Entries Tagged as 'Web Development'
20 of the Best jQuery Slideshow Plugins
Published January 30th, 2012 in Web Development - 5 Comments
jQuery sliders, slideshows, and galleries are extremely common on a variety of different types of websites. Portfolio sites, blogs, e-commerce sites, and about any type of site can make use of a jQuery slideshow. Fortunately, there are a number of great plugins already coded that make it easy to add a slideshow in a matter of minutes. Each one offers different features and has it’s own style. In this post we’ll showcase 20 jQuery plugins that you may want to use for adding a slideshow in your own projects.
Slides
Slides is a jQuery slideshow plugin built for simplicity.Features include captions, multiple slideshows, and more.
13 of the Best Hosted CMSs
Published January 18th, 2012 in Web Development - 14 Comments
Open-source content management systems like WordPress and Drupal get a lot of attention on design blogs, but they are not the only options when it comes to choosing a CMS. There are a number of hosted CMSs available that are popular with designers and their clients.
While the features vary form one hosted CMS to another, several of the primary benefits are common to all or most of them. Things like having the hosting included, the possibility for designing and developing sites very quickly, availability of pre-designed templates, and support tend to be listed among the benefits of choosing a hosted CMS.
Some hosted CMSs allow designers the opportunity for a private label, meaning that designers can brand the CMS as their own. In this case clients will see the designer’s branding rather than that of the company behind the CMS. In many of these cases the designer can also earn a commission on monthly hosting fees, which provides a nice stream of residual income for designers who use the CMS with a number of clients.
Here is a look at some of the best and most popular hosted content management systems.
25 Useful jQuery Tooltip Scripts
Published August 17th, 2011 in Tools, Web Development - 9 Comments
Tooltips can be a helpful way to provide information to visitors without creating clutter in a design. If you would like to add an attractive tooltip to your website it doesn’t have to be difficult. There are plenty of quality scripts available for use that will allow you to set up tooltips without coding it from scratch. In this post we’ll present 25 different jQuery tooltip scripts.
You may also be interested in:
- 25 jQuery Slider/Image Gallery Tutorials and Plugins
- 25 Excellent jQuery Sliders Tutorials and Plugins
- 25 jQuery Drop Down Menu Scripts
- 35 jQuery Animation Tutorials
Easiest Tooltip and Image Preview Using jQuery
Getting Started with E-Junkie for E-Commerce
Published March 10th, 2011 in Web Development - 12 Comments
Finding the right e-commerce system can be a time consuming and frustrating process. No e-commerce platform is ideal for every situation, but we have found E-Junkie to be very easy to set up and flexible enough to meet the needs of many websites and businesses. In this post we’ll go through the process of getting started with E-Junkie and setting up a product to sell. We’ll also show you how to manage the affiliate program included with E-Junkie and how to set up a coupon code that can be shared with your customers.
What is E-Junkie?
E-Junkie provides “buy now” and “add to cart” buttons and a shopping cart that will allow you to sell digital products or tangible goods. It does not include a content management system like many e-commerce solutions, rather, you can use E-Junkie with the CMS of your choice. This separates E-Junkie from a lot of open-source and hosted e-commerce systems, which may be a good or bad thing depending on your needs. It integrates with PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, ClickBank, and several other payment processors.
We started using E-Junkie a few months ago on Vandelay Premier, where we sell graphic design resources. In our case, we were specifically looking for an option that would allow us to sell digital products while still using WordPress as a CMS. While we looked at several different options, E-Junkie proved to be the best fit for us and it was quick and easy to set up.
A lot of online shops that sell digital products use E-Junkie because it does a great job of handling the secure delivery of digital files, and it has a number of additional features that some of the other “light” e-commerce solutions do not offer.
The cost of using E-Junkie will vary greatly from one user to another. The cost starts at $5 per month and that allows you to sell 10 different products and it gives you 50 MB of storage space if you’re selling digital products. Prices increase depending on the number of products and amount of disk space, although you can opt to host the files yourself in order to save money on the disk space. The lowest-priced plan that allows for self-storage of digital products costs $18 per month. There are no bandwidth costs and no transaction fees.
25 jQuery Drop Down Menu Scripts
Published September 20th, 2010 in Web Development - 28 Comments
Navigation is a critical aspect of any website. Many larger sites use drop down menus in effort to make it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for. In this post we will feature 25 scripts that you can use on your own sites for jQuery drop down menus.
Sexy Drop Down Menu with jQuery and CSS
25 Amazing CSS3 Experimentations and Demos
Published August 19th, 2010 in Web Development - 38 Comments
CSS3 is opening up a lot of possibilities for designers and developers. Things that used to require images, JavaScript or Flash can now be done with the power of CSS. Unfortunately, in most cases these developments are more useful for experimentation and learning at this point since they are not supported by all of the major browsers. However, if you’re interested in learning more about the capabilities of CSS3 it can be a valuable use of your time to see what is being done.
In this post we’ll feature 25 experimentations and demos from various designers/developers using CSS3. Some have more practical real-world uses than others, but all of them demonstrate what can be done with CSS3 and some creativity.
35 jQuery Animation Tutorials
Published July 12th, 2010 in Web Development - 28 Comments
Creative designers can do some amazing things with jQuery. A wide variety of animation effects are possible, and these 35 tutorials provide excellent learning resources for anyone who is wanting to brush up their skills in this area. You’ll find tutorials for creative animated navigation menus, as well as for other types of animation that use jQuery instead of Flash.
Animate Image Filling Up Using jQuery
25 Excellent jQuery Slider Tutorials and Plugins
Published June 21st, 2010 in Web Development - 13 Comments
jQuery sliders and image galleries have continued to grow in popularity for use on homepages or on portfolio pages. Last year we published 25 jQuery Image Gallery/Slider Tutorials and Plugins, but a number of high-quality tutorials and plugins have been released since then, so it’s time for a follow-up post. Here you’ll find another 25 jQuery sliders (13 tutorials and 12 plugins) to help you in your own work.
jQuery Slider Tutorials:
A Beautiful Apple-Style Slideshow Gallery with CSS & jQuery
jQuery Resources for One-Page Portfolios
Published March 4th, 2010 in Web Development - 30 Comments
A few weeks ago we published a showcase of one-page portfolios and pointed out some trends among them. Many of those sites are using jQuery to accomplish specific things. In this post we’ll feature some plugins and tutorials that are ideal for one-page portfolios. Of course, they can be used on other types of sites as well, but they are well-suited to match up with the trends among one-page portfolios.
Contact Forms:
All portfolio sites need to allow visitors to contact the designer, whether it is through an email address or a contact form. One-page sites face the challenge of including a usable contact form without using a separate page for it. These two resources can help for creating contact forms that will not take up too much space on the page.
Using Form Labels as Text Fields
CSS Globe provides a tutorial that is ideal for contact forms in limited spaces, which is often the case with one-page portfolios. The script can also be downloaded for use in your own work.
35 Adobe AIR Tutorials for Web Developers
Published December 23rd, 2009 in Web Development - 23 Comments
Adobe AIR gives developers all kinds of possibilities to create applications. As Adobe’s websites says, “The Adobe® AIR® runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating systems.”
In this post we’ll feature 35 tutorials that will help you to learn more about working with AIR. Some of them are at a beginner level that will introduce you to AIR, and others are more advanced and will teach specifics.
To find some examples of Adobe AIR apps see:
- 40 Great Adobe AIR Applications for Designers and Developers
- 50+ Constructive Adobe AIR Apps for Web Designers and Developers
- 12 Best Adobe AIR Applications for Web Designers
