12 Slick jQuery Plugins

Posted: August 17th, 2009 | Filed under: General

As I have been updating the jQuery links on my @jQueryLinks twitter account there were a couple that really stood out as a way to make just about any site feel slick. So here they are. Enjoy.

1. Gritter – By:@jboesch

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2. jQuery Link Nudging – By: @davidwalshblog

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3. Create The Fanciest Dropdown Menu You Ever Saw

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4. ColorBox – By: @jacklmoore

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5. Interactive, Filterable Portfolio – By: @JoelSutherland

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6. Animated Menu Using jQuery

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7. jQuery Ajax delete

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8. Galleria

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9. Easy Slider By: @cssglobe

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10. Cycle Lite

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11. Notify Bar By: @DmitriSmirnov

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12. Animated Tabbed Content – By: @gayadesign

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To Stay up to date with more great jQuery Links follow @jQueryLinks on twitter.

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Understanding URL Variables

Posted: September 20th, 2008 | Filed under: General

Over the past couple weeks I realized there isn’t really much information about how dynamic web pages work. The lack of this information makes it harder for new developers to grasp these topics that are fairly simple, but may seem hard without a good example. So the next couple articles are going to cover some of these topics. If you have a topic you would like for me to cover be sure to let me know in the comments below.

On ward to Url Variables.

Url variables is one of the first topics to learn for a new developer wanting to move from static web sites to dynamic sites. Url variables, also called query strings in some languages(asp.net), allow a variable to be passed from one page to another with very little overhead and very little code.
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SaveTheDevelopers.org

Posted: July 14th, 2008 | Filed under: General

EDIT: It seems that Microsoft was purchased savethedevelopers.org so the site is no longer the same

Recently I was introduced to SaveTheDevelopers.org. Their mission is simple

“Save A Developer. Upgrade Your Browser.”

Basically they want to speed up the transition from IE6 to a modern browser.

What makes SaveTheDevelopers.org so much better than the rest is that it is much more professional looking than any other anti-IE6 “movement” site. Most anti-IE6 sites simply bash IE6 and never tell you why other browsers really are better.   Read the rest of this entry »

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