It turns out that converting random numbers into formatted currency (with dollar signs, commas, and periods) is more difficult in JavaScript than I would have expected. There’s no built-in function for it, and it’s something I run into a lot. The function I wrote has worked well for me on a couple of projects now, so I thought I’d share it with you-all. […]
Did you know it’s possible to make links that shake when you hover on them, with pure CSS3? Nor did I, until today!
So, this is another one of those things to file in the “Totally useless, except for impressing your […]
One of my favorite new additions to forms in HTML5 is the placeholder attribute. I love placeholder text because it can help make large, complex forms easier to navigate. Unfortunately, not every modern browser supports it yet. But I say, let’s use placeholder text NOW, for all browsers that support it, and fake the same functionality for legacy browsers. […]
These select boxes all contain the exact same security question. However, each question can only be selected once — we’re using jQuery to remove selected questions from all the other dropdowns. […]
I was tasked with replacing several dozen Photoshop-generated rounded buttons on a large site with a flexible HTML/CSS/JS equivalent. I wanted it to be simple and leave the code as clean as possible. It also needed to work in all modern browsers. This is my solution. […]
Rounded corners with border-radius are nice… when they work. Unfortunately, not all browsers support border-radius yet. Here’s a simple script that will let you test for border-radius support using jQuery. […]
Once I’m done stuffing myself with Easter-related goodies this Sunday, I’ll be catching a plane to Seattle to attend the An Event Apart conference. An Event Apart is two days of presentations on web design and the evolution and mastery thereof. […]
If you’re a typical blog owner, one of your biggest goals is to keep visitors browsing your site. One good way to do that is by showing off your most popular posts. Here’s a way to show your Top Content from Google Analytics on your WordPress blog by piggybacking on an existing plugin. […]
Floated elements are a different beast than anything else in CSS. And many people don’t know how they work and interact with your document. Let’s remedy that. […]
Buttons don’t behave like normal elements when it comes to the standard CSS Box Model. In fact, they seem to ignore the box model altogether in favor of an IE6-style model. Strangely, this seems to be true across all modern browsers! […]
