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Nice Date Feature Part 2 – Fuzzy Timestamps

by Ciprian on May 15, 2012 (3 days ago) | No comments
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A while ago I wrote about the “nice date” feature for PHP dates, (e.g. “4 minutes ago” or “about 1 day ago”). Read the old post here - http://getbutterfly.com/nice-date-feature-facebook-style/. A jQuery alternative to this date is a plugin called timeago, which automatically converts any standard PHP date into a fuzzy timestamp. http://timeago.yarp.com/ https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago Avoid timestamps dated “1 minute ago” even though the...

gbPlayer5 and HTML5 Video

by Ciprian on March 19, 2012 (60 days ago) | No comments
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What is HTML5 Video? HTML is the markup language that makes up every page on the web. The newest version, HTML5, includes specifications for a <video> tag, that’s meant to allow web developers to add a video to a page in the same way they would add an image. In order for this to work, web browser developers have built...

How to declare a global variable inside a jQuery function

by Ciprian on March 9, 2012 (70 days ago) | No comments

This article deals with a problem I used to bang my head about the other day. I needed to declare a global variable inside a jQuery function (it works with regular JavaScript, too), and read it inside another function. If the first function isn’t called/initiated, the second function doesn’t know the value of the global variable. For example, this function...

Quick Tip: mysql_fetch_ Commands

by Ciprian on February 12, 2012 (96 days ago) | 2 comments
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Ever wondered what the difference between mysql_fetch_array and mysql_fetch_assoc is? What about mysql_fetch_row? I’ve always used mysql_fetch_array, but, for debugging purposes, here’s what they all do: mysql_fetch_assoc returns an associative array of your field names eg $row['field_name_here'] mysql_fetch_row returns a numeric array eg $row[0] returns the first column, $row[1] returns the second column etc. – not a good idea as it makes...

New eCards Plugin HTML5 Form Attributes

by Ciprian on February 8, 2012 (100 days ago) | No comments

The latest version of the WordPress eCards plugin brings some HTML5 form improvements. For example, the input fields are now properly validated using their input types: <input type=”text” name=”ecard_from” size=”30″ required autofocus /> This field is required, and receives automatic focus on page load. The email fields now require valid email addresses based on the type=”email” attribute: <input type=”email” name=”ecard_email_from”...