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Archive for December, 2006

I ran into a need for a print preview on my website the other day and was unable to find a quick solution, so with a little thought I whipped up a small function which does just that with CSS and Javascript. Here’s what I come up with: <link id=”screenCSS” media=”all” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” /> <link [...]

I’ve been working for a while on the aedCFC with the optional tree view.  This uses an old database technique described on sitepoint.com .. however the tree.cfc I created was very basic as in only adding, deleting, and printing nodes which sortof holds back the possibility to making this a real fun, dynamic cfc with [...]

Finally many of the features we have been working towards made it in the aedCFC. Our long time debated XML config file finally made it in as an option(mainly for backwards compatibility). The biggest downfall to the config before was the function calls with many parameters. I’ve read a few other postings on the great [...]

aedCFC Progress

Ok, so I am happy with the popularity? of the aedCFC we’ve posted on riaforge.org. I am also happy with the progress we’ve made with it over the past few months. Mr. Belcher and I both agree that we need to change the config file some to make the configuration a more clearcut process. I [...]

CSS Bubble Tooltips

Avoid cross-browser javascript when you can use css to make tooltips with less code. Honestly you were going to use css to style your tooltips anyway right? Your probably already have most of this code in your css already too. Besides that if you have an advanced site in the first place you probably have [...]