Showing posts with label xml. Show all posts
Showing posts with label xml. Show all posts

Friday, June 8, 2007

MarcusWestin.com/blog - now with comments!

MW Chatter:

  1. I have a confession to make. My "blog engine" is now a thin xml import wrapper around my Blogger account atom feed. Why?
    1. Because I don't have to worry about my server crashing and deleting my database
    2. Because I can post to my blog from my cell phone using Blogger Mobile.
    3. Because I <3 Google
  2. I made a minor addition to my xml import wrapper to extract the blog and entry ID's to create a suitable link which allows readers to leave comments (see below). Why?
    1. Because I have an ego and love reading your comments on what I write.
    2. Because you have an ego and love commenting on what other people write.
    3. Because it was possible.
    4. Well, really Because I had a paper to write a paper for school.
I look forward to hearing from you all!

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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Blink blink

Finally the new Web 2.0 revolution has settled the standard-compliancy issue of the HTML <blink> tag! All you have to do is <span> your <blink> text and add a bit of <script>:

function makeXMLRequest() {
var browser = navigator.appName;
if (browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
 return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} else {
 return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
}

var request = makeXMLRequest();

function sendXMLRequest(url) {
request.open('get', url);
request.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
request.send(null);
}

function handleResponse() {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
 var response = request.responseText;
 document.getElementById('insert').innerHTML = response;
}
}
Then complete it all with an
<body onload="javascript:sendXMLRequest('blink-on.html')">
to you back-end server blinker applet, and you've got your blinking text!

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