Now that I wrapped up the JavaScript version of this function, I thought I would go ahead and create a ColdFusion version as well. The big difference between the two functions is that JavaScript will allow you to use a function pointer in the replace-string portion of the regular expression replace function. ColdFusion does not allow us to do that, but there is a pretty cool function that I used, ReplaceList(). This function will find a match in one list and replace it with the corresponding list index item in another string. Other than that it's pretty identical to the CJ Html Parser function.
Note: CJ Html Parser was formally known as Html2Ascii
Prototyping the Objects Dimensions
I was browsing through my utility scripts today and I came across these two little gems and I thought I would share them with you. These functions will determine an elements width or height and return it's value. Very useful if you ever plan on doing any animation or dynamic user interaction on your web page.
Ok, it's been some time since I revisted this handy lil' script, but since I've been in an overhaul'n kind of mood lately, I thought I would give this one another crack. If your not familiar with Cj Html Parser, it's my nice little function that converts an HTML encoded string to ASCII text.
Check out Cj Html Parser over on the projects page.
The Big Breakthrough!
Well guys, I've been working on one of my projects for the past couple of days trying to make improvements and I just had one of those Ahhhh-Ha moments. Seriously, this thing has been eating away at the back of my brain for days. I was having dreams about it at night and right now, I'm all giddy with excitement.
Unfortunately, your going to wait a day or two until I post it. It needs to be cleaned up and comments need to be added. Also, I think I can add a couple of new functions.... it's pretty frick'n cool. You guys are going to love it.
I'll have it online as soon as I can!
The Evolution of a Bottle Cap
When I began converting the website to the current format, I needed to update some of the graphics along with it. And one of the things that bothered me from day one, was my ugly bottle cap. It's the one located in my website header that has my logo in it. If you don't remember what the old one looked liked, trust me, it was ugly. I decided to make the new one and I thought I would give you a quick run down of the steps I went through. First thing to know, it's not a photo. The entire bottle cap is made from scratch using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
