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25 Amazing and Fresh jQuery Plugins

25 Amazing and Fresh jQuery Plugins

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Keeping up with the new jQuery plugin releases and developments sometimes feels like a full-time job! Every other day something new and better crops up that catches the eye and you think yourself “Wow, that looks good, I could use that!“. For this post I have collected 25 of the best newly (or, pretty close to new) released jQuery plugins, and every time I do a post like this the…

15 jQuery Plugins for Better Web Page Element Layouts

15 jQuery Plugins for Better Web Page Element Layouts

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CSS does a pretty darn good job of helping to lay out a web page… but not always. Even with all the versatility that CSS offers (including CSS3), it sometimes is not enough and, dare I say it, I really hate to say it – HTML tables are on [very few] occasions missed, as they can fill in the holes that CSSes layout techniques may leave behind.

10 jQuery Plugins for Easier Google Map Installation

10 jQuery Plugins for Easier Google Map Installation

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At first glance the Google Map API may seem scary, I mean, were do you possibly start? You probably only want to display a simple map that displays directions to your clients address, you don’t really want an all singing and dancing interactive map with more options than necessary. There has to be a simpler way. Of course there is, and as with almost all web site interactivity, jQuery does…

25 Tutorials and Resources for Learning jQuery UI

25 Tutorials and Resources for Learning jQuery UI

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There are many many tutorials and plugins for the jQuery core, but not so many that focus on jQuery UI. jQuery UI has been criticized in the past for its lack of documentation and support, but times have changed. Accompanied by its content rich website, in-depth docs and, especially, support from the jQuery community as a whole, jQuery UI has become huge and has never been easier to use.

15 Tips and Techniques for Styling the button element

15 Tips and Techniques for Styling the button element

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Lets be honest, most of the form buttons that you come across are ugly, they work as intended, but really, really look awful. There are reasons for this, firstly form buttons, as with almost anything to do with forms, are notoriously tricky to style with consistency, and secondly, styling can cause major problems with cross browser and cross platform compatibility. The button element defines the submit button. Designers may choose…

10 Useful jQuery Form Validation Techniques and Tutorials

10 Useful jQuery Form Validation Techniques and Tutorials

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The purpose of web form validation is to ensure that the user is provided with the necessary information and help so that they are able to fill out and complete the form with the least amount of fuss and time.
There is no particularly consistent method to follow for form validation, there are only guidelines.

25 Graph and Chart Solutions for Web Developers

25 Graph and Chart Solutions for Web Developers

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Creating an accessible data chart or graph in HTML is very tricky to achieve, especially with some elements, such as images, that allow only the most basic features that give textual information to non-visual users. What are the solutions?
PHP, Flash, Javscript (jQuery, MooTools, Prototype) and CSS can all be utilized successfully to implement interactive visualizations, and there are many techniques and solutions from each that will allow you to display them on web pages and apps.

20 Professional jQuery Image Gallery Plugins

20 Professional jQuery Image Gallery Plugins

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jQuery is not only a fairly easy javascript language to work with, it is also, when in packaged in a plugin, very easy to install on any web page, making them perfect for non-developers as well. Image galleries, without the spice of js, tend to be bland and featureless. Throw in a little jQuery and you can have a easily customizable feature-rich image gallery that will present your images professionally…

20+ Easy to Use jQuery Text Effects and Animations

20+ Easy to Use jQuery Text Effects and Animations

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You don’t need to be a hardcore coder or developer to use jQuery, it is an easy and useful JavaScript library and with basic knowledge you can easily insert jQuery plugins and spruce up your next web project.
Font Embedding Services are all the rage at the moment, and for some, maybe a little bit overblown. What if you wanted something simpler, a little drop-shadow here, a simple text animation or even dynamically resize text. In this post we have collected 20+ simple and easy to use jQuery text effects and animations.

25 Useful jQuery Tooltip Plugins and Tutorials

25 Useful jQuery Tooltip Plugins and Tutorials

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If you are looking to give your readers the option of a little bit more information or optional extra navigation, a great solution is to use Tooltips. Tooltips are a “common graphical user interface element, that are used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer…

20 jQuery Plugins and Tutorials to Enhance Forms

20 jQuery Plugins and Tutorials to Enhance Forms

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In this post we have a selection of jQuery plugins and tutorials for enhancing and aiding in the development of the dreaded form area. There are the always important validation plugins, plugins that will give the form added functionality (stretching text-areas, auto-tabbing…) and also plugins that will help you to style the form exactly as you need…and more.

50 of the Best Ever MooTools Plugins and Tutorials

50 of the Best Ever MooTools Plugins and Tutorials

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I hope no one has forgotten about MooTools as jQuery seems to be taking over the world. Yes, jQuery is by far and away the more popular Javascript Framework, but is it better than MooTools? They both offer the same functionality and they can both be dropped into any website with relative ease. I suppose it just comes down to preference.

30 Tutorials Combining Both WordPress and jQuery

30 Tutorials Combining Both WordPress and jQuery

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Take the most popular CMS, Wordpress, and then take the easiest and most versatile of Javscript libraries, jQuery, and you have a match made in heaven. Implementing jQuery within Wordpress is a lot easier than you would think, all you need is a little support from the huge WP community and a little patience, and you are good to go.