markItUp! universal markup jQuery editor

markItUp! is a JavaScript plugin built on the jQuery library. It allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. Html, Textile, Wiki Syntax, Markdown, BBcode or even your own Markup system can be easily implemented. Continue reading “markItUp! universal markup jQuery editor”

How to capture streaming videos from the Internet

Download-helper Websites

KeepVid and YouTube Downloader are download-helper websites that allow users to provide them with the video links. These videos will hence be catalogued and uploaded to the site. They are not video hosting websites like YouTube or Dailymotion; they provide a browser-based service from as the user only has to enter the video’s URL in the field provided and choose its source from the list. The file formats in FLV can be converted into Mpeg video formats on Keepvid. Continue reading “How to capture streaming videos from the Internet”

Regular Expression Builder

Regular expressions are one of those things that are incredibly powerful… if you know how to use them. It has taken quite a bit of time for me to learn the ins and outs of how they work, but once you get the hang of them there is almost always some variation that can be used in the different programming languages.

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jQuery UI MultiSelect Widget

This is the successor and port of my original jQuery MultiSelect Plugin to a jQuery UI widget. While both will actively be maintained, I highly recommend you use this version over the plugin version. It has a more robust feature set, is faster, and is much more flexible. MultiSelect turns an ordinary HTML select control into an elegant drop down list of checkboxes with themeroller support.

This version inherits all the benefits from the jQuery UI widget factory that are not available in the plugin version. The most requested feature was the ability to call methods on instances after initialization (e.g., statefullness), and now there are 10 to choose from! Also present are eight events you can bind to, which in the previous version, had fewer and limited support. Finally, there is support for effects. Just include the jQuery UI effects dependency and specify the name of the opening or closing effect to use (and speed, if you wish!) Continue reading “jQuery UI MultiSelect Widget”