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Archive 2017 (News & Updates)
These are the news archives for projects I was involved with during 2017.
Santa's sleigh got an upgrade | 4th Dec 17
Last year's Christmas story (with Santa sleigh progress bar) got a big upgrade. In fact, the whole page was revamped with festive animations galore!
Blog: Defer imgs until scrolled-to | 7th Nov 17
Defer the loading of images until they're scrolled into the viewport. Here's a simple lazy-loading image script to make web pages load much faster.
Scroll wide tables automatically | 5th Oct 17
Are wide tables breaking your web page layouts, particularly on mobile? Wrap a scrolling container around them automatically with this JS function.
Responsive DHFS VLE launched | 4th Sep 17
Over the summer, I've been working on a new Virtual Learning Environment for Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School. All ready to go for the new school term!
Blog: Convert anchors to spans | 21st Aug 17
Read my latest entry in the blog; Remove the rogue href generated by LinkAdv's id field in Moodle's Atto editor, and convert anchors to spans.
HMS Testimonials updated | 7th Aug 17
It looks like business is booming (or should that be "blooming"?) for HMS Garden Design. Customer testimonals received, and content duly updated.
Fast Logs WYSIWYG editor upgrade | 20th Jul 17
Fast Logs has been updated with the latest version of TinyMCE 3.x (v3.5.12). Grab a copy to benefit from browser compatibility fixes in the entry editor.
Fast Feed WYSIWYG editor upgrade | 29th Jun 17
Fast Feed has been updated with the latest version of TinyMCE 3.x (v3.5.12). Grab a copy to benefit from browser compatibility fixes in the entry editor.
Fast Cal WYSIWYG editor upgrade | 16th Jun 17
Fast Cal has been updated with the latest version of TinyMCE 3.x (v3.5.12). Grab a copy to benefit from browser compatibility fixes in the entry editor.
Blog: Element scrolled into viewport | 31st May 17
Read my latest entry in the blog; Add a class to a target-element when a trigger-element scrolls to an arbitrary distance from the top of the viewport.
Open External Links in New Window | 19th May 17
Use this JS function when you can't edit your menu to put target="_blank" on external links. You can optionally open sub-domains in a new window too.
Fast Edit BE mobile layout upgrade | 8th May 17
The demo website template in the download pack for Fast Edit BE has been updated with a simple responsive layout. This is just a front-end update.
Fast Edit mobile menu upgrade | 5th May 17
The demo website template in the download packs for Fast Edit v1 and Fast Edit Mini/ Micro has been updated with a responsive menu and layout.
Blog: Highlight Current Menu Button | 21st Apr 17
Read my latest entry in the blog; Here's how to highlight the menu button for the currently viewed web page, with a small amount of JS.
Full Height Split Scrolling Panels | 5th Apr 17
This CSS-only demo uses viewport units for full height panels on any screen. Additionally, the left sides are fixed size, while the right sides scroll.
Blog: Form spambot observation | 27th Mar 17
Read my latest entry in the blog; On pages with multiple forms, only the first form gets spammed. Can we use this as a simple anti-spam precaution?
Fast Edit WYSIWYG editor upgrade | 16th Mar 17
All versions of Fast Edit have been upgraded with the latest version of TinyMCE 3.x (v3.5.12). Fast Edit v1 also has fixes for a few stray errors.
'SiteShow' history improvements | 7th Mar 17
I've made some small JS changes so that the slides for the fullscreen 'Siteshow' now update without affecting or adding to the browser history.
Fast Cal 'new entry' security fix | 22nd Feb 17
A security fix has been added to Fast Cal to stop entries from being created or deleted inside the WYSIWYG edit window via manual query strings.
Fast Edit v1 'no delete' security fix | 9th Feb 17
A fix has been applied to Fast Edit v1 to prevent the home page from being deleted or hidden via manual query strings in the WYSIWYG edit window.
Blog: Case against flipping pages | 30th Jan 17
Read my latest entry in the blog; The case against online page flipping publications - the humble PDF and/or responsive web design, does it better.
Fast Feed 'new entry' security fix | 25th Jan 17
A security fix has been added to Fast Feed to stop entries from being created or deleted inside the WYSIWYG edit window via manual query strings.
Fast Edit BE save snippet bugfix | 19th Jan 17
A recent error has been fixed in Fast Edit BE (Snippet Manager) that was preventing changes to edited snippets from being saved on some systems.
Fast Logs 'new entry' security fix | 5th Jan 17
A security fix has been added to Fast Logs to stop entries from being created or deleted inside the WYSIWYG edit window via manual query strings.