JavaScript Menu, DHTML and more.

Welcome to TwinHelix Designs! This site is the home of my freelance JavaScript, DHTML, XHTML, CSS and CGI projects.

Apps

Signal-FOSS
An open-source fork of Signal for Android, with Google dependencies removed.

Scripting Projects

My scripts below are self-contained and don't require any particular library or framework; plus, they're free to download and use. If you like them, consider making a donation to support their development. See the menu to the left for more scripts and resources!

FreeStyle Menu v1.0 RC12
A very flexible unlimited-level, drop down JavaScript menu that uses UL/LI list data formatted with a CSS menu layout. It's powerful, lightweight and extremely easy to use!
SuperNote v1.0beta2
Easily turn plain footnotes into dynamic, CSS-formatted popup tooltips.
DragResize v1.0beta
Makes page elements draggable and freely resizeable.
CheckTree v1.0 RC
Displays and manages a multilevel list of checkboxes.
IEPNGFix v2.0a4
Makes PNG images and backgrounds work in IE 5.5/6.0 without any modifications to your document HTML.
HTMLHttpRequest v1.0beta3
Dynamically request pages from the server and parse/insert them into your document, using XMLHttpRequest or a hidden IFRAME transport for best browser compatibility. It's great for Ajax web apps or as a frameset replacement!
Photo Morpher v1.0 beta
An image gallery on steroids. Blend and morph between images that are defined in a standard list in the page for easy modification and good backwards compatibility.
AddEvent Manager
Easily add multiple event handlers to an object across all common browsers.

CGI Scripts

TwinHelix Forums v1.0 beta 3
A self-contained Perl website forum that doesn't require a database.

V4+ Browser Compatible Scripts

Cascading Popup Menu v5.2 RC4
An extremely customisable hierarchial popup JavaScript menu: it's more of a pure JavaScript / DHTML menu system, with flashy effects and cross frames support.
DHTML Scroller v4.0 RC2
An IFRAME replacement, can load external files and scroll vertically using DIVs.
Tipster v3.1 RC
Adds mouse-tracking and fading popup JavaScript / HTML tooltips to your page, or forms them into nested popup menu arrangements.
Cross-Browser DHTML API v1.1 RC
For DHTML coders, to simplify cross-v4-browser coding.

The Easy Road

I am available for hire to develop or consult for JS/CSS/DHTML projects, like customising a JavaScript menu or building you a new script. Please contact me for a quote. Otherwise, feel free to browse or download my portfolio of original, high-performance scripts on this site!

News

18 May, 2022

Updated Forums to v1.0b3 with fix for XSS vulnerability and added cookie SameSite and HttpOnly parameters.

15 January, 2021

Launched Signal-FOSS

22 February, 2015

It's been a while :). Released v1.0b2 of the Forums since I had to do some anti-spam work here, plus CSS3 and mobile-friendly tweaks. There's still some newer code for other scripts in the Git repo to release.

2 October, 2009

Released IEPNGFix v2.0 Alpha 4 (minor fixes) and FreeStyle Menu v1.0 RC12 (IE8 improvements and more updates). Also released a header fader animation and launched a Git repository for faster future code updates :).

16 June, 2009

Updated the free software links and migrated the site to a new VPS.

26 August, 2008

IEPNGFix v2.0 Alpha 3 has some more tweaks.

17 July, 2008

IEPNGFix v2.0 Alpha 2 is up with a couple of simple fixes.

12 July, 2008

After a long wait, IEPNGFix v1.0 Final is now gold. Additionally, a sneak peek at v2.0 Alpha 1 is available with background position and repeat support! Enjoy :).

10 December, 2007

The testing area is starting to fill up with scripts again, feel free to try out some of the latest development code!

25 September, 2006

Released FreeStyle Menu v1.0RC11 with some more IE7 RC1 updates and a tweaked slide animation. Also released SuperNote v1.0beta2 with window-edge-restraint support, and patched the DHTML Scroller script so that it's compatible with the Prototype framework and supports mousewheeling in Mozilla and Opera.

27 June, 2006

Released two new scripts: SuperNote v1.0beta and DragResize v1.0beta. Also released many pending updates including Prototype compatibility fixes to my scripts, FreeStyle Menus (v1.0 RC10) with a new animation effect and IE7 fixes, Cascading Popup Menus (v5.2 RC4) with some minor tweaks, HTMLHttpRequest (v1.0beta3) with IE7 tweaks and plain-text-loading support, and a new AddEvent Manager!

20 September, 2005

Updated the AddEvent Manager script with support for removing events, and also made very minor bugfixes to Tipster and HVScroll.

11 June, 2005

Released FreeStyle Menu v1.0 RC9 with an animation fix to workaround a Safari 1.3/2.0 issue, and also display a fallback CSS menu when the JavaScript menu isn't supported by the user's browser. Also released a major update to HTMLHttpRequest, and documented/released the "AddEvent" library function I use in many of my scripts -- hope you find it useful!

22 May, 2005

Minor patch to IEPNGFix, allowing it to work with images defined in external stylesheets.

21 March, 2005

Updated IEPNGFix to v1.0RC2 with a small tweak that gives dimensions to dimensionless elements. It now defaults to applying to a limited set of page elements too, and is LGPL'd.

13 February, 2005

Released FreeStyle Menu JavaScript v1.0 RC8. Changes include an animation fix for Safari and an altered event bubbling setup that should make nested menus behave more reliably. Also, mousing over a menu during a hide animation will now re-show it for better usability.

1 February, 2005

Released FreeStyle Menu 1.0 RC7 with the animation now enabled by default, and a plugin animation system, alongside multiple demonstration CSS menu layouts.

12 January, 2005

Launched the HTMLHttpRequest and Photo Morpher scripts, plus some minor tweaks to the other scripts, such as a demo horizontal FreeStyle Menu CSS layout.

10 October, 2004

Updated the FreeStyle Menus to RC4, with a fix for menus unexpectedly hiding, and some tweaks to the method of menu JavaScript onload activation.

8 August, 2004

Updated with some newer Release Candidates: RC3 for the Cascading Menus and RC2 for the DHTML Scroller and FreeStyle Menu JavaScripts. Some minor tweaks and fixes.

2 July, 2004

I've flicked the switch over to my new site design; hope you like it! You'll find some entirely new JavaScripts: FreeStyle Menu, CheckTree, an IE5.5+ PNG Fix, and my CGI forum script. Most of the scripts are at "Release Candidate" stage; so tell me of any showstopping bugs you find.

The other scripts haven't been neglected, as most of them have been updated: v5.2 of the Cascading Popup Menu, DHTML Scroller v4.0, Tipster v3.1, HV Scrollbox v1.1, Object Browser v3.0, and more. I hope you find something useful here!

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