ajax blog entry browser

1. recent entries
sky
coney island
mixer
cars
seize the day
red yellow red
baby
redhookpierkeylime
2. preview
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3. weblog entry content
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notes

This is a quick & dirty first attempt at creating some functionality using Ajax.

Mouseover the list of recent entries to get a preview image of the weblog entry. The preview image is dynamically determined and displayed by passing the weblog record id to preview.asp.

Click a recent entry to remotely call and display the weblog content. The weblog entry content is dynamically determined by passing the record id to entry.asp. Entry.asp runs a SQL stored procedure to bring in the correct entry title and content.

issues
1. The mouseover preview option may not be such a good idea since the requests do not always have time to finish if you quickly move your mouse over the list.
2. You are unable to bookmark one of the dynamically generated posts.
3. I could have combined the preview and weblog content funtionality into one ASP page.

This is just an experiment, a chance to play around with Ajax. More info on Ajax.