Front-End Book

Wrote a little plugin for using the default value in text elements as label, you know. Look at the right hand side in the newsletter form for an example.

$.fn.label = function(options){

	var default_settings = {
		clearLabels : true
	};

	var settings = $.extend(default_settings, options);

	return this.each(function(){
		var elm = $(this);
		if($(this).val().length > 0) {
			$.data(elm, 'default', $(this).val());
			elm.focus(function(){
				if($(this).val() == $.data(elm, 'default')) {
					$(this).val('');
				}
			}).blur(function(){
				if($(this).val() == '') {
					$(this).val($.data(elm, 'default'));
				}
			});

			if(settings.clearLabels) {
				$(this.form).submit(function(){
					if($(this).val() == $.data(elm, 'default')) {
						$(this).val('');
					}
				});
			}
		}
	});
}

We are now iphone enabled! As a first step towards full mobile compability, starting today, FrontEndBook.com is also available through your iPhone or iPod Touch. I found this great WordPress plugin/theme bundle: iWPhone.

I am writing a longer article on how I believe iPhone will change the mobile web, subscribe to our RSS-feed in order to read the article when it is ready for publishing.

Update: Read our longer post on how iPhone and Android will change the way we use the web.