How to Use jQuery to Make Slick Page Transitions
Adding the final touches to a site can be the difference between a polished and beautiful site that looks “refined,” and a mediocre site that leaves no impression on visitors. jQuery, the versatile JavaScript library, can be leveraged to create all these fine tuned elements. Today we’re going to look at how to use it to create elegant page transitions. Let’s get to it! If you would like to quickly take a peek at a very simple implementation of this technique, below is the demo for viewing and download. Getting Started With HTML/CSS
Preload Images Sequentially With jQuery
HEADS UP! This article was written in 2007. Information provided might not be valid anymore and should be taken with a grain of salt. Here is a small code snippet I use for preloading images for mouseovers. It uses $(window).bind("load", function() { xxx }) to wait until all page elements have finished loading.
Custom Effects with .animate()
jQuery makes it possible to animate arbitrary CSS properties via the .animate() method. The .animate() method lets you animate to a set value, or to a value relative to the current value. Note: Color-related properties cannot be animated with .animate() using jQuery out of the box. Color animations can easily be accomplished by including the color plugin. We'll discuss using plugins later in the book. Definition: Easing describes the manner in which an effect occurs — whether the rate of change is steady, or varies over the duration of the animation. jQuery includes only two methods of easing: swing and linear.
20+ Demos Showing Advanced jQuery Effects
Just a short while ago, Flash was one of the primary technologies used by web designers to add interactivity to a website. Since the introduction of the iPad, with its lack of the Flash Player, there’s an acceleration in the web development world to use alternative technologies to Flash, such as jQuery, Ajax and others. Although Flash is still a very powerful and useful tool, which works great on many cases, several of the effects that web designers are accustomed to creating in Flash, can be just as easily implemented using jQuery. Here are 21 online demos that show the power of jQuery for creating advanced effects and interactivity that can rival Flash. 1. Flip!
How to: Customizing and Theming jQuery UI Datepicker
jQuery UI is simply awesome and due to the ease of use, it is popular and widely used in almost any website that need interactive features. And, in this post, we’ll look at one of the features provided, the Datepicker widget. We will try to learn how to customize the calendar theme, so that you will be able to create your own theme that will correspond to your overall design. However, you need a bit of understanding in JavaScript and familiarity with CSS before following this tutorial. If you’re ready, let’s get started.
30 jQuery Responsive Layout Plugins
Extensive list of some of the most useful jQuery responsive layout plugins used by designers aiming to design responsive layouts for their websites. Responsive layouts are relatively new in the web design world and are becoming more popular due to the rise in popularity of mobile web design and the broaden of screen resolutions. Enjoy! Related Posts: 10 jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts 1. jquery-quickfit
Date / Time Picker
A date picker control. To open the calendar, click the icon at the right side of the input box. While open, you can use keyboard controls to navigate the datepicker: Right arrow: next dayLeft arrow: previous dayDown arrow: next weekUp arrow: previous weekPage down: next monthPage up: previous monthEnter: select dateEsc: cancel selection and close datepicker Note that this control is not designed to work in IE6; although it will function correctly in most cases, the positioning of the calendar may be way off depending on how your page is styled. Constructor:
50+ Best jQuery Carousel Roundup
In web design, a jQuery carousel is an element giving visitors easy and visible access to several content items. It is typically a dynamic scrolling list of items in horizontal order where previous and next items are partially visible. The items, consisting of HTML content, images, videos etc. can be scrolled back and forth (with or without animated transitions). Using sliding horizontal panels, known, as Carousels and Sliders, to feature top content, is one of the strongest web design trends over the last couple of years. It is a very effective method to increase the web site usability and engage the user.
astonishing iCal-like calendars with jQuery
I wanted it to be similar to the iPhone Calendar application (or, if you want, to the little calendar on the left bottom corner in iCal). And I also wanted to keep the code as little and sweet as possible (we don’t like maintenance, do we?). Here’s the simple HTML code I used, the simplest you could ever come up with:
21 Amazing jQuery Tabs Collection
Using jQuery,we can do many things very easily than normal JavaScript.So jQuery has became the most popular JavaScript library in use today.I wrote my previous article about popular jQuery featured content sliders,that are used by web designers.In this article I am going to show you a better jQuery Tabs collection you can use for your websites or blogs.When we go to websites,we can see different types of jQuery Tabs.If you add a tab view to your website,it save a lot of space in your web pages.Also it gives a better appearance to your website or blog. 1. Simple Tabs w/ CSS & jQuery
