Posts tagged "HTML, CSS, javascript"

• Simpler Bootstrap accordions
  14 Jul 2023Vertically collapsing accordion UI components are simple to implement these days using native HTML.
• Uploading files via a Taffy REST API in CFML
  8 Mar 2019Using multipart forms isn't the only, or necessarily the best way of uploading files, especially when doing so via a REST API.
• (Much) Simpler disabling of HTML5 form validation to test server-side checks
  11 Mar 2013How I got 19 lines of jQuery down to zero.
• Removing analytics clutter from campaign URLs
  30 Nov 2012How to clean up URLs by removing Google Analytics campaign tracking parameters once they've done their job.
• The bad UX of Google Analytics cross-domain link handlers
  29 Oct 2012To track links between different domains in the same GA account special javascript "click" event handlers must be attached to each. However, the code Google recommends denies people the option of using the keyboard to open them in a new window or tab.
• Simple disabling of HTML5 form validation to test server-side checks
  10 Aug 2012Client-side form validation needs to be disabled temporarily when testing server-side input rules. Some simple jQuery can handle this when using the new HTML5 validation attributes.
• The simplicity of Rachel Andrew's "boilerplate"
  26 Jun 2012Beware introducing unnecessary complexity by relying on front-end "starting point" packages.
• Simpler handling of JSON serialised ColdFusion query objects
  7 May 2012Steve "Cutter" Blades has come up with a great way of dealing with the compact but quirky JSON ColdFusion returns when serialising query objects.
• Note to self: Use the protocol-relative URL for html5shiv
  19 Jan 2012If using the html5shiv hosted on Google Code for a secure site, make sure you use the protocol-relative form of the URL.
• The simplicity of progressive enhancement
  7 May 2011Great explanation by Paul Boag of why it's not worth trying to make design/CSS features work in browsers that don't support them.
• The simplicity of HTML5
  4 May 2011Aspects of HTML5 which can make your mark-up and code simpler.
• Simpler SSL switching with protocol-relative URLs
  22 Mar 2011Use protocol-relative URLs to avoid having to detect SSL.