Let's face it, Multiple Select Lists are not the best of HTML form fields, not least because you have no means of finding the option that you want quickly. OK, you can type the first letter of the option you want but that is it, it will help you get to...
scripts, events, thoughts and comments…. I digress!
Recent posts
Scanner problems with Officejet J4850 – resolved
July 27, 2009 | In: General
My old multifunction printer died on me a couple of weeks back so it was time to get a new one. This time round I wanted to add a fax to my "want" list so I went for the HP Officejet J4850. This is probably the smallest of the multifunctions available...
For a current project I am working on I needed an admin tool that consited of 3 columns with dynamic adjustable widths. Suprisingly, I couldn't find anything in google (using the mootools library) similar to what I needed so, always up for the...
Do Panic
July 14, 2009 | In: Technology, mac
As I mentioned in my Switching to Mac post a few days ago, I recently made the jump from PC to Mac, something I should have done years ago. One of the reasons (other than budget) that I hadn't done this sooner was my worry about having to learn a new...
Over recent months I have moved over to using the mootools javscript library for all my javscript needs. However, this has not stopped me from helping out when I can on the dhtmlGoodies forum with the scripts there and general javascript questions that...
BBC radio on the mac via widgets
July 3, 2009 | In: General
[caption id="attachment_15" align="alignright" width="140" caption="Phantomgorilla.com BBC radio widget"][/caption] Since getting my mac, I am loving itunes. I know that it was available for windows, but was always quite happy with windows player so...
WordPress Version uptade to 2.8
July 2, 2009 | In: General
Finally made the jump to Wordpress Version 2.8. Now to find or make a decent template :)
“A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…” switching to Mac
July 2, 2009 | In: General, Technology, mac, me
Well, maybe not so long ago and well, to be honest not really that far way, but, back in the UK when I started at Cumbria College of Art and Design (now part of the University of Cumbria) in 1989 my first dabblings with computers was with a...
In recent months time has been short due to demanding projects, so blogging has been the last thing on my mind. I have also discovered twitter so that has been the focus of my quick comments (when I feel that I have had anything to say) Quite a few...
js-query – drag&drop
May 8, 2008 | In: Code
In general I tend to either create my own code or use MooTools for my javascript needs and effects. However, for a recent project I had to use jquery as the rest of the site had been developed using this. All that was needed was a simple "drag &...
VSO Image Resizer – image resizing for windows vista
March 8, 2008 | In: General
One (of the many) things that I miss having moved over from XP to Vista is the good old Microsoft Image Resizer Powertoy. This was so easy to use as it added an extra menu option to the right click menu list that allowed you, when clicking on an image,...
Latest comments
- Chris: Hi, You can set the duration of the cookie by modifying the actual Mootools Class (I should possibly make this an
- robb: hey chris, nice work! I was wondering if there is a way to reset the cookie after a period of
- Li: Great that is what I am looking for. Are you planing to improve it more?
- Chris: Hi, I don't qute follow what you want to do. You can easily count the fields once the form has been posted
- tony: I Want to post form fields with php how to get the count of dynamic rows with php ?
- anonymous: Hi, Can you share an url? otherwise it is going to be impossible to help you.
- chandra sekhar: I am trying to use above code but I am getting js error as "Class is undefined". can you help
- chst: Great work, excelent callendar form! Best regards from Poland!
- Chris: Hi, If you are able to detect when the movie has finished, I don't see why not. You just need to call
- jeremy: Is it possible to trigger the fade out x seconds after a video has played?
