How to correct font size problem with tables in jQuery UI widgets
I just recently used jQuery UI tabs in an application. Within a couple of the tabs I used tables for content (let’s not have a religious debate about using tables for layout, please). Anyway, the font...
View ArticleThe jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 1: Intro and How To Style a Button
This is the first in a series of articles on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.. This is a powerful suite of CSS selectors that you can use to build web applications with a consistent UI. The main jQuery UI...
View ArticleNew Version of jQuery Feedback Plugin released
This is version 1.0.1. It corrects a bug where the ‘above’ and ‘below’ options did not work, and it also lets you place a message immediately above an element, with the left side of the message area...
View ArticleHow To Embed A Google Calendar Gadget In Your Web Site
Google provides two simple ways, other than you writing your own client code to talk to their APIs, to embed a calendar in your web page. One method is easily found by Googling for the info. This link...
View ArticleThe jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 2: How To Create Widget-style Boxes
This is the second post in a series on the jQuery UI CSS Framework. Here’s the first one. Today I’ll show you how to create a nice looking box that has sort of a widget appearance to it. The jQuery...
View ArticleHow To Assign The Current Date and Time to a MySQL Datetime Field using PHP
This is a no-brainer, but I always forget how to do it. MySQL datetime fields are stored in this format: 2010-02-18 10:33:18. Here’s a trivial example showing you how to populate a datetime field with...
View ArticleHow to access cross-domain data with AJAX using JSONP, jQuery and PHP
I’m guessing that if you are reading this post you have already encountered the problem of the same origin policy with regards to retrieving data with AJAX from urls in other domains than your’s (the...
View ArticleNew Version of jQuery UI Feedback plugin
The jQuery UI Feedback plugin I wrote lets you show an informational or error message next to a UI component on your page. Its primary intended use is for AJAX-driven applications, where you want to...
View ArticleHow To Write an SQL Trigger for IBM i
In Product Development at our company we are considering a new approach to writing transactions functions (used for shopping cart applications, etc.) which suggests a use for database triggers. We...
View ArticleCheck out my jQuery beginners Article at iprodeveloper.com
The article Dive Into jQuery (Part 1 appears in the April online and print editions of iProDeveloper.com. The target audience is primarily IBM i developers, but it’s actually a good introduction for...
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