HTML + CSS + JavaScript

I use conditional comments to hide IE6 specific styles and scripts from IE7 (and IE7 specific styles and scripts from other browsers), but sometimes you need a bit of logic or something to only run on IE6 and earlier. Conditional compilation is a pretty foolproof way to handle that.

function ie_function() {
/*@cc_on @*/
/*@if (@_jscript_version < 5.7)
do_ie_6_stuff()
/*@end @*/
}

the @cc_on block turns on conditional compile. Since it’s wrapped in a comment block every other browser just ignores it. The next line (@if (@_jscript_version < 5.7)) tests for the specific JScript version present in IE7. If it’s there, nothing else happens. Otherwise the code on the next line is run. Wicked. Flip the comparison operator to >= and you’ve got a foolproof test for IE7. Double wicked.

Here’s a little script (and some CSS) that turns an entire block (in this case a TR) into a click-able item:
Continue reading “Code : Javascript : Turn a block into a clickable link area.” →

Did I mention that the “Web” category might contain code? It might. In fact, it will.

Here’s a random function I wrote last night that might be useful


function getDomain (thestring) {
//simple function that matches the beginning of a URL
//in a string and then returns the domain.
var urlpattern = new RegExp("(http|ftp|https)://(.*?)/.*$");
var parsedurl = thestring.match(urlpattern);
return parsedurl[2];
}


Is there a better way to do that? I don’t know. The momentum of “I’ve got to get this done”, got in the way and left me with the above function.