http://www.akxl.net/labs/ Akxl Labs Source Code and Articles Feed. Akxl Labs articles discuss programming concepts and techniques in ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, and other web technologies. http://www.akxl.net/images/akxllabs_dark.gif http://www.akxl.net/labs/ http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/a-javascript-to-change-the-style-of-html-entities-by-fading-between-colors/ ColorChanger is a custom JavaScript object that can transition any style property of an HTML entity from any one color to another by calculating intermediate colors. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/15/#Feedback Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:07:55 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/text-wrapped-drop-caps-in-css-using-the-first-letter-selector/ Examples and code describe how to create a cross-broswer text-wrapped drop cap in CSS using the first-letter selector. Includes a solution to Internet Explorer's line alignment problem. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/14/#Feedback Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:33:06 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/use-javascript-to-change-or-fade-opacity-or-transparency-of-html-entities/ How to use CSS and JavaScript to dynamically alter the opacity of an item on a web page, including animated fade-in and fade-out of an element. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/13/#Feedback Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:14 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/scrollbars-made-from-javascript-and-css/ An HTML/JavaScript/CSS based scrollbar that provides a more powerful, style-able, and smaller alternative to regular scrollbars. Dragging and the mouse wheel are both supported. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/12/#Feedback Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:42:36 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-a-tag-cloud---a-better-approach/ Presents a graphical explanation of an algorithm to create a Tag Cloud, with an example .NET User Control in ASP.NET C# that you can use on your website. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/11/#Feedback Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:24:59 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/imagebutton's-that-automatically-generate-their-button-images/ Never make a graphical button again, let your ASP.NET button controls do it for you. CustomImageButton combines a graphical button maker with an ImageButton control, to create an ASP.NET (C#) tool that makes it's own buttons on demand. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/10/#Feedback Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-automated-negative-captcha-user-control-v2/ A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/9/#Feedback Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-a-tag-cloud/ Scale and bound font sizes in a tag cloud using a natural-log curve fitting. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/8/#Feedback Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-automated-negative-captcha-user-control/ A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/7/#Feedback Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/converting-a-hexadecimal-color-to-a-system.drawing.color-object/ How to convert a web-style hex color (#FFFFFF) to a Color struct instance in C#. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/6/#Feedback Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-c-sharp-instant-messenger-status-determination/ A dotnet pluugin to display the status of an IM user on your website. Determine or Display your Status on AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, or Skype. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/5/#Feedback Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/links-with-dashed-underlines/ A method for adding link unerline styles that's better than CSS borders. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/4/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:54:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/the-coffee-counter/ How much coffee does a college student need? http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/3/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:22:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-the-xmlhttprequest-object-for-ajax-postbacks/ A hybrid method for creating a cross-browser compatible XMLHTTPRequest object for AJAX transactions. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/2/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:07:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/ajax-and-the-www-problem/ Got an AJAX Script stuck in readyState 2? You've probably got a WWW conflict. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/1/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:21:00 GMT