When I first started freelancing I was happy to take any project that came my way. At that time without an established network and even without a portfolio site, most of the clients I picked up came through word-of-mouth referrals from friends and family. When I finally got to the point of getting a significant number of leads and inquiries, one of the most difficult things for me was to determine...

Sometimes there are situations where one might require a confirmation prior to leaving a site or maybe you just want a confirmation prior to executing an action.  This can be achieved very easily with a few lines of jQuery code. Let’s assume we have the following code: <a href="http://www.jquery.com" alt="jQuery - External Link" class="confirmexit" >jQuery</a> You...

So, you wanna be a web designer? In addition to the long hours, low pay, and diminished social status, you’ll find yourself competing against the likes of “My cousin’s neighbor’s 8th grade daughter is good with computers. Maybe she could do my website?” scenario. She probably would do it. For a Jonas Brothers sticker book. Anyway, as I’m sure you are well aware, you can find tons of resources...

Recently, I have been working with reading of text files and xml files. To do this you can use the Coldfusion cffile function. The function, getCurrentTemplatePath(), will return the full path of the current template. By path we mean the directory and file name. The function, getDirectoryFromPath(), will then get just the directory from the path. Code Example: <span style="color: #800000;">&lt;cfset...

qTip is an unobtrusive jQuery tooltip plugin with a list of nice features. It has: - rounded corner support without use of any PNGs - very flexible tooltip pointers are as they can be positioned in several locations - 5 ready to use stylish themes & you can create your own easily - support for not-overlacking. How close the tooltips are, they will preserve their stacking order - ready to use effects:...