OK, so I just noticed (rather late) that the Events view on the web site I look after isn’t working – it’s blank. After lots of trial and error – and then some Googling, the answer turns out to be that the V2 Google API I was using (Oh, is that what it is?) has Read More
jQuery, nth-child selector and Chrome or Safari Browsers
I’m in the middle of adding new functionality to the Wicked Text jQuery plugin and, to keep the code standard high, I have created a simple Unit Test page. I had a problem with the nth-child selector in Chrome and Safari browsers and thought you might find my solution useful. But not before I’ve done Read More
Tags: Chrome, jQuery, nth-child, Safari
Posted in JavaScript, Web Development, Wicked Text | 1 Comment »
Posted in JavaScript, Web Development, Wicked Text | 1 Comment »
jQuery Plugins Site Problem Led Me To Rename Wiki Text to Wicked Text
I actually spotted it first on a Twitter post – the jQuery Plugins site had been deleted (explained here). Crazy! So much for my Wiki Text jQuery Plugin. However, the jQuery blog posts explained that they were hoping to move to a new model for publishing jQuery Plugins to their site – using GitHub and Read More
Tags: JavaScript, jQuery, Wicked Text, WIKI
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Posted in Google, JavaScript, Wicked Text | No Comments »
Automating JsDoc with Apache Ant
In my previous post I described how I got started using JsDoc to generate some documentation for the Wiki Text jQuery Plugin. Running JsDoc on the command line is nice on occasion but in any serious development environment (or my dodgy old laptop) it needs to be incorporated as part of the automated build. Therefore, Read More
Tags: Apache Ant, Documentation, JsDoc Toolkit
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How I Introduced JsDoc into a JavaScript project – and found my Eclipse Outline
In this article I’ll tell you how I integrated JsDoc into the Wiki Text project to publish JavaDoc style documentation and at the same time solved the strange problem of a missing Outline view in Eclipse IDE. The Problem While I was developing the Wiki Text jQuery plugin I had a couple of problems I Read More
Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Club Web Site
Well, it was good while it lasted… but now the v2.0 API this is based on has been partially deprecated. I’ve started the job of migrating – but in the mean time I’ve done a quick fix described here. In this article I will explain how I present a list of events from Google Calendar Read More
Tags: Google Calendar, JavaScript, PHP, XML, XML Namespaces
Posted in Google, JavaScript, Web Development | 8 Comments »
Posted in Google, JavaScript, Web Development | 8 Comments »
Wiki Text Version 0.3 Released
After a month and a half I’ve now released an updated version of the Wiki Text plugin. This release adds Named Links, Horizontal Rules and Line Breaks. Download it here Try it here (and see how fast it is!) Find out more New Features The following new features have been added to this version of Read More
Tags: Convert, JavaScript, jQuery, JsDoc, Plugin, WIKI
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Handling XML Elements with Namespaces in jQuery
The whole point to writing the Wiki Text jQuery plugin was so that I could use it on the Thistle Society web site to enhance the description text from Google Calendar events shown on the Events page. So, I was a bit irritated that it didn’t work when I tried it. Most of it turned Read More
Wiki Text Plugin for jQuery v0.2 Released
I’ve updated the plugin to resolve a couple of small errors and add a tiny bit more functionality. Download it here Try it here (and see how fast it is!) Find out more Changes The following changes have been made to this version of Wiki Text: List item text can now be wrapped by indenting Read More
Tags: Convert, JavaScript, jQuery, Plugin, WIKI
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Posted in JavaScript, Web Development | No Comments »
Wiki Text Plugin for jQuery v0.1 Released
I would like to announce the first release of a jQuery plugin which converts Wiki text to HTML. Download it here Try it here (and see how fast it is!) Find out more Why a Wiki Text Plugin? As you can see by my recent articles about Google Calendar (and there’s more to come) I Read More