On a current project, I was trying to find a way to auto-resize a textarea according to some content that would be loaded in dynamically via Ajax. I didn’t know the height of the content and the textarea element doesn’t resize naturally like other HTML elements, so I needed to [...]
ShareShelf: A Book-themed Sharing Widget
ShareShelf is a simple and useful tool to encourage readers to share your content. Featuring five of the top social media sites, ShareShelf integrates bookshelf-themed icons with easy-to-use pop-up windows for quick shareability. Use the ShareShelf on: Websites Blog Posts Product Pages Landing Pages Book Promotion Pages Micro Sites
Mynt: A Static Blog Generator
With the ever growing population of static site generators, all filling a certain need, I’ve yet to find one that allows the generation of anything but the simplest of blogs. That’s where mynt comes in, being designed to give you all the features of a CMS with none of the [...]
Creating an API-Centric Web Application
This clear and strait forward tutorial outlines proper planning and development of a web app which is API-centric. The benefit of developing with API capabilities in mind is great, especially with the vast array of platforms available in today’s digital world. Planning to start working on a new web application? [...]
HTML5 Tag Cheetsheet
This sheet makes a handy reference for developers seeking to jump into coding a new HTML5 site. It features new, old, and existing tags—each broken up into sections to the best readability. A must have for your next project. In addition to the Tag Cheatsheet, there are also sheets for [...]
There’s No Formula for Great Designs
Before he combined them with fluid images and CSS3 media queries to coin responsive design, Ethan Marcotte described fluid grids — one of the most enjoyable parts of responsive design. Enjoyable that is, if you like working with math(s). But fluid grids aren’t perfect and, unless we’re careful when applying them, they can sometimes [...]
MarkItUp: Universal Textarea Converter
markItUp! is a JavaScript plugin built on the jQuery library. It allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. Html, Textile, Wiki Syntax, Markdown, BBcode or even your own Markup system can be easily implemented. markItUp! is not meant to be a “Full-Features-Out-of-the-Box”-editor. Instead it is a very [...]
Markdown: JS Version
Yet another markdown parser, this time for JavaScript. There’s a few options that precede this project but they all treat markdown to HTML conversion as a single step process. You pass markdown in and get HTML out, end of story. We had some pretty particular views on how the process [...]
