If you have worked with AJAX at all, you know that there is this thing called the Same-Origin policy which makes it nearly impossible to send AJAX requests to 3rd party domains. There are workarounds such as going through a proxy. I don’t like that and think it’s messy. However, sometimes it’s the only way to go about getting the job done. This post is not about going through a proxy, instead, it is about using a little trick I learned from Yahoo. Read the rest of this entry »
It seems like every site these days uses some form of Ajax to validate form fields. One thing I cannot stand is websites that do not use Ajax to check usernames (or other data) as you type. Because a lot of sites are lacking this one feature, I thought it would be nice to throw together a few examples of how to do it correctly with the most popular of JS frameworks. Read the rest of this entry »
A common problem with Flash is that it usually will not listen to the z-index of the page. This causes drop down navigation items to appear under the flash. However, there is a neat way to make flash behave correctly while respecting the XHTML standard. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the messiest things I have seen is the auto-generated code from Dreamweaver for rollover images. It got me thinking of ways to make the images swap without the need of Javascript. Instantly I thought CSS. It was actually fairly simple to get working. Read the rest of this entry »
The typical way mot people embed flash is pure ugly. Not only is it ugly, but it breaks the XHTML standard. Luckily, there’s a way around it which is much better than the traditional way, and as an added bonus, has a built in flash plugin check without any javascript! Read the rest of this entry »