Hot off the workshop vol. 2

Wojtek on CSS, HTML, JavaScript, TK Maxx, Venda · · Comments · 1 min read

Website redesign for TK Maxx. Launched just yesterday. Venda coding all the way in the back end and HTML, JavaScript and CSS in the front end. Visit live site What I’ve learnt The biggest challenge was to make the site work in Internet Explorer 6 and 7. One particularly annoying issue was to make the logo stay on top... Read more »

flowplayer not working in IE and Google Chrome

Wojtek on flowplayer, Google Chrome, ie, Internet Explorer · · Comments · 1 min read

flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video player for the web. Allows you to easily embed video streams into your web pages. While it’s easy to integrate and very powerful, occasionally it may give you headaches especially with cross-browser compatibilities. The most basic configuration looks like this: <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/flowplayer-3.... Read more »

Hot off the workshop vol. 1

Wojtek on CSS, Facebook, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP · · Comments · 1 min read

Just launched. TK Maxx and Red Nose Day campaign applications. Facebook quiz Fun quiz to find out your perfect Red Nose Day t-shirt. View site Website application Upload you photo with Flash uploader, resize it and pan it around with JavaScript then save your results with PHP. View site... Read more »

Get live exchange rates in PHP

Wojtek on currency, PHP, Yahoo · · Comments · 1 min read

Update: Yahoo has since closed down this service. Below script will no longer work. A very simple PHP script to get almost live currency exchange rates from Yahoo Finance. I’m saying "almost" as as far as I know Yahoo updates it with some minor delay. $from = 'GBP'; $to = 'USD'; $url = 'http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?... Read more »

Self executing function in JavaScript

Wojtek on function, JavaScript · · Comments · 1 min read

In my last project I needed a function in JavaScript that will execute itself as soon as it’s ready. My first idea was something like that: // declare function function myFunction() { alert('Hello world!'); } // run it when DOM is ready with help of jQuery $(document).ready(function() { myFunction(); }); but in the back of my mind I knew there is... Read more »