Using localStorage or sessionStorage would disappoint Cookie Monster.
My go to for a website to store data temporary was to use cookies. I would use cookies for storing user preferences, scores, shopping carts and more. Cookies can be a problem though as many people stop excepting cookies and they are difficult to manage. Continue reading Cookie Monster Would Be Disappointed
For one of my projects I came up with a simple jQuery example to create a smooth scrolling effect. The nuts and bolts of the script is the following. Continue reading Example of Smooth Scrolling
I was asked to create a simple jQuery routine that could replace a current flash control. The challenge was not actually the jQuery portion but creating the HTML dynamically. The current code create a XML file that was passed to a flash object. Once the HTML was dynamically created, the jQuery was pretty easy.
Here is a sample of what I created:
<html>
<!--
Author: Andrew Pallant
Date: July 2013
Image Gallery jQuery Code - Created for a client to replace a flash solution.
Code has been dumbed down for sample purposes. Actually HTML code is more dynamic, but the jQuery code is the same no mater what.
-->
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
// Initialize Controls
jQuery("[id^=imgBig]").hide();
// Set Mouse Over Events
jQuery("[id^=thumb]").mouseover(function () { jQuery(this).fadeTo(0, 0.6); });
jQuery("[id^=thumb]").mouseout(function () { jQuery(this).fadeTo(0, 1); });
// Set Thumb Indexed Values
for (var x = 0; x < 7; x++) {
jQuery("#thumb" + x).attr('indexedVal', x);
}
// Thumb Click Events
jQuery("[id^=thumb]").click(function () {
jQuery("[id^=imgBig]").hide();
jQuery("#imgBig" + jQuery(this).attr('indexedVal')).fadeIn("Slow");
});
// Set Initial Image
jQuery("#imgBig0").show();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="imgGallery">
<div class="BigImageContainer">
<img id='imgBig0' src='image1.jpg' />
<img id='imgBig1' src='image2.jpg' />
<img id='imgBig2' src='image3.jpg' />
<img id='imgBig3' src='image4.jpg' />
</div>
<div class="thumbCtrl">
<ul>
<li class="thumb">
<a href="#" onclick="return false;"><img id='thumb0' src='image1.jpg' /></a>
</li>
<li class="thumb">
<a href="#" onclick="return false;"><img id='thumb1' src='image2.jpg' /></a>
</li>
<li class="thumb">
<a href="#" onclick="return false;"><img id='thumb2' src='image3.jpg' /></a>
</li>
<li class="thumb">
<a href="#" onclick="return false;"><img id='thumb3' src='image4.jpg' /></a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>