Stefan Gabos web developer extraordinaire
May
2012
Zebra_Tooltips, version 1.0.1 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 1.0.1: fixed a bug where in Internet Explorer 9 the arrow was sometimes not visible; thanks to Manfred and tolpi. Visit Zebra_Tooltips‘s page
May
2012
Zebra_Form, version 2.8.2 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 2.8.2: the upload rule now has also a client-side validation side, where it checks if the indicated path exists and is writable; fixed a bug for file uploads where, if the name of the uploaded file was too long, the “x” for canceling was not visible anymore; fixed a bug [...]
May
2012
Zebra_Pagination, version 1.3 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 1.3: the URL specified through the “base_path” method can now contain query strings; previously query strings in this value got automatically removed; also, any query strings existing in the page’s URL were *always* preserved – now the “base_path” method accepts an additional argument to disable this behavior; thanks to Kesuma, [...]
Apr
2012
Zebra_DatePicker, version 1.3.2 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 1.3.2: included a second stylesheet for users who don’t like the looks of the default one; thanks to daniel for reminding me about it; fixed icon position when inside the element on Opera; thanks Daniel; fixed a bug introduced in the last version that made disabling dates using , (commas) [...]
Apr
2012
Zebra_Dialog, version 1.2 now available
In version 1.2, when used as a notification widget, the notification can now be closed before the timer runs out by clicking on it; thanks to Ovidiu Mihalcea for suggesting; callback functions can now be attached to custom buttons; credit goes to Matt! added an example on how to add custom icons
Apr
2012
Zebra_Database version 2.7.2 now available
In version 2.7.2 fixed a bug that most likely appeared since 2.7, where the "seek" method (and any method relying on it, like all the "fetch" methods) would produce a warning in the debug console if there were no records in the sought resource; also, fixed a bug where NULL could not be used in the "replacements" array of a query; thanks to בניית אתרים
Apr
2012
Zebra_Form, version 2.8.1 now available
Elements can now be validated "on-the-fly" where an element is validated as soon as it looses focus; use the newly added "validate_on_the_fly" flag for the "client_side_validation"; thanks to François Rigaudie and Konstantin Stoyanov; all error messages can now be shown on form submit rather than only the first one; use the newly added "validate_all" flag for the "client_side_validation"; thanks to François Rigaudie and Konstantin Stoyanov; file names can now be prefixed with a given string when uploading files (using the "upload" rule); thanks to Robert Warelis; the library now triggers an error message if a "date" control doesn't have the "date" rule set. note that this rule cannot be set automatically since it requires an error message to be set by the developer. thanks to bastian; the "length" rule, set with the 4th argument to TRUE, will now always show the character counter; previously, the character counter was shown only if the lower limit was 0. thanks to Andy Vogar; fixed a bug in the JavaScript code regarding the file upload control which was not working with jQuery UI. thanks to edward for fixing it; fixed a bug where validation would fail if there were two or more file upload controls on a form. thanks to edward for fixing it; fixed a bug where the class for disabled control was not correctly applied; some updates in the documentation; updated Zebra_DatePicker to version 1.3.1
Apr
2012
Zebra_DatePicker, version 1.3.1 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 1.3.1: fixed a bug where, starting with jQuery 1.7, the plugin was not working properly in IE6 & IE7; thanks to Warren Taylor; fixed a bug where the “Clear” button broke the date picker’s layout in IE6 & IE7; thanks to Warren Taylor; Visit Zebra_Datepicker‘s page
Apr
2012
Zebra_DatePicker, version 1.3 now available
Here’s what’s new in version 1.3: added a new property called “start_date” that can be used to specify a default starting date for the date picker, without having to set this value as the default value in the field the date picker is attached to; thanks to Phill; the date picker will now feature a [...]
Mar
2012
Zebra_Form, version 2.8 now available
Fixed a bug where the attach_tip() JavaScript method was not working properly; thanks to Andrei Bodeanschi; previously, the placeholders were injected to the bottom of the main document rather than right after the parent element and thus generating issues like placeholder remaining visible when hiding the parent element's container; now the placeholders are injected in the DOM right next to the parent element; fixed a bug where because of the fact that JavaScript and PHP treat new lines, accented characters and special characters differently (1 byte in JavaScript and 2 or 3 bytes in PHP), server-side validation of a maximum allowed length would sometimes fail if a textarea's value would contain new lines, although client-side validation was ok; thanks to Andrei Bodeanski for spotting it; fixed a bug where setting the "readonly_element" property to FALSE on a date element had no effect; thanks to bastian; fixed a bug where a date element's "get_date" method was triggering a warning if the the element was not required and no date was selected; thanks to bastian; the "length" rule now accepts a 5th argument instructing the script to show a counter of remaining characters; added a new method available for text, textarea and password controls, called change_case which can be used to instruct the script to force all letters typed by the user, to either uppercase or lowercase, in real-time; added documentation on how to access the Zebra_Form object in JavaScript, with examples; added documentation on how to use AJAX in custom validations (scroll down to the "custom" rule and keep reading); tweaked the default CSS style of the date control which was a bit too short; updated Zebra_DatePicker to version 1.2
Feb
2012
Zebra_TransForm, version 2.1 is now available
Zebra_TransForm is a tiny (4KB minified) jQuery plugin for styling the appearance of checkboxes, radio buttons and select boxes without sacrificing functionality and accessibility: the elements preserve their tabindex order, give visual feedback when having the focus, can be accessed by using the keyboard, and look and behave in the same way in all major browsers. In version 2.1 a bug was fixed with select boxes not being correctly replaced on Chrome.
Feb
2012
Zebra_Database version 2.7.1 now available
In version 2.7.1 fixed a bug where the select() method took arguments in a different order than specified in the documentation; note that this update made the select() method backward incompatible and that you will have to change the order of the arguments for this to work; fixed a bug where the update() and insert_update() methods were not working if in the array with the columns to update, the INC() keyword was used with a replacement marker instead of a value, and the actual value was given in the replacements array; fixed a bug where the insert_update() method was not working when the only update field used the INC() keyword; the generated query contained an invalid comma between UPDATE and the field name;
Feb
2012
Zebra_DatePicker, version 1.2 now available
In version 1.2 the icon for opening the datepicker is now, by default, *inside* the parent element rather than to its right; the old behavior can still be achieved by setting the newly added "inside" property to FALSE; fixed a bug where the default view, as defined in the settings, was correctly used only the first time; subsequent clicks would open the datepicker in the "day picker" view, regardless of how it was set; fixed a bug where the currently selected years and months were not highlighted in the datepicker; only the current system year and month were highlighted previously; fixed a bug where, if a range of selectable dates was given, users could still navigate to years/months outside the given range (although no dates could be selected from these years/months as they were disabled);
Jan
2012
Zebra_Mptt, version 2.2 now available
Fixed an issue with some constructs in the code that would trigger a "Strict standards: Only variables should be passed by reference" warnings in PHP 5.3+; thanks Juan Gutierrez
Jan
2012
Zebra_Form, version 2.7.7 now available
Fixed a bug that made disabling dates impossible - thanks to Andrei Bodeanschi; fixed a bug with the "convert" rule that made it always delete the converted image immediately after conversion, if the "overwrite" argument was set to TRUE; added Albanian translation; thanks to Faton Sopa.
Who am I
I am a 32 year old web developer working from Bucharest, Romania. I am coding since I was 14 and I am extremely passionate about it. For the server side of things I use PHP/MySQL while on the front-end I write valid HTML 5, nice CSS and lots of JavaScript code using jQuery.