JavaScript Hashing
Thursday July 31, 2008
You can use MD5 or SHA1 encryption with JavaScript
One way encryption (or hashing) is possible with JavaScript. It is just not very useful since your visitors can always modify the ... Read More
Continuous Image Marquee
Tuesday July 29, 2008
There is no such thing as a marquee tag in HTML
Having something scrolling across your web page all by itself is a behaviour of the web page and so should ... Read More
Adding a Map
Monday July 28, 2008
Google Maps can be added unobtrusively to a web page
Once you have an API you can add Google Maps to any web page that is on the domain that you ... Read More
Ending Values
Sunday July 27, 2008
JavaScript can validate any part of the input field
It isn't only the start of a text string that we can validate for being one of specific values. In the twelfth ... Read More
Plain Text Please
Saturday July 26, 2008
JavaScript requires a plain text editor
One problem that a lot of people who are new to JavaScript have when following the instructions on how to copy someone's script onto their ... Read More
Javascript and JScript
Friday July 25, 2008
Most JavaScript can also run as JScript.
JavaScript and JScript are two different programming languages. JavaScript runs in most web browsers with the most popularly used exception being Internet Explorer. JScript ... Read More
The Three Parts of JavaScript
Thursday July 24, 2008
JavaScript can be divided into three parts
Different sets of standards apply to each of the three parts of JavaScript and support for the given standards for each part can vary ... Read More
onclick
Tuesday July 22, 2008
clicking on something is the most common way your visitors will run your JavaScript
There are several different ways that an onclick event handler can be attached into your web ... Read More
Google Maps - Get an API
Monday July 21, 2008
The Google Maps service uses JavaScript to define what map appears on the page
The easiest way of adding a map to any web site is to use the ones provided ... Read More
Starting Values
Sunday July 20, 2008
What does it start with?
In the eleventh form validation tutorial we look at how we can test that a field starts with one of a specific set of values.
Starting Values
Numbers to Words
Saturday July 19, 2008
Convert numbers to Words with JavaScript.
JavaScript does an excellent job of being able to manipulate numbers and even provides some quite advanced mathematical functions. What happens though when you want ... Read More
Convert to Roman Numerals
Friday July 18, 2008
JavaScript can display the answer in roman numerals
Sometimes displaying a number on your web page as a normal number just doesn't look right. Sometimes it may be more appropriate to ... Read More
Formatting Numbers
Thursday July 17, 2008
The format JavaScript wants to work with isn't always the same as the format you want to display the result in.
To be able to process numbers in JavaScript they must ... Read More
Unobtrusive Add to Favourites
Tuesday July 15, 2008
JavaScript can add to the page when a feature is supported and not add when it isn't.
Having an "Add to Favourites" link is popular with people just starting out writing ... Read More
Minimum and Maximum Distance
Sunday July 13, 2008
How far apart are specific characters? Find out with JavaScript
Continuing with our look at validating text input fields using JavaScript, the tenth tutorial in the form validation series looks at ... Read More
Choosing Prebuilt Scripts
Saturday July 12, 2008
You don't need to learn JavaScript to be able to use it.
There are lots of places on the web where you can obtain JavaScripts that have already been written and ... Read More
Inline Tooltips
Friday July 11, 2008
JavaScript can update the information in the page to explain what your visitors don't understand
Some people prefer that additional details about a term or link on their web page be ... Read More
Javascript and XHTML
Thursday July 10, 2008
You can embed JavaScript into XHTML if you absolutely must
XHTML treats embedded Javascript code slightly differently from the way HTML does. You need a small piece of extra code to ... Read More
Popups and Blockers
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Reduce the chance of your JavaScript popup windows getting blocked.
All browsers now come with a popup blocker to block popup windows opened automatically by JavaScript. Unfortunately some are not as ... Read More
Referencing Form Fields
Thursday July 3, 2008
Form field names are used to pass the information to the server
The names that you give to the fields in your form in order for the server side processing to ... Read More
location Reference
Tuesday July 1, 2008
JavaScript can interact with the address of the current page
The location object provides JavaScript with not only access to read the various pieces of information from the current page address ... Read More

