Author Archives: websanova
Websanova wModal jQuery Plugin
Most of the jQuery modal plugins out there had either not enough options, or too many and weren’t too flexible either way. I wanted to create a modal system that was very flexible that came with some nice options out … Continue reading
Manually adding PHP Versions to WAMP
Since WAMP is usually a little behind on it’s versions of Apache, MySQL and PHP we may sometimes need to install them manually. I find this not as big an issue with Apache or MySQL but typically prefer to have … Continue reading
Installing PHP oAuth on Windows
I found a lot of confusion when trying to setup the PHP oAuth library on Windows. It seemed there was a lot of outdated information out there so I decided to write this little updated post on the subject. I … Continue reading
Timezones, the Right Way
This is a little article on how to deal with timezones when storing dates/times in your database. The database or language you choose to use really doesn’t matter as the concepts are universal but I will be giving examples using … Continue reading
Simple, Lighweight jQuery Pagination Plugin
After some frustration trying some jQuery pagination plugins I found on Google, many of which were written using jQuery 1.3 or 1.4, I decided to write a new one as it seems one was needed. This pagination plugin is very … Continue reading
jQuery .clear() – Clearing Element Contents Using a Timer
This is a handy little method to have laying around. It allows you to populate an element and clear it after a certain amount of time. You simply provide a string as a message and optionally provide a delay and … Continue reading
jQuery .cssAll() – Retrieving Multiple CSS Properties
The current implementation of the .css() method in jQuery allows us to set multiple properties to an element, but only allows us to pull one property at a time. This is a little function I wrote for myself as I … Continue reading
How to Stay Relevant
Staying relevant in the technology industry can be difficult, it seems there are so many new things to keep up with, let alone keeping up with the technologies you already know. I’ve seen too many developers simply learn skills, but … Continue reading
JavaScript URL Parser
This is a nice little library I wrote for myself as I found I was quite frequently parsing a url in my projects. I was constantly building little custom functions but decided to finally build out a nice simple and … Continue reading
10 Awesome jQuery Rating Plugins
This is a collection of jQuery rating plugins a few pure CSS implementations at the bottom of the list. They range from large to small, some more fancy than others and some with additional options should you need them. You … Continue reading