PHP foreach is by default by value and not by reference
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Auto-suggest jQuery plugin
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The Role of the Software Architect as a Roadblock
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Javascript Object to String
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Testing Windows Live Writer with Drupal
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CakePHP Ajax/JSON calls fail? Try turning debug output off
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When to Stop Support for old Browsers such as FireFox 2 and Internet Explorer 6
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Great New Free WordPress Themes From Skinpress
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Useful JQuery Plugin to Display Errors, Messages, and Alerts: Gritter
Real estate on your web page could be as important as real estate in real life. You got very little space on your client screen and need to use every inch (or pixels). Errors and messages take up valuable space that could be better used for more important things.
That is why Gritter is a great JQuery plugin – it saves real estate on your page by showing alerts, messages and errors in a floating bubble way, that is both informative and (because you can configure Gritter to fade away after a few seconds) non intrusive:
This image was taken from one of our new site’s design, we decided to use Gritter instead of putting the errors and notification inline.
