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After implementing this slider I decided that I would like the controls to be text links rather than numbers. Also it would be advantageous for me to be able to control the amount of links/sliders displayed.

I settled on using dynamic arrays of strings (the text for the links) with the size of the array (amount of text links/sliders) both controlled by passing values as options.

I added these default variables:

controlsTextNumber: '', //The total number of text links controlsText: ['','','','',''] //array of text links labels, amount equal to the number set in controlsTextNumber

The variables are declared empty - you can set default values here if you wish. Maybe it's more advisable to do so?

and initialised the array like this:

this.each(function() { var obj = $(this); var controlsText = new Array(options.controlsTextNumber);

I altered the following code:

if(options.numeric) { for(var i=0;i ]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:30:54 +0000 http://www.lopressure.com/javascript/jquery/easyslider-modification-use-a-dynamic-array-to-define-the-text-for-panel-links/ http://www.lopressure.com/javascript/jquery/easyslider-modification-use-a-dynamic-array-to-define-the-text-for-panel-links/ The following list contains the content, tools and resources I use to create websites. Do you have any great tools or icons or techniques that are not on this list? Tell me.

All the content listed here is free for commercial use unless otherwise marked.

jQuery Essential Widgets

• Beautiful slider Site
• jQuery ToolsSite
• FancyBoxSite
• Cycle 2.32Site
• Easy SliderSite
• InnerFadeSite
• jQuery FancyZoomSite

Javascript

• jQuerySite | Cheat Sheet
• SWFObject 2.1Site
• NicEditSite

CSS Techniques & Layouts

• Smashing Magazine: CSSSite
• CSS3 Buttons Site

jQuery Specialized Widgets

• Vertical Sliding PanelTutorial
• Noupe Sliding ContentTutorial
• Dynamic Sliding PanelsTutorial
• Wordpress jQuery Sliding PanelTutorial
• Coda SliderTutorial
• 10 Sliding Panel tutorialsTutorial
• More jQuery Sliding PanelsTutorial
• Even more jQuery Sliding PanelsTutorial
• Tipsy 0.1.2Site
• Auto-Grow TextareaSite
• Input HintsSite
• markItUp! 1.1.5Site
• jEditable 1.5.1Site
• BlockUI 2.14Site
• jCarousel 0.2.3Site
• Custom Checkboxes 1.1.0b2Site
• Date Picker 2.1.2Site
• Table Sorter 2.0.3Site
• Ingrid Datagrids 0.9.1Site
• Star RatingSite
• Farbtastic 1.2 Color PickerSite

Miscellaneous Tools

• 30 stunning jQuery slider plugins Site
• Javascript Email Enkoder (Spam protection)Site
• The Big Collection Of Free Design TexturesSite

PHP/MySQL

• pChart 1.2.7Site | Docs
• mySQLDumperSite
• PHPMailer 2.3Site | Tutorial
• ROS PDF ClassSite

Grid Design

• 960 Grid SystemSite
• Blueprint CSS 0.8Site

Digital graphics are largely dependent on the software used to create them. Given the clean, pixel-perfect nature of Photoshop, artworks always risk looking too perfect therefore it’s important to learn how to bring nature’s random variations into our digital creations. In this tutorial we’ll create an atmospheric poster for a dance party using the textured, retro look that’s so popular nowadays.

Resources:

Cardboard texture
Chicago skyline

There are many methods available for email obfuscation. I have chosen one, CSS direction reversal, as my personal favourite. It's lightweight, supported by all modern browsers, easy to implement and deploy and effective.

Simply put, we create a CSS style that reverses the displayed direction of any text to which the style is applied. For an email address we add the REVERSED text to the web page and apply the custom style. When this page is viewed in a browser the visitor will see the email address in the usual, readable direction however any person, or harvester, who copies this email address text will only be able to copy the reversed text as it is coded into the page. Email harvesters do not process CSS rules.

Here's an example - try to copy & paste it:

gro.liamon@0-elpmaxe

One drawback with this method is that the email address cannot be linked using "mailto:". If you want to provide a linked email address you will have to use another method, such as that provided by Heal Your Church Web Site. This tool lets you create an obfuscated, linked email address.

It's been my experience that almost all of my clients, both potential and actual, want to show "high in Google". One client in particular is very concerned about this aspect of his on-line business. He has just enough knowledge of the internet, and search engine optimisation in particular, to convince him that there exists some magic arcane wizardry that will propel his site up the Google rankings and he wants me to sacrifice whatever animals are required to make this happen for him.

Throughout the time I've known this client I have repeatedly talked about such concepts as writing excellent content, appealing to his target market, creating an enjoyable, feature-rich worthwhile site and the value these could have in powering a site up through the Google atmosphere.

It's a pleasant feeling to find an article that reflects my own beliefs and ideas, shares my philosophy for web development and so I've shared it here.

You can pick any two.

This is the Designers' One Rule. When creating a project, clients may choose only two options - they can't have it all. It's a "rule" for Life that applies aptly to design - clients simply have to deal with it. And we, as Web designers, must also accept this as fact.

And so, here it is:

GOOD service FAST won't be CHEAP

Choose Good and Fast and we will postpone every other job, cancel all appointments and stay up 25-hours a day just to get your job done. Of course don't expect it to be Cheap.

GOOD service CHEAP won't be FAST

Choose Good and Cheap and we will do a great job for a discounted price however you'll have to be patient until we have some free time from paying clients.

FAST service CHEAP won't be GOOD

Choose Fast and Cheap and you can expect an inferior job delivered on time. You truly get what you pay for and in our opinion this is the least favorable choice of the three. In fact we most likely won't even offer this option - financially it's a poor choice for us and professionally we don't wish to be associated with low-quality work.

There is no setting within the sNews Administration console that allows me to adjust the time zone. It's necessary to open snews.php and add the following code, somewhere near the top of the file.

The function date_default_timezone_set() has been available since PHP v5.1.

I have used Europe/London (I could have used Europe/Dublin, or Europe/Edinburgh - each is within the same time zone as my home town). Replace Europe/London with your own choice from this list.

An alternative method is to use

in your .htaccess file.