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PerpetualBeta / web-page-envelope.php
Created October 25, 2012 16:08
PHP wrapper for servers where mod_expires and/or mod_deflate are not available. Files routed through this wrapper will be served gzip-compressed, with an ETag and with a "far future expires" header.
<?php
/**
* Page delivery wrapper for servers where mod_expires and/or mod_deflate are
* not available.
*
* Route page requests through this wrapper (via mod_rewrite for example) and
* they will be served with far future expires, etags and will be gzip
* compressed.
*
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PerpetualBeta / gist:3964029
Created October 27, 2012 10:23
Rename all files in a directory to their web-safe equivalents.
perl -e 'foreach $file (glob "*") { $dest_file = $file; $dest_file =~ s/ /_/sg; $dest_file =~ s/[^a-zA-Z_\-.0-9]//sg; rename $file, lc($dest_file) }'
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PerpetualBeta / tinyImgCycle.js
Created October 27, 2012 10:49
Cycle through a series of images. Fade transition between slides. Loops back to first slide at end of collection.
// Requires the jQuery library - http://jquery.com/
// Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/DarkBlue/zM3A2/3/embedded/result/
function slideshow(){var a=$("#animation img.active");a.length==0&&(a=$("#animation img:last"));var b=a.next().length?a.next():$("#animation img:first");a.addClass("last-active");b.css({opacity:0}).addClass("active").animate({opacity:1},1E3,function(){a.removeClass("active last-active")})}$(function(){setInterval("slideshow()",5E3)});
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PerpetualBeta / daySensitiveCountdownTimer.js
Last active January 7, 2019 10:45
A real-time countdown timer for a web page. Will countdown to a target time, but only on days specified (eg: Mon-Fri).
if (document.getElementById('countdownTimer')) {
pad = function(n, len) { // leading 0's
var s = n.toString();
return (new Array( (len - s.length + 1) ).join('0')) + s;
};
var timerRunning = setInterval(
function countDown() {
var now = new Date();
if ( (now.getDay() >= 1) && (now.getDay() <= 5) ) { // Monday to Friday only
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PerpetualBeta / ticker.js
Created October 27, 2012 22:54
Compact, vertical, infinite ticker/scroller. Pauses on "mouseenter" event.
(function ($) {
$.fn.ticker = function (options) {
var defaults = {
speed: 1000,
pause: 3000,
p: false
};
options = $.extend(defaults, options);
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PerpetualBeta / gist:4009338
Created November 3, 2012 23:39
Adds a "fuzzy" search suggestion to the i18n_search plug-in for the GetSimple CMS
<?php
/**
* Fuzzy Search Suggestion Snippet for i18n_search plug-in for the GetSimple CMS
*
* Sometimes a search query produces no matches. This is occassionaly due to a
* miss-spelling in the query terms. This routine will attempt to offer a search
* suggestion to the user when a search results in no matches.
*
* For example:
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PerpetualBeta / fixedTableHeader.js
Created December 9, 2012 14:44
On large HTML tables, in a height-constricted viewport, keeps the 'thead' visible while the table is scrolled.
(function($){
$.fn.extend({
fixedTableHeader: function(options) {
var defaults = { wrapper : null, offset : 0 };
options = $.extend(defaults, options);
return this.each(function() {
var o = options;
if (o.wrapper === null) { $(this).wrap('<div class="w" />'); o.wrapper = $('.w'); }
var scrollbarWidth = function(){var a=$('<div style="width:50px;height:50px;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:-200px;left:-200px;"><div style="height:100px;"></div></div>');$('body').append(a);var b=$('div',a).innerWidth();a.css('overflow-y','auto');var c=$('div',a).innerWidth();$(a).remove();return b-c;};
$(this).clone().appendTo(o.wrapper).wrap('<div class="b" />');
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PerpetualBeta / gist:6653157
Created September 21, 2013 18:55
Bash script header to elevate a script that needs to run as "root" if it is run without sudo. Background here: http://darkblue.sdf.org/weblog/post/got-root
# /bin/sh
if [ "$(whoami)" != 'root' ]; then
echo 'This script must be run as "root".'
echo 'Enter password to elevate privileges:'
SCRIPTPATH=$( cd $(dirname $0) ; pwd -P )
SELF=`basename $0`
sudo $SCRIPTPATH'/'$SELF
exit 1
fi
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PerpetualBeta / gist:6845202
Created October 5, 2013 19:35
Bash script to recursively chmod the permissions of files or folders.
#!/bin/sh
# Traverse a directory starting at $path and change the permissions of all files
# or folders (determined with options) to $permissions
helpText=$"Usage: ${0##*/} -(f|d) permissions path";
permissions=$2;
path=$3;
if [[ $path ]]
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PerpetualBeta / keybase.md
Created September 17, 2014 21:35
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