Besides fixing the tag cloud which has been broken for several months, I added a graffiti wall. Drop your name and a comment to leave your mark on the WDP Wall.
Making the user experience better is one of the most important things at WDP. That and the fact that you all agree with 100% of what I say. If you scroll to the bottom of the blog you will notice that after the 12th post, the blog automatically, through the magic of AJAX (JSON and JQuery to be exact), loads the next set of posts. This is known as the infinite blog scroll or “the blog that never ends.” There is one known bug that I am hoping my crack team of coders will solve asafp.
Let me know what you think. Go tag (old school tag) up the wall and enjoy the (new school) tag cloud.
Posted in
AJAX on March 6th, 2007
Hey eBay, I have something for you. The other night I mentioned that you need to catch up with the times and implement some Web 2.0 elements on your site. I hate that in 2007 I still have to refresh the final minute of an auction. We are all Sniping the auctions anyway. It's just a matter of watching the last final minute. If I had to continuously press a button during the last leg of Kentucky Derby I would spend all my time, before the Preakness, figuring out how to automate that ridonkulous procedure.
So this is for you, eBay.
Put this code in the <head> // probably should go in its own js file
<script type="text/JavaScript">
function CountDown(x){
total = (60 - x);
document.getElementById('counttimer').innerHTML = total + " seconds remaining";
x++;
x = (x == 60) ? 0 : x;
setTimeout("CountDown("+ x +")", 1000);
}
</script>
Somewhere after the <body> add this:
<p id="counttimer"></p>
Add this piece (below) after the id is set. This is very important. The function can actually sit anwhere on the page. The Page DOM must contain the id before the function is called.
<script type="text/JavaScript">CountDown(1)</script>
That's it. A Web 2.0 Countdown Timer that doesn't use a form, input text fields, hidden fields or 65 lines of code. I have noticed you are dabbling in the Web 2.0 world with the use of Grebox. I am a big fan of Greybox and have been using it to display the comments for almost a year. Come on, eBay. It's time to catch up to at least the standards of What Da Phuk!
Posted in
AJAX on October 4th, 2006
Thanks to Greybox — light box on steriods — I am no longer improperly "popping up" the comment box. That was far too Web 1.0. Using just a little bit of CSS and some JavaScript, the comments are displaying just as nicely as my images.
Check it out for yourself. Click on the comments and I am sure you will be pleased.
Posted in
AJAX on March 29th, 2006
As part of my on going, precariously slow spring cleaning, I have removed the draggable AJAX boxes. However, as my love for AJAX continues to grow I have implemented the coolest image lightbox I have ever seen. 100% AJAX; 0% Flash!
Click on the images and check out the coolest phuking thing since sliced bread; or at least RSS.
