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ColdFusion and Google Analytics: Getting Out What You Put In
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ColdFusion, Google Analytics
The Hooking into Google Analytics post details how to connect to the Data Export API of Google Analytics (GA) and get a simple visitors count in return. Here we will expand greatly on that and create a cfc that will process just about any result from the API. This code requires at least ColdFusion 8.0.1. [...]
Tags: ColdFusion, Google Analytics
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Using jQuery Datepicker and Dialog Box To Select Date Range
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Web development, jquery
Using a jquery datepicker in a jquery dialog box to select a date range is a handy, slick way of having users input dates. Date handling and validation in forms when input by the user can be tricky at best. Here a modal dialog box will be used to allow the user to select a [...]
Tags: jquery
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Positioning Multiple jQuery UI Dialogs
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Web development, jquery
This post shows one way to position multiple jQuery UI dialogs on the same page. It positions the dialog over the calling button based on the button’s position in the viewport. The dialog box contents can be placed anywhere in the body. For this example they look like this: <div id="helpDialog1" title="Help >> Dialog 1"> [...]
Tags: jquery
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Passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Test
I took and passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification test today. It wasn’t too bad but it did require studying unless you dead set on cheating. I studied all the presentations on Google’s Conversion University, running through the more difficult stuff twice (AdWords, e-commerce). It costs $50 to take. Seems a little steep but I [...]
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Printing a Dynamically Loaded Iframe with jQuery
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Web development, jquery
This is an example of printing a dynamically loaded iframe on a button click. This is useful for printing specific or generated reports or pages without leaving the current page. The iframe to be targeted looks like this and can be placed virtually anywhere in the body tag: <iframe id="iframeprint" width="1" height="1" frameborder="0"></iframe> The button [...]
Tags: jquery
