Shaun Mccran

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JQuery Datatables plugin example using a server side data request (coldfusion)

Im my previous article on how to use the JQuery datatables plug I concentrated mainly on the JQuery script, and how to build the AJAX request to receive a JSON response.

In this article I will demonstrate the full application which will include the front end JQuery, building the back end server response and a few tips that I've picked up since implementing the plugin. I am using an MS SQL table filled with UK location data that I also used for a weather webservice, to fill the table.

A full example of this working can be seen here: Data table server side example

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Using Feedburner RSS feeds with your Blog and auto tweeting to your Twitter Account

Feed burner is a Google product that allows you to consume and distribute your RSS feeds in a much more in depth way than simply displaying the information in a raw XML format. It allows you to analyse the usage of a feed, add social links into feed articles and push the content onto other web platforms, like Twitter and Facebook.

In this article I will display what I like to call the 'Distributed social circular'. This means that when you create a new Blog article feed burner will automatically consume it, update your RSS feed subscribers, and post a custom formatted Tweet to your Twitter account, hopefully driving more visitors to the original article.

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How to backup and restore your emails and SMS on an Android mobile phone

I recently upgraded my mobile to the new HTC Desire. This freed up my HTC Magic which my wife is now using. This meant that I needed to migrate all my data from a HTC Magic to the HTC Desire, and migrate all my wife's data from a Nokia N96 to a HTC Magic. This article deals with a few different Android Market place Applications, and the Pro's and Con's of each of them.

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Using JQuery to alter CSS properties of page elements using a checkbox form field

I was recently writing a form where I needed to control the visibility of a div element based on a user selection. If a user checked the checkbox, then a div was to appear with related options in it. This article deals with using JQuery to alter CSS properties on the fly.

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