Confessions of an Eccentric Web Developer III
It’s so fun to share my innermost web development thoughts. Some people get furious about some of my ideas. Luckily I don’t give a damn. Take my... more »
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Set Up a Templating System Using .htaccess
Setting up a website capable of easy template switching probably sounds difficult. When I first thought about building a templating system, it felt... more »
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Using MooTools 1.2 For Drag, Drop, Sort, Save
My customers love being able to control their website’s content so I build a lot of administrative control into their website. One administrative... more »
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WordPress' .htaccess File Is Genius
Choosing to use WordPress was a more difficult decision that you may think. Sure, WordPress is the most used blogging software on the internet, but... more »
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Track Ajax Link Clicks Using Google Analytics
About a year back I created an advanced form for a customer that took in numerous user-given values and calculated some totals using javascript. No... more »
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Twitter Emulation Using MooTools 1.2 and PHP
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 you're... more »
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Record File Downloads in Google Analytics Using MooTools
A while back I wrote an article detailing how you can use forced downloads via PHP to track downloads. What if you could get that same data into... more »
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Creating a Custom “:selected” Pseudo Selector in MooTools
A while back I read a very interesting article by MooTools core developer Jan Kassens about how to create a custom pseudo selector in MooTools. I was... more »
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MooTools Link Nudging
Link nudging is the process of adjusting the padding on a link slightly to show a simple, tasteful “jump” when you place your mouse over a link. The... more »
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Set PHP Values Using .htaccess
Did you know that you can set php.ini values right inside the .htaccess file? It’s actually very easy.
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Technorati Grabber: Get Your Technorati Rank and Authority
If you’re looking to find the your technorati rank and authority in an automated matter, look no further than this snippet of PHP.
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Element Position Swapping Using MooTools 1.2
We all know that MooTools 1.2 can do some pretty awesome animations. What if we want to quickly make two element swap positions without a lot of fuss?... more »
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Disable Right Click Using MooTools 1.2
We all know that it’s bad practice to disable the right click context menu, so I’ll skip the explanation of why that is. Unfortunatley, however,... more »
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What Would You Like From Your Framework?
What’s your favorite framework and which functionality, from another framework, would you like added to your framework?
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5 Ways to Contribute To Your Favorite Javascript Framework
While you may not be a core member of any of the javascript frameworks, there are many ways that you can help contribute to the framework and team.... more »
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Big Questions, Short Answers
There are a lot of “deep” questions when it comes to javascript libraries, CSS, server-side languages, and programming philosophies. Rather than drone... more »
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Create a Double Border Image Effect Using CSS
CSS doesn’t allow for too many cross-browser compatible effects. Webkit has added some “webkit-” CSS effects, but I’m talking about a more toned-down,... more »
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Using MooTools to Instruct Google Analytics to Track Outbound Links
Google Analytics provides a wealth of information about who’s coming to your website. One of the most important statistics the service provides is... more »
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Prevent Early Form Submission by Hijacking the Enter Key
A customer asked me to create a timecard form a few years ago. Everything with the form worked great but users would mistakenly press the enter key... more »
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Fading Links Using jQuery: dwFadingLinks
Earlier this week, I posted a MooTools script that faded links to and from a color during the mouseover and mouseout events. My thought was “why do a... more »
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MooTools HTML Police: dwMarkupMarine
We’ve all inherited rubbish websites from webmasters that couldn’t master valid HTML. You know the horrid markup: paragraph tags with “align”... more »
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Tips For Better Page URLs
Page URLs are probably more important than most people realize. No one wants to deal with marathon URLs and meaningless querystrings. Here area few... more »
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MooTools Link Fading
We all know that we can set a different link color (among other properties) on the hover event, but why not show a little bit more dynamism by making... more »
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6 Reasons I'm Glad I Joined Twitter
For the longest time I refused to do the Twitter thing. Looking back it seems stupid but I just would not join the craze. Two months and 350 updates... more »
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Implement jQuery-like "Click" Syntax In MooTools 1.2
While I prefer the MooTools syntax over the jQuery syntax, I do respect the jQuery syntax. Here’s a quick way to make your MooTools look a little like... more »
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