Discussions Gone – Google Search

It looks like Google has removed the discussions search filter for some browsers (currently using Chrome Version 32.0.1700.76 m).

Hoping this is a bug and not another part of the “simplicity” trend they’re on at the moment.

Solution #1: Append &tbm paramter to url
A temporary fix is to add “&tbm=dsc” to the end of the search url. SilentEcho has added this script to automate it if you’re going to be using it a fair bit: http://userscripts.org/scripts/reviews/293082

Solution #2: Change Use Agent String
You can also use a user agent string of a browser that it still works for (I’ve heard Opera but haven’t verified).

Solution #3: Sign Out of Google Account
This didn’t work for me, however quite a few people are saying it does the job for them.

Thanks to this thread for the links/info: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/Psb6OmlLJTg/NoW2hr-qytcJ

Application ID – PayPal Sandbox

Hey everyone,

Just setting up an app that using the .NET Adaptive Payments SDK. Looking through the sandbox I was able to find the api signature, password and username but not the application ID (My Account > Overview > Account Information > API Access).

It turns out that ALL sandbox apps share the same ID:

Application ID: APP-80W284485P519543T

Select List (ng-select) – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to do up a select list in AngularJS. This one took a bit of time to work out, particularly the display/value pairing.

HTML:

Status:

JavaScript:

var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);

function MyCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.status_options = [
            { display: 'Enabled', value: 'enabled' },
            { display: 'Disabled', value: 'disabled' },
            { display: 'Deleted', value: 'deleted' }
        ];
    
    $scope.lesson = {
        BusinessId: 0,
        Description: null,
        Duration: 0,
        Price: 0,
        ProductId: 0,
        Quantity: 0,
        Start: "/Date(-62135596800000)/",
        Status: 'enabled', //Change to null in order to remove default
        Title: null,
        Type: null
    };
}

If you’re just following along, I’ve added a quick JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rtR6e/5/

You’ll notice that in the markup, the value is actually an index. This is pretty misleading, but Angular will actually assign the appropriate value to the model (“enabled”, “disabled”, etc).

Another thing that you can do fairly easily, is to remove the default value. Simply make the status null. You can test both these by outputting the JSON or using http://jsfiddle.net/rtR6e/5/.

Check out the following StackOverflow post for more info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13808743/522859
Or the documentation: http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.directive:select

ng-class with ng-repeat – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Just another quick AngularJS post. This one is for using ng-class with ng-repeat. The goal here is to have a class applied to the non-selected elements. To start with, we’ll chuck the following in our controller:

$scope.transmission = {
selected: null,
options: [
{
name: 'Any'
},			
{	
name: 'Manual'
},			
{
name: 'Automatic'
}			
]
};

Here we’re just creating a few random objects. To keep things simple we’re going with transmission types: a manual car, automatic or any. Next you’ll want to add the markup:

...
{{option.name}}
...

Finally the class to be applied:

.line-through{
	text-decoration: line-through;
}

Creating a ‘Starts With’ Filter in AngularJs

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to create a simply custom filter in AngularJS. We’ll be using the same regions objects as the other day:

{
	"regions": [
		{
			"id": "1",
			"postcode": "4700",
			"name": "Rockhampton",
			"description": "One of the major cities in Central Queensland."
		},
		{
			"id": "16",
			"postcode": "4214",
			"name": "Keppel Island",
			"description": "Awesome islands, very few people, heaps of fish beautiful clear water."
		}
	]
}

We’ll create the filter like so:

app.filter('regionsWithPostcode', function(){
	return function(regions, postcode){

		//Create vars
		var matching_regions = [];		

		//Check if input matches current postcode
		if(regions && postcode){		 	
		 	
		 	//Loop through each region
			for(var i = 0; i < regions.length; i++){
				if(regions[i].postcode.substr(0, postcode.length) == postcode){
					matching_regions.push(regions[i]);
				}
			}

			//Return matching regions
			return matching_regions;
		}
		else{
			return regions;
		}		
	}
});

And finally, we’ll setup the HTML as follows:

	
Use Postcode
{{region.name}}

Filter by Object Property in Ng-Repeat – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to filter by a property when using ng-repeat. To start with, we’ll use the following objects:

{
	"regions": [
		{
			"id": "1",
			"postcode": "4700",
			"name": "Rockhampton",
			"description": "One of the major cities in Central Queensland."
		},
		{
			"id": "16",
			"postcode": "4214",
			"name": "Keppel Island",
			"description": "Awesome islands, very few people, heaps of fish beautiful clear water."
		}
	]
}

Then assuming you want to filter by the postcode all you need is the following:

Region

{{region.name}}

AngularJS ngAnimate Transitions – Basic Demo

Hey everyone,

I’ve just starting using Angular and went to do a few animations. I had a bit of trouble trying to find anywhere that mentioned what each class does. This is the demo we’ll be making, it’s pretty basic but hopefully enough to get you started: JSFiddle Demo

Dummy Page
To start with, just create a new page with the following. Note that none of the stuff below applies to the animation itself, this is just so that we’ve got something to work with.


	
		Test Animation
		
	
	
		
Add
{{person.name}}
//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.5/angular.min.js //Initialisation stuff, note that you don't need any of this for animations, just using it so there's something to see function PeopleController($scope){ $scope.name = ""; $scope.people = [ { name: "Santa Clause"}, { name: "Easter Bunny"}, { name: "Tooth Fairy"}, { name: "Chris Owens"}, { name: "Phillip Farnsworth"}, { name: "Clark Kent"}, { name: "Lana Lang"} ]; $scope.removePerson = function(row){ $scope.people.splice(row, 1); } $scope.addPerson = function(){ $scope.people.push({name: $scope.name}); $scope.name = ""; } }

Adding the ng-animate Directive
The first step to adding the transitions is to add the ng-animate directive:

{{person.name}}

Classes for Adding a New Element
Now we’re going to add the styles that are used when a new element is added to the page. To start with, you’ll want to create .person-enter. This is the class that will be animated from. In this instance we want new elements to start off invisible so we’ll set the opacity to 0.

.person-enter{
	-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
	-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
	-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
	-o-transition: 1s linear all;
	transition: 1s linear all;
	opacity: 0;
}

Next we’ll want to add the styles for .person-enter.person-enter-active. These will be the styles that we want to animate to. Because we’re going from invisible to visible we’ll adjust the opacity:

.person-enter.person-enter-active{
	opacity: 1;
}

Classes for Removing an Element
Now we’ll add the class to animate from. This will the opposite of what we used when adding an element – start visible, go to invisble:

.person-leave{
	-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
	-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
	-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
	-o-transition: 1s linear all;
	transition: 1s linear all;
	opacity: 1;
}

And finally the class to animate to when an element is removed:

.person-leave.person-leave-active{
	opacity: 0;
}

All Together Now
Finally we can put the whole thing together. The people boxes should now fade out and in whenever an element is added or removed. You can see it in action here: JSFiddle Demo


	
		Test Animation
		

		
			.person{
				padding: 20px;
				width: 50px;
				height: 50px;
				background-color: #E8FCE4;
				border: 1px solid #C0E2BB;
				float: left;
				margin: 5px;
				text-align: center;
				box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #DAD3D3;
				text-shadow: 0px -1px 1px #FFF;
				cursor: pointer;
			}


			/*
				Note: you can condense these, however they've been split to make the explanation a little easier to follow;
			*/

			/* This is the class that will be animated *FROM* when a new person is added */
			.person-enter{
				-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
				-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
				-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
				-o-transition: 1s linear all;
				transition: 1s linear all;
				opacity: 0;
			}

			/* This is the class that will be animated *TO* when a new person is added */
			.person-enter.person-enter-active{
				opacity: 1;
			}


			/* This is the class that will be animated *FROM* when a person is removed */
			.person-leave{
				-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
				-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
				-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
				-o-transition: 1s linear all;
				transition: 1s linear all;
				opacity: 1;
			}

			/* This is the class that will be animated *TO* when a person is removed */
			.person-leave.person-leave-active{
				opacity: 0;
			}


		
	
	
		
Add
{{person.name}}
//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.5/angular.min.js //Initialisation stuff, note that you don't need any of this for animations, just using it so there's something to see function PeopleController($scope){ $scope.name = ""; $scope.people = [ { name: "Santa Clause"}, { name: "Easter Bunny"}, { name: "Tooth Fairy"}, { name: "Chris Owens"}, { name: "Phillip Farnsworth"}, { name: "Clark Kent"}, { name: "Lana Lang"} ]; $scope.removePerson = function(row){ $scope.people.splice(row, 1); } $scope.addPerson = function(){ $scope.people.push({name: $scope.name}); $scope.name = ""; } }

Problems
If you’re having issues, one of the first things to check is that you’re on the right version of angular. There have been a lot of changes and many of the styles used in one this version don’t seem to work in the older ones. If there’s anything else that’s not working let me know!

Where to From Here?
There’s heaps more that nganimate can do, make sure you checkout http://www.nganimate.org/.

Chrome Incognito Mode not Working – Registry Fix

Hey everyone,

I use incognito mode at work as a quick test for cookie/caching issues. I ran into a bit of an issue with it this morning after an MOE update yesterday. Using the shortcut (ctrl + shift + n) did nothing, and the tools option showed incognito mode greyed out.

After a bit of Googling I came across a registry value that had been added to prevent incognito mode. The fix for this is pretty simple, just remove the value. There are a few variations on this so you may have to do a bit of digging to find which one has been added to your machine (Run > regedit or C:Windowsregedit.exe).

One additonal note, my unwanted registry key was added during the login process each time I removed it. A quick way around this is to do up a quick batch script to remove it. Just modify my one below to include your registry key and throw it in your startup folder:

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChrome /v IncognitoModeAvailability /f

Australian Tax File Number Generator (TFN)

Updated Tool Available

There’s now an easier to access version of this tool available at the following link: Australian Tax File Number (TFN) Generator

Along with a few other widgets that have been added more recently:

Original Post

Sample Australian Tax File Numbers/Test Australian Tax File Numbers:

865414088 459599230 125486619
656077298 796801997 754601340
243494429 953615761 551953801
946489031 996506823 615315318
412042562 907974668 565051603

I came across an old VB Script used to generate random TFNs for testing. I’ve just done up a quick JavaScript bookmarklet to replace it. Just drag the button on the page below to your bookmarks bar and you’ll be able to generate random TFNs.

Get the generator: TFN Generator

A bookmarklet to generate random TFNs
A bookmarklet to generate random TFNs

For info on how it all works, checkout the Wikipedia page: Australian Tax File Number

UPDATE:
If you’re using IE, right click on the link and press add to favourites. Once you’ve added it, click the link in your favourites sidebar. The generator will appear in the top right hand corner of the page.

Let me know if you have any trouble. If you’d like to a custom or corporate copy please contact me.

Recording AJAX Requests with Google Analytics

Hey everyone,

I’ve just finished setting this up on an AJAX-heavy site I’m working on. It’s all pretty easy to setup, copy the following code and use it to replace your standard analytics code:

This:

	(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
	(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
	m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
	})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
	ga('create', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-x', 'xxxx.com');
	ga('send', 'pageview');		

Becomes this:

  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();

And the last step is to add this JavaScript whereever your ajax request is being made, for instance: _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’, ‘/contents/get_content_by_id/’ + id]);

        //Prepare ajax
	$.ajax({
		mtehod: 'GET',
		url: '/contents/get_content_by_id/' + id,
		dataType: 'JSON',
		success: function(data){

			//Handle response
			handle_ajax_response(data);

			//Push view to analytics
			_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/contents/get_content_by_id/' + id]);
		},
		error: function(){

			//Remove loader and display error
			remove_loader(target_selector, null);
		}
	})

Just add the line commented Push view to analytics and you’re done. To test it, I just used to the real-time analytics – it shows up straight away. If you run into any trouble the docs are pretty decent: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/