Category Archives: Javascript

From Flash to jQuery

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Craig

I’ve written a few times before (1, 2, 3) about techniques for rotating images in place on a page, such as is done on the home page of the College site. The brief history is that it started in JavaScript, … Continue reading →

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Spring ’08 communigator done

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Craig

All the content from the Spring 2008 issue of communigator is now online. I wanted to do a more-extensive redesign of the site this time, but ended up in a time crunch on some early content so all the design … Continue reading →

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Adding glitz to the “Angel of Ahlem” site

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Craig

I didn’t design the “Angel of Ahlem” Web site for The Documentary Institute, but I did give them assist with some added functionality after the fact. The Photo gallery uses Lightbox 2. Vernon’s Journey uses Simile | Timeline and LightWindow. … Continue reading →

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Lightbox plugin added to College News

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Craig

I added the bas_lightbox plugin (alt link) to the Textpattern instance that runs College News. The plugin implements Lightbox 2 and allows you to use it within articles to create image galleries or enlarge-able images. Here’s the first story to … Continue reading →

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QuickTime examples updated

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Craig

I have updated my example pages for adding QuickTime players to pages using the recently-mentioned JavaScript method. Here are the links if you’re not familiar with these pages: QuickTime streaming video QuickTime VR And while we’re on this subject of … Continue reading →

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Fixing movie code for IE

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Craig

A recent update of Internet Explorer here apparently contained code that provides remediation of issues in the EOLAS patent settlement regarding activating ActiveX controls on Web pages. Don’t ask me to explain that. The important thing is all my QuickTime … Continue reading →

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In-page RSS aggregation

Posted on July 21, 2005 by Craig

During a discussion of “content management” (another hot summer topic) with WUFT-FM’s news director, he pointed out that the NPR news feed that once appeared on his news page no longer was appearing for some reason. I decided to investigate. … Continue reading →

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Fading image transitions revisited

Posted on June 30, 2005 by Craig

I previously wrote about using a JavaScript effect for fading transitions between jpeg images on a web page. While looking for something else, I ran across a free Flash movie that accomplishes what we really wanted. Check it out in … Continue reading →

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New communigator starts going up

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Craig

The Spring 2005 issue of communigator hit the street a couple of weeks ago. The files hit my desk last week and the first stories hit the Web this afternoon. I have spoken with the Editor and we are going … Continue reading →

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Design (or coding) notes for Orange & Blue

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Craig

The slide show effect on the Orange & Blue front page uses the Fade Images JavaScript technique. The images do a fade transition in IE, but just flip in Firefox. It will probably eventually be replaced this Summer by a … Continue reading →

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