MooTools Tutorials

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    Build a Slick and Simple MooTools Accordion

    Last week I covered a smooth, subtle MooTools effect called Kwicks. Another great MooTools creation is the Accordion, which acts like...wait for it...an accordion! Now I've never been a huge Weird Al fan so this is as close to playing an accordion as...

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    MooTools 1.2 OpenLinks Plugin

    I often incorporate tools into my customers' websites that allow them to have some control over the content on their website. When doing so, I offer some tips to my clients to help them keep their website in good shape. One of the tips...

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    Get Slick with MooTools Kwicks

    When I first saw MooTools graphical navigation, I was impressed. I thought it was a very simple yet creative way of using Flash. When I right-clicked and saw that it was JavaScript, I was floored. How could they achieve such...

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    Using MooTools For Opacity

    Although it's possible to achieve opacity using CSS, the hacks involved aren't pretty. If you're using the MooTools JavaScript library, opacity is as easy as using an element's "set" method. The following MooTools snippet takes every image with the "opacity" class and sets...

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    Set Up Your WordPress Blog To Allow Trackback Toggling

    One aspect of WordPress I dislike is that trackbacks display as a comment with the rest of a post's comments. Trackbacks are a nuisance when there's a great conversation going within the post's comments. Some users, however, love trackbacks so I can't simply get...

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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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    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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    When JavaScript Frameworks Collide

    Though their theories on JavaScript coding differ, JavaScript framework developers keep a tight lip when it comes to commenting on other frameworks. When another framework is brought up, the developer usually gives generic responses like "they're doing good work" or "they've got a unique approach."...

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    Moo 1.2 is Coming…

    I've been following the progress of MooTools 1.2 for months and it looks as though we'll see the next version relatively soon. As excited for the next version as I am? Here a few links to get you up to date on the...

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    MooTools Documentation in PDF Format

    Trolling through the MooTools forums, I stumbled on a post by DigiMute. DigiMute has automated complete MooTools documentation in PDF format using PHP and FPDF . If you hate referring to the MooTools website every time you need API help, download...