Shaun Mccran

My digital playground

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Dynamically tagging content with Keywords using JQuery

I've used a ticketing system called Lighthouse App for a while now, and one of the features I really like about it is its ability to tag content with keywords in a very easy and obvious fashion.

If you have ever wanted to tag an article or some content with a list of Keywords then this blog article is for you.

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Simple JQuery Google Analytics tracking object

Each time I build a new project I find myself adding in several common objects from a variety of languages. One of those objects is a JavaScript based Google Analytics tracking object.

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Book review: JQuery Mobile – a first look

I was recently sent a copy of JQuery Mobile by Packt publishing for review. I've dabbled in the JQuery Mobile development language a fair amount, so I was interested to see what this book could teach me that may be different from the information out there in the community.

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2011

FancyBox JQuery plugin reborn as FancyApps

I'm a big fan of the fancybox plugin. It is a very flexible JQuery lightbox plugin that has met every project requirement I've ever needed a lightbox for. It also has a great library of events attached to it that have fit most of the User Interfaces I've ever used it in.

The fancybox plugin has matured into version 2 and been re-badged slightly as part of the fancyApps suite.

It has to be one of my top ten recommended JQuery plugins.

http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/

Licensing changes

I've since found that the new version of fancybox (2) has had a license change. Version 1 is licensed under both MIT and GPL licenses (http://docs.jquery.com/Licensing) but version 2 is 'Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0' and requires an $89.00 fee for commercial use, as discussed here in a Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/fancybox/browse_thread/thread/fc4467bf0bf3ef6d/3edff176327fed35?lnk=gst&q=license#3edff176327fed35