-Shirts Hoodies Messenger Bags Hats I've ordered my two shirts -- have you? Grab some MooTools merchandise and support your framework!