Netsiblog

Embedding fonts using SIFR

2008-12-20T18:16:00.001-08:00

I've been around on the net since 1995, and have seen at least 3 ways to embed fonts on webpages: The microsoft way, the netscape way and now a cross platform way - SIFR.

As I try to put my threads short, I will just write a way to implement SIFR custom fonts on your website

Locate a TTF font you whish to use on your webpage
Goto the page which offers to convert the font to a "flash swf font" (used by SIFT):
http://www.sifrgenerator.com/wizard.html
Follow the wizard guide and choose version 2 in the end.
Download the SWF file to a path near your website, say in a folder named "fonts"

Now the font is ready, all you need to do now is to try another free service appearing as a plugin for JQUERY - the sIFR plugin!

Goto the website http://jquery.thewikies.com/sifr/
Download the "Jquery sIFR plugin version 2" All in one.zip file
unpack it and follow the guide

To be able to use the font you generated yourself - copy'n'paste the font into the "fonts" directory in the unpacked "all-in-one" zip file.

That's it! :-)

How to rename a Dynamicweb Stylesheet

2008-12-19T00:46:00.000-08:00

In Dynamicweb CMS you have so-called "Stylesheets" which are used as containers for various page/site related settings: Layout, navigation etc. You cannot by default rename them - but if you are lucky to have access to the SQL database in which your soloution is store you can use these sql queries below to rename your stylesheets:

Find the information about the excisting stylesheets:
select * from StylesheetStylesheet where StylesheetStylesheetParentID = 0

You will get information like this:
StylesheetStylesheetID [Integer]
StylesheetStylesheetParentID [Integer]
StylesheetStylesheetNodename [String]
To rename a given Stylesheet, use the above information to generate your sql query, for instance:
UPDATE StylesheetStylesheet SET StylesheetStylesheetNodename = 'My new name'WHERE (StylesheetStylesheetID = '4')

DwTemplateTags in XSLT templates

2008-12-12T04:40:00.000-08:00

Well, to find out which template tags are availiable when working with XSLT templates in Dynamicweb CMS you need to insert this:

<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[]]></xsl:text>

Code snippets - lets unite!!

2008-11-13T13:35:00.000-08:00

As I was browsing for some help for doing a simpel task I came across a site which contains Snippets - http://snipplr.com. Wow! That sounded interesting - the snippet I first clicked on was: "Opacity Hack. I was a litle disapointed, not with the snippet in question, but the fact that it was nothing but simpel text...

For years in the back of my head I have had the thought that code snippets should unite! :-) My hopes that snipplr.com was such a united snippet spot was spoiled...

But I tried to write my POWs about snippets - which was not 100% allowed by their comment system, so here goes - a (hopefully) working copy of what I tried to write about snippets standardlization:

Hi, In general I like the Idea of snippets, no doubt about that! But I would love to see some kind of standardilzation of them, preferable in a combination of XML, XSD (schema). You could then transform your XML snippet to what ever purpose you would need it in - say a HTML context. You can validate the input to the snippet using XSD. And some clever programmer might create add-ins for say MS Visual Studio 2008 or other commenly used development tools.
Here is my first thoughts about how it could be put together - based on this snippet for opacity:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<snippets>
  <snippet>
    <name>Opacity hack</name>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <context>CSS</context>
    <template>
      <outputRaw><![CDATA[selector {  filter: alpha(opacity=60); /* MSIE/PC */  -moz-opacity: 0.6; /* Mozilla 1.6 and older */  opacity: 0.6;}]]></outputRaw>
      <output>
        <input id="alpha" type="string" default=".selector" /> {
        filter: alpha(opacity=<input id="opacity" type="int" default="60"/>); /* MSIE/PC */
        -moz-opacity: <eval id="moz-opacity"><![CDATA[opacity/100]]></eval>; /* Mozilla 1.6 and older */
        opacity: <eval id="moz-opacity"><![CDATA[moz-opacity]]></eval>;
        }
      </output>
    </template>
  </snippet>
</snippets>

Snippet: External javascript Eval window

2008-11-07T05:44:00.000-08:00

Below a code which (especially) in MSIE will be helpfull when debugging a webpage in frontend. The script opens a small window containing a textarea where you may enter your javascript code. When you Evaluete the code it will be in the context of the current window, so you can examine or edit the DOM tree of the document which is in the window where you clicked the Snippet.

You should create your snippet by

Create a bookmark (any page)
Place the bookmark in the "links" area, so that it will be available in your toolbar
Edit the bookmark (right click) and paste the code below into the URL
Rename it (to say "EVAL")

Here is the code:

Published directly from Picasa2

2008-11-06T13:34:00.001-08:00

This image has been published directly from my PC using Picasa2. I choose the image (of my daughter and me) and simply pressed "Blogg this!". After having gone some simpel choices (for instance which layout) it was done! Simpel! and nice!

Video for websites - tools you need (TUN)

2008-10-26T06:05:00.000-07:00

CamStudio - video capturing/converting tool

The network speed - bandwidth - I use has grown from 9,600 BITS/second in 1995 to my current 20 Mbits/second so ofcause you can put more "heavy" stuff on the net. One of the relative heavy items is video clips.

You may have a digital video recorder, a webcam, a camera or perhaps a phone which will produce for instance .AVI files. I found though that publish AVI files is not so perfect for several reasons. Yesterday I found soloution (for my PC) which is an open source application called "CamStudio", it seems to be the answer to my needs to be able to publish video - here are some of the features:

Optional compressing of the video

Choice to include audio

SWF video + autogenerated HTML which embeds it

That is enough for me! - and BTW I found it here: http://www.webappers.com/category/components/video/

Adding general handling fee in Dynamicweb eCommerce

2008-09-30T23:50:00.000-07:00

I had the challange resently to add a default handling fee to a eCommerce soloution implemented using Dynamicweb eCommerce. After struggling a while with it I found a soloution. I created a negative sales discount on the amount which every customer would have to pay if the total amount was no more than a given amount.

So you simply create a discount - a "Total Sales Price Discount" on a given NEGATIVE amount of money. You also define a rule which takes care of the limit given in your case, say: "The customer should spend more than 1000€, before the handling fee will be zero".

It is perhaps not a very logical way - but it works! :-)

Replace tokens in a string

2008-09-25T01:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a usefull litle function which replaces values in a string:

Anything in the basket?

2008-08-05T02:50:00.000-07:00

If you have a Dynamicweb Web soloution with eCommerce you may want to inform the visitor/customer about the number of products in the basket. One logical place to add this information would be on the PAGE template - and yes, it's that simpel!

A very simpel example would be to add:

In basket:  products

Unfortunally if there is nothing in the basket Dynamicweb will just leave the tag unpassed, so your HTML code will not contain "0" if nothing is in the basket.

To solve this situation you will need to write some javascript. I Suggest that you put the basket information inside - say - a DIV with a specifik ID ("GlobalBasket" for instance) and then set the CSS Display to "none". The javascript code should then toggle the CSS Display attribute if nessesary.

Here is a simple example:


<div id="GlobalBasket" style="display: none">
<b>In basket: <!--@Ecom:Order.OrderLines.TotalQuantity--> products</b>
</div>
<div id="GlobalBasketEmpty" style="display: none">
<b>Basket is empty</b>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var iQuantity = parseInt('<!--@Ecom:Order.OrderLines.TotalQuantity-->');
if (iQuantity>0 || !isNaN(iQuantity)) {
  document.getElementById('GlobalBasket').style.display = 'block'; // Or Inline
} else {
  document.getElementById('GlobalBasketEmpty').style.display =  'block'; // Or Inline
}
</script>

I have added a "GlobalBasketEmpty" DIV to this example - it will be show in case of the basket is empty.

Find the coordinates of your address

2008-07-07T23:54:00.000-07:00

Enter your address and get the coordinates for the address. The resulting page is containing XML, but you should be able to understand it :-)

Address

Zip

city

Simulating SQL "DISTINCT" in XSLT

2008-07-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

If you have a list of elements from which you only want one occurance of each unique value, in SQL you would just add "DISTINCT" infront of the column. You can do something in XSLT which gives you the same functionality. Take a look at this example:
//Product[Hight][not(Hight=preceding-sibling::Product/Hight)]
This example will do just that with Product elements with a subnode called Hight. So only one occurance of each Hight!

Link to translate the page you are viewing...

2008-07-03T04:10:00.000-07:00

This is a nice little "scriptlet" which you can put in your "Links" toolbar in your internet explorer. It will goto the translation tool of Google with the current page as the page to be translated.
The scriplet translates from English to Danish, but you should easily be able to adapt it to your language, by visiting the translation toof of Google.

How to add it

Open an empty window

Add the page to your bookmarks - in the Links area

Open the bookmark administrator, locate the above link and press properties

Change the url to:

Name it for instance: "Translate", and Save it

Usage
Visit a page in english which you want to translate to Danish. Press the link you have just added, as described above!

Visit my BLOG at Dynamicweb

2008-07-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

From time to time I am writing "articles" on a blog at my job @ Dynamicweb A/S. You might find them interesting - so visit my blog @ Dynamicweb.

Debugging in javascript

2008-07-03T00:03:00.000-07:00

General view on debugging posibilities
When developing webpages using javascript you have great debugging posibilities when errors occur. That is ofcause if you have the right tools installed on your computer/browser. I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for javascript running in MSIE, and Firebug for javascript running in Firefox.

Both support breakpoints - though it is easier in Firebug. In MVS2008 I open the code and attach it to a running version of the code, after that I can add breakpoints. Firebug simply lets you add a breakpoint and volia it is active!

Debugging using own code
I found a post here: webdeveloper.com, modified it a litle and now have a stong debugging tool!

Below I have added some code which will allow you to show a "call stack" at any given point in your code. A call stack shows which functions with which parameters have brought us to a given place in your code. This allows you to find sources of errors more easy.
Furthermore it allows you the option to start the debugger if you wish! What more could you wish for! :-)

You can get the javascript code here:
http://www.netsi.dk/javascripts/showCallStack.txt

Need an icon for AJAX loading action?

2008-06-16T05:47:00.000-07:00

If you use AJAX code on you site and you need a "loading" sort of icon to display during AJAX calls, try visiting this page: http://www.ajaxload.info/.

It is free and lets you config your own animation - nice! :-)

Beatiful pictures

2008-06-02T03:40:00.001-07:00

View this slideshow with beautiful images!

| View | Upload your own

Documentation of Dynamicweb CMS

2008-05-15T23:38:00.001-07:00

Here are some important places for finding documentation for Dynamicweb CMS:
A portal of information about Dynamicweb (and Syncron VIA):
http://documentation.dynamicweb.dk/

The system - running examples of use and how-tos:
http://demo.dynamicweb.dk/

Back-end online manual:
http://manual.net.dynamicweb.dk/

Templates online manual:
http://templates.dynamicweb.dk/

2008-05-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

This image I have created using Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0 - just a test :-)

The image is of my mother and my daughter playing in Rønde, Denmark.

The image was imported into XXP 4.0 and very quickly turned around in 3D.

Change layout (stylesheet) using querysting "StyleID" in Dynamicweb CMS

2008-05-13T03:53:00.000-07:00

It is possibel to change the Dynamicweb CMS stylesheet on a page using a querystring "StyleID".

You simply add the "StyleID=123", where 123 is the ID of your stylesheet. To find that number you login to your CMS soloution, choose "Stylesheet" and move the mouse over the stylesheet. In the window status bar you can see the id.

Filtering in module DatabasePublisher

2008-04-08T04:08:00.000-07:00

If you are using the module DatabasePublisher in Dynamicweb CMS, it is possibel to make dynamic filtering of data. The syntax is based around 3 querystring params.

Take this example: filterName=myCol&filterCondition=>=&filterValue=12

filterName = The name of the column
filterCondition = The condition to use (normal <, >, =, like...)
filterValue = The value to use in the filter.

The above example would make DatabasePublisher generate a where statement:
"where myCol>=12"

You may repeat a column more than once! If for instance you wish the value to be greater that 12 but less than 25:
filterName=myCol&filterCondition=>=&filterValue=12&filterName=myCol&filterCondition=<&filterValue=25

How to empty a card in Dynamicweb Ecommerce

2008-03-26T06:09:00.000-07:00

You can empty the card using any URL inside your site, just extend the URL with these params: CartCmd=emptycart

getEaster([year])

2008-03-25T05:45:00.000-07:00

This code will return the date of easter at a [given] year. If you call the function without any year, current year will be used:


function getEaster(year) {
year = (arguments.length==1) ? year : new Date().getYear();
var a=year%19, b=Math.floor(year/100), c=year%100, d=Math.floor(b/4), e=b%4, f=Math.floor((b+8)/25), g=Math.floor((b-f+1)/3), h=(19*a+b-d-g+15)%30, i=Math.floor(c/4), k=c%4, l=(32+2*e+2*i-h-k)%7, m=Math.floor((a+11*h+22*l)/451), n=h+l-7*m+114;
return new Date(year, Math.floor(n/31)-1,n%31+1);
}

It return a javascript Date object.

Save the XML navigation data

2008-03-17T02:23:00.000-07:00

When working with XSLT based menues in Dynamicweb you will need to see the actual XML document which your XSLT works with - you can extend the URL with: "SaveXml=True" and a XML document will be saved in "Templates\Navigation". A dynamic name will be applied - for example: "TestNavigationData137.xml".

You may read about this here: http://www.dynamicweb.dk/Developer-forum-25346.aspx?action=ShowThread&ThreadID=163

Show tables in a database

2008-03-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

If you want to know which tables are defined in a (MS) database you can enter this SQL query:

select name from sysobjects where xtype = 'U'
order by name

eval function in any browser!

2008-02-08T04:45:00.000-08:00

Working a lot in frontend environment you sometimes have to do "eval()" in javascript. That function is not standard for all browsers.

Firefox for one does not support it! No problem! Here is a simple script you can put in the top of you page. It will ensure that a working eval function is present!

Try it out! - Enter code and press "eval"

isValidEmail(sEmail)

2008-02-08T01:50:00.000-08:00

How many times have you wished that some build-in checks existed in the Regular Expression object? One on the ones which I use often is a check if an e-mail address is valid - so here you are! You may use it as you like! :-)

function isValidEmail(sEmail)
{
var pattern = "^[a-zA-Z0-9._+&*# -]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$"
var regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'ig');
return regex.test(sEmail);
}

How to: Demask a masked e-mail address in Dynamic Web

2007-11-27T07:07:00.000-08:00

In Dynamic Web CMS you can choose that all e-mail adresses will be "masked". If you from a javascript wish to get the "demasked" version of such a value you can use this function:


function getDemaskedEMail(sEmail)
{
  if (sEmail.substr(0, 2)=='&#' && sEmail.substr(sEmail.length-1, 1)==';')
  {
    sEmail = ';'+sEmail+'&#';
    sEmail = sEmail.split(';&#');
    var ss = '';
    for(var i=0; i<sEmail.length; i++)
    {
      if (sEmail[i]!='') {
        ss+=String.fromCharCode(sEmail[i])
      }
    }
    sEmail = ss;
  }
  return sEmail;
}

How to: Show more than one group i Dynamicweb ECommerce

2007-11-26T05:23:00.000-08:00

If you want to display more than one group in Dynamicweb ECommerce you should put a ECom module "varekatalog" on a paragraph. You need not choose in backend which group you wish to display - that can be done in the querystring or the post data you send to the URL.

If you wish to display "GROUP20" you will use an URL alike this:
http://sth.net.dynamicweb.dk/Default.aspx?ID=8&GroupID=GROUP13

If you wish to display more than one group - use this syntax:
http://sth.net.dynamicweb.dk/Default.aspx?ID=8&GroupID=GROUP13,GROUP14

How to make a file download link in Dynamic Web

2007-11-19T03:26:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you want the user to be able to just download a file you point to from your Dynamic Web CMS homepage. What you need to do is simple:

Prefix your filepath with:
```
/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=
```

If your file is here:
```
/Files/files/myFile.txt
```

Resulting URL:

/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=/Files/files/myFile.txt

If the file path is written using Javascript you should

escape()

the file path.

Return the XML input document

2007-11-14T13:08:00.000-08:00

This XSLT document will return a copy of the input, usefull if you do not know the structure of the XML which you need to transform:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml:namespace prefix = xsl /><xsl:stylesheet fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output declaration="yes" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" method="html">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*@*node()comment()processing-instruction()">
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*@*node()comment()processing-instruction()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*@*node()comment()processing-instruction()">
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
</xsl:apply-templates></xsl:apply-templates></xsl:output>

How to get a xml object in javascript

2007-11-11T07:10:00.000-08:00

This function will return a XML object:


function getXMLObject(sXML) {
  var oXMLObject;
  try {
    oXMLObject = new DOMParser().parseFromString(sXML, 'text/xml');
  } catch(e) {
    try {
      oXMLObject = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
      oXMLObject.loadXML(sXML);
    } catch(e) {
    }
  }
  return oXMLObject;
};

Handy VS2005 macro for Dynamic Web

2007-10-31T01:00:00.000-07:00

This VB macro is a handy utility for use in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 when editing Dynamic Web Templates. It til insert a remark at the begining of the template which says in which directory the template is placed, and the name of it.

It also inserts a not active , a tag which at the time where the template is rendered, will show you which template tags are availible, and their values.

Copy'n'paste the code below into a file named (for instance) "DwUtils.vb"

Save it and import it into VS2005.


Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Module DwUtils


    Sub prepareTemplate()
        Dim doc As Document
        Dim desc As String
        Dim sName As String
        Dim sPath As String
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim temp As Array


        doc = DTE.ActiveDocument
        sName = doc.Name
        sPath = doc.Path
        temp = sPath.Split("\")
        desc = ""
        For i = temp.Length - 3 To temp.Length - 1
            desc = desc & "/" & temp(i)
        Next
        sName = desc & sName

        Dim textSelection As TextSelection

        textSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
        textSelection.GotoLine(1)
        textSelection.Insert("" & vbCrLf)


        textSelection.EndOfDocument()
        textSelection.Insert(vbCrLf & "")
    End Sub
End Module

Javascript - trim() method...

2007-10-21T23:38:00.000-07:00

Javascript is very cool in the way that i handles objects. The way that it lets you dynamically extend objects with properties and methodes, I find very cool.

Yes you need to keep focus due to this "anercistic" structure of javascript - sometimes you hate it but most of the times you probertly love it :-)

Anyway, I found a good example of this object extending feature. A trim method is not included in the standard javascript String object. So here you are - a way to extend String with a Regular Expression based trim() method:

String.prototype.trim = function() {
return (this.replace(/^[\s\xA0]+/, "").replace(/[\s\xA0]+$/, ""));
}

(I found it here: Codeproject)

/Sten

2007-10-11T02:54:00.000-07:00

Introducing meeboo.com!

This chatroom I have "created" using meeboo.com, it is a very cool up-front website.

A simple effective HTML-escape/encode function in Javascript!

2007-10-03T23:08:00.000-07:00

At LUNARMEDIA I found this function below will take a string and return a HTML-encoded version of it!

function escapeHTML (str)
{
var div = document.createElement('div');
var text = document.createTextNode(str);
div.appendChild(text);
return div.innerHTML;
};

How to change Quantity on a orderline in Dynamicweb ECom

2007-08-17T05:15:00.000-07:00

You should create an URL which contains:

URL: The page which contains the shoppingcard
CartCmd: 'orderline' - tells Dynamicweb that you want to alter an orderline
quantity: The quantity you wish to add(!), so to go from 10 to 2 set it to -8 (!)
key: The orderlineID - get from DW templatetag:

Example:
http://www.myshop.dk/default.aspx?id=4131&CartCmd=orderline&quantity=10&key=OL2148

XSL: toCDATA template

2007-08-06T03:46:00.000-07:00

toCDATA:
If you copy an XML node to another XML node and the source is embedded in CDATA, you can use this template to create contents in CDATA. This template will return the contents of an element embedded in a CDATA section:
<xsl:template name="toCDATA"> <xsl:param name="element"> <xsl:text escaping="yes"><![CDATA[</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="$element"> <xsl:text escaping="yes">]]></xsl:text> </xsl:template>

CDATAElement:
This one takes it to a "higher level" - it will take 2 parameters, including the element name.
It will return an element with it's contents embedded in a CDATA section.
<xsl:template name="CDATAElement"> <xsl:param name="name"> <xsl:param name="element"> <xsl:element name="{$name}"> <xsl:call-template name="toCDATA"> <xsl:with-param name="element" select="$element"> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:element> </xsl:template>

getLocationRoot()

2007-07-09T03:37:00.000-07:00

This javascript function will return the root of the current page location.

function getLocationRoot() {
  var sLocation = document.location.toString()
  return sLocation.substr(0, sLocation.indexOf(document.location.pathname))
}

SQL: Returning XML in a query

2007-07-09T01:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you want your query result to return as XML. MS SQL server 2005 offers this feature, and it's quite simple:

Normal result

Select a, b from myTable

XML result but returning coloumn values as XML-attributes

Select a, b from myTable for XML AUTO

XML result column as individual elements

Select a, b from myTable for XML AUTO, ELEMENTS

XSL: A "showAll" template - unpacking XML node

2007-07-06T05:05:00.000-07:00

This XSL template "showAll" will show the contents of a node.

Call it this way:
<xsl:call-template name="showAll">
<xsl:with-param name="showText" select="1" />
</xsl:call-template>

Where the param "showText" decides if you wish to see the text contents from
the nodes.

Here is the template:


<xsl:template name="showAll">
  <xsl:param name="showText" />
  <div style="padding-left: 10px; border-left: dotted 1px #e0e0e0;">
    <xsl:for-each select="*">
      <div style="padding-left: 10px;">
        &lt;<xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>
        <xsl:for-each select="@*">
          &#160;<xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>="<xsl:value-of select="."/>"
        </xsl:for-each>&gt;
        <xsl:if test="$showText=1">
          <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test ="count(*)>0">
          <br />
          <xsl:call-template name="showAll">
            <xsl:with-param name="showText" select="$showText" />
          </xsl:call-template>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test ="string-length(.)=0
and $showText!=1">
          /&gt;<br />
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test ="string-length(.)>0">
          &lt;/<xsl:value-of select="name(.)" />&gt;<br />
        </xsl:if>
      </div>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </div>
</xsl:template>

Copy rows from one table to another

2007-07-05T00:51:00.001-07:00

Sometimes you wish to copy contents from one table - for instance a backup table - to another table. That can be done using "insert into ... select", here is a simple example:

INSERT INTO table_target (col1, col2)
select col1, col2 from table_source
where new = 1

It will copy the rows from table_source where the col "new" contains 1 as news rows into table_target! Simple backup procedure :-)

FTP kommandoer

2007-03-13T03:38:00.000-07:00

Nogle gange er det nødvendigt at bruge en gammeldags DOS baseret FTP kommando klient. Kan du huske alle kommandoerne? Ja? Godt for dig, men for alle os andre er her en hjemmeside med en liste over kommandoerne og beskrivelser til dem:
http://www.uv.tietgen.dk/Staff/Mlha/PC/Net/Internet/FTP.html

RegExp validation of zip codes

2007-01-22T05:37:00.000-08:00

Sometimes when sites are multi language you need some Javascript to validate ZIP codes for several countries. Here are some regular expression objects which you chan use:

var oRegExp_NoValidation = /.*/ig;
var oRegExp_DDDD = /^\d{4}$/ig;
var oRegExp_DDDDD = /^\d{5}$/ig;
var oRegExp_DDDDDD = /^\d{6}$/ig;
var oRegExp_Uk = /[A-Z][A-Z]?[0-9][A-Z0-9]? ?[0-9][ABDEFGHJLNPQRSTUWXYZ]{2}/ig
var oRegExp_DDDD_AA = /^\d{4}.[A-Z]{2}$/ig;
var oRegExp_DDDD_DDD = /^\d{4}-\d{3}$/ig;

I then create an object for the countries which I need to validate ZIP code for:

// countryCode:[regExpToUse, bLooseValidation]
// bLooseValidation => "not sure if postcode should confirm 100% to validator" :-(
var countryCodeRegExpRelation = {
dk:[oRegExp_DDDD, false],
be:[oRegExp_DDDD, false],
uk:[oRegExp_Uk, true],
fr:[oRegExp_DDDDD, false],
nl:[oRegExp_DDDD_AA, false],
it:[oRegExp_DDDDD, false],
lu:[oRegExp_DDDD, false],
po:[oRegExp_DDDD_DDD, false],
ch:[oRegExp_DDDD, false],
es:[oRegExp_DDDDD, false],
de:[oRegExp_DDDDD, false],
at:[oRegExp_DDDD, false],
cn:[oRegExp_DDDDDD, true],
us:[oRegExp_NoValidation, true],
UNKNOWN:[oRegExp_NoValidation, true]
}

Each country becomes a property of the object "countryCodeRegExpRelation", and it also has a definition stateing if it should be "strict". To get the RegExp for a ZIP code in say Polen, you should use the RexExp in the property: "countryCodeRegExpRelation.po[0]".

You might use this code to validateZIPCode:

function validateZIPCode(sCountryPrefix, sZIPCode) {
var oRegExp = countryCodeRegExpRelation[sCountryPrefix][0];
if (sZIPCode.match(oRegExp)!=null) {
return true
} else {
alert('ZIP code not valid!');
return false;
}

Hvordan man logger af extranet i Dynamic Web CMS

2007-01-16T10:41:00.000-08:00

Når man har et website i Dynamic Web CMS er det nemt at sætte et område til at kræve at man logger på som Extranetbruger. Der er mange foruddefinerede templates til dette formål, men når man så skal logge af... - Det er nemt nok, når man lige ved det!!

Du skriver simpelthen:
http://[WEBSITEURL]/admin/public/extranetlogoff.aspx

Sådan!

My first post

2007-01-15T23:55:00.000-08:00

Finally I have found a Blog which I like! Here I hope to blog some thoughts which might be of some interest to some people.

/Sten Hougaard