Auto Saving your web form data
Posted in: javascript,web | May 2, 2012 | ( 3 ) Comments
There is nothing more frustrating than filling a complex web form and just as you are ready to submit it, you accidentally hit refresh, close your window tab or the browser just crashes on you. Only if you could add some kind of auto-save feature to the form to mitigate this problem. Applications like Gmail, WordPress both support the auto-save feature, albeit in a technically different way.
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Protocol Relative URLs
Posted in: html | April 18, 2012 | Comments Off
One little gem I recently encountered is protocol-relative URLs. This solves the headaches of the age-old problem of creating URLs which work whether you’re in SSL mode or normal http. For example take the following image :
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PHP 5.4.0 in a nutshell
Posted in: php | April 6, 2012 | ( 4 ) Comments
Although purists have always sneered upon PHP for being a “patched” language; the evolution of PHP over the years, with new features added in every version, has only increased its popularity. The latest 5.4 release has followed the trend with some major feature additions. The following post describes some important changes in PHP 5.4.
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Printing selective DOM elements on a page
Posted in: browser,design,html | March 19, 2012 | Comments Off
Printing web pages from JavaScript, although not a common scenario, can be easily accomplished with some simple code. On the other hand, selectively printing some elements from a web page – like a div or a paragraph, can be challenging. Fortunately there are libraries available that can make the task easier. One such useful jQuery plugin is jQuery PrintElement, which allows you to selectively print a DOM element. Usage is extremely easy; just select any element from a webpage and fire the ‘printElement’ method.
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Build a nice sliding help section using jQuery
Posted in: design,interface,javascript | March 6, 2012 | ( 2 ) Comments
For any moderately complex web application a help section is mandatory. Most of us rely on displaying the help in a popup or a different window. One other interesting way is to display the help section beneath the main window, which then slides to display the help section below.
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Migrating WordPress domains quickly
Posted in: tools,wordpress | March 5, 2012 | ( 1 ) Comment
Changing the domain name or URL of a WordPress site, whether from local server to a live or vice versa, can be a frustrating and time consuming task. One nice script I found helps ease that process considerately. WordPress-Domain-Changer is a simple PHP script that lets you quickly change domains of your WordPress installation.
The script basically works by replacing the old domain name strings in the ‘wp_options’ table with the new values. It will also replace any references to the old domain name in post content with the new domain name. Upload paths will also be changed.
