Stupid jQuery Tricks

Stupid jQuery Tricks

December 14, 2009 18 Comments

If you are like I am and use jQuery to add functionality or enhance your site, you're almost always looking to learn something new or different ways to add a cool new function using the most popular JavaScript library out there. While none of these functions are actually stupid, they will show you some popular tricks to add effects and features to your site.
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Creating Short Post Urls Within WordPress

Creating Short Post Urls Within WordPress

November 27, 2009 0 Comments

With the popularity of Twitter, short urls are almost a necessity these days trying to maintain the limit of 140 characters. Using a short url as default in WordPress tends to hurt your search engine optimization and looks just so, well, "default". Here are a couple of ways you can easily and automatically create a short url for use in WordPress without a plug-in.
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The 7 Most Effective Rules of Web Design

The 7 Most Effective Rules of Web Design

November 18, 2009 2 Comments

One of the most important principles of effective website design is 'Keep it simple'. This rule must be applied to all aspects of your website, including graphics, content and navigation. Use the following guidelines to implement simplicity in your website design and make your sites stand out from the clutter of ineffective ones on the internet that do not follow these rules.
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A Collection of CSS Rounded Corner Tutorials

A Collection of CSS Rounded Corner Tutorials

November 16, 2009 1 Comment

Sometimes creating rounded corners with Css is a big challenge for most designers. Many will end up with a design where they don’t use rounded corners in order to avoid the entire rounded corner kerfuffle that has always been an issue in HTML/ CSS. The question has always been which method or solution is best, and what is the easiest way.
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How To Parse XML Using jQuery and Ajax

How To Parse XML Using jQuery and Ajax

October 26, 2009 12 Comments

In this tutorial I will show you how to parse or process an xml document to display the data on a page in html form. It can be used to filter raw RSS feeds, set up a cool sitemap on your blog or even the groundwork for your own search auto complete.
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Getting and Setting Cookies with jQuery

Getting and Setting Cookies with jQuery

October 12, 2009 0 Comments

jQuery is one of the most versatile JavaScript libraries today. Extending it's functionality one step further, we can use cookies to enhance the user experience by helping the browser remember user site preferences, login details and more.
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How to Create an Ajax Style File Uploader

How to Create an Ajax Style File Uploader

September 5, 2009 28 Comments

In this tutorial we will be creating a simple Ajax style file uploader using jQuery, Ajax and Php. Something you can easily implement on your site, complete with front and backend validation.
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Making Custom Patterns and Brushes in Photoshop

Making Custom Patterns and Brushes in Photoshop

September 3, 2009 0 Comments

Making your own patterns and brushes in Photoshop for design projects is pretty easy, here are some quick tips to get you started creating your own.
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