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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..
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..
Boots Widget change from widget to cat head and click function
Moving this from the widget area to the bottom, to make it less obvious but still there if needed.
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..
redirect www to non www
usually i point the www to the ip address of the server and then create a redirect block on nginx, but this seems like extra work for nothing. Tested the cname point to the address but this see..
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 ..
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..
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..
highlight a button with an animation css
While i was downloading the latest AdoptJDK i noticed this button, and thought it was a nice effect. I wondered how hard it would be to replicate this. Copy the link html Check each class..
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..
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..
Use destructuring assignment within the argument to the function half to send only max and min inside the function.
this seems like a tricky one, can be resolved with removing the stats array reference. Im not sure how it still knows to access the stats array. I dont know how that is correct as the console just lo..
center align vertical 2 items in a container flex
i had this issue and i was pretty sure that flex center could fix it but it was causing the two items in the div to sit next to each other, which was annoying as it was a header and content, but i sti..
Use destructuring assignment to swap the values of a and b
Use destructuring assignment to swap the values of a and b so that a receives the value stored in b, and b receives the value stored in a. I was havi..
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..
Using CSS Grid instead of Float's for a 3 column simple list
I have been in the habit of just using float:left and then width 31% with margin 1% for list items, and it seems to work fine usually. But i thought i probably should update the defaults in by ..
get php to validate its self with php check syntax
Did you know that php has a syntax checking function built into it? Well it does and this is how you can use it to check your php files for errors, rather than just running them and hoping for the be..
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..
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..
javascript try catch example function
try catch is a good way to stop errors breaking your javascript. here is the example from the firefox mozilla with a basic try catch logging the error to your console, rather than just breaking all t..
validate email address from string with jquery working function
Here is a working example of this post validate email address from string. This has very basic checking of an email address by checking that the string has an @ and a . in it. Note: this is still no..
list_all_array an early stages of list all function that uses an array to pass in main variables
I think this is more neat than passing in individual variables into the list_all function, seems to work ok so far. Still in early stages of this listing function, more needs to be built into i..
using the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to check referring pages
shows how you can display the contents of the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] tag in php to show referring pages i read in an article that this is stripped out of HTTPS requests, but it seems to still be wo..
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 Use React to Render Nested Components
It can be useful to take components and render them inside other components while still making them into seperate items. This shows how you can take each component and nest it within another one and ..
adding react with JSX using babel
just wanted to see how JSX would work with react and babel, so this way you can write JSX and babel compiles it for use with react. This is apparently not a good way to do things and can be qui..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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 ..
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 ..
how to view a web page in its printer format
if you have to check a website in its print or @media print format this is how you can emulate it in browser if you are using chrome or edge. Open the Dev Tools (usually F12) Click the menu ..
search bug Above
not sure why this is still happening, need to investigate: 23 Nov 2021 this bug is still happening, i thought i fixed it, but apparently not.
404 Error Page Codepen
found this in my links the other day, still looks cool...
how to make a transparent logo white with css
lets say you have a logo and its dark on a black background, how annoying is that, you still want the dark background but also want to see the logo. well with this css trick you can just make t..
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..
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..
responsive menu research full screen multi level
i was just looking into responsive menu's that are easy to impliment and navigate even if they have multiple levels still just in research mode at the moment Menu One Menu Sub One Menu Sub..
ajax callback to delete with sweet alert confirmation to make it cool! 😎
I recently wanted to to an ajax call back on a list of items just to make it easier to move around the place, rather than it reloading the page every time. So i thought why not also use sweet alert on..
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..
foundation accordion for version 6.x
yep the foundation does weird things to this sites css, but the demo still works if you want to use the built in foundation accordions.
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..
validate an email address from a form field - version 2
This javascript function will check if the email address in the text box has an @ and a . in it and return a message saying if its valid or not. This is pretty basic as it only includes checkin..
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
page scroll indicator research
I was wondering the other day how they do those page scroll indicators, i saw one when viewing this site: https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/03/24/the-solution-of-the-zodiac-killers-340-character-cipher..
replacement slider for ken wheeler's slick carousel tiny slider 2 [testing]
I have been looking for a little while for a replacement for the now classic and a bit depreciated, ken wheeler's slick carousel. After a bit of looking around i think the best replacement, is a non ..
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..
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..
using the last-of-type css selector to remove a border from the last item in a list
i find using the last-of-type css selector quite useful when there is a list or re-occuring items and the last one has to be slightly different from the other ones. This allows me to target the..
enable dark mode in tinymce
Here we have a darkmode verion of tinymce, ahh my eyes feel much better. The change to version 5 seems quite easy as well, as it uses the same init script as 4 still. You need to also includ..
darkmode toggle switch with local storage to remember the last selection
Here is a darkmode toggle switch, that swaps out the body class so you can target dark-mode or light-mode on all your elements! It saves to local storage the last selection so if you come back to the..
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..
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..
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..
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..
add a class or remove it based on window scroll location
if you inspect the header div you will see a class added to it when scrolled down, i have added additional margins to it so you can still see it even when scrolled. then you add a fixed property to m..
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..
ES5 vs ES6 Object Example
here you can see the syntax changes between ES5 vs ES6 Object declaration, you can still access the values in the same way.
Using the Spread Operator to Evaluate Arrays In-Place Tests
My tests using the Spread Operator rather than the apply function. In the 1st function show_max_array i use the apply operator to convert the array into comma seperated values. In the show_max_array..
Changing an array declared with const
a const means that you cannot re-declare the variable name, but you can still mutate an array content that is declared as a const. so you can see in the following example that even though the array is..
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..
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
Move any element with css offsets
Make any element moveable without moving other items around by making it position: relative;
Applied Accessibility - Screen reader only css
This is how a screen reader only css markup can be added. The content will still be available to screen reader clients.
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..
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 = $_..
tell wordpress to use the direct file method if its asking for ftp details
this usually happens if the permissions on the wordpress wp-content folder are not correct or writable. check the permissions are correct: (this is for apache, the user names might be different che..
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: ..
set and check a cookie using js cookie
this library makes setting and checking cookies so easy its amazing! include this script <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/js-cookie/2.1.4/js.cookie.m..
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..
using vue and json data
Based on This Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/kkpLnv6k/ so i was looking through the jquery way of loading json data and was wondering what the point of loading it in with a vue.js instance is. I guess ..
meta refresh reload page
this can use a meta tag to get the browser to reload the current page. the following code will reload the page every 30 seconds. usually you have to add meta tags into the header of your page, not ..
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 ..
truncate text long titles with text overflow ellipsis
this one can be useful for fitting text into smaller places without it looking broken. text-overflow: ellipsis; this basically adds the 3 dots where the end of the text used to be... Also if you are ..
cycle color using background
I found this the other day (well today actually) and i wanted to see how it worked. background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#D68AB0 0%,#D8CE5D 25%,#6BD85D 50%,#5DB9D8 75%,#D85DCB 100%); ..
css grid for layouts with no rows
I had a look at this recently, but my previous example still used rows for a grid, which apparently is not the correct way of using css grids. I think the issue (I had) with css grid is it seems co..
foundation make row full width
Just incase you want a full screen width layout and still have it sitting in rows for foundation css .full-width { width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: in..
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 ..
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; } ..
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..
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