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An Introduction to JavaScript for Acrobat
(SitePoint » JavaScript & CSS)Being a JavaScript fan I’m always interested to see how JavaScript works on non-browser platforms. You may not be aware of this but Adobe Acrobat has a complete JavaScript API with which you can add interactivity to PDF files. So I thought I’d investigate the JavaScript support available in Acrobat from a web developer’s point [...]
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The id attribute’s value must be unique
(456 Berea Street)The id attribute is used to give an HTML element a unique name. That name has several uses:
In ID selectors in CSS Referencing the element with JavaScript through the getElementById DOM method Making the element an anchor which can be linked to with a fragment identifier Associating a label element with a form control via the for attribute Specifying which header cell(s) that provide...
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Spotify invite via Twitter or Jaiku
(Friendly Bit - Web Development Blog)I’ve talked about Spotify before. It’s simply the reason I no longer have any music stored on my computer. You heard it right: No more music stored locally on my computer. What Spotify did to convince me to take this step was to really start to compete with file sharing. Spotify does just that, but manages [...] Related posts:Spotify is a lot like… Hi. Today I want to tell...
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Make Safari open targeted links in new tabs instead of new windows
(456 Berea Street)One of the things I find most annoying when browsing the web is when a link opens a new window. It completely disrupts my workflow when a new window pops up, especially when it does so without warning.
If you�re using Firefox this isn�t such a big problem anymore since it will open targeted links in a new tab instead, which is much more manageable and less intrusive.
For Safari,...
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Quick Tips for web developers and web designers
(456 Berea Street)I spend a fair amount of time doing quality assurance of websites. This includes reviewing code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), reporting accessibility and usability issues, giving tips and advice, and so on.
In these reviews there are some things that keep coming up. A lot of them are pretty simple and basic things if you ask me. However, there are many people who make the same mistakes, so...
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Dreamweaver CS4: A Powerful Tool for an Imperfect World
(SitePoint » JavaScript & CSS)With the just-released Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe has conceded that web design has moved on. No longer are designers content to limit themselves to what can be built with WYSIWYG tools; instead, Dreamweaver CS4 shifts focus to providing powerful tools for code-savvy front-end designers like you and me! With the WebKit rendering engine at its core, [...]
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Making Google Maps more accessible
(456 Berea Street)It has become very popular to use the Google Maps API to add maps to websites. While the maps work fine for most users, unfortunately Google Maps does not by default work without JavaScript � when there is no JavaScript support, you don�t get a map.
Fortunately it is quite easy (but not very common) to provide a fallback for users who do not have JavaScript enabled in their browser by...
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Install MySQL-python on Mac OS X (leopard)
(Friendly Bit - Web Development Blog)What a pain. Getting mysql to work with python is the single most annoying step in getting Django up and running (if you choose MySQL as the database). You see, python requires drivers to be able to talk to MySQL, and you have to compile those yourself. I just devoted several hours last night to [...] No related posts.
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HTML includes
(Friendly Bit - Web Development Blog)One of the first questions beginners ask when starting to learn HTML is how to do includes. They seldom know that includes is what they are asking about, but instead feels bad when having to copy and paste that same menu HTML each time they want a new page. “Do I have to type the [...] Related posts:Datatypes of HTML; why HTML is great for structure HTML is often bashed by people for...
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