jquery

if you want to add a javascript counter (n characters remaining) to your drupal forms, you can do the following (jquery code based very heavily on the jquery tricks on reindel.com)

sometimes you want to include jquery / javascript code in content areas in your nodes, views etc. it's arguable that this code is better in managed in the filesystem (under source code control) than in your database-stored-node. here's how you might do it using a php include.

when using exposed filters in drupal, it's sometimes nice to place the prompt text for a form field inside the form field itself e.g. for a very compact form. here's a way to do this using jquery.