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css cursor types testing
testing all (most) of the available css cursor types, you can mouse over to test how the cursors react depending on your browser type and operating system. refs https://developer.mozilla.org/e..
CSS Object Fit for Image fill rather than using background image on a div
CSS Object Fit can crop off the sides of an image, while also preserving its aspect ratio, and then fill in the space to fit any size. Object Fit You can use: object-fit: With the following ..
use an image in your list items ol ul li
replacing the default ul li list with an image prefix
font awesome spinner loader loading spinner
just a simple font awesome spinner to use for loading areas
Quick Embed code for Titillium Web Google Font
Quick Embed code for Titillium Web Google Font and a bit of test code to see if the font is working properly. Im not sure if including all styles of this font is a good idea. Who even uses italic thes..
Using the HTML tag details for easy accordions
Using the HTML Tag ` ` for automatic accordions.
display a subnav for the current wordpress page
good if you are doing custom page work and need to show the current sub nav somewhere other than the main menu.
select something with custom data attribute css
selecting something by its custom data attribute and value in css
fancybox youtube showing video links in a lightbox - updated with fixed code parts
do people still use lightboxes, it seems yes in some cases. ;) if you feel the urge to use lightboxes and need to link to some youtube videos this is how you can do it. you will need jquery and fanc..
make clickable element with clickable class open link in new window
makes an element with a link into a clickable element. This finds the 1st a tag in the target element and then opens the link in a _blank tab. Then if you have an element that you want to be clickabl..
function causing slow load time
i had this function matching a uid using a binary select query. The sites were loading in about 8 full seconds according to my load timer, sometimes up to 12 seconds! So this was running on old site ..
error Warning: getimagesize(uploads/583517f49099a.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in SimpleImage.php on line 1198
i think this error is just caused by a missing file. But there should be some kind of error checking here to not crash the whole site just due to a missing image file. this error is quite hard to fin..
Deprecated: parse_str(): Calling parse_str() without the result argument is deprecated
I had this error on a function that i was not even sure i was calling. This was on some old code i was testing for an old site, i must have fixed this error on a never version of the function. ..
chart js line chart dont show below 0 and add axis labels
Now we take the chart js chart and add some axis labels on x and y using the same options values. This will also add axis labels to the chart on the x and y axis Javascript options: { scales: {..
Windows CIFS Optional Features Network
Some of the file sharing between windows pc's seem to need this feature. Also NFS is needed for some older NAS systems.
slick slider section quick add
everything you need for a quick slide section
find a text string and replace it in javascript
There is a function in javascript called replace. You can just give it some text and it should replace it with your target text. For example #1 this just runs and replaces the first instance o..
return author title from simplepie rss atom feed
i was just returning the author from this, and for some reason it returns a number. $class->$target_item = $item->get_author(); where you also need to pass the get_name function to this to ext..
imgur upload from php
function that takes an image and uploads it to imgur using a client api id, and then returns all the data. i did this one ages ago and did not make it into a function, but this version should work as..
simple pie get link from enclosure item in simplepie rss feed
i had an item like this in a rss feed, and i wanted to grab the enclosure url, took me a while to figure this out for some reason even though the solution is quite simple. PHP <item> &l..
cookie consent quick install script js html css vanilla
Found this super slick looking cookie consent script here, looks awesome, and its easy to install (i hope). https://github.com/orestbida/cookieconsent CDN Links https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/or..
font quick embed inter all styles google font
For some reason every time I go into google fonts website it seems to get more and more complex, i dont really care too much about all the font details i just want the embed link! Anyway... Maybe im g..
How to switch desktops in windows 11 with keyboard
this is just a quick one as i could not see the option, which you would think they would add to the new desktop switching screen.. Anyway here is how you can switch desktops in windows 11 and create n..
Add font awesome icons as placeholder text in inputs
An old one i found on codepen, works with only the old version of font awesome i think. Not tested on the later versions.
wrap an iframe with another div inside another div
so lets say you had an iframe within another div and that div had the class called content. you cant actually edit the page content but you can add some jquery to the page can you add a wrapper to t..
loop through $_GET in php
I thought this one would be something like PHP foreach($_GET) { echo $_GET; } but actually as $_GET is an array you need to do the $key and $value loop like this PHP foreach ($_GET as $..
Map Image with Easy Dots and Titles using only CSS
I had to quickly add some dot points with names to a map the other day, so i thought i should probably look for a jquery library for tool tips or something similar. But then i thought why not just add..
rainbow text background clip with linear gradient
testing using background clip with a linear gradient background colour to make the text appear rainbow colours 🌈
save string to file php
save the contents of a string to a file This function is identical to calling fopen(), fwrite() and fclose() successively to write data to a file.
Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? #JavaScript warning
You only need to include one of these scripts as the top one seems to work fine by its self not requiring any jquery. Javascript window.onbeforeunload = function (e) { return "You..
using preg_match to extract text from elements
using preg_match to extract specified text from elements I also tried this search "if you have the start and end of a string extract the middle with php" as thats really all i need it to do, i have t..
Welcome Widget Card - Toggle
Testing the welcome widget with a more or less toggle. This version seems to work, with a jquery slide toggle.
add a custom event trigger in jquery document ready
i saw something that said if you add an event listener at the end of the doc ready it should fire last, but i dont think this is correct as it runs everything at once. so i think this code does not wo..
Install PHP without Apache on Ubuntu
I was actually about to do some coding and then i got distracted with this annoying error on vscode. I keep getting this error on vscode: I had been ignoring it, but i thought fine, ill fix it and..
Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
Fix for Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/pages/seo-meta-tag-search.page.php on line 204 As this is just a warning, i may not have noticed it originall..
Warning: Undefined variable $class_single_hero in /var/www/html/pages/section.page.php on line 177
This warning was caused by a dot in front of the equals $class_single_hero .= $code->hero_widget($t_uid = $class_single->uid,$t_class = $p2); Fixed version Easiest way to fix this is remo..
Search Duplicating Bugs
Still having issues with the word above duplicating, not sure why. Search Page PHP - Get Search Value $search_value_encoded = htmlentities($search_value); Check for Search value, and then ..
jquery load wait function
load something in jquery, wait for it to load then do something else
Auto Changing Image URL
Here is a picsum url that you can use to generate image sizes, just change the numbers in the url to change its generated size. Some examples of the sizes you can use are below.
git basics - git init, git commit, git all, git *
create a new repository git init the following code can be typed in a terminal window, once you have installed git for your OS. This will create a directory called git-test assuming you already hav..
Footer Design and Redesign
I never usually look this far down on the site, but its a bit average... Lets fix it! Some simple changes Just a few elements added and moved around a bit. Added another row to the f..
html and css hoizontal simple timeline section in foundation
a horizontal simple timeline section example done in foundation grid with some custom styles. This also uses the Lato Font quick install! So Quick!.. :P Also works on responsive and mobile dev..
Javascript Objects Notes
As javascript objects are used so often in javascript i thought i would write an overview and some notes on how they work, well how they work for me anyway. I guess how they work for me should be simi..
how to write a javascript string over multiple lines
i remember learning this on freecodecamp while doing the ES6 training, and i could not remember exactly how to do it. I was using the \ at the end of each line but thats really a bit annoying.&..
best way to write html into an existing page javascript
this probably isnt the "best way" but it is a way that works. say you want to add some elements to a page with javascript this is a method to do it. Add an element, before including the script..
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set properties of null (setting 'onclick')
I was just testing some code and noticed i had this error on my site. Locate the error in the site code I removed this script, so the whole thing is now not required, as i opted for the au..
check url hash using javascript
What is a url hash? This is a URL Hash. You can add the # symbol on the end of a url and content after it, and this will not effect the content usually, unless the browser is intructed to do somet..
submit form with javascript
if you have a form with an id, you can submit it with the following javascript. usually this will be attached to an event or something similar like a button click. If i run this on the demo, it..
A short unsplash image url
You will notice that if you copy the image source from unsplash you will end up with something like this: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1582639590011-f5a8416d1101?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3..
get the value from a textarea element
gets the value from the textarea and prints it to the console of the browser rather than using innerHTML you have to use value.
svg animated line testing - shooting star right
I found this on a random site i was looking at it took me a while to extract the animation, but i found it and its working below. There is shoot right and also shoot left, if you are that way i..
Auto Create HTML Code Snippets
make anything within a <code> tag into a nice looking code snippit with highlighting via prism. To get this code to make a snippit, you need to: Give an element a .make-snippet class and it's ..
Alpine JS Testing
some simple tests using alpine js
Slick Slider Showing Multiple Items at a time
Just wanted to test some review type items showing more than one on slick, Seems to work well. This shows two items at a time, but you can show as many as you like. Could be good for a testimo..
add a toggle with jquery and change the class
With this code I just wanted a quick bit of inline code that could add a toggle to an element or multiple and also switch its class to make it show that the item is toggled on or off. Here is t..
content editable p tag with spell check enabled
im not sure how this is useful, but you can set a p element to content editable so you can change its contents and then also set the spellcheck to true so the browser knows that it should run its spel..
making the search page nicer
Sometimes i dont even notice things like this, as i look at them all day and go, ah yeah thats a search box. I forget that all these things can be fixed. Anyway, even just adding this form to a..
get yesterdays date with javascript
This gets todays date and minuses one day from it to be ... yesterday. let yesterday = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-1));console.log(yesterday); This format is the full da..
Common and Uncommon Meta Tag's and Social Meta Tags
I am writing an api that checks for meta tags so i thought i would add a list here of some of the common meta tag names that i found. The ones prefixed with og: are facebook and linked in and s..
Sweet Alert 2 Methods and Examples
I love this alert replacement so i thought i would just add some of the examples here to show how awesome it is! You can check out the official sweet alert documents here if you want to browse throug..
Slick Slider Carousel with Custom Next and Prev Buttons
I had a slider the other day where i needed to attach some detached buttons, so added the following click events to control the next and previous events on the slider. Note the class names: sli..
Console Tips and Tricks
Here are some quick commands for the console. Getting to the console in your browser Press F12 and Find the console tab. That little blue > there is the console. this is in brave or chrome, bu..
Spam IP Database and delete button
The Background and Reason for the SPAM IP Database and Delete I actually wrote up half of this article and was still testing the function and lost the whole post, which will teach me for adding it st..
install cmatrix on mac m1
For some reason i thought the mac would have apt or apt-get to install packages, but apparently not. Here is how you can install cmatrix a matrix emulator or other unix type terminal apps on ma..
how to embed google fonts icons
For some reason when i go to embed a google font icon, they dont seems to have any obvious way to actually use it, i can find the icons ok here. But then when i go and use it it links to a how to embe..
youtube search api request function
This function requests a search from the youtube search api, and searches the text in the snippet for the seearch string. You can get your own API key for this from the google developers console. They..
javascript random string to put on url for cache
I was having a bit of a cache issue with a external css file, so i thought i might fix this by appending a random query string to the file name. This should force the browser to recheck the file each ..
php function to remove the query string from a url
i was reusing this a few times manually and thought i would save my self a bit of time by just using the following function which returns the same full url, but removes the query string from it. ..
using php parse_url function to remove the query string from a url
I recently had to remove the query string from a url, the bit after the ?key=1 or whatever is after the actual url. I initially thought i could just use a explode function on the ? which would ..
Fix for PHP Warning Trying to get property '*name*' of non-object
i was getting this error when checking parts of an object that were sometimes set and sometimes they did not exist depending on the values. Warning / Error : Warning Trying to get property '*na..
load json data url or api with javascript
this loads a target json url or api using raw javascript so no jquery required with this one then logs the data returned to the console.
php post data back to a url with a function
this function uses curl to post back data to a url, this acts like a _POST form request from within a function. Function usage: $url the url to post the data back to e.g: $url = "https://kruxor.co..
add a divider to your dropdown nav toggles
good for seperating menu sections in the same dropdown item add this to your toggle <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
generate random username function in php
a function that takes several random words and creates a user name from them. This will generate a user name with between one to three words and a prefix if prefix_show is set to true. usage generat..
Using props with Stateless Functional Components in React
Here is an example of a Stateless Functional Component but i cant get the PropTypes working correctly in my demo, not sure what im doing wrong here, but the code seems to work in the compiler just not..
category listing not working on categories with spaces [not fixed]
for some reason the site bugs category and potentially other categories that have spaces in their names are not listing properly. Test URL: https://kruxor.com/category/code/site+bugs/ Probab..
How to Pass Props to a Stateless Functional Component in React
Props are like properties that you can pass into a component in react. A prop would be something like this in your component. JSX <div> <MyProp id="1234" /></div> The..
set a cookie on click and then check if the cookie is set and dont show that message again
this script shows a message, and if the message is closed it will set a cookie to not show that message again for 1 day. The cookie in this example is set to expire in a day, so then if you com..
foundation three boxes with text align links to the bottom of element
For some reason i had the request to align the links in three boxes with different height text, not sure why they wanted them aligned, but i guess my task is not too question that but to fix it. ..
Changing the default hero image based on the category name [not yet done]
This is more of a todo item, at the moment the hero image uses the same image for every post unless a hero is specified for each, i would also like to set the default image per category so if the post..
How to Create a React Component using the ES6 class method
One way to add a react component is to use the Stateless Functional Component method, and another way is to use the ES6 extends syntax. This method seems more complex than the 1st for some reason mayb..
react hello world with variable name
i was just testing some of the hello world examples on the react site, and as they use JSX they cant be directly entered into your code, so you need to run a pre compiler (not sure of the exact term f..
create a 200 character summary from a longer html string
this is a quick function that can create a 200 word plain text summary from a html string. Also added the option to specify the char length of the string. Function function create_summary($htm..
twitter social sharing meta tags
I had done this one so many times on client sites I actually forgot that i had not applied it to my own site! Doh! Anyway this is the tag setup i use for adding the title, url, author and featured im..
responsive three box section with tabular data or table data
here is a section in foundation with 3 hero boxes with images on top, and then a title and some tabular (is that the same as table?) data in each box, so could be good for some kinda products and then..
using strlen to check the length of a string and do something about it
in the following code i use the php function strlen to check the length of a string and then add an if statement to check if the string is longer or shorter than the required length.
link to a custom style sheet in your theme directory wordpress
this is how you can include a manual link in your wordpress header file with a link to a stylesheet called theme.css then if you change theme names or something it will still link correctly, rather t..
hidden scroll anchor for custom scroll position
just incase you need to link to a scroll anchor that is not in the place where you need it.
How to record your own page views with PHP, and make them into weekly monthly and yearly charts
Building a better Simple Page View Counter Currently this site has a very basic view counter on it. Here is how it currently works. Load the page, function checks if the page has a existing r..
change selected color on input elements css
this can be useful if you are using darker form elements and they happen to have white on white text, so you can target the :focus on the input. here is the text input before the colour change, the c..
test image url that always changes unsplash placeholder
good if you are doing a test site and need some changing images for test placeholders, and they are nice looking images as well. you can just use this image tag link and specify the size required.&nb..
adding a new line in javascript
i was writing a function where i needed to for ease of readability add a new line to the code, you can do this with the \n for the new line and then if you need the string to go to the next line then ..
javascript update item in object
find something in a javascript array by its array id and then update the value of that item i changed this from an array to an object as i wanted to use something other than numbers for the index Ob..
make the view number zoom when mouse over or active
Lets make the view number in the header widget area a bit more exciting... Zoom on mouse over with css. Lets add this effect here: Using Transform Scale In Css To Zoom On Hover Over Simpl..
check if a file exists with php
checks if a file exists in php returns true of false
create directory with php create folder with php
i thought i had already done this somewhere but i guess i didnt. Anyway here is how you can create a directory with PHP. PHP mkdir("directory_name") yep its that easy just make sure you are in the..
mouse enter mouse leave jquery hover hoverout
showing how you can do things on mouse over and then something else when the mouse leaves an element using jquery
twitter icon font awesome
twitter and linked in icons from font awesome
how to bundle css files together using windows or mac
so i was wondering how to do this the other day using some modern end tools, and i found this way just do it straight from mac or windows. lets say i have these css files main.css style.css..
center mode slick zoom testing
update : this is a tricky one to get working! I have done a lot of testing on this one, and got a demo working from a combination of the following links. the demo is still not 100% styled, but its..
button with separated chevron
I have come across this kind of button format a few times now in various designs and the html and css for it is a bit different to normal button formats I have found. Chevron Detached Button Ex..
still more comment spam
this is getting annoying now. so much spam. i already have the google recapture, but spam is still getting through. who runs this stuff, bots i guess. annoying. update: 10 August 2021 Still..
split a string into links using the comma
this is a common function for some field data, lets say you have a string like this. category one, category two, another category in one field or string but i want it to display like this category ..
add some foundation tabs working example
they show the tabs here on the example page, but there is no full working code... for some reason. So i thought i would add one here. Hmm foundation makes this site look weird, and very bright! :P ..
extract youtube image from video url
showing how you can get the image wallpaper in different sizes from a youtube video I used to have this tool a while ago, it just passes the video id and extracts the images and also can produce the ..
vertically align text within a fixed height div using flex
this can be used to make text align nicely while still keeping the same layout. the example below shows how you can set the height of the containing element and still have the text aligned center to ..
white space break word css
controlling the white space of an element with break word, this can be handy if you need to fit something into a fix but the item has no spaces, otherwise usually by default this will overflow out of ..
old browser check with javascript
modified from this script i console logged all the items available so you can do what you need with them these are the avilable variables Javascript console.log(browser.agent);console.log(browser...
right align something in its element
easily align a block or inline block item to the right in its outer element
weird search results being recorded
i noticed some weird search results being recorded like this: the search function should only be recording a result if it finds a result, so this should not be added unless it can actually find thi..
foundation grid for 6.6x - also known as the foundation xy grid
some foundation grid demos for 6.6x foundation you can get foundation here: https://get.foundation/ or here https://cdnjs.com/libraries/foundation more docs on this here: https://get.foundatio..
verify the google recapture server php
i was still getting quite a bit of spam even after using google recapture v2 and i think this is just as i was using the javascript only version, which disables the submit button if the capture is not..
using clamp js to clamp lines of text
there is a css version of this as well but this version works in a greater range of browsers (i think) this one is not working for me... i think the overflow elipsis is still a better option than thi..
Scroll down indicator css javascript and html
I have seen these a couple of times, indictating to the user that there is further content down the page, and they should scroll to view it. Then as you scroll down the indicator dissapears. So we w..
this is a weird one table underline appearing and dissapearing on mouse over
very strange that also reminds me that i have to get rid of these random searches idea: i was thinking of adding a more detailed hit system where it can record the month and also the year of the..
for auto filled fields, need to change the text and background colours
for some reason bootstrap or the browser is doing this to auto filled fields. according to my searching there is a pseudo class added to auto filled fields CSS input:-webkit-autofill { col..
use a list group for listing by category page [todo]
change this to a list group, should make it neater. Page to update: https://kruxor.com/list-category/code/ so for some reason this is listed using this function PHP $list_wiki_menu = $clas..
Comments Listing should be a custom list rather than using search
For some reason when i listed the comments under posts on this site, i used the search function and then searched for the related uid, which maybe was easier at the time than adding an additional cate..
change this to a list group - other items
Other item format is a bit average, list group should fix this. This uses the template: core-list-item-simple.html So we can change this a bit to the list group format. Which i..
hero widget header - creates a nice looking hero item from a target uid and class
this creates a "nice" looking hero widget, just wanted to create something that looked decent and had an attached background image, surprizingly annoying to link items together. For some reason i kee..
prevent default click event on link
This will prevent the default event on a link url, so for example if you have a <a href="">link</a> link this code will prevent it from loading the href link when clicked and you can do so..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds v2
this is a working version of this post, for some reason that image was deleted I think due to a content upgrade. Basically this uses the object-fit: cover; to make images not stretch when they ..
counting the occurrence of words in a multidimensional array
array sorting example The array Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Some [1] => great-looking [2] => special [3] => editio..
backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
just testing this filter
json test objects (or arrays)
here is a couple of test objects in external js files just in case you need to test some ajax loading functions or need external objects, i mostly use them in my testing. Basic JSON Object with 3 ite..
json load from jquery and loop through the results
this is the same as this post but i have added the object to an external test file. so rather than already having the object data on the page we have to load it somehow Note: you can test that the o..
unable to access the $_FILES when submitting a form php
I was getting this weird error when submitting an image for a form upload and i could not see why the $_FILES was not set as this is where the files go from a $_POST back form in php. The error i was..
set active class based on url value
this will check the full url and then loop through all the a elements in #test-div when it finds a matching url it will add the class active to that button this is good for persisting active links o..
show all methods (functions) in a class
this will show all available methods or functions within a class, once they are in a class they are called methods for some reason. print functions, show all functions, methods in a class, show met..
allow a title to be in the foreground while still having a before overlay for the background
i came across this issue recently, where a title was within an element and it needed to have a background overlay while still allowing the title to be on top of the overlay. I found the fix was..
css responsive max and min targets @media
showing how you can target elements within a max and min screen width demo:
form submit override with javascript
if you need to run some additional checks on a form before submitting it
Slick Slider Carousel with Fade Transition
here is a working example of slick carousel with a fade transition between elements rather than a slide transition
adding a background image to the titles of the dark mode card on this page
Just wanted to see what it would look like if i added some kinda image to the background of the titles. Side Note: i wonder if its a bad idea to add images that are uploaded to imgur rather than to t..
blur the background image while keeping the foreground normal
this one uses the ::before element to add a background and apply the blur filter to it, while allowing the foreground content to still be non blurry
background image greyscale filter while foreground is still in colour
i had an issue the other day using a css filter which was causing all items within the element to also have that filter. using the ::before psudo class solves this issue
javascript page redirect
this one i cant add a working demo for, due to its nature, but it is working if you remove the comment. combine this with this: https://kruxor.com/view/code/wQUDM/do-something-later-with-settimeout-..
zoom background of element when active
I just wanted to see if something like this zoom was possible but just using the background image and leaving the foreground content in the element with no zoom. https://kruxor.com/view/code/kM..
rounded click me button with icon
just a rounded button with a font awesome icon
using moment.js to make your time format nicer
moment.js is a very nice way to handle multiple date strings and output them in a nicer format. grab the latest copy of momen from cdnjs lets say our date is in this format, i think this is un..
add click event to multiple link items and load the link content into a target div ajax
this will get a group of links with existing href targets and load them dynamically with an ajax callback you will need to also include the full jquery script as the slim one does not include the aja..
add click event to multiple link items
this allows you to get every a element in a-div class and stop the link from loading, so you can do other things with it like run a function or something else Functions used: Javascript Wait for th..
get the value of an input form element (input value)
add how to get the value of an input form element with javascript for some reason i can get this working with: Javascript console.log(document.getElementById("my_input").value); but when trying to..
linux list all drives and partitions
the following command will list all drives and partitions in your shell BASH sudo lsblk -o UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,MODEL It should look something like this depending on your drive se..
adding background blur to an image using css fill screen
I had noticed this cool looking effect used on places like google, and other sites that display portrait images, i think i saw it on the google home as well or maybe google photos. Its basicall..
how to check the temperature of the pi using command line
to get the temperature of the pi in shell or command line type the following: BASH vcgencmd measure_temp This measures the GPU temperature. Which should generate something like this: To get the..
how to check linux kernel version on rasberry pi rasberian
You can check which linux kernel version on rasberry pi a couple of ways, the easiest is using the uname command BASH uname -r which should give you something like this (but probably not exactly th..
how to find what version pi you are using
So i was wondering the other day how to show what raberry pi i had, rather than opening it up. you can install lshw and it can list all your hardware Install it with BASH uname -r which should gi..
slick carousel jump to a slide on element hover
jumps to a specific slider on hover over on an element this is working now, here is the example, mouse over the buttons to see the slide change. trying to add this: Javascript $( selector ).mous..
Aligning Images in TinyMCE or Floating them left and right (code)
Here is the code for this page Aligning Images in TinyMCE or Floating them left and right
Adding HTML Templates into TinyMCE Editor
This can be very useful if you are using the tinymce editor on your site and want to be able to add simple or complex html templates. Here is how to do it: Add this to your tinymce init Javascrip..
jquery page search [testing]
just testing this one at the moment for a in page search. Based on this: https://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/ExgqWab I would like to adapt this code to search through page elements and ma..
How to set a cookie and expire it in 30 days
Here is some basic usage for the js cookie library. Include the following script. Or you can grab the latest version at the cdnjs website. HTML <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/lib..
TortoiseSVN for updating wordpress plugins
For updating wordpress plugins, and probably other SVN related stuff, i found that using TortoiseSVN is the easiest. For windows anyway. Just go to the downloads page, and pick the correct flav..
using multiple text shadow
sometimes you want to use more than one text shadow, like if you want one with 2px on the bottom left and then one with 2px on the top right, so you can get a full outline or a more even shadow on you..
box shadow example(s) - drop shadow
I realised just now, that i dont have a box shadow example! How does that happen, its one of those css elements that i just use so much that i guess i forgot about it. Related Pages: https:/..
my default text shadow css
just a quick copy and paste for easy text shadow that fits in most places
animate and zoom six elements on a timer [addClass, removeClass, setTimeout]
set of six elements that i wanted to highlight using a simple setTimeout and the addClass and removeClass this also involves some css changes to get this working i would also like in the fut..
fix view page for search links [reported]
its still showing raw data on these view pages e.g https://kruxor.com/view/search_links/KJYU0/mt-maunganui/ Looks like that example is already out of date, here is a new one: https://kruxor..
explode a string into an array
This uses the php explode function to split a string into an array based on a delimiter character. I always forget which order this goes in.
linking search results to view pages [finished] 🤣
I was thinking it might be useful to link the search term to the page, so that it can be found more easily using that search. For example, Link this search text (somehow) to the post page and display..
badge border colour is too dark or light on number badges [fixed]
I noticed that the badges here were to light, so i must have missed something when updating the badge css. Demo Linkhttps://www.kruxor.com/search/code/site+bugs/ Bug Status:Fixed Problem: The bo..
make labels or badges look better
How to make these look better. The labels are used in the list items to show a small version of the category or sometimes the view count for a list item. How they look currently Dark Mode Ligh..
make an image white with css using filter brightness and invert
If you have an icon or something with transparency this can be useful if you dont want to have to edit the image and create another copy of it you can apply the filter brightness and invert. You can ..
foundation old grid format
This uses the old foundation grid style, i think it was a float grid, not sure which version it was maybe version 5 foundation. Somewhere around here: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/foundation/5.0.0&nbs..
use an emoji on your list items ul li
I didnt think this would work but it does somehow, i guess it may differ depending on what emojis are available on your system.
CSS Grid Frame Work
8 Dec 2020 Yes i dont have an cool names for it, I just wanted something fairly light that can replace the bootstrap and foundation grid and basic components that i use so often, some of these framew..
using jquery appear for checking if an element is visible on screen
Yes.. sometimes i like using jquery as well, as it can make things so easy! :) Here is a quick demo using the JQuery Appear plugin so make an element change if it on or off screen. Plugin Link..
Monitoring Visible Objects on Screen
i found this one when researching how to detect visible objects on screen, and then doing something with them. This one does not use any external scripts to change the box colour as it becomes visible..
check that a number is in the correct range based on a form selection
This script will check if the number is correct based on a form selection this can be used for checking that a postcode matches a state value or something similar Lets grab the html select form from ..
how to install js socials for social media share buttons and make them rounded
This should be a nice quick one on how to install js socials which add social media sharing buttons on your pages. Yeah i always just ignore these as well, but hey some people may use them?? H..
Fix Hover Over color on list group dark mode in bootstrap
How to fix the problem when switching to dark mode, the list group item text disappears when active. Here is what it currently looks like. To fix this we need to target the element and force the..
using linear gradient background on text css
If you want to have a background gradient on your foreground text you can use this css. I think currently this only works on webkit enabled browsers, but it looks pretty cool.
bootstrap collapse or toggle a div visibility
if you have bootstrap and want to toggle an element or show and hide a div its already built in, just use the following code to toggle something.
drop shadow text class easy drop shadow
makes it a bit easier to read light text on a dark background or vice versa
center everything in a div with flex-center (centre)
i usually add this to my base css styles, as a way to easily center something in the middle of an element. then you just add this flex-center class and everything will be horizontally and verti..
generating all css colours with php?
I was looking at doing this just to generate all css colours, i think the only issue is there is a lot! You can do this with rgb(0,0,0) all the way up to rgb(255,255,255) how many seperate colours is..
fix for Uncaught (in promise) Error: reCAPTCHA placeholder element must be empty
This is usually caused by something being inside the element used to render the reCAPTCHA. In this case tinymce was adding a or a <p> tag to the element Removed the space and this f..
css font style italic
i had a request to make some font italic the other day, and for some reason i could not remember the css for it. It's font-style: italic; I should know that! I guess italic fonts annoy me a bi..
extracting the useful bits of bootstrap
Back in the early instances of bootstrap they used to provide a build system for the individual components. It seems that these days its all or nothing, or use some kind of build tool to include the b..
Bootstrap 4 Center menu items in a navbar
Here we have an example bootstrap navbar you can find the original navbar here. I just want to center the menu item links so they dont appear over to the left on larger screens. Add the follow..
simple usage for php password_hash
password_hash is used to generate a hash for a password. using this in its simple form can be good for generating a hash from some text like the following code.
Bootstrap Darkmode Switch
I have tried this before without success but i googled "Bootstrap Darkmode Switch" and found this repo at the top of the list. So i thought i would give it a try on here and see how it looks. Demo pag..
stop tinymce replacing urls with relative url's
If you have been using tiny mce for your content editing, you will sometimes find that it replaces your full url strings with its relative ones. This can be annoying so this is how you can disable it..
What is Core?
17 Aug 20 core is php content management system where the content is editable from the front end of the site, so there is no real back end to this system. i designed it to be easily extended so every..
stretching an image to fit in a banner image with gimp
sometimes i need to get a square image to fit in a rectangle box this is a way to do it with GIMP get a square image, or pick any image (pexels) fit it in this box.. For this one we will be using ..
adding pulsating dots to your css ul li list
get rid of those boring dots in your list and add some pulsation! See the Pen Pulsate your <ul><li> list item dots! by Luke (@kruxor) on CodePen.
get element by class name with javascript and change it function
You may have seen the get element by id in javascript, which is great when there is only one element but what if you need to get the element using its class name The issue with classes is that they c..
add a tag to wordpress header from a plugin
when i googled this it just showed me plugins to add and remove things from the wordpress header. here is how you actually add your own tags to the wordpress header. This function will add the tag hi..
fixing the website footer and making it less ugly
Here i show you in a couple of steps how to make the footer on this site look nicer, while actually doing it. Here is what the footer currently looks like. Yep pretty average looking. Lets add a ..
loading content into fancybox modal using ajax
This loads content into a fancybox modal using an ajax request so you can specify a url to load into the modal when the button is clicked
inline fancybox modal testing
just testing to see if i can get a fancybox popup loading using an inline script rather than a document ready one, might be easier to implement. similar to this one, but without the need for documen..
simple linear gradient overlay for an image to make it darker or lighter
i use this one often if i have a background image and some text over the top, you can darken or lighten the linear gradient values to match the text content and make it readable.
fancybox modal popup example
an example showing fancybox text modal window attached to a button to open it
javascript isset equivalent
i was just looking for an equivalent to the isset in php for javascript, i was initially using .length but this can still cause errors so i found this solution. if (typeof my_var !== 'undefined') {}
find and replace hrefs in existing page links using jquery
sometimes i have to do these things when you cant change the source files for some reason, usually due to old code. Its kind of a patch, but it works. The reason i had to add a delay in running the fu..
making var_dump look nice
i was var_dumping an array the other day, and it comes out like a massive string you cant read. a fast way to make this readable is just to add some pre tags to it.
force existing link to open in a new window with javascript
here is some javascript that grabs an existing link and then forces it to open in a new tab when clicked.
Load and Unload TinyMCE editor from a button
Enable TinyMCE Disable TinyMCE Some Content function load_tinymce(idclass) { tinymce.init({ selector: idclass, plugins: [ "spellchecker code aut..
Nginx Server Block with Rewrite
Nginx Server Block with Rewrite Here is a basic nginx server block with rewrite to the index.php file. So it takes all the parameters and passes them into the index, into the variable $p or $_GE..
center something with css not using flex
This is how you can center something in another element if you dont want to use the flex method. You will need the relative position on the outer element, and the absolute on the center one unl..
jquery enable and disable attribute
enable and disable an element
using let rather than var
Using let rather than var and use strict can avoid some overwriting of variables i will write a function here that shows how let throws an error. This function now gives an error in the console. Uncau..
Custom 12 Grid using CSS Grid
For a while i have been using frameworks for their easy grid systems, like foundation and bootstrap. I guess this is a bit lazy and very bloated as you are loading the full css library and using about..
form checkbox replacement with large tick using label
this is good if you want to change a form checkbox with the default and show a fancy tick or something else, this will still check the checkbox so will work normally as the form element
check if something is an array
this function will check if something is an array
add something to the start of an array with unshift
unshift is the opposite of push where push adds to the end of an array unshift will add to the start of the array.
using local storage rather than cookies to store data (localStorage)
you can see what is stored in local storage by typing this into your browser console. localStorage Adding something You can add something to local storage by using the setItem function.
remove something from the end of an array with pop
pop is the opposite of push and will remove the last item in an array, it also returns the value so you can assign it to a variable
add something to the end of an array with push
you can easily add to the end of a javascript array with the .push function.
Bootstrap Card Formatting HTML and CSS - Header and Footer
just a bootstrap card format with header and footer elements, makes a piece of content neat easily
using scroll-behavior: smooth css
This is a nice example of smooth scroll using just css. You can add it to the page by adding it to the html element html { scroll-behavior: smooth; } for this demo I will add some padding to ..
jquery click function
Bind something to a click event on an element using jquery. Needs to be combined with a document ready.
grid column and row spacing
here we add some additional spacing to our grid, we can get certain cells to take up 2 parts of the grid using grid-column: 1 / 3; to get box number 5 to take up 2 cols we can add grid-column: 2 / 4..
using flexbox to align elements in a row
flexbox is so good at aligning elements, yes i used to use float left and then percentages and overflow auto or hidden the surrounding div, but now with flex you can just do something like this.
Making Images Retina Display Friendly
Have you ever noticed images look a bit blurry on your high res screen? Sometimes this is referred to as a "Retina" display... Its probably because the image used is exactly the pixels made for a regu..
Applied Accessibility - Access Keys
Access keys can be applied to link elements and in chrome you can access them by pressing ALT+ SHIFT + [accesskey] for some reason when testing this in chrome the a key was not accessible, but g and ..
Dropdown Box with Searchable Text
Here we have a dropdown select box, that you can type into to search the available options. No Javascript Required for this the browser does all the work. Press into the text box, and you will see a..
function to create a uid from html
this function converts a html string into a uid or unique id type string, its not actually unique, but its a string that can be used to make the title of something that contains html into a usable str..
Using nth-child css to hide list items or repeated elements
Lets say that i have a list like this: <div class='my-awesome-list'><div class='a-list-item'>yay im a list item</div><div class='a-list-item'>yay im a list item</div><..
How Many Days Since a Date and other Calculations
Here i calculate the number of days since a certain date in php and use the values for checking how much something costs per day. Start Date Lets add the date that the item was purchaced. In d..
image Checkbox Replacement for Forms
Some sites like to be a bit tricky and have some complicated form checkbox replacement which is not all that hard, just can be a bit annoying as you have to extract the images for this to work. Demo ..
Using Flexbox rather than Floats
So i was still using float left for a bunch of elements i was working on the other day, sometimes it's hard to drop old techniques. What are the actual benefits of using flexbox rather than float lef..
echo todays date and time in a nice format
This will produce some thing like this: 19 December 2018 @ 10:12
Core Class - Basic Core Structure
A Core class that can be used as a base for all content types and uses the extend classes to define the database variables. So basically you can set up core class and then create sub extend classes to..
generate a random color rgb code with php
this code will generate a random color every time its loaded using the rand function in php and generate something like this. .random-color { color:rgb(111,222,111); } PHP Code <?php ..
Get the document root path in php $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
I ususally use this one if i am linking to files in the server document root folder rather than specifying ../directory/include.file.php i will use something like this: $document_root = $_..
remove all of an element in a string <h1>
good if you want to remove all of the instances of an element in a string like if you have a <h1> tag in your string and want to remove it you can use the following code. $additional = "some te..
file get contents reads entire file into a string
you can use the file_get_contents function to read a file or a web address usage get a url content $homepage = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/'); echo $homepage; get a file con..
using parse_url to extract parts of a url
Category: PHP the parse_url php function will split a url into an array of url fragments $url = "http://kruxor.com/path/?argument=value#anchor"; var_dump(parse_url($url)); parse_url example ..
basic for loop
I know i always forget this so ill add it here, see if i can remember it. This should count to 10 Out 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
some date formatting just day just month just year
Useful if you need to get PHP to return parts of the date. The date today in number format $date_today = date("d"); e.g: 21 Todays month name $month_name = date("F"); e.g: July ..
wordpress check home and not home for banners and things
this quick function will check if the page is home or not good if you want something on the other pages and something just on the home page in the header or that kind of thing. i have tested this i..
wordpress advanced custom fields replace shortcode for site url with blog url
Using advanced custom fields, if you know what the shortcode is and what you want to replace it with you can do so with the following. $site_url = get_site_url(); $field = get_field('template_ht..
using custom request headers array with curl
this function passes in an array with custom request headers to curl, good if you need to pass in some headers to request an api url and give it an auth key or something like that. Also added to the a..
sqlite delete data older than timestamp days
good if you need to delete data older than a certain date, i tested this and it seems to delete data older than 2 days but might have had the time stamp incorrect or something. DELETE FROM $db_tabl..
pretty printing json with php
nice if you are working with json string data and just want to be able to read through the structure without copy pasting it somewhere else. $json_string = json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
google map with overlay data
Ever wanted to add a really slightly complex google map to your site? Working Example /* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div * element that con..
truncate string using jquery
.test { padding:10px;border:1px solid #999;border-radius: 3px; } so lets say we had the following string on the page and we needed to make it a bit shorter for some reason. like if you dont have co..
detect window scroll position jquery
This one adds or removes a class if the document is scrolled 50 px near the top of the window. $(window).scroll(function() { if ($(document).scrollTop() > 50) { $('nav').addClass('shrink');..
Slick Slider Carousel
Edit: Sorry this page was broken for a bit, its fixed now with working examples! 😛 Nice and simple slider / carousel
load google sheet data into json string with jquery
Just discovered this the other day, you can actually export google sheets data into json format and load it directly into your site, how good is that. A free mini basic database! Initially i was lo..
parallax js scroll testing
Update: the demo on this one seems a bit broken, i have to fix it! :) you can view a working demo here: https://codepen.io/kruxor/pen/PpGLRG This is one that i had a demo of on codepen, and then code..
do something later with settimeout or loop with setinterval
setTimeout This one will run a certain time after the document loads. So if i want to execute something 5 seconds (or so) after the page loads i would do this. You will need to check your console..
tiny mce editor tinymce
Just loading the editor, as its useful for formatting stuff sometimes 😋. I usually use a function to load it into text areas with the tool bars + styles that i find useful. Example fu..
json loop load elements
Loading json content from a url can be tricky, there are a few different things you need to watch out for. Here is some examples using an example json feed. Load the feed this will load the feed and..
document ready wordpress jquery
Wordpress uses JQuery rather than $ to initialize so here is a workaround that allows you to still use the $ to access JQuery functions. Just incase your normal document ready is not working. tags: ..
testing chartjs
Update: 30 June 2020 I checked this code, and it was broken all fixed now. The issue with the demo included on the main site is that it was trying to run the chart js before the chart library was load..
check length of element jquery
this one can be good for checking if an element exists before doing something with it and can stop warning messages if you are running the script on multiple pages. if ($('#mydivid').length) { con..
using regex with replace to replace all instances of something in a string
so you have a string and you want to replace a recurring character, use this to do it: String Example: var string = "a-string-with-dashes.txt"; var string = "a-string-with-dashes.txt"; string..
find all elements add class jquery
this will grab all a elements, and dump them to the console. var allLinkElements = $( "a" ); console.log(allLinkElements); then we need to split into a jquery object, this is a jquery version of an..
load content with jquery
Load data from the server and place the returned HTML into the matched element. this one seems simple but very useful $( "#result" ).load( "ajax/test.html" ); this one will load the content o..
stacktable jQuery plugin for stacking tables on small screens
stacktable.js The purpose of stacktable.js is to give you an easy way of converting wide tables to a format that will work better on small screens. It creates a copy of the table that is converted in..
fancybox youtube showing video links in a lightbox
Updated version with code here do people still use lightboxes, it seems yes in some cases. ;) if you feel the urge to use lightboxes and need to link to some youtube videos this is how you can do it..
jquery accordion
here is an easy drop in if you need a quick and dirty accordion sometimes you just need something quick, here is mine for the jquery accordion also changed the default selected tab to green rather t..
make clickable element with clickable class
makes an element with a link into a clickable element
jquery document ready
The most used script in jquery, loads things after the document is ready. $(document).ready(function(){ // do some stuff });
random emojis copy and paste
Update: this is a better list that you can search by title ctrl + f emoji data Sometimes i like to copy and paste emojis, so here is a few you can copy. I probably need to organise this som..
layout homepage
just some experiments external link
using foundation 6.4 xy grid basics
Foundation 6.4 introduced a new xy grid which replaces the old row and large-x format here is a basic grid layout (foundation grid) add some style to show the cell border <style> .grid-x .ce..
youtube extract thumbnail from video link
Good if you need to extract the ^^ for some reason. replace $v with your video id. raw links https://img.youtube.com/vi/$v/default.jpg https://img.youtube.com/vi/$v/hqdefault.jpg max size https:/..
youtube embed no controls auto play iframe
Sometimes you want the video to loop and play with just no controls on it, this is how you can do it. You can still click to pause it, but the normal controls are gone. Also it seems you have to ..
responsive viewport meta tag (responsive meta tag)
this one meta tag will make the page appear correctly on mobile devices. You may need to do other things to get all the other elements to fit. Here is the one I usually use <meta name="viewport" ..
video embed full screen all screen sizes
this will make a video cover the full screen of the browser no matter what size it is. It will do some cropping to make it fit. <style> body, html { margin:0; padding:0; } .video-cont..
video embed no controls
embed a video, for use as a background or a slide element, or wherever you need a large video. I found that there was a bug in chrome (which is probably fixed now) that was ignoring the autoplay tag ..
embed and use a ttf font font face
Handy if google fonts does not have your required font and you have the correct licence for showing it on your site... ;) css /* Include the font, you can call it whatever you like */ @font-face ..
transitions and the easy way to apply them
Would you like your element to transition nicely? well you can do it in about 1 line of css. .transition { transition: all 2s; } This is the one I usually use, as its not too slow. transitio..
css grid for layouts and how to use it
Note: Added version 2 of this with no rows for the grid css grid for layouts with no rows so there is this thing called the CSS Grid Layout, and apparently we dont need a framework for grids anymore...
recreate marquee element using css
as the marquee element has been removed from html5 (which is probably a good thing) its now unsupported, but you can use css and keyframes to recreate it. Yay.. CSS Marquee Demo Some Marquee ..
click through an overlay element pointer events
This one is usefull if you have an element overlapping another element and you want the one underneath to be clickable, like positioning an image over the top of a slider with controls underneath it. ..
why are people so amazed that a column layout can have a full width element
Is it because its inside a grid still? i must me missing something anyway i have been noticing that there is this post (and this one) going around showing that you can break out of a css grid and go ..
more complex responsive tables css
i did a simple version of this before here but now im going to make it a bit more complicated and functional. table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; } tr:nth-of-type(odd) { ..
darken background image using css
darken a background image using css only useful if you have overlay text or just want to add a nicer effect to an image, i usually find that adding this to an image with the text over the top makes it..
flex align center vertical horizontal
lets say you have a box within another box, like so: .box { height:500px; width:500px; background:#CCC; } .another-box { height:50px; width:50px; background:#999; } ..
simple dropin wordpress dropdown navigation css
this is good if you just want to drop in some css and get a dropdown navigation back using the default wordpress nav example of the default styles code (css) /* Menu Dropdown */ .nav ul { l..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds
Update: Fixed the code, you can see it here. i deal with a lot of sites where they have a bunch of images listed and sometimes they can end up looking a bit sqashed unless you add a div and set..
css accordion basics
can we create an accordion with out using jquery ui? I think yes, it will be basic but also keeping it simple it probably a good idea. tried adding transitions to make the divs showing a bit smooth..
use font awesome on elements lists ul
good if you need to use font awesome in list items like ul lists, etc. .element { position: relative; } /*replace the content value with the corresponding value from the list below*/ ..
set transparent menu over background image
this is probably obvious, but i found it useful for those themes that look nice with a semi-transparent header sitting over the top of an image. I think ill do this as an external example, as its eas..
table border collapse
I see this quite often when dealing with tables the border-collapse: collapse; used on a table as so: table { border-collapse: collapse; } So what is the point of doing this? It seems to help..
stack a table using css responsive
this can be useful for fitting tables into smaller screens, usually add this to a media query. #tableid td { display: table-row; width:100%; display:block; } and with a screen size added @me..