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I have been working to replace our internal SMS notification system with one that was not dependent on our servers, power and applications being up. I found Twilio a while ago, but never had time to play with the service. Long story short, we finally got things up and running this week, and it really [...]
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I recently talked about doing a Fat Footer on our website. We got the comps back from New City and they look great! Also, I got the XML working for the Google Analytics “Popular Today” feature. I used the GA CFC from RIA Forge by Pete Alexandrou, and it worked perfect. I was able to [...]
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This Fall we implement the Kace Kbox appliance for helpdesk support calls. While we have been pleased with the product, the reporting did not meet all of our needs. We were constrained by Kbox’s out of the box reporting solutions because they did not allow us to enter an arbitrary date. Most of the the [...]
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1. Toggling a checkbox’s value: $(“:checkbox”).attr(“checked”,$(this).attr(“checked”)); This code simply sets the “checked” attribute of the checkbox to be the opposite of whatever it’s current value is. Good for changing the value of multiple checkboxes at once or changing a checkbox on an action other than the click event. 2. Chaining Event Handlers jQuery’s ability to [...]
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We recently implemented Facebook Connect using their JavaScript REST API and a little bit of jQuery. Once we authenticated with our API key, we were able to request any information we wanted from a Facebook user’s account. We just performed a simple ajax call and dumped the result into a demo page. Login with JQuery: [...]
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Because of jQuery’s powerful selector, it’s very easy to write form validation scripts for many different scenarios. We’ll begin by defining a class to add to form elements that can’t be left blank (including check boxes and radio buttons). I’ll use the class “notBlank” in this example. Additionally, we can define other classes such as [...]
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We use jQuery in most of our web applications for form validation, showing/hiding content, and the like. With the release of our new mobile site, we were faced with a set of challenges specific to mobile applications, and we used jQuery to address a number of them. Heavy Content When developing for the the limited bandwidth [...]
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We are hard at work coming up with great new ideas for Maroons Online. Our concept is to make user profiles the centerpiece, and allow users to search and view other Alumni’s profiles. We are also planning to use Facebook Connect for login, so users can post information from Maroons Online back to Facebook. Connections [...]
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2010 is going to be a big year for the Roanoke College mobile strategy. Right now we have four initiatives for the year. #1 – New iPhone/Android Home Page Now in “preview” at i.roanoke.edu, our new home page was designed by New City in Blacksburg, Va, who also designed our home page and sports page. [...]
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We're the web development team for Roanoke College. Whitney focuses on design, content and social media. Michael specializes in web programming and creating custom applications. More info
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