4th January 2010

jQuery document ready bug in Safari / WebKit

There is an issue with the jQuery 1.3.2 document ready function in WebKit based browsers that which can cause numerous problems if you are manipulating the DOM, in my situation getting the width / height of an element.

Using the .width() and .height() methods were working fine in every other browser but Safari, which I thought was a little bit odd. After trying to come up with an alternative method of coding calculating the heights and comparing them in FireBug and Web Inspector, I set about Googling the problem. Read More

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10th September 2009

Today I wrote my first JavaScript tutorial

Today saw the launch of SixCrayons.com, a new design blog focussing on six main categories of front end web development, from design to additional enhancements using scripting languages such as Flash and JavaScript.

Although I have a hand in the majority of categories, JavaScript is something I have a keen interest in and was asked to write a short tutorial on a JS related subject. Read More

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2nd March 2009

JS preload image 'bug' in Opera

I have recently attempted to load an image in JavaScript (using jQuery) and once loaded get it’s dimensions.

Using the following code I managed to successfully read the width and height properties in FireFox 2/3, IE 6/7, Windows Safari 3/4 and Google Chrome, but the dimensions were not available in Opera (10). Read More

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Hi, my name is Steve and this is my blog. I am a web developer based in the United Kingdom. I like (X)HTML, CSS, Flash, ActionScript3, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, [paste trendy words here] and Mapping APIs.

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