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Testing Playwrite on for Node
I came across this library on y news, and thought id give it a bit of a test. I managed to get it working but not really sure what tests it can do. I set it to take a screen shot of a we..
how to embed google fonts icons
For some reason when i go to embed a google font icon, they dont seems to have any obvious way to actually use it, i can find the icons ok here. But then when i go and use it it links to a how to embe..
allow internal networking connection from virtual box vm
This will allows you to access a shared folder on a Windows 10 Virtual box from Windows 11. Probably also works with other windows versions, but only tested with the host OS beinf windows 11 and the V..
load json data url with jquery
loads a api or json url or endpoint using jquery and console logs the result Tested working on my test json file, check the console and it should be there.
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..
validate email address from string with jquery working function
Here is a working example of this post validate email address from string. This has very basic checking of an email address by checking that the string has an @ and a . in it. Note: this is still no..
Using props with Stateless Functional Components in React
Here is an example of a Stateless Functional Component but i cant get the PropTypes working correctly in my demo, not sure what im doing wrong here, but the code seems to work in the compiler just not..
using the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to check referring pages
shows how you can display the contents of the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] tag in php to show referring pages i read in an article that this is stripped out of HTTPS requests, but it seems to still be wo..
category listing not working on categories with spaces [not fixed]
for some reason the site bugs category and potentially other categories that have spaces in their names are not listing properly. Test URL: https://kruxor.com/category/code/site+bugs/ Probab..
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..
adding react with JSX using babel
just wanted to see how JSX would work with react and babel, so this way you can write JSX and babel compiles it for use with react. This is apparently not a good way to do things and can be qui..
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..
using babel for react compiling in browser
this is currently just an idea, as i saw that codepen uses babel to run react i was wondering i can do the same thing here and then just write normal react script and have babel compile it. so ..
react hello world with time and date updating
here is a react hello world with the date and time updating on setInterval 1000 miliseconds. Again with react it has to be compiled from JSX for it to work, so i have included the original and ..
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..
using wp_nav_menu to show a custom menu in wordpress
found this quick code snippit here, its not working just for reference of what the array items do. Here is how you would display the menu called "Projects" PHP $..
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..
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 ..
twitter json feed testing
just testing using the Twitter Post Fetcher script, seems to be working well.
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..
get the current working directory in php
gets the current working directory... in php
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..
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..
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 ..
globe svg testing (broken)
nope seems not to be working, it seems you cant just copy the glyph path into a normal svg and hope for the best, oh well i tried.
using clamp js to clamp lines of text
there is a css version of this as well but this version works in a greater range of browsers (i think) this one is not working for me... i think the overflow elipsis is still a better option than thi..
for auto filled fields, need to change the text and background colours
for some reason bootstrap or the browser is doing this to auto filled fields. according to my searching there is a pseudo class added to auto filled fields CSS input:-webkit-autofill { col..
make your images look non squished when not using image backgrounds v2
this is a working version of this post, for some reason that image was deleted I think due to a content upgrade. Basically this uses the object-fit: cover; to make images not stretch when they ..
write string contents to a file with php
this will create a file called my_file_name.txt in the current php working directory usually this is the same one that the script is running in and write the text yay! into that file if the file al..
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..
adding an item to an array with php
how to add items to an array in php here is a working sandbox version of this code: sandbox.
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
javascript page redirect
this one i cant add a working demo for, due to its nature, but it is working if you remove the comment. combine this with this: https://kruxor.com/view/code/wQUDM/do-something-later-with-settimeout-..
replacement slider for ken wheeler's slick carousel tiny slider 2 [testing]
I have been looking for a little while for a replacement for the now classic and a bit depreciated, ken wheeler's slick carousel. After a bit of looking around i think the best replacement, is a non ..
get the value of an input form element (input value)
add how to get the value of an input form element with javascript for some reason i can get this working with: Javascript console.log(document.getElementById("my_input").value); but when trying to..
minutes to decimal calculator javascript version
trying to do a more simple version of this post. https://kruxor.com/view/code/NIjAQ/quick-tool-to-convert-time-into-decimal/ the php version requires post back to the server, so i think this c..
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..
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..
Adding HTML Templates into TinyMCE Editor
This can be very useful if you are using the tinymce editor on your site and want to be able to add simple or complex html templates. Here is how to do it: Add this to your tinymce init Javascrip..
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..
codemirror htmlmixed textarea
a working (hopefully) version of codemirror using the htmlmixed mode, not sure why its not doing code highlighting.
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..
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..
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..
wordpress get the current category id name and slug
This gets and displays the current category id in a wordpress blog post if you have the current id, if not you can leave the $post_id blank and it should see if there is a category loaded to the curre..
Bootstrap Darkmode Switch
I have tried this before without success but i googled "Bootstrap Darkmode Switch" and found this repo at the top of the list. So i thought i would give it a try on here and see how it looks. Demo pag..
list items matching a category title
this is just raw at the moment, not tested or working. this is matching a category number at the moment so would need an additional way to link that number to the category name, or know what the categ..
inline fancybox modal testing
just testing to see if i can get a fancybox popup loading using an inline script rather than a document ready one, might be easier to implement. similar to this one, but without the need for documen..
PHP Finding the position of a string in another string using strpos
$dot_location = strpos($my_string,"."); The first version of this does not seem to work in all cases, so i have updated this with a working version here.
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..
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..
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..
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'] != ..
pretty printing json with php
nice if you are working with json string data and just want to be able to read through the structure without copy pasting it somewhere else. $json_string = json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
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
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..
parallax js scroll testing
Update: the demo on this one seems a bit broken, i have to fix it! :) you can view a working demo here: https://codepen.io/kruxor/pen/PpGLRG This is one that i had a demo of on codepen, and then code..
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..
document ready wordpress jquery
Wordpress uses JQuery rather than $ to initialize so here is a workaround that allows you to still use the $ to access JQuery functions. Just incase your normal document ready is not working.
get select option form value with jquery
Handy if you need to get the value of a selected item in an option list basic code $("#select option").filter(":selected").val(); working demo Value 1 Value 2 Value 3 Value 4 ..
using vue and json data
Based on This Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/kkpLnv6k/ so i was looking through the jquery way of loading json data and was wondering what the point of loading it in with a vue.js instance is. I guess ..
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.
video embed no controls
embed a video, for use as a background or a slide element, or wherever you need a large video. I found that there was a bug in chrome (which is probably fixed now) that was ignoring the autoplay tag ..
