What exactly is a web service? I’m going to show you by building a real-world application that determines where your site visitors are coming from.
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Web Services Made Practical: Where Are Your Visitors From?
Saturday, November 10th, 2012Tutorial: Creating a jQuery Image Scroller
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
We’ve received several requests for a tutorial showing how to create an infinite image scroller or carousel – something that’s not quite covered by either EasyRotator or the XML Flash Slideshow Creator v4. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the simple steps.
jQuery Adventures: Permalinking and Keyboard Navigation for EasyRotator
Saturday, September 1st, 2012
Two features that are occasionally requested for EasyRotator are permalinking (linking to specific slides in a rotator) and keyboard navigation. Both of these features are easily implemented by adding some jQuery code to your page, and we’ll cover the process in this article.
Using CSS3 Transforms to Move, Scale, Rotate and Skew Page Elements
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Transforms, a new feature of CSS3, allow you to manipulate any elements in your page, moving, scaling, rotating and skewing them. The transformations can even be applied as an animation.
Overcome Common Styling Issues with CSS3 Psuedo-Elements
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
You probably know how to style links with :hover and :visited etc. But did you know that there are several newer pseudo-elements that can be used for dropcaps, consistent paragraph spacing, setting field focus colors, even text selection color? We’ll explore it all in this article.
The Basics of Overlaying Content
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
In this article, I’ll show you how to place any type of content behind existing content on your webpage. One of the most popular applications of this effect is using rotators as the background for part of your page.
A Shadowy Topic: Drop-shadows in Your Webpages
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Drop shadows are a great way to add depth and perspective to your webpages, highlighting certain areas and diminishing the prominence of others. In this article, I’ll introduce you to the CSS3 box-shadow property. I’ve even included a visual tool to make it easy to learn and create code for your own sites.
Creating a Floating Navigation Menu
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
You’ve likely seen it while browsing the Internet – a navigation menu that “sticks” to the top of your window as you scroll down a page. This popular effect ensures that you never have to scroll back to the top of a page to navigate; the menu is always floating there, waiting to be used.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create this effect.
Adding Lightbox Integration to EasyRotator
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Lightboxes are great for distraction-free viewing of photos. Today, we’re providing a plug-n-play script that makes it easy to add lightbox functionality to your existing EasyRotator sliders.
7 Free eBooks that Should Line Every Web Professional’s Digital Bookshelf
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Time management, freelancing, jQuery, UX and more. These seven must-read eBooks represent a lifetime’s worth of experience and knowledge that should be in every designer and developer’s digital library.