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Image hover using Javascript

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This post shows how to implement simple image hover with IFRAME and DIV. In both cases JavaScript code will set innerHTML to DIV element and make it visible. IFRAME version will force browser to make connection each time while DIV version may have some problems with older browsers (dropdown menu stays in front of displayed image).

GNOME – always on top

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How to permanently set application window to be always on top in GNOME? Yes, you can right click on window header in GNOME, and check always on top. Unfortunately, after closing window, this setting will not remain. In three steps, I will show how to set calculator (gcalctool) to stay permanently above …

AJAX progress bar

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With few lines of JavaScript and CSS it’s possible to make simple AJAX progress bar. JavaScript will periodically ask for progress value and server will respond with JSON data. Progress value is being read and displayed as DIV element width. To start progress bar demo, click on Start button and wait few seconds to begin. To watch how this page sends requests to Web server just open DOM inspector “Network” card.

Adding table rows and columns in JavaScript

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With insertRow() method you can insert a new row at the specified position in HTML table. After row is created, use insertCell() method to insert a table cell. Wrap this methods in JavaScript functions and you have code to dynamically add new rows and columns in the HTML table.

Drawing with JavaScript

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This post shows simple JavaScript drawing script based on HTML table. After page is loaded, JavaScript will generate HTML table and attach onMouseDown / onMouseUp event handlers to the document level and onMouseOver to each table cell. When user clicks the left mouse button and move mouse pointer over table, TD will change background colour.

Week list for the current date in PHP

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This post shows two examples of how to find the week list for the current date. Input parameter is date, and the output is date list from Monday till Sunday. First example is done with classic algorithm while second example uses ISO week date format.

Drag and Drop table content with JavaScript

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Content of HTML table cells can be dragged to another cell or another table. It isn’t difficult to define onMouseMove handler and change top / left element styles to move the object. In case with tables, you will have to determine somehow destination cell. Attaching onMouseOver handler on TD elements will not work, because browser doesn’t fire events to the elements beneath the dragged object.

Backup Linux server with PHP

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You can find a lot of backup solutions for Linux server. From expensive and multi platform software like NetBackup to simple BASH scripts. As a Linux (LAMP) administrator, I decided to write my own backup script in PHP. I wanted to backup important locations like Web root, crontabs, /etc, /root and copy MySQL dump files.

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Find files with PHP

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In PHP you can find files with function glob. The glob function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern according to the rules used by the libc glob function, which is similar to the rules used by common shells. It is nice, but it works for the current directory only. If you need function to search whole directory subtree, then it can be done with few lines more.

Create thumbnail with PHP (2)

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In this post you will find how to create thumbnail images with PHP. Function uses GD library so it doesn’t depend on installed utilities like ImageMagick. On the other hand, you will have to install php-gd module – “yum install php-gd”. Function will resize JPEG, PNG and GIF images, while PNG and GIF without losing their transparency.

Create thumbnail with PHP (1)

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PHP can be used to create and manipulate image files in a variety of different image formats. This post shows how to create thumbnail image in the same directory as the original image. Instead of GD library, I used utilities from ImageMagick suite of tools so your PHP shouldn’t have a GD module installed.

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