Archive for posts tagged ‘javascript’

The Compete.com tracking code is not for traffic

How the Compete tracking code shares your visitor information with FOX / News Corp. and why it doesn’t do you any good when it comes to gathering analytic information.

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HTML auction template generator

Simple Auction Wizard is an online HTML template generator for auction websites like eBay. It’s fast, free, and easy to use.

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Minifi.de – Another URL shortening service

Minifi.de is a URL shortening service like tinyurl.com, bit.ly, and is.gd. You enter a long URL and it returns a shorter one.

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Interrupting a script.aculo.us event

A client wanted me to implement a drop down contact form that was triggered when the cursor hovered over a button in the site’s navigation. This was no problem, and I delivered some code using script.aculo.us‘s blind effect. A few hours later, the client contacted me and said that as he moved his cursor around [...]

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Defeating WordPress comment spam

How to reduce WordPress comment spam by implementing a challenge-response system that uses JavaScript to hide the path to the form processing script.

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Defeating contact form spam by hiding the webmail script

How to defeat contact form spam bots through the use of a challenge-response system.

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Mootools Accordion bug in IE

I’ve happened across an apparent bug in the way Internet Explorer renders the Mootools Accordion javascript when inside a table. Specifically, I’m trying to use the Accordion to show and hide a new table row. I’ve put the stretcher div inside a td cell, which opens and closes correctly in Firefox, but exhibits two distinct [...]

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