Want to have a contact form open up in an overlay window and submit using ajax in WordPress?
I did too. It sounded simple enough, but like most webby things it was a right palaver to get it all working properly.
Step by step instructions below.
I hope it saves you some time, but if you know a different or better way, please let me know. Continue reading
Category Archives: Technical
BigCommerce – jQuery script to highlight current section
[Updated 26 Oct]
I’ve been working on setting up an ecommerce site for a client using Big Commerce. As ecommerce solutions go, it’s pretty good – I’ve worked with significantly poorer software that’s for sure.
Customisation is limited on the hosted version, but there’s still plenty you can do with CSS. However, one niggle for me is that it does not output any code to help you indicate to your visitors which section they are currently viewing.
Following the instructions below, you should end up with ‘class=”ActiveSection”‘ being added by jQuery to the active list item or active parent list item in ‘#SideCategoryList’ or ‘#SideShopByBrand’. So instead of outputting
it will output
1 |
when you’re browsing products in categories or brands. Wow
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Scripting Photoshop
If you’re involved in web production, it’s likely that at some point you need to generate a lot of graphic text – page headers are often graphics.
If you do this kind of work, it’s well worth investing some time to learn how to script Photoshop – you’ll save plenty of time and reduce your chances of RSI.
We scripted Photoshop to create all the graphic titles on the Moore At Kew website, pulling all the text from an external text file. kirupa.com – Photoshop Scripting