Helpful Links for JavaScript
A small but also heavily curated collection of useful links for JavaScript.
Tag: jQuery
Working with GA’s Enhanced Ecommerce (using GTM)
An example of sending product impressions gradually, so your analytics data reflects actual visibility on the page.
jQuery’s .closest() versus Element.closest()
Two implementations: same goal, different details – and hence different logic for your if statements.
Parallax without Plugins
We’ve done some simple parallax on a couple of websites recently, using jQuery but no additional JavaScript libraries. It takes some hand-tweaking – and you have to know your items in advance – but is also much lighter weight than a plugin. Here’s how.
Folders named ‘icons,’ click handlers, and a new repo
Two things I’ve learned recently: Don’t use “icons” as a folder name in a website directory if you’re on Apache. Everything inside will 404. Apparently Apache aliases any directory named icons to its own icons directory by default with no .htaccess override allowed. This falls into the “but why did it work on my computer?” […]
Tweaking the simple auto-playing slideshow
Two variations on CSS-Tricks’ Simple Auto-Playing Slideshow (jQuery): one to load slideshow content via AJAX, and one to turn each slideshow item into a question-answer pair.