JavaScript
Easily Find the Latest Versions of Javascript Libraries at Google Code
A couple days ago Dustin brought a great site to my attention. It is called ScriptSrc.net and is located at: http://scriptsrc.net/. Using this site, a developer can easily locate and copy the latest stable version of their favorite library. This can be a real time saver in searching out the various library links. It would [...]
Google Analytics Not Tracking Data on Your Website? Could be a JavaScript Error.
This fix wont solve all Google Analytics tracking problems but it does address a specific issue. Outside of this problem, there are many other issues including disabled cookies, disabled JavaScript etc. that cannot be helped or fixed. If you have an existing website and Google Analytics is installed properly but is not collecting data please [...]
Software to Automatically Make a HTML version of a Dynamic Website
It seems like there are a million different content management systems out there. Some like the ZLCMS system we use at Zipline are transferrable to another web host but occasionally we have run into web development companies with ‘proprietary’ content management systems. Many of these companies won’t allow their customers to transfer their website to [...]
How to Detect IE6 Browser with JavaScript
I have been doing a lot of work with jQuery lately. The jQuery library offers great cross browser support for most functions but unfortunately even this magic wand can’t solve all the problems with Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) compatibility. Previously, jQuery had a browser() function that helped detect a browser so that a developer could [...]
A Little Known List of JavaScript Functions Equivalent to PHP Functions in jQuery
Many of us PHP developers often find working with JavaScript arrays to be a frustrating task. PHP has a number of very powerful built in functions like: in_array(), is_array(), array_merge(), array_map(), and array_unique() that are just plain missing in JavaScript. Over the years, many of these functions have been ported into JavaScript buy developers much [...]
Problem with jQuery UI Datepicker and Copied Dynamic DOM: Solved
Today, I ran into an interesting problem with the jQuery UI Datepicker, for which I couldn’t find any assistance. In retrospect, it was a fairly simple issue but it took me quite awhile to debug. If I didn’t have Firebug, I don’t think it would’ve ever been solved this issue. I spent a great deal [...]
What is JavaScript’s Equivalent to PHP strip_tags()
A couple of days ago I was working on a project using jQuery where I was traversing through a table and totaling several numeric values. The problem I ran into was that most of these values were wrapped in HTML tags and the tags were not standardized from field to field so a simple replace() [...]
Stupid Simple jQuery Accordion Menu
This is a very simple tutorial on how to implement an accordion style menu using jQuery to manipulate a grouping of DIV elements. This system is so simple it could be easily utilized by someone who has little or no jQuery experience.
This example provides a complete overview of the implementation as well as a demo and code download to help you get the system running on your web based application.
Change the Style of DIV on Mouseover with jQuery
JavaScript libraries are fantastic. I know many good web developers who have been reluctant to learn more JavaScript than they absolutely need to. I admit JavaScript can be confusing but it is a very powerful tool, especially with the power of AJAX. Below are a couple simple examples of very powerful techniques that can be [...]
Solution for the IE7 Endless Print Preview Bug
Yesterday, one of our customers called us with a very unusual issue. He claimed that on his machine in Internet Explorer 7, when he attempted to print a page from his website, the print preview function on his machine would continue to count endlessly as if it was stuck in a loop. His website has [...]