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		<title>TranslateThis &#8211; A Javascript Translation Widget for Noobs and Nerds Alike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://translateth.is/" target="_blank">TranslateThis</a> is a new Javascript widget that provides 52 languages of translation by leveraging the Google Language API.

Installing TranslateThis couldn't be easier&#8212;simply copy and paste the widget code anywhere on your website, you don't have to upload any files or change any settings.

Besides being easy to use, TranslateThis also provides many attractive features for developers.  First off, requests to the Language API run in Javascript, so the translation is pretty fast.  Additionally, the script is lightweight, weighing in at just over 11kb with another 7kb of imagery.   And since it doesn't depend on any Javascript library, TranslateThis can be implemented on any website without additional overhead.  Finally, TranslateThis has been tested in all modern browsers and its user interface is designed to be straightforward and seamless.

<a href="http://translateth.is/" target="_blank">Get your own TranslateThis Widget</a>

<a href="http://translateth.is/docs" target="_blank">Read the TranslateThis Documentation</a>

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What can you customize in TranslateThis?
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		<title>Contact-Pop: Contact Form Overlays with a Simple jQuery Plugin</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/contact-pop-jquery-plugin</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AJAX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contact-Pop is a jQuery plugin that makes contact forms with grayed out overlays incredibly easy.  The basic script grabs any links that point to your contact page and flags them for the Contact-Pop popup.  When these links are clicked, Contact-Pop grays out the page and pulls in the contact form using AJAX.  That means that with just a few lines of code, you can convert your site to use Contact-Pop's form and overlay rather than your current contact page.

While there are a lot of options for producing grayed out overlays in jQuery, Contact-Pop provides a more robust and specialized solution for in-page contact forms.  The main advantage is ease of use: simply flag any links to your current contact page by href or jQuery selector, and ContactPop does the rest.  Combining this simplicity with a plethora of customizable options, Contact-Pop is a useful plugin for newbies and seasoned developers alike.  

Additionally, Contact-Pop has the benefit of being totally unobtrusive.  Since the plugin replaces the normal contact links on your page, even if a user doesn't have Javascript enabled they will at least be routed to the normal contact page.

Finally, although Contact-Pop leverages a PHP file, this is just to make it easy to plug into your website.  If you want, you can easily write a custom PHP, ASP or any other backend page to serve and process the form as leveraged by Contact-Pop's AJAX.
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		<title>Translate-It: Easy Translation for Multiple Languages</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/translate-it-easy-translation-for-multiple-languages</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translate-It is a free tool that makes multi-language translation easy to implement on any website.  With just a few lines of Javascript you can quickly include up to 34 languages of internationalization on your site.

<a href="/downloads/translate-it.zip" rel="nofollow">Download Translate-It.</a>

The web is a global community with rapidly growing international markets.  Translation allows sites to reach broader audiences, and tools like <a href="http://translate.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Translate</a> and <a href="http://babelfish.yahoo.com/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo's Babelfish</a> have made the web more accessible.  While accessing these translation tools is often too cumbersome for your site's visitors, leveraging these tools is relatively simple for developers.

<span class="more-link"><a href="http://jonraasch.com/blog/translate-it-easy-translation-for-multiple-languages#more-31" title="Continue reading this entry" rel="nofollow">(more...)</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Case Months Plugin for WordPress</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/lower-case-months-and-days-plugin-for-wordpress</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/lower-case-months-and-days-plugin-for-wordpress#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This WP plugin is kind of pointless, since you can modify text capitalization via the CSS text-transform property: lowercase, capitalize and uppercase are all options. more info While doing some WordPress customization recently, I ran into a problem forcing lower case output for the month headers in my blog archives. It seems like a simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dating Software Customization</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/dating-software-customization</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/dating-software-customization#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m customizing this dating software for three different sites. Basically each site will have a different stylesheet and limited differences in functionality. It&#8217;s somewhat difficult to develop since a lot of the core functions are hashed, so we&#8217;ve had to make some compromises on what we can and cannot modify. Overall I&#8217;m actually happy that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auction and Shopping Cart Customizations</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/auction-and-shopping-cart-customizations</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/auction-and-shopping-cart-customizations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geodesic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zencart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing tons of auction software customizations. The software is Geodesic Solutions¬Æ and the code is really bandaged and thick with tables nested within tables. The work isn&#8217;t too bad though, since I&#8217;m doing pretty different things with each site, and I&#8217;m also getting pretty nice at it now. Before I could only really [...]]]></description>
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