Jan. 20, 2005
Please feel free to invite some of your colleagues from your or another city/county if you think it would benefit them to be a part of our group! Location
Meeting location: Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) (Meetings alternate monthly between MARC in Kansas City and the City of Overland Park, KS.)
Attendance
City of Belton , MO. ...................
Dot Watkins
City of Gladstone , MO. ............... Kelli Behr
City of Lawrence , KS
................. Karen Davis
City of Kansas City , MO. ............ Rich
Lovett and John Sims
City of Overland Park , KS ........... Chris Audano,
Randy Ellis, and Susan Waters
City of Shawnee , KS ................. Sonya
Fendorf and Roman Madrigal
Jackson County , MO.................. Dan Davis
Johnson County , KS ..................
Cindy Leber, Anthony Oropeza, and Karen Sorensen MARC.....................................
Barbara Hensley, Julie Wittman
Wyandotte County .................... Angela
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Barbara Hensley began the meeting by thanking Microsoft. The company donated a free copy of Windows XP Professional to be given away at the meeting.
JavaScript
Introduction of the JavaScript topic followed. Several MAGWeb
members volunteered in advance to share their scripts: Barbara Hensley, Rich
Lovett, Kelli Behr, Dan Davis and Randy Ellis. (Their scripts are in a Zip
file in the Archives section.)
JavaScript’s Development
JavaScript was invented by Netscape out of
the necessity. HTML is a static language that helps describe the layout of
information on a web page. It allows users very little interaction with the
information on their web pages. JavaScript makes web pages functional and dynamic.
JavaScript is a scripting language running on either the client or the server. The code runs only on a JavaScript interpreter in the user's browser. You can write JavaScript code once, and it will work on any system with a JavaScript-capable browser (Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later) on any computer platform. Today’s presentations focused on the client-side.
Favorite sites of attendees for obtaining free JavaScript code:
• http://www.javascript.com
• http://www.dynamicdrive.com
• http://www.javascript.internet.com
• http://www.codelifter.com
The following applications were discussed and/or demonstrated:
Date and Time
Rotating Images
Fade In Slide Show
Random Transitions
Pop-Up Windows
Rollover Images
Rollover Links
Forms
Form Validation
Reminder to Print
Browser Detection
Bandwidth Detection
Javascript Includes
Javascript Linked External files
Verify if JavaScript Enabled
HTML "No script" element (shares info
with user if JS is turned off)
DHTML drop-downs
Fun special effects scripts (lots of 'em) to enhance a special
event.
Want more information? Search engines! Use several, select keywords in any search engine. Most likely, you’ll get several returns with the best references at the top of the list of returned sources.
Check MAGWeb’s Archive! Handouts by presenters related to today's meeting will be added.
Additional links related to today's session:
http://www.jacksongov.org/mrg/JSCheckSupport.htm
http://www.jacksongov.org/mrg/JSFormCheck.htm http://www.jacksongov.org/mrg/JSPrintReminder.htm
Cascading Style Sheets
Roman Madrigal's CSS scripts, which accompanied his
Jan. 12 lab session, are now available in the MAGWeb Archive. The information
is Zipped.
Other Business
Susan Waters from the City of Overland Park won the drawing
for the Windows XP operating system.
Conference planning for this year's event is in the early stages. Few details are known.
Upcoming Meeting Topics
Next month’s topic may be browser comparisons.
Please send your suggestions to Barbara Hensley. Also, if your facility has
a computer lab we could use for another hands-on session/meeting, please let
us know. Thanks!
Next Meeting
February 17, City of Overland Park, KS.
Meeting minutes: Karen Lynne Sorensen, Johnson County Wastewater.