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ToolBox is comprised of multiple categories including: Tutorials; Graphic, Audio & Video Resources; Code Snippets; etc. With this information, your work-flow will increase, reduce confusion from unknown error and warning messages, as well as help you with spicing up project with new techniques.




JavaScript Random Sorter

Saturday, April 18th, 20092009-04-18T19:20:51Zl, F jS, Y
<script type="text/javascript">
var contents=new Array('1','2','3','4','5','6', '7', '8', '9', '10');

var i=0

//variable used to contain controlled random number
var random
var spacing="<br>"

//while all of array elements haven't been cycled thru
while (i<contents.length) {

//generate random num between 0 and arraylength-1
random=Math.floor(Math.random()*contents.length)

//if element hasn't been marked as "selected"
if (contents[random]!="selected") {
document.write( contents[random] + spacing)

//mark element as selected
contents[random]="selected"
i++
}
}
</script>
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Javascript Random Value

Thursday, April 16th, 20092009-04-16T20:22:22Zl, F jS, Y
<script type="text/javascript">
KeywordArray = new Array(5); //Create Array with 5 options
KeywordArray[0] = "John";  // Option begin at 0 not 1
KeywordArray[1] = "Matt";
KeywordArray[2] = "Mike";
KeywordArray[3] = "Josh";
KeywordArray[4] = "David";
var randno = Math.floor ( Math.random() * KeywordArray.length ); //call variable from a random number(up to 5)
document.write(KeywordArray[randno]); //render code
</script>
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CSS Menu Overview (Part 2)

Wednesday, April 1st, 20092009-04-02T04:46:15Zl, F jS, Y

The second version of a CSS menu

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CSS Menu Overview (Part 1)

Friday, March 27th, 20092009-03-27T18:00:39Zl, F jS, Y

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language, most commonly use in (x)HTML. These menus are based on the <ul> tag (Unordered List) and structure and designed in the CSS. In the CSS you can define what direction to “list” the menu: Horizontal or Vertical. I’ll be covering both in this two part tutorial and will be provide a complete code for both examples.

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Fixed, Elastic and Infinite: Webpage Widths in (x)HTML

Friday, March 6th, 20092009-03-06T21:33:47Zl, F jS, Y

Third question I ask clients about their potential website is content orientation. Content orientation is how the content of the page is laid out and how it will interact with the browser. I’ve been able to group all the possible designs into two main categories with one sub category that is very widely used that it should be mention. The two main categories are Fixed Width and Elastic Width websites.

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Highcontrast Paint Effect

Wednesday, March 4th, 20092009-03-04T16:00:22Zl, F jS, Y

Got a quick Photoshop CS3 and up tutorial, Highcontrast Paint Effect. This effect uses 1 smart object, 3 filters and 1 adjustment layer. I’d rate this around beginners to intermediate, because a lot the process is straight but because the effect is different from resolution to resolution that the numbers must be altered to look.

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Forum

Thursday, February 26th, 20092009-02-26T07:16:17Zl, F jS, Y

Unlike blogs, forums have many subjects and many points of input. Forums tend to be an open public website where user can post and comment with other users all unrelated to the website’s owner. There are three types of users: Posters (general public), Moderator (special members), Admin (owner).

Posters

The posters to the forum are considered the driving force behind the community. On some forums, a poster may edit or delete his or her own posts, although sometimes these rights are reserved.

Western-style forums often allow an avatar and signature. The avatar is generally a small image often limited to 80×80 pixels (other common dimensions include 100×100 and 90×90 pixels) and limited to a certain filesize (6 kilobytes and 50 kilobytes are common) displayed below a user’s username[...]

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