http://huydinh.co.uk/blog Magic coding [ ninja | monkey ] seeks secret code of legends (and 3 meals a day)! Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:16:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Inspired by Ca Phun (YeloTofu.com)'s love for jQuery and him providing useless plugins, I've decided to take my zoomer script a little further, by creating a jQuery magnifier plugin. There are many similar magnifiers out there, but none actually lifts the magnifier out of the image... at least, none that I've ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/09/04/my-jquery-magnify-plugin/ One of Magento's little annoyances is the main image preview method - like everything else about Magento, it comes with bells and whistles. Is that a bad thing? Well, yes. Before I complain, look at the original zoomer. I'd argue whether the average user needs to zoom into an image using the ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/08/31/replacement-zoomer-for-magento/ I don't want to sound like a broken record but Magento is slow. So why then aren't the JS and CSS minified by default? My love for optimisation knows no boundaries, as such, I've taken it on myself to provide an automated solution - here it is: minify.zip It's a simple script that ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/08/31/minify-magentos-js-and-css/ Magento, the all singing, all dancing ecommerce system that's heads and shoulders above everything else. It has more features than a Swiss army knife, and best of all, it's open source and completely free to use! Mosso is Rackspace's cloud computing service, it promises to be somewhere between a VPS (Virtual ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/08/30/magento-plus-mosso-equals-fail/ Crooked Tongues, the famous online sneakers store has been updated with a new ecommerce system - one built from scratch, based on the CMS I built for Freeview... well, not quite "based on" but there are similar features and functionality - especially the recursive navigation/categorisation structure whereby each category can ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/crooked-tongues-store-refreshed/ Spine magazine is finally live! I'm especially proud of the infinite scrolling on the news and reviews pages. If you have some time, drag the jog slider down and scroll back to the yesteryears! Check it out at: http://www.spinemagazine.com http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/06/30/spine-magazine/ The website in Flash AS3 with a bit of PaperVision3D. It's a complex design with animated interactive links and hotspots. The background and popups are in 2D while the map is in 3D. Check it out here: http://www.originals-online.com/footlocker_cope2/ http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/06/18/adidasfoot-locker-cope-2/ I've updated the income tax calculator using flex, it looks much better than before, and it works great. This is now updated to calculate this year's deductions and compare it with last year's. The "Hourly" button shows your actual hourly rate taking into account the number of hours you work a day ... http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/04/20/income-tax-calculator-updated-now-called-wage-calculator/ Had a bit of free time lately, learned a bit of AS3 and Papervision3D, so naturally I put my education into the pursuit of something completely useless! Check this out! (Before you nag, 08/09 values are estimates only... although it's pretty accurate if you earn less than £36,000 a year). http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/02/27/interactive-3d-income-tax-calculator/ The weather's been pretty miserable in London lately. Even when there is sunshine it's freezing! Look at the weather report: http://huydinh.co.uk/blog/2008/02/18/a-cold-day-in-london/