Collapsible Fieldsets jQuery plugin - Drupal Style

mikesir87 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:17:36 +0000

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Drupal does a great job in using collapsible fieldsets. But, wouldn't it be great to be able to use this jQuery feature on other sites? Well, here's your plugin. In this tutorial, we will build a simple page, and then enable the collapsible fieldset on it.

Well, let's get started. First, let's make a simple HTML page to start with.

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A few SEO notes

mikesir87 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:16:22 +0000

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Having a website optimized for search engines can be tough. But, once you get it going, it'll make things a LOT better. Here are a few tools and things to consider.

Introduction

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CSS3: Drop Shadows

mikesir87 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:58:19 +0000

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CSS3 brings a lot of neat elements. Unfortunately, some elements are not fully supported, or just difficult to figure out how to use. This entry is the second in my "series"... working with drop shadows.

CSS3 is exciting stuff. I really like the drop shadow feature because I was tired of always having to create new PNG files just to get the effect.

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Modify jQuery's Quicksearch plugin to include reset button

mikesir87 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:19:10 +0000

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This tutorial extends Rik Lomas' jQuery plugin quickSearch (r tikrikrik.com/jquery/quicksearch/) to add a reset button once searching has begun. It is fully customizable, even down to the text the button contains.

To follow through this tutorial, you will first need to have the quicksearch plugin, which can be found here.

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http://michael.theirwinfamily.net/demo/jquery/modified-quicksearch/

Form Security using PHP

mikesir87 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:56:40 +0000

Synopsis:

Spammers attack in many different ways. One way to avoid spam attacks is to make hidden elements that appear to be legitimate inputs. Normal human users cannot see these elements, and will therefore, not fill them in. If filled, you know it must be a bot. This class is a sample of how to do this.

What we will do is allow a user to pass an array of element "names" that they want to be hidden.

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Building a Simple Module in Drupal - Part One

mikesir87 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:46:11 +0000

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Building a Drupal module can be a challenging task. Believe me. Hopefully this tutorial can help you learn how to do it. We will be build a very simple module that makes a page with some dummy text. It will also include permissions and admin configurations.

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Putting links into jTip

mikesir87 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:19:21 +0000

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Tooltips are sometimes a great asset on a website. But, wouldn't it be great to be able to put a link in a tooltip, and not worry about it disappearing the second you mouse off of it? Well, this tutorial will help you solve that.

First of all, you will need the jTip library, which can be found here.

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Site Redesign!

mikesir87 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:09:32 +0000

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My wife says I have a case of the NERDS - Never Ending Re-Designing Syndrome. But, the new blog is FINALLY up and going. Here's some of the changes I added, some of which are pretty substantial. Check it out!

First of all, I wanted to simplify and open up space, but yet make it more sophisticated. Yes, that does sound like a contradiction. But, it can be done. After several weeks

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CSS3: Rotating Text

mikesir87 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:56:27 +0000

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CSS3 brings a lot of neat elements. Unfortunately, some elements are not fully supported, or just difficult to figure out how to use. This entry goes over how to rotate text that works in all browsers.

If you look at my home page, or on the Articles page, you'll see that the dates are rotated. How do we do that? Well, with a little bit of simple CSS styling, it's quite easy!

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Collapsible Fieldsets jQuery plugin - Drupal Style

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Overview

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Site Redesign!

CSS3: Rotating Text