Tag: matt batchelder

  • Plugin: Sexy Comments v1.4 Released!

    [[innerindex]] Introduction This has been a long time coming and I am happy to announce the release of Sexy Comments v1.4! With this version comes a lot of changes…so be sure to read the installation section! Along with simple optimizations and general restructure, the following features are now available: Feature List Ajax comment preview (new…

  • WordPress Plugin: Sexy Comments

    Unhappy with my theme’s comment display, I recently re-coded a sexier comment display as a plugin so others can sexify their comments as well. Download the plugin. Features Forum-thread-like comment layout: User information to the left, comment to the right. Author post highlighting Altered Trackback/Pingback Display Formating Avatars Either display/hide avatars Select your avatar service…

  • The Ajax Experience

    Well, it seems my application for one of the 5 scholarships to The Ajax Experience has gotten through! w00t! The Ajax Experience is: Ajaxian and NoFluffJustStuff Java Symposiums (NFJS) are pleased to announce The Ajax Experience 2006 Fall Edition – Boston. We had a great time at the spring event in San Francisco, so we…

  • Remote JavaScripting Example – Part I

    [[innerindex]]At Plymouth State we work in a multi-server environment and often wish to display dynamic content from one server in an Ajax-like fashion on another server’s website. My co-worker, Zach Tirrell, and I have drummed up a solution that works to keep our layout and logic separate, while still serving our end users in a…

  • Finally. A Cool Looking Human Clone.

    After the success of cloning Dolly The Sheep, I am pleased to announce that scientists have finally perfected the Human clone. Check out the perfection as my clones check my tomato-mushroom-and-basil quiche, fetch me a cup of water, put bread in the breadbox, and place utensils in the dishwasher…all while I snapped their photo. All…

  • Writing Your Server-Side Ajax Handler

    [[innerindex]]In my recent post on ‘Ajax; Templating; and the Separation of Layout and Logic,’ I refer to an Ajax Handler that sits server side to handle Ajax calls. Some elaboration is in order. As I have stated in the past, I’m a huge fan of Prototype AND I choose PHP as my language of choice…so…

  • Ajax; Templating; and the Separation of Layout and Logic

    [[innerindex]] The Background I have often mentioned my process of expanding my proficiency of Ajax. Through my journey I have made a number of wrong turns and hit my share of stumbling blocks. All of that has been a learning experience and I’m learning still. I began fiddling with XMLHttpRequest as many do – blissfully…

  • MasterWish Enters the Web 2.0 World

    MasterWish has been my labor of love for the past 6 months. The site – create by Zachary Tirrell, Jon Emmons, and myself – was opened to the public (in beta mode) in the middle of September. Over the past month, we’ve been pretty excited about the whole Web 2.0 craze. The initial release was…

  • Juggling Knives

    Juggling Knives I used to juggle all the time. When I was a student at PSU, during the warm months I would hang out by Rounds Hall and juggle on the grass between classes simply as a fun, sometimes frustrating passtime. About a year ago I put my clubs an knives away and hadn’t touched…