Category Archives: Web/Ajax

Stuff about the web — such as HTML, AJAX, PHP, and the like.

ModRewrite Woes (Solved!)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Problems with ModRewrite, relative URLs, base paths, things executing without extensions being specified, and using MultiViews — read on. Continue reading →

Posted in Apache, Browser, How To, Software, Trick, Web/Ajax, Workaround | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Firefox Slow Page Load – Solved

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Firefox 3 slow? 20 second page load times? Figured out why. And how to fix it. Continue reading →

Posted in Browser, How To, Product Deficiencies, Programming, Software, Web/Ajax, Workaround | Tagged , , , , , | 14 Comments

Using </SCRIPT> In A JavaScript Literal

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Today I got bit by a very interesting bug involving the tag. If you’re writing code that generates code, you want to know about this. Continue reading →

Posted in Bug Report, Disclosure, How To, Programming, Security, Web/Ajax, Workaround, XML | 12 Comments

An Advanced Crash Course in AJAX

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

So you know a little bit of JavaScript and you’re aware in general what AJAX is, but now you actually have to do it and things aren’t quite as smooth or as easy as you thought. Here’s a quick guide through some trouble spots. Continue reading →

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Understanding jQuery

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

jQuery – it’s a AJAX library that uses a very terse notation to do an awful lot in JavaScript. Here’s a good explanation for developers that are unfamiliar with the library — it explains a mental picture of what’s going on, enough that you can pick up the library and start using it for more than just trivial tasks. Continue reading →

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