Brian Schrader Sonictherocketman

Pagination 101

Article by Faruk Ateş, [originally on KuraFire.net][original] which is currently down

One of the most commonly overlooked and under-refined elements of a website is its pagination controls. In many cases, these are treated as an afterthought. I rarely come across a website that has decent pagination, and it always makes me wonder why so few manage to get it right. After all, I'd say that pagination is pretty easy to get right. Alas, that doesn't seem the case, so after encouragement from Chris Messina on Flickr I decided to write my Pagination 101, hopefully it'll give you some clues as to what makes good pagination.

Before going into analyzing good and bad pagination, I want to explain just what I consider to be pagination: Pagination is any kind of control system that lets the user browse through pages of search results, archives, or any other kind of continued content. Search results are the o

	import numpy as np
	import astropy.coordinates as coord
	import astropy.time
	import astropy.units as u

	# Can do this to get updated IERS B values into astropy
	from astropy.utils import iers
	from astropy.utils import data
	iers_b = iers.IERS_B.open(data.download_file(iers.IERS_B_URL, cache=True))
	iers_auto = iers.IERS_Auto.open()

	/**
	* DataTables plug-in to handle U.S.-style dates. Requires month day year.
	* Time is optional and can be in 12 or 24 hour formats.
	* Properly parses mm/m, dd/d and yyyy/yy.
	*
	* Based on original datetime-us plugin by Kevin Gravier.
	*
	* @name Flexible US Datetime
	* @summary Sort dates and times in US mm/dd/yyyy with optional time.
	* @author Mark Stewart

	// Just before switching jobs:
	// Add one of these.
	// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
	//
	// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
	// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
	// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
	//
	// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
	// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

	#!/bin/bash

	# Source: http://toomuchdata.com/2012/06/25/how-to-install-python-2-7-3-on-centos-6-2/

	# Install stuff #
	#################

	# Install development tools and some misc. necessary packages
	yum -y groupinstall "Development tools"
	yum -y install zlib-devel # gen'l reqs

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	<head>
	<title>iOS 8 web app</title>

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