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thealscott / key_exists_and_equals

Created May 15, 2012 16:49

Returns if the key of an array exists and equals the given value.

	function key_exists_and_equals($array, $key, $value)
	{
	return (isset($array[$key]) && $array[$key] == $value);
	}

thealscott / jquery.autolink.js

Created May 29, 2012 15:19

Extension of the handy autolink jQuery plugin, so that it has a method for handling twitter hashtags. Original from http://kawika.org/jquery/index.php

	jQuery.fn.highlight = function (text, o) {
	return this.each( function(){
	var replace = o \|\| '<span class="highlight">$1</span>';
	$(this).html( $(this).html().replace( new RegExp('('+text+'(?![\\w\\s?&.\\/;#~%"=-]*>))', "ig"), replace) );
	});
	}

	jQuery.fn.autolink = function (target) {
	if (target == null) target = '_parent';
	return this.each( function(){

thealscott / scss-mixins-part-1

Created July 9, 2012 14:12

SCSS utility mixins; includes custom font, box-sizing, opacity, border-radius and box-shadow mixins with prefixes and polyfills.

	@mixin custom-font($name, $weight, $font_type) {

	$fallbacks:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

	@if $font_type == serif {
	$fallbacks:Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
	}

	font-family: '#{$name} #{$weight}', $fallbacks;
	font-weight:$weight;

thealscott / gist:3349897

Created August 14, 2012 14:41 — forked from corydorning/Cross-Browser ::before and ::after pseudo-class polyfill

Cross-Browser ::before and ::after pseudo-class polyfill - adapted into mixins for SCSS using modernizr

	@mixin after-polyfill(){
	.ie7 & {
	/* creates <span class="ie-after"></span> */
	zoom: expression( this.runtimeStyle.zoom="1", this.appendChild( document.createElement("span") ).className="ie-after" );
	}
	}

	@mixin before-polyfill(){
	.ie7 & {
	/* creates <span class="ie-before"></span> */

thealscott / gist:e2d11731e6eec91c4f8a

Last active December 17, 2015 04:59

Center a fullscreen image of any aspect ratio

	function centerImage() {
	$img = $('img');
	var newimage = new Image();
	var originalImageWidth;
	var originalImageHeight;

	newimage.src = $img.attr('src');
	newimage.onload = function()
	{
	// resize/reposition image based on aspect ratio relative to viewport aspect to make sure it is always fullscreen and centered

thealscott / gist:ebadb841e8f5be4645c0

Last active December 17, 2015 07:39

Some ghetto UA based feature blacklisting, supplement for Modernizr (for shit that it can't reliably feature detect)

	var userAgentNaughtyList = {
	positionFixed : [
	'Android 2',
	'Android 3',
	'Android 4.0',
	'iPhone OS 4',
	'iPhone OS 5',
	'Windows Phone OS 7'
	],
	vimeo : [

thealscott / gist:5797009

Last active December 18, 2015 14:28

Simple asset preloader example

	var preloadImageArray = [
	'/path/to/images_1.jpg',
	'/path/to/images_2.jpg',
	'/path/to/images_3.jpg',
	'/path/to/images_4.jpg'
	];

	function preloadImages (preloadImageArray) {
	var images = preloadImageArray;
	var count = images.length;

thealscott / gist:6434599

Created September 4, 2013 09:10

Safe console snippet

	// make it safe to use console.log always
	(function(b){
	function c(){}
	for(var d="assert,clear,count,debug,dir,dirxml,error,exception,firebug,group,groupCollapsed,groupEnd,info,log,memoryProfile,memoryProfileEnd,profile,profileEnd,table,time,timeEnd,timeStamp,trace,warn".split(","),a;a=d.pop();){
	b[a]=b[a]\|\|c
	}
	})((function(){
	try

	{

thealscott / gist:8559974

Created January 22, 2014 14:48

Cutting the mustard snippet (via BBC)

	if ('querySelector' in document &&
	'localStorage' in window &&
	'addEventListener' in window) {
	// bootstrap the JavaScript application
	}

thealscott / gist:8560049

Created January 22, 2014 14:53

XHR ajax snippet (via Remy)

	function request(type, url, opts, callback) {
	var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(),
	fd;

	if (typeof opts === 'function') {
	callback = opts;
	opts = null;
	}

	xhr.open(type, url);