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Webform PDF Module

lefnire — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:01:57 -0700

My second Drupal contrib module! From the summary on the project page:

This module allows users to upload PDFs, whose form-fields will be used to automatically generate a Webform. Later, users can download the populated PDFs from Webform submissions.
This module is useful if you need to be able to dowload your Webform documents in PDF format, especially if you have to adhere to a strict document structure.

Dynamic table rows & JS frameworks

lefnire — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:04 -0700

Recently I've had to do some work applying effects to tabular data using jQuery. Turns out jQuery's not too good at applying effects (sliding, fading, etc) to table rows (discussion about this problem here). Frustrated, I decided to have a go at jQuery's dreaded competitor frameworks (I'm one of those Drupal/jQuery-fits-all kinda guys).

Drop Cap Module

lefnire — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:35:39 -0700

My first contrib module! The Drupal project page can be found at http://drupal.org/project/dropcap.

Per Karl Swedberg's Article, this module creates a drop cap from the first letter of user-specified paragraphs. The user designates jQuery selectors (ex, "#main_content p") whose first letter will be replaced with a drop cap.

GabLibs

lefnire — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:24:42 -0700

Hah, random blog-entry, but a fun lil' side-note.

Remember Mad Libs from your childhood? During some heavy-duty procrastination time while working on a project, I created a community-driven online Mad Libs. Obviously needs work, but it's just basic Drupal with some CCK + Views... was going to create a custom filter, but it didn't work out too hot so I just hack-filtered in hook_nodeapi (I know, I know...).

Anyway, add some words & paragraphs, I wanna see some funny libs!

Sha-wing!

pjohnson — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:28:24 -0700

Learning Microsoft Visual Studio and free downloads too!

Web Form Logic in Drupal

lefnire — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:05:22 -0700

A recent client requested a user-friendly (aka, web interface) means for creating web forms, logical workflow between forms and form-pages, and user-specified actions to invoke upon completion of these forms. What I'm getting at here is a solution comparable to Form Assembly, JotForm, and Wufoo.

Web Accessible Tool Bars

pjohnson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:38:47 -0700

Among one of the most common web tool bar Firebug, there are a lot of other tool bars that can aid a web developer with some insight for web accessibility.
What am I talking about?

Programming Tip of the Day!

lefnire — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:40:55 -0800

I'm a big fan of RSS. I rarely have time for reading entire blog entries, which is why Google Reader is a boon for skimming blog teasers. I think my favorite RSS subscriptions are the one-liners, "tips of the day," they're called. For example, I've got my Spanish phrase of the day, health tip of the day, and so on. I've always thought programming lends itself perfectly to feeds like this, something like a "script snippet of the day," or "MySQL query of the day," etc. You learn the Zen of programming from reading a beginner's book and you master a language by using it.

Dive Into Web Development: An Introduction

monarch508 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:24:42 -0800

Learning anything new from scratch is a daunting task; especially if you know little about the task at hand. This difficulty is only amplified if you have no one to turn to for advice or a helping hand. This is the exact feeling I got when I thought about trying to learn how to design and develop web pages and web applications. If it was not for the help and encouragement of some of my friend on this site I would have been much more reluctant to approach the task. Hopefully we can extend that same helping hand to those who need it and stumble upon our site.

Kuler Colors

pjohnson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:14:59 -0800

I have always found it difficult to come up with colors that matched right and slick in my experiences with creating site designs. Why can't there be an easier way, without having to study too much into color theory and all that?

Well, I found a site where one can accomplish a fantasy such as that.

The site is called Kuler from adobe.