Every web developer needs to wrap some text around image. It’s a must – we dont want to have content all linear – some text, then image, then text…, afcourse we want to do it more nicely.
The old way was to to use html like this:
<img src=”IMAGE URL” align=”left” /><p>Your text goes here.</p>
And then you got an image on the left and the content on the right. Very simple.
And soooo boring and limiting. What is we want the text closer to the image? We could use some css, put an image in the background, and some text over it… but again a lot of limitations – its hard to do it with some CMS, like wordpress for example, and you can’t put content really around the image.
Really around the image?
Did we say really around the image? Like new jQuerry plugin jQSlickWrap does it, like this:
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Pdf to flash page flip is a free web service wich converts your PDF files into a flash flipping book movie.
It uses free and open source projects Dynamic Page Flip v2 and SWFTools, so its is basically a front end to these two open source software solutions.
Interface is simple and self-explanatory: Insert Pdf, width, height, pages…, you also have some interface option (colors, language, hard cover).
Posted in: Flash
XML is an integral part of AJAX – it means “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML”, so its important to know how to parse XML on the fly.
Till now, we could write our own javascript functions – or better use jQuery to parse XML. You can find few tutorials if you search for “jquery xml parse“, so its not hard to do it.
But now it became even easier – there is a plugin called jParse, wich is doing just what we need: it allows you to quickly and easily parse XML.
With the jParse jQuery plugin, you can parse XML that is returned from an jQuery Ajax request. jQuery .ajax method does not allow for cross domain Ajax requests, so the XML that you would like to parse must be on the same domain from which you are working.
You can pull many types of information from an XML document like the value of an XML node, the value of an attribute of an XML node, or the number of <items> in an XML document.
Life became a little easier again ;)
Posted in: Scripts
Bookkeeping is surely not the most exciting thing when you run your own business. It is usually the most tedious work, and nobody likes it. But when tax people come to your door, you can have a BIG problem if you didnt keep your books nice and celan. Who can remember some expenses half a year ago?
So here is simple and elegant solution to make that problem go away: OutRight – Free online bookkeeping.
Streamlining the work involved with owning a business, helping entrepreneurs pay the right taxes, record financial transactions, and keep their businesses on track and growing.
Believing business owners spend too much time and effort on the least enjoyable part of running one’s own business, Outright goal is to make it simple, helping entrepreneurs track all of their income and expenses to get their taxes done accurately.
Posted in: Invoice Tool
Script.aculo.us is the most known and widely used add-on for the Prototype JavaScript Framework with the features like animation framework, drag and drop, Ajax controls, DOM utilities, and unit testing. It provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.
Scripty2: A rewrite?!
Yes, it’s all new. The old code was just to crufted and packed with workarounds for browsers no one uses any more, so I’ve decided to start anew and write the effects engine from scratch. With all the knowledge gained from years of using the effects
on various projects, it’s now ready for the future (and it looks bright!).
Yes, it’s all new. The old code was just to crufted and packed with workarounds for browsers no one uses any more, so Thomas Fuchs decided to start anew and write the effects engine from scratch. With all the knowledge gained from years of using the effects on various projects, it’s now ready for the future (and it looks bright!).
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Do you have a problem of modern css and IE6 bugs. Do you have customers with old browsers, and your page just doesnt work in IE6 correctly.
Do you have a separate machine with internet Explorer installed just to test your work? Me too..
but now i found this very simple solution: IETester. Its simple, it works great… what a relief :)
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Posted in: Web page performance
Phparch.com is launching The Great PHP on Windows Contest. Usualy PHP partners with linux, Apache and MySQL, but they are starting contest to promote running PHP on Windows.
The basics of the contest are simple:
Write a new application designed to run in PHP on Windows using IIS—or make a significant contribution to an existing open-source project along the same lines
The best application, selected jointly by a panel of experts and by our readers, will win a grand prize composed of a 52″ Digital HD home entertainment system, as well as an all-expenses paid trip to php|tek 2010 in Chicago. Runner-up prizes include 2 XBox 360 Ultimate and subscriptions to php|architect.
Not familiar with Windows? No worries—we have partnered with Applied Innovations to give you absolutely free hosting on a pre-configured virtual machine for the duration of the contest.
The contest is open to residents of the United States only—but you can still win by voting, no matter where you are.
The basics of the contest are simple:
- Write a new application designed to run in PHP on Windows using IIS—or make a significant contribution to an existing open-source project along the same lines.
- The best application, selected jointly by a panel of experts and by our readers, will win a grand prize composed of a 52″ Digital HD home entertainment system, as well as an all-expenses paid trip to php|tek 2010 in Chicago. Runner-up prizes include 2 XBox 360 Ultimate and subscriptions to php|architect.
- Not familiar with Windows? No worries—they have partnered with Applied Innovations to give you absolutely free hosting on a pre-configured virtual machine for the duration of the contest.
- The contest is open to residents of the United States only—but you can still win by voting, no matter where you are.
Sound interesting? Sign up :)
Posted in: Scripts
I found wery good tutorial named jQuery for Absolute Beginners: The Complete Series. So if somebody is looking for a good starting tutorial this is defenitly it. I will also check it some day, when i have some spare time (soon please) if i missed something. Enjoy :)
Posted in: jQuery
In our previous post we checked free online invoicing tools, wich are hosted on others servers, so you dont have to deal with hosting yourself.
Now, lets check open source invoicing systems, wich you can put on your pc or server. To do this, you either have to have knowledge or you pay someone to do it for you. This is clearly disandvantage, but there are also some good things in this:
- You are in control. It sits on your server. Its your data.
- You never need to trust your invoicing data to anyone else, and you can get it out of the system easily.
- Its Open source – its your code!
- If you dont like something, you can change it :)
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