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Information on Border Slants
Tutorial demo on how to make containers on web pages that are shaped like triangles and other polygons with regular and irregular straight edges using no graphics. This is an exploit of how browsers render borders to produce straight angles. Cool technique.
Tripoli - a CSS standard for HTML rendering | DevKick Lab
A set of CSS standards for a generic cross-browser rendering of HTML 4 tags. It resets all elements and browser defaults so you can start with a standard base. Separates content from typographical layout and supports W3C standards. Also includes a demo generator with different 3 column/header/footer layouts.
jTemplates - template engine in JavaScript
A plugin for jQuery that makes client side dynamic content templates. Kind of like PHP on the client-side. Great for making repeating content such as displaying an RSS feed pulled from an Ajax call. This is going to come in handy for sure.
CSS Sprites2 Refactored: Building an Unobtrusive jQuery Plugin | Raleigh Web Design & Development | New Media Campaigns
An implementation of the CSS Sprites approach to elements with changing image states that is wrapped in a jQuery plugin. Allows you to choose the transition animation between the states which is a nice enhancement from the standard CSS only version.
» 20 jQuery Plugins for Unforgettable User Experience
Nice collection of various UI enhancements via jQuery plugins. Probably the most interesting are the background image switcher animation and the list box selection chaining plugins. The file tree and image cropping plugins seem useful as well.
prettyCheckboxes - custom checkboxes / radio buttons - by Stephane Caron
jQuery plugin for masking regular check boxes and radio buttons with nice graphic versions that will appear the same across browsers/OSes.
Coding Horror: Cross-Site Request Forgeries and You
Explanation of and advice for handling common attacks through websites. Cross-Site Request Forgeries with a little bit of Cross-Site Scripting.
Why ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanels are dangerous | Encosia
Good arguments against over-use of UpdatePanels and some sample script of how to replace their functionality with JSON calls.
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<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server"
EnablePageMethods="true" />
<script language="javascript">
function UpdateTime() {
PageMethods.GetCurrentDate(OnSucceeded, OnFailed);
}
function OnSucceeded(result, userContext, methodName) {
$get('Label1').innerHTML = result;
}
function OnFailed(error, userContext, methodName) {
$get('Label1').innerHTML = "An error occured.";
}
</script>
<asp:Label runat="server" ID="Label1" Text="Update Me!" /><br />
<input type="button" id="Button2" value="Web Method Update"
onclick="UpdateTime();" /> -
[WebMethod]
public static string GetCurrentDate()
{
return DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString();
}
Information Gift: Debugging on Safari
Some helpful hints for debugging in Safari and links to some tools as well.
Safari Developer FAQ
Looks like some of this is for the older versions of Safari but still helpful for those of us who don't use this beast very much.
exe installer for AIR runtime and program - ActionScript.org Forums
Code snippet that lets you add the ability to check whether Adobe Air runtime is installed on a Windows computer before installing your own app package. Requires that you get permission from Adobe to redistribute the runtime with your app first.
textsnip - Keep your text & code formatting safe from IM and Email
A nice, simple, free service that lets you paste text and preserves it's formatting. Especially useful for sharing things like codesnippets (which it helpfully formats with line numbers and color coding). You can even customize a url for your snips.
Make your own IM bot in Ruby, and interface it with your Rails app
A tutorial on how to make an IM bot with Ruby on Rails. Something to keep handy with all the stuff lately about Gnip and Identi.ca opening up some possibilities.
SonSpring | Removing Dotted Links
How to get rid of those annoying dots around active links in FF and IE (for use with the text-indent method of image replacement).
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a:active
{
outline: none;
} -
:focus
{
-moz-outline-style: none;
}
Finally, the alternative fix for IE6's memory leak is available
A solution for settimeout memory leaks in IE6 that utilizes the finally portion of a try/catch block.
» 10 Examples of Beautiful CSS Typography and how they did it… - Web Design Marketing Podcast & Blog
Examples of CSS tweaks for use with the few standard fonts that are available on everyone's computers to create elegant typography for websites. Interesting uses of letter-spacing and line-height to dress up your limited font choices.
4 Ways to Enhance Your Blog With FriendFeed | Bwana.org
Tutorial on several ways to add FriendFeed integration to your blog including a couple of different ways to include the FriendFeed comments and how to use the API's rss feed features.
Remove Nested Patterns with One Line of JavaScript
A javascript snippet that uses a while loop and regex pattern to remove string that are nested in other strings in a single line. Seems like there might be other possibilities for this usage pattern. Nice discovery.
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var str = "abc<1<2<>3>4>def";
while (str != (str = str.replace(/<[^<>]*>/g, "")));
// str -> "abcdef" -
var str = "abc(d(e())f)(gh)ijk()",
re = /\([^()]*\)/,
output = [],
match, parts, last;
while (match = re.exec(str)) {
parts = match[0].split("\uFFFF");
if (parts.length < 2)
last = output.push(match[0]) - 1;
else
output[last] = parts[0] + output[last] + parts[1];
str = str.replace(re, "\uFFFF");
}
// output -> ["(d(e())f)", "(gh)", "()"]
UFrame: goodness of UpdatePanel and IFRAME combined - Omar AL Zabir blog on ASP.NET Ajax and .NET 3.5
A replacement for UpdatePanel in ASP.Net that lets you basically create an iFrame in the HTML using a div instead so the page is able to interact with the parent page's DOM. An option for cross-domain page embedding as well. Worth playing with.
NETTUTS - Web development tutorials and links - How To Create A ‘Mootools Homepage’ Inspired Navigation Effect Using jQuery
How to create the MooTools sidebar navigation using JQuery instead. Nice slick little animation.
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