15 Most Popular jQuery Plugins of June 2012 Another month has passed and it's time for the jQuery plugins roundup. Keep on reading to see what plugins you might have missed in June 2012. 1. jQuery++ Collection of extremely useful DOM helpers for jQuery 1.7 and later. Such as, jQuery.animate which overwrites $.fn.animate to use CSS3 animations where possible and falls back to jQuery’s animation otherwise. 2. gmaps.js helps you to use Google Maps API with less pain and more fun. 3. A plugin that uses canvas to show an animated percentage loader that is good for loading screens or displaying progress of long-running tasks. 4. A replacement for select boxes that supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results. 5. pageguide.js An interactive visual guide for web page elements using jQuery and CSS3. 6. A minimalistic approach to Excel-like table editor in HTML! 7. Show a warning message to visitors with an older version of Internet Explorer browser. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Rotate CSS-sprites like cinema tape. 13.
Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer. A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. There are plenty of resources available in which you can learn graphic design on your own. If you would like to learn graphic design from the ground up, through self directed study, then this article lists some great resources that will get you started with your design education. 1. There are a few graphic design principles that effect every project you’ll create. Shape, Spacing, and Rhythm I remember first learning these basic design principles , and they seamed so foreign at first. The Principles of Design by Joshua David McClurg-Genevese What is Graphic Design? Color, Texture, and Imagery Understanding the basics of color theory is important and getting a feel for how to work with colors. Principles of Color Design by Wucius Wong Texture in Graphic Design The Basics of Graphic Design
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20 Methods for Upping Your Current Web Design Skills Design All great designers are constantly improving their skills. There has never been a successful designer, or anyone of another profession for that matter, that has stopped at a certain point and said, "Good enough". In this post we're looking into 20 different ways a web designer can improve their skills at any time. 20 Great Improvement Methods 1. Check out websites like UI-Patterns.com to explore the best user interface patterns for the web. User Interface Pattern Websites: 2. Look at the detail in everyday objects, and actively look at detail in other web designs. 3. Many clients love a designer that offers SEO services. 4. Trends are never something a web designer should solely rely on, but learning new trends is a great way to keep up with technology, and to keep you as a designer out of a rut. Do yourself a favor by keeping your designs modern, and by keeping your skills sharp by studying trending techniques. 5. 6. Image credit: Dey 7. 8. 9. Image credit: Jakob Montrasio 10. 11.
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How to Create Your First Web Page Note: If you know anything at all about HTML and CSS, don’t bother reading this, it’s a guide for the uninitiated, technophobes, luddites, computer-illiterates, anyone who is more comfortable with a pen and paper than a keyboard and mouse. If making a web page seems like brain surgery to you, then this is the article for you. What you need to know The only prior knowledge I will assume is that you’ve used a computer before, you’re familiar with using a keyboard and a word processor, and you’ve at least seen a website. Other than that, I assume you are completely ignorant! The Basics When you visit a website (for example the one you’re reading now), you see a page in your web browser (the program you use to access the internet) , containing text, images and maybe some other things like videos, music etc. In order to display a page correctly, the web browser needs to know about the structure of the page, e.g. What HTML Looks Like HTML uses ‘tags’ to identify different parts of a page.
Top Ten Free Tools To Create Awesome Infographics Information graphics or infographics as it is generally called are graphical or visual representation of information. It’s an efficient means to present complex information or knowledge in a simple and clear way without any complications. All through the years, this serves as an excellent means for computer scientists, statisticians and different technicians to develop and deliver different concepts using certain symbols that have specific meanings in different processes. These symbols serve as descriptions for certain concepts or processes and hence are helpful in representing information. Today, you can see information graphics in each every aspect of life including scientific and pedestrian styles. There are a number of tools available to create quite attractive and well informative infographics. Stat Planet Stat Planet is an excellent tool for creating interactive visualizations that can be easily customized. Hohli Creately New York Times Many Eyes Google Public Data Wordle Visual.ly