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There may be times when you need to hide the overflow (scrollbars) being visible on a page. You can specify to have all scrollbars hidden or the x and y scroll bars separately. When trying to hide the overflow of a project I was working on I realized...
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When using Javascript and building a web interface, there may come a time when you want to be able to detect when the arrow keys are being pressed. This cannot be done using the standard jQuery .keypress() function. Instead you have to use some alter...
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When first creating your own custom helpers or libraries inside of codeigniter you may find yourself not able to use some of the core libraries and helpers provided by codeigniter. For instance, lets say that you wanted to call the database class ($t...
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Using Codeigniter there are two main types of references you can use in conjunction with the codeigniter framework. These two include 'libraries' and 'helpers'. A library is a specific object that can be loaded and used inside of your code. A few exa...
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At times when you insert a new row into a database you may need to capture that last unique ID that has just been added to the database. Well, lucky for you.... getting the last database inserted ID using CodeIgniter is very simple. All you need to d...
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jQuery is excellent for creating compelling user interfaces. Some of the most common jquery functions include the .show, .hide, .toggle, .slideDown, .slideUp, or .slideToggle. Each of these functions toggle the CSS display attribute of that particula...
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There are two main measurements for web fonts. Points and Pixels (pt and px). The ratio between the two is 0.75:1. This means each pixel is equivalent to 0.75 pt. This means that a font of size 8px would be equal to a font of 6pt. I have created a si...
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In the previous post I showed you how to obtain Google Search Results using PHP. I went ahead and collaborated upon that previous tutorial and created a tool where users can enter in a specific URL and a string of keywords. When the user clicks submi...
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If you had ever wondered how people create cool keyword or marketing tools which integrate with Google results you have found the right place to learn the first step. In order to generate charts, lists, and data about Google Search results, there is ...
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HTML 5 is the new HTML standard for constructing and building pages to be viewable in web browsers. HTML5 adds a lot of new features that HTML 4 never had a few of these features include local web-app storage, canvas drawing, and the video element. T...