Web Development for 2010

Alexander Dickson - Web Developer covering PHP, jQuery / Javascript, XHTML, CSS, more

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xkcdClickForNext: User friendly way to view xkcd comics in sequence

Filed under Greasemonkey Scripts. Published on Tuesday, 15th June 2010.

I decided to view every xkcd comic in order, starting with the first. One thing that frustrated me was the small next link that you had to click to view the next comic in the series. …

Buzzard - display your tweets

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Thursday, 22nd October 2009.

This simple plugin will allow you to show you your tweets on your page. This is often preferred than to do it server side, as any non critical resource gathering you can shift to the client is a win for your server's resources.…

searchTermsHighlight - automatically highlight search terms

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Monday, 19th October 2009.

I've created a plugin that will highlight the search terms used to reach your page.…

bumpyText - make text dance!

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Sunday, 30th August 2009.

Just for fun, I've created a plugin that lets you make text 'bounce'. It's completely pointless (prove me wrong!) but was just a fun morning most of Sunday project. The plugin is called bumpyText and using it is as simple as the examples below (example 1 and example 2).…

exists - determine if a selector found any elements

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Monday, 24th August 2009.

Most people know you can access the length property of a jQuery object to determine how many elements were matched with a selector. The problem with this however (depending on who you talk to) is that it is not very readable.…

inputLabel - use form inputs as their labels

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Sunday, 23rd August 2009.

I'm sure you've seen it before: a form with text inputs that are using their input areas as the label of the input. Wether or not this is an usabilty issue or not; you see it on a lot of sites and sometimes a design calls for it. This jQuery plugin makes enabling this functionality much easier.…

newWindow - open links in a new window in a standards compliant way

Filed under jQuery Plugins. Published on Wednesday, 5th August 2009.

If you're using an XHTML doctype and you are still wanting the functionality of target="_blank", you're in luck with this handy plugin called newWindow.…

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