card.html template

a card template with title, content and a mb-3 for bottom margin for usage with the php template system.

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..

loop to arr.length or array length

showing a simple loop that uses the length of the array to find the end of the loop. This just console logs each item in the array and stops the loop when it gets to the end of the array. 

center image preview with lightbox and caption

I just wanted a thumbnail or preview of the image, where if clicked it would load into a lightbox, but the preview just shows the center of whatever image is added to it.  Note: I just picked ra..

Create Strings using Template Literals

if you use the backtick to enclose your strings you no longer have to use \n for a new line.  For example: `this is a multiline ...string!!` Console Example

simple javascript no library accordion

a simple button and div based accordion with a toggled indicator

Using CSS Grid instead of Float's for a 3 column simple list

I have been in the habit of just using float:left and then width 31% with margin 1% for list items, and it seems to work fine usually.  But i thought i probably should update the defaults in by ..

Slick Slider Carousel with Custom Next and Prev Buttons

I had a slider the other day where i needed to attach some detached buttons, so added the following click events to control the next and previous events on the slider.  Note the class names: sli..

Add custom symbol to ul li list and align text items

Pick a symbol from here. Then you can copy and paste it into the following css to change the list symbol, for more unique looking list items.  If the list items dont align correctly you will nee..

button zoom effect with expanding background

Just playing around with zoom and background size effects on a promo button, if you change the background to 110% and then zoom to 1.1 you can see how the background appears to zoom out while the butt..

javascript try catch example function

try catch is a good way to stop errors breaking your javascript. here is the example from the firefox mozilla with a basic try catch logging the error to your console, rather than just breaking all t..

scroll left animation

sqlite fetchArray into another array

was having an issue when trying to return a multi array using sqlite over multiple rows. Stack Overflow Inspiration  I tried a few of these but it was not incrementing key, and also it was only..

how to join an array in javascript using the join method

This example shows how we can join an array into a string using the join method. Its a nice quick way to convert your array into a string with a delimiter such as , or ; Here we can see the test arr..

set a cookie on click and then check if the cookie is set and dont show that message again

this script shows a message, and if the message is closed it will set a cookie to not show that message again for 1 day.  The cookie in this example is set to expire in a day, so then if you com..

foundation three boxes with text align links to the bottom of element

For some reason i had the request to align the links in three boxes with different height text, not sure why they wanted them aligned, but i guess my task is not too question that but to fix it. ..

using css counter-increment to add numbering to elements

i just found this element in css where you can add numbering to elements, very handy to add counters and things.  This uses the counter-increment: section; in the main element and then adds the ..

foundation base html template - foundation template

just a basic html template with foundation and the required javascripts, good for a starter html page using foundation framework.

What is a Stateless Functional Component in React

What is a Stateless Functional Component? A stateless component is one that can recive data and render it, but it does not manage the provided data or track changes to it.  This method creates ..

timeline class and function

this is a class extend that generates a timeline based on structured data and order's the items by year decending. this code will not work out of the box as it has other requirements, but it is a goo..

bootstrap alert template

here is a templated bootstrap alert where you can switch the alert type with the @alert_type variable. Here are the different alerts: primary secondary success danger warning info light dar..

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..

stackable bio or biography list with portrait image title and text

a nice easily stackable bio or biography list done in foundation, just duplicate the bio-item and switch out the content and you have a nice responsive bio layout.  As its in foundation here is ..

get and show the featured image on a wordpress page template

this will extract the featured image on wordpress page if you are using custom page templates. 

document placeholder for a4 in portrait

a nice document placeholder image with dropshadow and transparency

landscape image document placeholder

A nice landscape image of a blank presentation format, in landscape mode with drop shadow.

easy section wrap in foundation - 3 boxes responsive

this is a 3 box section responsive wrap in foundation, you can change this to large-auto if you want to have multiple boxes

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...

using a radial gradient for background overlay

usually i just use linear gradients for my background elements but i noticed this one the other day, a radial gradient. you can actually specify multiple colours and also opacity levels to overlay a ..

change selected color on input elements css

this can be useful if you are using darker form elements and they happen to have white on white text, so you can target the :focus on the input. here is the text input before the colour change, the c..

easy section wrap in foundation

i am always writing these wrap sections so i thought i would just add a basic one here, easy to copy and paste into a new section

javascript update item in object

find something in a javascript array by its array id and then update the value of that item i changed this from an array to an object as i wanted to use something other than numbers for the index Ob..

get the value from a range input field with javascript

this script will retrieve the current value from a range slider html input if you want the value to only update when the slider interaction has been stopped change the oninput to onchange then it w..

animated duck on footer

Thought this was cool. How do i do it? Page Source: https://www.learninpublic.org/  Copy this section Lets see what is attached to it. So i can see from the classes its a tailwind based ..

atom on mac and synchronise settings

installing atom and syncronise settings between windows and mac versions. Install the package Syncronize Settings the package is called sync-settings but searching for sync-setting and Syncroniz..

fancybox load iframe inline

All you need to load content in an iframe using fancybox modal javascript plugin. not quite an inline load, but not much script to get this going. 

using filter grayscale to make an image dark

lets make this image grayscale using a css filter

make the view number zoom when mouse over or active

Lets make the view number in the header widget area a bit more exciting... Zoom on mouse over with css.  Lets add this effect here: Using Transform Scale In Css To Zoom On Hover Over Simpl..

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..

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..

extract youtube image from video url

showing how you can get the image wallpaper in different sizes from a youtube video I used to have this tool a while ago, it just passes the video id and extracts the images and also can produce the ..

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 ..

check browser version and show a message

a button that displays your browser version in a modal Demo (gif)

CSS Drawing - Beach Scene

i did this one a while ago, cantr even remember it just appeared when i searched in google.  here is an animated version, check the bottom for the css version of this:  

404 Error Page Codepen

found this in my links the other day, still looks cool...

right align something in its element

easily align a block or inline block item to the right in its outer element

foundation grid for 6.6x - also known as the foundation xy grid

some foundation grid demos for 6.6x foundation you can get foundation here: https://get.foundation/ or here https://cdnjs.com/libraries/foundation  more docs on this here: https://get.foundatio..

jquery toggle menu testing

using jquery toggle to show and hide the sub menu's

Slick Slider Carousel with Fade Transition

here is a working example of slick carousel with a fade transition between elements rather than a slide transition

logo tickers marquee slow scrolling

logo tickers with a slide animation

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..

slick carousel jump to a slide on element hover

jumps to a specific slider on hover over on an element this is working now, here is the example, mouse over the buttons to see the slide change. trying to add this: Javascript $( selector ).mous..

github logo background png css

just the github transparent logo as a css class, yes it should probably be a svg, but here it is in all its PNG glory.

animated rings expanding with delay ripple water effects

just testing this one

using the last-of-type css selector to remove a border from the last item in a list

i find using the last-of-type css selector quite useful when there is a list or re-occuring items and the last one has to be slightly different from the other ones.  This allows me to target the..

Aligning Images in TinyMCE or Floating them left and right (code)

Here is the code for this page Aligning Images in TinyMCE or Floating them left and right  

Testing

test <p>test</p> x .my-selector{ value:1px;} HTML <table></table> CSS .css{} Javascript function test() { console.log('test'); } PHP a = 1; x x

box hover over effects using pulsate animation

Bit of a different box hover over effect. Just using the pulse animation.

box shadow example(s) - drop shadow

I realised just now, that i dont have a box shadow example! How does that happen, its one of those css elements that i just use so much that i guess i forgot about it.  Related Pages: https:/..

add a youtube video preloader function, lazy load youtube [fixed]

I noticed that this list page: https://kruxor.com/list/rs3_efficient_skill/ Loads about 29 (well exactly 29) youtube video embeds and was wondering if there was an easy way to replace these iframes w..

spin rotate an element on mouse over [css]

i thought it might look good to spin this element around when the mouse is over it. Added the following css to second_nav_toggle.  

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..

style page numbers [fixed]

need to style the page numbers. https://kruxor.com/list-table/search_links/  Before: After: Dark Mode Light Mode  

top bar overflow issues [fixed]

So i was just browsing throught the site checking for random errors, which there are quite a lot. And noticed this one. Quite a large bug caused by overflow issues in the main header, i think this ..

test page for the custom css 12 grid used on this site

This is my testing page for the grid used on this site, it shows elements and other things for use on the grid and other general formatting.

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..

Monitoring Visible Objects on Screen

i found this one when researching how to detect visible objects on screen, and then doing something with them. This one does not use any external scripts to change the box colour as it becomes visible..

hero box with title sub title logos and call to action buttons

Here is a basic hero box section that contains: Title Sub Title 6 Logos (could replace with carousel logos) 2 call to action buttons I think it can be made more responsive, by replacing the..

create a rainbow background using css linear gradient

just incase one gradient is not enough for you we can also use it to create a rainbow background gradient

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..

Bootstrap 4 Center menu items in a navbar

Here we have an example bootstrap navbar you can find the original navbar here. I just want to center the menu item links so they dont appear over to the left on larger screens.  Add the follow..

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:

add a class or remove it based on window scroll location

if you inspect the header div you will see a class added to it when scrolled down, i have added additional margins to it so you can still see it even when scrolled. then you add a fixed property to m..

stretching an image to fit in a banner image with gimp

sometimes i need to get a square image to fit in a rectangle box this is a way to do it with GIMP get a square image, or pick any image (pexels) fit it in this box.. For this one we will be using ..

adding pulsating dots to your css ul li list

get rid of those boring dots in your list and add some pulsation! See the Pen Pulsate your <ul><li> list item dots! by Luke (@kruxor) on CodePen.

css using perspective for transforms

just playing around with the perspective and transforms, it does weird and annoying things to the margins. I was interested in how this page worked, so i thought i would try and deconstruct it a bit. ..

simple linear gradient overlay for an image to make it darker or lighter

i use this one often if i have a background image and some text over the top, you can darken or lighten the linear gradient values to match the text content and make it readable.

target data attribute with css

you can add a data attribite and target it with css using the following demo

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.

Drop Down Menu Swapping Left align to Right

this is useful if you have a nav that hits the right side of the screen and you want it to open on the left rather than the right side. you can see on the very right drop down item opens with its item..

Using Flexbox rather than Floats

So i was still using float left for a bunch of elements i was working on the other day, sometimes it's hard to drop old techniques. What are the actual benefits of using flexbox rather than float lef..

hide and show elements with js using getElementById and style.display

for loop with a 5 increment

$css_out = "";$max_width = "50";for($i=0; $i<=$max_width; $i = $i + 5) {$css_out .= ".m".$i."{margin:".$i."px;}";}return $css_out;

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..

Slick Slider Carousel

Edit: Sorry this page was broken for a bit, its fixed now with working examples! 😛 Nice and simple slider / carousel

change favicon with jquery

Updated: This seems to not work on this page, as it has multiple link icon elements to deal with different sizes. I just changed it to a function and it runs ok, but the browser seems to choose a diff..

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..

simple dropdown multi level navigation ul li css

updated to work standalone and not effect other list elements on the page

link to an external stylesheet

Not sure why but i always forget this, how to link to an external stylesheet. <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/margin padding.css">

using foundation 6.4 xy grid basics

Foundation 6.4 introduced a new xy grid which replaces the old row and large-x format here is a basic grid layout (foundation grid) add some style to show the cell border <style> .grid-x .ce..

video embed full screen all screen sizes

this will make a video cover the full screen of the browser no matter what size it is. It will do some cropping to make it fit. <style> body, html { margin:0; padding:0; } .video-cont..

using mix blend mode and filter grayscale for hero

css grid sidebar main content fluid layout with fallback

this is a continuation from the original post with added fallback for older browsers that do no support the grid elements yet. I have tested this fallback in IE11 and it seems to work well, if you wa..

css grid sidebar main content fluid layout

I was playing around with css grid the other day and i found a nice (and easy) way to do a standard left sidebar and fluid main content area. this is rather than floating the sidebar and then setting ..

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..

foundation make row full width

Just incase you want a full screen width layout and still have it sitting in rows for foundation css .full-width { width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: in..

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...

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. ..

margin padding framework

Just a quick margin and padding framework that i came up with, to make margins padding and basic styles a bit quicker.

transform rotate an element in css

good if you need to rotate elements using css code <div class='abox rotated'></div> <style> .abox { background:pink; height:150px; width:150px; margin:50px auto 0; }..

transform rotate a hexagon in css

if you ever needed a hexagon in css here is how you can do it.

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; } ..

simple dropin wordpress dropdown navigation css

this is good if you just want to drop in some css and get a dropdown navigation back using the default wordpress nav example of the default styles code (css) /* Menu Dropdown */ .nav ul { l..

css accordion basics

can we create an accordion with out using jquery ui? I think yes, it will be basic but also keeping it simple it probably a good idea. tried adding transitions to make the divs showing a bit smooth..