Archive of HTML

11Sep2009
Using Regular Expressions with Dreamweaver’s Find and Replace Thumbnail

Using Regular Expressions with Dreamweaver’s Find and Replace

Having had the pleasureable task of cleaning up code, I've found using regular expressions with Dreamweaver's Find and Replace tool to be a lifesaver. Say you have several links on a page that need to be updated so they all point to the same url. Instead of manually changing every link, we'll let Dreamweaver's Find and Replace tool and regular expressions automate this for us.

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05Apr2009
Fullsize, a new jQuery lightbox plugin and IMG Attribute Thumbnail

Fullsize, a new jQuery lightbox plugin and IMG Attribute

Fullsize is an attempt to add a new IMG attribute called "fullsize" in the next version of HTML. The idea is simple; create a standardized solution by which browsers handle the image popups rather than javascript/AJAX. Whenever the fullsize attribute is found within the img tag, browsers would tackle the heavy lifting, generating a popup of the full size image.

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19Mar2009
Easily convert characters to HTML entities Thumbnail

Easily convert characters to HTML entities

Posting code within a comment or post can often be a royal pain! Converting every instance of an HTML bracket from "<" and ">" to "&lt;" and "&gt;", is not only frustrating but a complete waist of time. Fortunately, there are a few websites out there that will do the dirty work for us.

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