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Mootools Content Slider Class v2

Thu, 14 May 2009 17:53:48 -0700

Here's another update for my Mootools 'content slider class', along with several basic examples. Sorry that it has taken so long to get this new version posted!

FancyUpload 3.0 Released

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:19:18 -0700

If you haven't used Harald Kirschner's FancyUpload already, now is definitely the time to go check it out. It looks and functions exceptionally well, and the new version "is more stable, has better documentation and more showcases than ever."

Automatically Convert Twitter Usernames and Hashtags Into Links Using MooTools

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:06:27 -0700

Here's a small Mootools class that will automatically parse text and convert Twitter usernames and hashtags into links. I have one slight issue with usernames being inside of parentheses, but that's pretty much because I'm a RegExp noob. (Feel free to send me a better one than the one I struggled to write!)

Using htaccess To Always Have the WWW In Your URLs

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:48:50 -0800

I've had a blown disc in my neck for over a month now, so needless to say I've just NOT been in the mood to blog. However, I decided that I could at least write smaller/quicker posts in the meanwhile instead of my typical long ones... so here goes the first of (hopefully) many little tidbits.

Today I'm just posting a little bit of code that I use in my .htaccess file to make all visitors (including search engine robots) 301 redirect to URLs with a 'www' in front of them. Why do this? Because instead of search engines seeing xxx amount of incoming links to www.stoutlabs.com and xxx amount of incoming links to stoutlabs.com (no www), it sees both sets of incoming links as one total – and thus gives me a higher placement/page ranking!

Mootools Content Slider Class

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:00:35 -0700

Due to the amount of redundant questions about old versions of the content slider, I've deleted the old versions from my site (such as this one) to eliminate further confusion.

Please visit the latest version, located here: Latest Content Slider Version.

Mootools Class - Form Hilighter

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:01:35 -0700

I've got a very Mootools-heavy client site launching soon, and in the process I ended up writing several interesting classes for it. I plan on sharing them all here over the next couple of weeks, and to kick it off I want to start with the smallest (read: easiest) of them: a form field highlighter class.

30 Days of MooTools Tutorials

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:17:24 -0700

The folks over at the Consider blog have just started with their '30 Days of MooTools Tutorials' series... and since I have so many search engine hits for MooTools-related searches these days, I wanted to share with everyone. Hopefully we will all learn a little something over the next 30 days – and it will probably be a great MooTools reference either way.

DevSnippets.com

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:47:44 -0700

I just wanted to make a quick post about a new site, DevSnippets.com, brought to you by the folks at Noupe. I really think it's going to be a fantastic resource for fellow web developers, so definitely stop in and have a look around.

Status Report - Summer 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:48 -0700

I know it's been a moment since my last post, so I just wanted to give everyone a quick update. I promise I haven't abandoned this blog – I've just been seriously overloaded with work! Things are (thankfully) approaching a more normal pace over here, though... and I have a few partially-written articles that I'm looking forward to sharing with everyone very soon!

MooTools Content Slider Update - Numbered Nav

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:54:30 -0700

Due to the amount of redundant questions about old versions of the content slider, I've deleted the old versions from my site (such as this one) to eliminate further confusion.

Please visit the latest version, located here: Latest Content Slider Version.