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content editable p tag with spell check enabled
im not sure how this is useful, but you can set a p element to content editable so you can change its contents and then also set the spellcheck to true so the browser knows that it should run its spel..
making the search page nicer
Sometimes i dont even notice things like this, as i look at them all day and go, ah yeah thats a search box. I forget that all these things can be fixed. Anyway, even just adding this form to a..
get yesterdays date with javascript
This gets todays date and minuses one day from it to be ... yesterday. let yesterday = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-1));console.log(yesterday); This format is the full da..
make a nice readable date using a timestamp string function make_nice_date
handy if you have a timestamp like this: 2022-01-10 00:12:42 and want it to look a bit nicer. like this... 12:19 am, January 10, 2022
Use destructuring assignment within the argument to the function half to send only max and min inside the function.
this seems like a tricky one, can be resolved with removing the stats array reference. Im not sure how it still knows to access the stats array. I dont know how that is correct as the console just lo..
Hello world in C and seeing what it is actually doing
One of the most simple C applications, how to compile it and how to objdump it. C #include int main() { int i; for(i=0;i < 10; i++) { puts("Hello Mac\n"); } return ..
Console Tips and Tricks
Here are some quick commands for the console. Getting to the console in your browser Press F12 and Find the console tab. That little blue > there is the console. this is in brave or chrome, bu..
php post data back to a url with a function
this function uses curl to post back data to a url, this acts like a _POST form request from within a function. Function usage: $url the url to post the data back to e.g: $url = "https://kruxor.co..
How to Access Props Using this.props in React
If you would like to access a class component prop within its self you can do this using the this keyword.
How to Pass Props to a Stateless Functional Component in React
Props are like properties that you can pass into a component in react. A prop would be something like this in your component. JSX <div> <MyProp id="1234" /></div> The..
Changing the default hero image based on the category name [not yet done]
This is more of a todo item, at the moment the hero image uses the same image for every post unless a hero is specified for each, i would also like to set the default image per category so if the post..
How to Create a React Component using the ES6 class method
One way to add a react component is to use the Stateless Functional Component method, and another way is to use the ES6 extends syntax. This method seems more complex than the 1st for some reason mayb..
How do Self-Closing JSX Tags Work?
So in JSX all the tags must be closed, other wise it can break the element. for example: <div> must have a closing </div> and also for elements like <br> and <hr> must include..
How to Define a HTML Class in JSX in React
When writing JSX you cant add classes like you would in HTML so this code would not work: JSX <div class="my-class"></div> Instead we have to use className. JSX uses camel case for a l..
adding react to a website in 3 steps
i was just researching how to add react to a website, and i thought i would need babel to translate or compile the JSX code, but apparently you do not need this... So ill test this here and see..
list group bootstrap template
this generates a bootstrap list group basic template layout, nice option for lists with links in them rather than using a ul li style list, this makes them into neater looking elements so rather than ..
twitter social sharing meta tags
I had done this one so many times on client sites I actually forgot that i had not applied it to my own site! Doh! Anyway this is the tag setup i use for adding the title, url, author and featured im..
responsive three box section with tabular data or table data
here is a section in foundation with 3 hero boxes with images on top, and then a title and some tabular (is that the same as table?) data in each box, so could be good for some kinda products and then..
How to record your own page views with PHP, and make them into weekly monthly and yearly charts
Building a better Simple Page View Counter Currently this site has a very basic view counter on it. Here is how it currently works. Load the page, function checks if the page has a existing r..
ken burns slow image zoom
No i had never heard of Ken Burns either, but hey i like the zoom effects. Slow Zooom...
twitter json feed testing
just testing using the Twitter Post Fetcher script, seems to be working well.
function to load one latest item with a start val load_latest_single_num
This is the same as load oldest item based on insdate then update the insdate to now - load_latest_single_update but it allows you to add a start number to the range, so allows you to access the 2nd, ..
moving the hits widget into the post header and footer
I wanted to make a smaller deal of the views page widget, i was adding it as a full widget and it does not need to be that huge so moving from widget area to the top of the post. Move it down..
creating embedded php code from a database field
i actually dont know why i didnt think of doing this earlier, i already have the php code field in these code articles. I thought why not embed this code into an actual file and then run it as a test..
center mode slick zoom testing
update : this is a tricky one to get working! I have done a lot of testing on this one, and got a demo working from a combination of the following links. the demo is still not 100% styled, but its..
gallery carousel center mode
i found this one here, looks cool. see if i can get it working like the demo. currently getting this error on running the script i wonder if this is caused by a document ready issue? what is..
button with separated chevron
I have come across this kind of button format a few times now in various designs and the html and css for it is a bit different to normal button formats I have found. Chevron Detached Button Ex..
still more comment spam
this is getting annoying now. so much spam. i already have the google recapture, but spam is still getting through. who runs this stuff, bots i guess. annoying. update: 10 August 2021 Still..
split a string into links using the comma
this is a common function for some field data, lets say you have a string like this. category one, category two, another category in one field or string but i want it to display like this category ..
add some foundation tabs working example
they show the tabs here on the example page, but there is no full working code... for some reason. So i thought i would add one here. Hmm foundation makes this site look weird, and very bright! :P ..
vertically align text within a fixed height div using flex
this can be used to make text align nicely while still keeping the same layout. the example below shows how you can set the height of the containing element and still have the text aligned center to ..
how to view a web page in its printer format
if you have to check a website in its print or @media print format this is how you can emulate it in browser if you are using chrome or edge. Open the Dev Tools (usually F12) Click the menu ..
old browser check with javascript
modified from this script i console logged all the items available so you can do what you need with them these are the avilable variables Javascript console.log(browser.agent);console.log(browser...
404 Error Page Codepen
found this in my links the other day, still looks cool...
weird search results being recorded
i noticed some weird search results being recorded like this: the search function should only be recording a result if it finds a result, so this should not be added unless it can actually find thi..
use a list group for listing by category page [todo]
change this to a list group, should make it neater. Page to update: https://kruxor.com/list-category/code/ so for some reason this is listed using this function PHP $list_wiki_menu = $clas..
change this to a list group - other items
Other item format is a bit average, list group should fix this. This uses the template: core-list-item-simple.html So we can change this a bit to the list group format. Which i..
hero widget header - creates a nice looking hero item from a target uid and class
this creates a "nice" looking hero widget, just wanted to create something that looked decent and had an attached background image, surprizingly annoying to link items together. For some reason i kee..
counting the occurrence of words in a multidimensional array
array sorting example The array Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Some [1] => great-looking [2] => special [3] => editio..
json load from jquery and loop through the results
this is the same as this post but i have added the object to an external test file. so rather than already having the object data on the page we have to load it somehow Note: you can test that the o..
passing in arrays to your functions rather than using variables
this is probably an old technique, but i discovered it the other day when i was playing around, and i thought wow i should do this to all my functions, i cant see the downside, apart from having to re..
validate an email address from a form field - version 2
This javascript function will check if the email address in the text box has an @ and a . in it and return a message saying if its valid or not. This is pretty basic as it only includes checkin..
add a toast alert when logging in with half moon
example of adding a document dom ready wait and then the script that launches a new toast message just adapting a php cms using halfmoon as the ui, its quite nice. a bit bright in non dark mod..
css double page document preview with shadow
two div elements that look like blank documents with drop shadows
adding a background image to the titles of the dark mode card on this page
Just wanted to see what it would look like if i added some kinda image to the background of the titles. Side Note: i wonder if its a bad idea to add images that are uploaded to imgur rather than to t..
zoom background of element when active
I just wanted to see if something like this zoom was possible but just using the background image and leaving the foreground content in the element with no zoom. https://kruxor.com/view/code/kM..
add click event to multiple link items and load the link content into a target div ajax
this will get a group of links with existing href targets and load them dynamically with an ajax callback you will need to also include the full jquery script as the slim one does not include the aja..
add click event to multiple link items
this allows you to get every a element in a-div class and stop the link from loading, so you can do other things with it like run a function or something else Functions used: Javascript Wait for th..
inline form field padding
I noticed this when doing this demo (get the value of an input form element). Looks like inline form elements look pretty average when a button is added to the same line. i think this should..
linux list all drives and partitions
the following command will list all drives and partitions in your shell BASH sudo lsblk -o UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,MODEL It should look something like this depending on your drive se..
adding background blur to an image using css fill screen
I had noticed this cool looking effect used on places like google, and other sites that display portrait images, i think i saw it on the google home as well or maybe google photos. Its basicall..
how to check the temperature of the pi using command line
to get the temperature of the pi in shell or command line type the following: BASH vcgencmd measure_temp This measures the GPU temperature. Which should generate something like this: To get the..
how to check linux kernel version on rasberry pi rasberian
You can check which linux kernel version on rasberry pi a couple of ways, the easiest is using the uname command BASH uname -r which should give you something like this (but probably not exactly th..
how to find what version pi you are using
So i was wondering the other day how to show what raberry pi i had, rather than opening it up. you can install lshw and it can list all your hardware Install it with BASH uname -r which should gi..
calculate a percentage (dec) difference based on two numbers
I wrote this function a while ago, but im not actually sure what its suppost to do, so ill test it here and see what it returns. I think after running this function it returns the differents in perce..
jquery page search [testing]
just testing this one at the moment for a in page search. Based on this: https://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/ExgqWab I would like to adapt this code to search through page elements and ma..
TortoiseSVN for updating wordpress plugins
For updating wordpress plugins, and probably other SVN related stuff, i found that using TortoiseSVN is the easiest. For windows anyway. Just go to the downloads page, and pick the correct flav..
install codemirror for textareas [added]
i think rather than editing all the code using just a plain textarea element it might be nice to have codemirror format them nicer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21085170/codemirror-how-to-insta..
using multiple text shadow
sometimes you want to use more than one text shadow, like if you want one with 2px on the bottom left and then one with 2px on the top right, so you can get a full outline or a more even shadow on you..
animate and zoom six elements on a timer [addClass, removeClass, setTimeout]
set of six elements that i wanted to highlight using a simple setTimeout and the addClass and removeClass this also involves some css changes to get this working i would also like in the fut..
fix view page for search links [reported]
its still showing raw data on these view pages e.g https://kruxor.com/view/search_links/KJYU0/mt-maunganui/ Looks like that example is already out of date, here is a new one: https://kruxor..
linking search results to view pages [finished] 🤣
I was thinking it might be useful to link the search term to the page, so that it can be found more easily using that search. For example, Link this search text (somehow) to the post page and display..
change the cursor to a pointer for an element
i find this class quite useful if you are adding a javascript click event to an element, and need the mouse to look like its a click item rather than just a normal item. If you mouse over the test ..
badge placement is offset in list pages [fixed]
Another bug caused by the badge changes I think this can be added to a grid as well, and have the category on the left and the date on the right. Then need to align the category badge nicer. ..
How to add jquery to squarespace site
I dont use square space, but if i did and i wanted to use jquery in it. This is where i would add it... ;) Settings > Code Injection > Header Then add your script, like this one:
CSS Grid Frame Work
8 Dec 2020 Yes i dont have an cool names for it, I just wanted something fairly light that can replace the bootstrap and foundation grid and basic components that i use so often, some of these framew..
using jquery appear for checking if an element is visible on screen
Yes.. sometimes i like using jquery as well, as it can make things so easy! :) Here is a quick demo using the JQuery Appear plugin so make an element change if it on or off screen. Plugin Link..
css perspective and transform css properties testing
i wanted to see what i could do using the perspective and transform css properties. i dont really get how the perspective one works, but you can tweak it so it doesent look too weird. with the ..
Fix Hover Over color on list group dark mode in bootstrap
How to fix the problem when switching to dark mode, the list group item text disappears when active. Here is what it currently looks like. To fix this we need to target the element and force the..
setting up css variables in your stylesheet
Using css variables at the start of your stylesheet can make things down the road much easier to change. You can also use it for more complex variables like drop shadow settings as shown below. ..
generating all css colours with php?
I was looking at doing this just to generate all css colours, i think the only issue is there is a lot! You can do this with rgb(0,0,0) all the way up to rgb(255,255,255) how many seperate colours is..
extracting the useful bits of bootstrap
Back in the early instances of bootstrap they used to provide a build system for the individual components. It seems that these days its all or nothing, or use some kind of build tool to include the b..
simple usage for php password_hash
password_hash is used to generate a hash for a password. using this in its simple form can be good for generating a hash from some text like the following code.
switching stack order of floats with flex
responsive stacking, changing the order of how they stack. so by default they should stack in order they are listed in, like if the pink box is 1st then it should stack on top of the blue box when it ..
bold the numbers in a ol li list
sounds like an easy thing to do, but maybe not so simple. you can do this using the counter css element. code below:
get element by class name with javascript and change it function
You may have seen the get element by id in javascript, which is great when there is only one element but what if you need to get the element using its class name The issue with classes is that they c..
fixing the website footer and making it less ugly
Here i show you in a couple of steps how to make the footer on this site look nicer, while actually doing it. Here is what the footer currently looks like. Yep pretty average looking. Lets add a ..
tar.gz to compress a directory in linux and then decompress it
a pretty common way to zip up contents in a directory into one (or technically two) archive(s). Add to tar.gz This will add the directory and all sub directories into the archive called the-archiv..
making var_dump look nice
i was var_dumping an array the other day, and it comes out like a massive string you cant read. a fast way to make this readable is just to add some pre tags to it.
using let and const example
This example uses let and const rather than just vars, let can only be declaired once rather than overwritten like vars and const is a read only variable so it cant be changed.
Custom 12 Grid using CSS Grid
For a while i have been using frameworks for their easy grid systems, like foundation and bootstrap. I guess this is a bit lazy and very bloated as you are loading the full css library and using about..
template for testing and live reloading html files
this is a template that i use while testing flat html files, if you add it to a server it will live reload. this does seem to cause issues depending on the site that is is used on, like reloading all ..
Radial Click Effect
shows the radial click effect like in the material design, so when you click a button it will show a click at that area with a nice animation. Uses CSS and javascript to generate this effect.
toggle div function with chevron up down toggle
showing an example of chevron toggles kinda like a manual accordion
remove the first element in an array with shift
like pop but shift does the 1st element in an array
CSS Grid - Basic Columns
Here is a basic demo showing the usage for css grid columns. You just need to add the display:grid property and then add the grid-template-columns: adding the size of each column, adding a value for e..
using flexbox to align elements in a row
flexbox is so good at aligning elements, yes i used to use float left and then percentages and overflow auto or hidden the surrounding div, but now with flex you can just do something like this.
Cut a string when it finds a certain character with PHP
ok so lets say we have a string like this: Hi there im a string. I am also part of the same string. And we want to shorten the above string into just: Hi there im a string. This is what i wo..
function to create a uid from html
this function converts a html string into a uid or unique id type string, its not actually unique, but its a string that can be used to make the title of something that contains html into a usable str..
Using nth-child css to hide list items or repeated elements
Lets say that i have a list like this: <div class='my-awesome-list'><div class='a-list-item'>yay im a list item</div><div class='a-list-item'>yay im a list item</div><..
How Many Days Since a Date and other Calculations
Here i calculate the number of days since a certain date in php and use the values for checking how much something costs per day. Start Date Lets add the date that the item was purchaced. In d..
image Checkbox Replacement for Forms
Some sites like to be a bit tricky and have some complicated form checkbox replacement which is not all that hard, just can be a bit annoying as you have to extract the images for this to work. Demo ..
echo todays date and time in a nice format
This will produce some thing like this: 19 December 2018 @ 10:12
generate a random color rgb code with php
this code will generate a random color every time its loaded using the rand function in php and generate something like this. .random-color { color:rgb(111,222,111); } PHP Code <?php ..
replace anything in brackets in a string using preg_replace regex php
Lets say we have a string like this hi there im a string (not really a string). and we want to remove this bit (not really a string) We can do this using the following regex (preg_replace) $strin..
Get the document root path in php $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
I ususally use this one if i am linking to files in the server document root folder rather than specifying ../directory/include.file.php i will use something like this: $document_root = $_..
remove all of an element in a string <h1>
good if you want to remove all of the instances of an element in a string like if you have a <h1> tag in your string and want to remove it you can use the following code. $additional = "some te..
wordpress change domain in config, wordpress domain config
When moving wordpress sites around the place its usually easiest to change the domain like this. add these to your wp-config.php file define('WP_HOME','http://newsite.com'); define('WP_SITEURL','ht..
using parse_url to extract parts of a url
Category: PHP the parse_url php function will split a url into an array of url fragments $url = "http://kruxor.com/path/?argument=value#anchor"; var_dump(parse_url($url)); parse_url example ..
wordpress enqueue slicknav and slick slider
add this to your theme scripts functions file here is the full one from HTML5 Blank // Load HTML5 Blank scripts (header.php) function html5blank_header_scripts() { if ($GLOBALS['pagenow'] != ..
using custom request headers array with curl
this function passes in an array with custom request headers to curl, good if you need to pass in some headers to request an api url and give it an auth key or something like that. Also added to the a..
google map with overlay data
Ever wanted to add a really slightly complex google map to your site? Working Example /* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div * element that con..
truncate string using jquery
.test { padding:10px;border:1px solid #999;border-radius: 3px; } so lets say we had the following string on the page and we needed to make it a bit shorter for some reason. like if you dont have co..
detect window scroll position jquery
This one adds or removes a class if the document is scrolled 50 px near the top of the window. $(window).scroll(function() { if ($(document).scrollTop() > 50) { $('nav').addClass('shrink');..
load google sheet data into json string with jquery
Just discovered this the other day, you can actually export google sheets data into json format and load it directly into your site, how good is that. A free mini basic database! Initially i was lo..
do something later with settimeout or loop with setinterval
setTimeout This one will run a certain time after the document loads. So if i want to execute something 5 seconds (or so) after the page loads i would do this. You will need to check your console..
clipboard copy js
for copying things to the clipboard, like the click to copy. Basic Usage Include the script <script src="js/clipboard.min.js"></script> add a field to copy to the clipboard..
json loop load elements
Loading json content from a url can be tricky, there are a few different things you need to watch out for. Here is some examples using an example json feed. Load the feed this will load the feed and..
stacktable jQuery plugin for stacking tables on small screens
stacktable.js The purpose of stacktable.js is to give you an easy way of converting wide tables to a format that will work better on small screens. It creates a copy of the table that is converted in..
using getElementById and innerHTML to change the html of content no jquery
this is pretty simple, but i always forget it so ill add it here document.getElementById("theid").innerHTML = "the new content"; heres how it works, add a div with an id of theid Example .. <d..
make any element editable
not sure if this will work on "all" or "any" elements, but it works on p tags. demo Type whatever you like here. code <p contenteditable="true" style='font-size:30px;'>Type whatever ..
random emojis copy and paste
Update: this is a better list that you can search by title ctrl + f emoji data Sometimes i like to copy and paste emojis, so here is a few you can copy. I probably need to organise this som..
copy image to data uri using chrome base64 encode
Update: 26 Aug 2020 - Fixed video and original image link all should be working now in chrome. Found this one useful if you want to convert an image to base64 encode and link it directly in css or ht..
flexbox layout template
thought i would see what a full page example layout would be like using flexbox rather than floats Using this for flexbox reference flexbox layout Note: tested working in ie11.. yay.
del
So i was wondering how to add a line through text like this. <del>text<del/> You can also use <strike> or <s>. But as these are depreciated its better to use the <del..
bootstrap styled buttons
Just in-case you would like the shiny (flat/rounded) blue buttons from bootstrap without all the css. Example Button add the class btn and btn-primary to your link An Example Primary Button (bt..
embed and use a ttf font font face
Handy if google fonts does not have your required font and you have the correct licence for showing it on your site... ;) css /* Include the font, you can call it whatever you like */ @font-face ..
transitions and the easy way to apply them
Would you like your element to transition nicely? well you can do it in about 1 line of css. .transition { transition: all 2s; } This is the one I usually use, as its not too slow. transitio..
css grid for layouts with no rows
I had a look at this recently, but my previous example still used rows for a grid, which apparently is not the correct way of using css grids. I think the issue (I had) with css grid is it seems co..
css grid for layouts and how to use it
Note: Added version 2 of this with no rows for the grid css grid for layouts with no rows so there is this thing called the CSS Grid Layout, and apparently we dont need a framework for grids anymore...
recreate marquee element using css
as the marquee element has been removed from html5 (which is probably a good thing) its now unsupported, but you can use css and keyframes to recreate it. Yay.. CSS Marquee Demo Some Marquee ..
click through an overlay element pointer events
This one is usefull if you have an element overlapping another element and you want the one underneath to be clickable, like positioning an image over the top of a slider with controls underneath it. ..
remove border glow css from textarea on select
how to remove the glow around a text area when selected or in focus using css. Text Area Highlight Here is what it looks like just to show you where the textarea is while editing, but can look m..
material design icons google font
you can just link to this like a font in your header how do we use the icons? <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet"> this one should ..
flex align center vertical horizontal
lets say you have a box within another box, like so: .box { height:500px; width:500px; background:#CCC; } .another-box { height:50px; width:50px; background:#999; } ..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds
Update: Fixed the code, you can see it here. i deal with a lot of sites where they have a bunch of images listed and sometimes they can end up looking a bit sqashed unless you add a div and set..
use font awesome on elements lists ul
good if you need to use font awesome in list items like ul lists, etc. .element { position: relative; } /*replace the content value with the corresponding value from the list below*/ ..
stack a table using css responsive
this can be useful for fitting tables into smaller screens, usually add this to a media query. #tableid td { display: table-row; width:100%; display:block; } and with a screen size added @me..
check the server method post or get using php
Here is a basic usage method for checking if the server is in post or get mode. most normal pages are served in get mode. You can send data back to a page using get by adding variables to the string ..
