carvingCode: carving unique nooks in the web™

When ExpressionEngine auto-creates a thumbnail image, it gives the option for creating the markup to display the full size image in a new, pop-up window or in a blank window.  If you’re like me, those options aren’t optimal.  So I put together a handy 4-line Javascript DOM trick to give me other choices.

There’s many books and resources available on designing client- and server-side web sites, but few which focus on the practical methods of creating web sites that users can find.  This is one worth mentioning.

Using a regex routine, we can find instances of URLs in a block of text and wrap them in <a> elements.

An interesting technique is popping up—1-pixel rounded corners.