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Comment on Hi-Res Backgrounds in CF PDF Generation by captainbenno

captainbenno — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:19:37 +0000

Sorry for the delayed reply… sometimes (depending on your version of ColdFusion) you might need to use full paths to the images in the src attribute that look like:

file:///D:\websites\mysite\myimages\myimage.jpg

I found that I had to change the paths from my development machine to the live server but I can’t recall what the different versions of CF were.

Comment on Hi-Res Backgrounds in CF PDF Generation by bryan

bryan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:33:29 +0000

This is exactly what I’ve been trying to do for quite some time, unsuccessfully.
I’m trying to use the second example and keep getting an error…The document is damaged and cannot be repaired.
when I use a low res version of an image file I get no error but when I switch to 300dpi it cannot make the PDF.
any ideas?
thanks

Comment on Do you fake your anchors? by Vincent Voyer

Vincent Voyer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:25:17 +0000

It is ok to add javascript to “a” tags but YOU have to make accessible links.

So no #, #null, “”, “javascript:” ETC…

If i click with middle button to open in a new tab, it has to WORK otherwise it’s like the 90’s of web

Comment on Do you fake your anchors? by Scott Mebberson

Scott Mebberson — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:58:08 +0000

Interesting comment Vincent, but I have to disagree with you. I don’t think it is that dumb.

An a tag is used to link to something, therefore, respond to user interaction. That makes me think it is a great tag to use to invoke JavaScript as a response to a user action.

I also like the fact that the a tag acts like a span and doesn’t require to much css manipulation to play nicely amongst other tags.

I suppose my final thought behind using the a tag in this manner, is that it is an easy point to move forward and program in some backwards functionality for those that don’t have JavaScript. See my latest post: http://developersblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/accessible-javascript/

Comment on Do you fake your anchors? by Vincent Voyer

Vincent Voyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:48:49 +0000

Hey ! This is dumb ! You should always add a real href to a link tag otherwise use another tag …

Also, in css : a { cursor:pointer }

Comment on Microformats and jQuery by Scott Mebberson

Scott Mebberson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:35:12 +0000

Hey John,

Thanks for the comments. Those websites are really interesting… thanks for the links.

I’ve got a couple more experiments planned. So I might post them shortly…

Comment on Shortening a string, but keeping the word intact by Ben Nadel

Ben Nadel — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:17:08 +0000

Oh man, messed up my own name again!

Comment on Shortening a string, but keeping the word intact by Ben Nadek

Ben Nadek — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:16:39 +0000

Niiice

Comment on Microformats and jQuery by westciv

westciv — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:08:57 +0000

Hope you enjoy the book!

There’s also a microformats parser effectively built into Firefox 3, generic Javascript parsing libraries

http://www.danwebb.net/2007/2/9/sumo-a-generic-microformats-parser-for-javascript

And online parsing services like

Optimus http://microformatique.com/optimus/
Cognition http://buzzword.org.uk/cognition/
X2V http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/

Which mean that you don’t need to do any scraping and parsing yourself to build a service around microformats.

Something really cool along these lines is

Mapanui http://www.mapanui.com/

which find microformatted locations addresses or geo data) on a page, and displays them in an in browser widget (in any browser), much like your first example.

Look forward to more experiements from you

john

Comment on Dates and File dates by captainbenno

captainbenno — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:04:44 +0000

You’re so hot right now!