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Installing a clean version of WordPress 2.2 also gave me a nice chance to update the theme. I've chosen to install the GlossyBlue theme created by N.Design Studio. He did an excellent job on creating this theme!

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Yesterday i started using AJAX for the very first time. I was amazed to see how quick a small AJAX application was built. Here's my thought on this first experience. My first attempt was to realize a live search engine connected to a MySQL database. The purpose of this little application was to search for a user stored in the database. While entering your data in the search box, the live search application immediately starts to present (possible) users that you may be looking for. Example: Live search with AJAX My second attempt was to create a simple drag & drop application. This will be a key element in the prototype we're working on. By using tutorials found on the internet a simple application was built. It shows two ways in storing the data which contains the position of each element. One method is storing the information into a database using a submit button. The second method is storing the information immediately when the mouse button is released. This way the information is stored directly into the database. Example: Drag & drop with AJAX The second drag & drop method (shown in the above demo) is using the Sajax library allowing the programmer to call PHP, Perl or Python functions from their webpages via JavaScript without performing a browser refresh. What I liked most about AJAX is the fact that it can be used on webservers immediately without installing new modules. I tried using AJAX on webservers running Apache, PHP and MySQL by default and did not encounter a single problem. During the upcoming days I'll be looking into animation with AJAX.