Edventures in Normalcy

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℠ Service Mark ℠
℃ Celsius ℃
℅ care of ℅
℉ Farenheit ℉
№ numero symbol – number sign №
℗ Sound Recording Copyright &#8471
℞ Prescription Take pharmaceutical symbol &#8478
Ω Ohm &#8486
℧ Inverted Ohm &#8487
☀ sunshine – sun &#9728
☁ cloudy – cloud &#9729
☂ raining – rain &#9730
☃ snow – snowman &#9731
☄ comet &#9732
★ star solid &#9733
☆ star outline &#9734
☇ lightning &#9735
☈ thunderstorm &#9736
☉ sun &#9737
☊ ascending node &#9738
☋ descending node &#9739
☌ conjunction &#9740
☍ opposition &#9741
☎ phone number – phone service &#9742
☏ phone symbol outline &#9743
☐ check box – ballot box &#9744
☑ ballot box check mark &#9745
☒ ballot box with X &#9746
☓ Saltire – St. Andrew’s Cross &#9747
☚ left-pointing index finger &#9754
☛ right-pointing index finger &#9755
☜ left-pointing index finger &#9756
☝ upwards pointing index finger &#9757
☞ right pointing index finger &#9758
☟ downwards pointing index finger &#9759
☠ skull & crossbones &#9760
☡ caution sign &#9761
☢ radioactive sign &#9762
☣ biohazard sign &#9763
☤ Caduceus or “Kerykeion” &#9764
☥ Ankh &#9765
☦ Eastern Christian Cross &#9766
☧ Chi Rho Cross &#9767
☨ Patriarchal Cross &#9768
☩ Greek Cross &#9769
☪ Crescent Moon & Star &#9770
☫ Farsi symbol &#9771
☬ Adi Shakti &#9772
☭ hammer & sickle &#9773
☮ peace sign &#9774
☯ yin & yang &#9775
☰ trigram Heaven &#9776
☱ trigram Lake &#9777
☲ trigram Fire &#9778
☳ trigram Thunder &#9779
☴ trigram Wind &#9780
☵ trigram Water &#9781
☶ trigram Mountain &#9782
☷ trigram Heaven &#9783
☸ Dharma Wheel &#9784
☹ frowning face &#9785
☺ smiley face &#9786
☻ black smiley face &#9787
☽ waxing crescent moon &#9789
☾ waning crescent moon &#9790
☿ Mercury &#9791
♀ Venus – Female symbol &#9792
♁ Earth symbol &#9793
♂ Mars – Male symbol &#9794
♃ Jupiter &#9795
♄ Saturn &#9796
♅ Uranus &#9797
♆ Neptune &#9798
♇ Pluto &#9799
♈ Aries &#9800
♉ Taurus &#9801
♊ Gemini &#9802
♋ Cancer &#9803
♌ Leo &#9804
♍ Virgo &#9805
♎ Libra &#9806
♏ Scorpio &#9807
♐ Sagitarius &#9808
♑ Capricorn &#9809
♒ Aquarius &#9810
♓ Pisces &#9811
♔ White King &#9812
♕ White Queen &#9813
♖ White Rook &#9814
♗ White Bishop &#9815
♘ White Knight &#9816
♙ White Pawn &#9817
♚ Black King &#9818
♛ Black Queen &#9819
♜ Black Rook &#9820
♝ Black Bishop &#9821
♞ Black Knight &#9822
♟ Black Pawn &#9823
♠ black spade suit name: &spades &#9824
♡ red heart suit &#9825
♢ red diamond suit &#9826
♣ black club suit = shamrock name: &clubs &#9827
♤ red spade suit &#9828
♥ black heart suit = valentine name: &hearts &#9829
♦ black diamond suit name: &diams &#9830
♧ red club suit &#9831
♨ hot springs &#9832
♩ musical quarter note &#9833
♪ musical eighth note &#9834
♫ musical single bar note &#9835
♬ musical double bar note &#9836
♭ flat note &#9837
♮ natural note &#9838
♯ sharp note &#9839
✁ cut above &#9985
✂ cut here &#9986
✃ cut below &#9987
✄ scissors &#9988
✆ public pay phone &#9990
✇ film reel – tape spool &#9991
✈ airport jet airplane &#9992
✉ envelope mail email &#9993
✌ victory sign &#9996
✍ signature – sign here &#9997
✎ pencil diagonal down &#9998
✏ pencil &#9999
✐ pencil diagonal up &#1000
✓ check mark &#10003
✔ heavy check mark &#10004
✕ multiplication sign X &#100005
✖ heavy multiplication sign X &#10006
✗ ballot X &#10007
✘ heavy ballot X &#10008
✝ Latin Roman Cross &#10013
✞ Latin Cross 3D shadow &#10014
✟ Latin Cross outline &#10015
✠ Maltese Cross &#10016
✡ Star of David &#10017
❛ quotation mark single turned comma &#10075
❜ quotation mark single comma &#10076
❝ quotation mark double turned comma &#10077
❞ quotation mark double comma &#10078

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Ok, I happened upon this recently, and it sort of blew my mind.  Section 4.2 of RFC 3986 provides for fully qualified URLs that omit protocol (the HTTP or HTTPS) altogether. When a URL’s protocol is omitted, the browser defaults to the underlying document’s protocol.  “Put simply, these “protocol-less” URLs allow a reference like this to work in every browser you’ll try it in:

//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js

I have personally wondered of something like this for a long time.  “How do I include links to content I want to load without the secure/insecure message (assuming all content is available securely)?” I would ponder.  “the “protocol-less” URL is the best way to reference third party content that’s available via both HTTP and HTTPS.  On a page loaded through regular, unencrypted HTTP, script references using that URL will be loaded via HTTP and be cached as normal. Likewise, on a secure page that was loaded via HTTPS, script references targeting that protocol-less URL will automatically load the script from Google’s CDN via HTTPS and avoid the mixed content warning.  Thus, using the protocol-less URL allows a single script reference to adapt itself to what’s most optimal: HTTP and it’s full caching support on HTTP pages, and HTTPS on secured pages so that your users aren’t confronted with a mixed content warning.”  Originally found here: http://encosia.com/cripple-the-google-cdns-caching-with-a-single-character/.

 

It still amazes me that this is not well known to the hosting industry.  It does however make the usage of CDN with mixed (HTTP/HTTPS) content much easier to utilize, which is also how I last saw this in practice, just days after seeing it was a possibility.

If you want to disable a submit button once it has been clicked, to prevent double clicking and/or double form submission. You can use the below code snipet, as the onclick value as seen in the snipet, to disable the button once clicked, update the button text to a notice for the end user, and finally submit the form.

 

I recently came across a scenario where I needed to have a mailto: link include additional details, and particularly an email address in the cc field.  You can configure an HTML mailto: link to include a number of fields:

• Basic Mailto: Link
• To:
• CC:
• BCC:
• Subject:
• Body:

 

 

The Mailto: Link
The Mailto: Link is a variation of the standard HTML Hyperlink. It invokes the browser to send an email when the ‘href’ attributes value starts with ‘mailto:’ as below.

 

To: – Setting the email recipient
The To: field is the only required field of a Mailto: link. This is the email address that the generated email will be sent to.

If you wish to add multiple recipients to the To: field (or the CC: and BCC: fields as shown below) separate the addresses with commas (e.g. admin@example.com,end_user@example.com).

 

CC: – ‘Carbon Copy’ for adding additional recipients
Note: When adding items to your mailto: link make sure to add a question mark (?) after the ‘To:’ field.

 

BCC: – ‘Blind Carbon Copy’ for adding hidden recipients
You can also add recipients to the email who will be hidden from the To: and CC: recipients within the email message, by using the BCC: field. If you have already added a CC: (or any other element) to your mailto: link, you should include an ampersand (&) before each additional item.

 

Subject: – Adding subjects to your emails
The Subject: field in your mailto: link  will allow you to set the emails subject.

Note: A mailto: link can not contain spaces.  When adding a Subject: or Body: field use ‘%20’ instead.

 

Body: – Making an email template
The final variable of a mailto: link is the Body: attribute.  This allows you to set a specific message within the body of the message. You can enter a line such as, “I would like to unsubscribe from this poop.″ with the following:

 

Summary
A fully formed mailto: link can be very useful! Use it, and be more awesome!!