Kevin Leary is a Web User Interface Designer and Front End Developer specializing in standards compliant XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.

External JavaScript on Demand with jQuery.getScript()

I find myself using JavaScript more and more often in my work. As work on a particular site grows, I find that too many external scripts begin to pile up in the <head> section of my document, eventually effecting performance. Thanks to jQuery’s $.getScript method, I’ve found an elegant solution to this problem.

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AJAX, XML and Internet Explorer

While working on the KMC Partners website I stumbled upon a cross browser issue using jQuery’s AJAX $.get() method to load and parse XML data.

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jQuery Safer Mailto Links Plugin

Recently I realized that jQuery plugins are the way to go for building re-usable, modular code snippets. As a result I have revisited the jQuery Safe Mailto’s function, building a jQuery Plugin to replace it.

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Safe MailTo’s with jQuery

Here’s a small snippet I created on the job, I thought some people may find it useful. It was built using jQuery version 1.2.3. The purpose of this snippet is reject those nasty spam bots from stealing your (or your clients) email address from mailto: links.

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Search Field Focus & Blur Effects

Here is something I come across a lot at work so I thought I would turn it into a simple tutorial for reference to anyone out there that needs it. Basically what we want to create is this:

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