The heart of the problem with making jQuery.post work with the PicoLisp server is simple once found (thanks to Alex for helping me find it). Apache seems to use the Content-Length header to determine the length of the argument sent by XMLHttpRequest.send(), the Pico server doesn’t bother with determining the the length. It looks for a newline at the end instead.... Read More
This stuff can be seen as a continuation of an earlier tutorial integrating external search into a MODx site, i.e. a standalone search logic separate from MODx. This approach is however not limited to any kind of CMS or solution whatsoever, it’s totally agnostic through the use of Ajax. ... Read More
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Update: There is now a real world example called Shortening multiple URLs with jQuery, PHP, picolisp and bit.ly, you might want to check it out when you’re done here. It uses jQuery JSON extensively. Another one is Multiple select lists with jQuery and JSON.... Read More
Update: There is a new much simpler series using jQuery/Ajax to create a grid-like CRUD interface, if the below is too much that one is a much better place to start.... Read More
In this article I will describe setting up an interface for writing articles that is reminiscent of Wordpress but much simpler. We will use jQuery and a suitable plugin to do client side validation, we will also implement some jQuery AJAX to make the form more responsive.... Read More
Update 01/11/2008: There is now a new Flash only version that works properly with version 10 of the player.... Read More
This time we will take a look at the feed list window and the manage window. This will also be the concluding part of the series.... Read More
In this series I will walk you through the code of a site that uses only Ajax and Scriptaculous to handle it’s completely windowed interface. Making an interface like this is not really good design, it’s only done here for the sake of teaching. It is kinda cool though. Especially if you have a big screen.... Read More