Category: Snippets

Using toggle javascripts to build an FAQ page.

Posted on October 19, 2009 by ellen

FAQ pages are sometimes requested in our learning modules so we’ve built in the scripts to create an easy- to-read, easy-to-use FAQ by applying simple CSS classes to elements on the page. When the FAQ page loads, all the questions appear in a collapsed view which can be quickly scanned.

On clicking any question, its associated answer expands and pushes the rest of the questions down. When another question is clicked, the first answer closes and the new answer opens up.

Here’s how to add this type of FAQ to your own HTML pages.

A better way to make a custom WordPress-style Flickr badge

Posted on October 9, 2009 by ellen

I just found this while experimenting with the Flickr badgemaker. It’s a much more customizable way to get nice results than the method I posted earlier. Go to: Create your own Flickr badge and make

JW FLV player that switches playlists on the fly

Posted on October 3, 2009 by ellen

The JW FLV player is a versatile, customizable and scriptable flash video player, available from Longtailvideo.com. The player was recently upgraded, and many details in the scripting and playlists had to change to remain compatible. I’m posting examples of some of the players I’ve created lately, using the latest version of the player and SWFObject.

Versions

Player: JW FLV player 4.6

SWFObject: 2.1

Red5 Streaming server using RTMPT or RTMP

This is an example of a current-version player that changes playlists on the fly when you click a link or button.

I can’t show you a working demo because I don’t have an external Red5 server but here is how it looks. When the page loads, the player loads the first playlist.

JW FLV player 4.6: Two or more players on a page

Posted on October 3, 2009 by ellen

The JW FLV player is a versatile, customizable and scriptable flash video player, available from Longtailvideo.com. The player was recently upgraded, and many details in the scripting and playlists had to change to remain compatible. Since it can be difficult to figure out the details of the necessary changes, I’m posting examples of some of the players I’ve created lately, using the latest version of the player and SWFObject.

Versions

Player: JW FLV player 4.6
SWFObject: 2.1
Red5 Streaming server using RTMPT or RTMP

This is an example of how to put two or more JW FLV players on a page, side by side. I can’t show you a working demo because I don’t have an external Red5 server but here is how it looks.

Make your own custom code for a WordPress-style Flickr badge

Posted on February 24, 2009 by ellen

NOTE: This post has been superceded by a better method to create a custom badge posted here

To create a nicer looking Flickr badge, use Flickr’s badge creation tool to get the right user code and content codes for your badge.

Go to:
Create your own Flickr badge and make the selections as specified:

Execute an asp function within an HTML page using #exec

Posted on February 16, 2009 by ellen

While looking for more information on how Server Side Includes are implemented on IIS servers, I ran across the #exec directive. <!– #exec CommandType=CommandDescription–> #exec allows an HTML page to run an application (ASP application,

A SCORM-ready template: Part 2D. Create a Captions file for the JW Media Player

Posted on October 13, 2008November 30, 2013 by ellen

Creating a captions file

dotProject Recipe: Add journal entries from the project view page

Posted on July 2, 2008 by ellen

NOTE (07-02-08): The modified Journal module has now been updated to work with v. 2.x of dotProject.

J. Christopher Pereira created a journal module which is quite handy: it lets you add notes to projects – any type of note, without creating a task.

The module is very useful, but a coworker requested that we modify it so you could add a journal note without ever leaving the project view page. Instead of a new window opening to enter the journal note, you simply enter the note into a text box that is always visible on the project view page.

You just enter text in the new text field, hit “save”…

Getting the value of a variable on the opener page from a popup window

Posted on March 12, 2008 by ellen

How do you use javascript to get the value of a variable on the opener page, from a popup window? Use “window.opener.variablename“. This will work as long as the pages are in the same domain.

It consists of 2 pages. On the first page, a variable “timer” has been defined, and it automatically increments upward every 5 seconds. The current value is displayed in a div on the opener page.

Use ABCpdf to generate pdfs of multi-paged html documents

Posted on March 6, 2008 by ellen

I maintain a library of learning modules which are constantly under development and revision. Our users often want PDFs to print out or view off-line, but we can’t maintain up-to-date PDF’s of each module manually. We needed a way to make on-demand PDFs of whatever the current state of the module is when the pdf is requested.

After looking at many pdf solutions I settled on “ABCpdf ASP 6.0” by WebSuperGoo.com.

ABCpdf has the advantages of fairly low cost (about $400.00 for one server, or FREE if you link back to them), a better HTML-rendering engine than most, and an easy to learn API, so you can write custom dynamic PDF applications.