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Website Updates

Yesterday I tweaked and updated the website. Here are the thing that I changed:

  • Finished adding the jigsaw puzzle pieces to the homepage
  • Added navigation aid to the top left of website on widescreens
  • Added footer to blog index page
  • Moved prism to the new /libraries/ folder
  • Added a smooth scrolling script to the navlist in the top left
  • Updated the todo list
  • Removed spam from blog
  • Added extra antispam measure: Not allowing email field to be filled in since it is not currently used yet anyway
  • Changed the highlighted selection colour to rgba(54, 0, 255, 0.21)

If you discover any issues while using the website, please leave a comment below. Antispam measures for this blog in particular seem to cause issues - in which case you can send bug reports to bugs at starbeamrainbowlabs dot com.

More changes will be coming in the near future, such as an Atom feed for comments and an email notification system for replies to your comments.

Update: The Atom feed for comments has been created! You can find it over at feed.comments.php.

Lightsout and Syntax Highlighting

Hello!

I am releasing a javascript bookmarklet that allows you to select an element of any web page and put the rest of the page behind a screen.

To use it, simply drag the link below to your bookmarks bar and then click the bookmark when you want to use it. After it loads, you can then select the element of the page you want to focus, indicated by the blue border. You can also press 'A' to attempt to autoselect a flash object, while avoiding ads.

Lightsout

If you can't get the bookmarklet to load by dragging the link above to your bookmarks, copy and paste the following code into a new bookmark:

javascript: (function () { var lightsoutloading = document.createElement('div');lightsoutloading.id='SBRLlightsoutloadingmessagecontainer'; lightsoutloading.innerHTML = '<div id=\'SBRLlightsoutloadingmessage\' style=\'width:300px;height:auto;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;background:rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.8);border-radius:5px;z-index:2147483647;transition:all 0.5s;margin:10px;padding:10px;border:none;opacity:1.0;text-transform:none;min-height:0;min-width:0;font-faamily:sans-serif;bottom:auto;right:auto;font-size:12px;text-indent:0;line-height:normal;color: black;text-decoration:none;clip:auto;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;max-height:none;max-width:none;direction:ltr;word-spacing:normal;visibility:visible;text-shadow:none;\'>Loading lightsout...</div>'; document.body.appendChild(lightsoutloading); var jsCode = document.createElement('script');jsCode.setAttribute('src', 'https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/bookmarklets/lightsout/lightsout.js');document.body.appendChild(jsCode);}()););

Since this is a javascript bookmarklet, there are probably websites that this doesn't work with. If you stumble across one of these websites, leave a comment below and I will look into it.

I am also trialing a new syntax highlighter along with this post! It is possible that the site may not work as expected during this trial period.

Edit: Testing complete! This blog now has code syntax highlighting enabled thanks to PrismJS.

Welcome!

Welcome to starbeamrainbowlabs.com.

I am a self taught programmer who knows PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and a bit of Python. I first learnt to program with Game Maker, which can be found here.

I will hopefully post about things I have learnt, found and made here.

Please note that this website is still under construction.

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