Free Glossy Icons: The jFeedback Icon Set with SourceNovember 25, 2009

For our last post Cody asked me to create these two glossy icons for the jFeedback jQuery plugin. We thought, we could post the icons as well with the Photoshop file because you might want to change the color or the symbol. So, here they are, two incredibly awesome glossy icons :-) "open sour...

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CSS Tutorial: Image with Toolbar and Navigation OverlayNovember 23, 2009

In this tutorial I will show you how to create an overlay toolbar and navigation for an image. This type of technique can, for example, be applied in an image gallery where you want to provide some options for the user when he is viewing your images. The result of this tutorial will look like thi...

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The “new” design of IMDbOctober 27, 2009

Some time ago the incredible happened: our beloved movie database site IMDb finally realized that it was not 1996 anymore and dared to hire some designers in order to - you won't believe it - change the design of the page! When I visited the site the other day, I couldn't believe my eyes: a fixed wi...

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And what about resolution?October 21, 2009

Working a lot with images I was coming across some curiosities concerning how web sites deal with pictures and especially the uploading of pictures. In social network sites like Twitter or Facebook the user can upload images either for his profile picture, a custom background image or photo album...

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33 JavaScript Solutions for Sorting TablesOctober 3, 2009

Here is a list of 33 JavaScript table sorting scripts and their sources. Enjoy it! 1. jQuery tablesorter http://tablesorter.com/docs/ 2. Table sorting with Prototype http://tetlaw.id.au/view/blog/table-sorting-with-prototype/ 3. Sorttable http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/s...

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Google API Showcase: The Live TranslatorSeptember 30, 2009

The API of Google has a lot of useful usage examples. This showcase demonstrates how we can use the Google AJAX Language API to build a live translator that allows us to translate text from one language into the other - and that almost on the fly. Check out the demo here: DEMO Here is ...

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Styling Forms with CSS: Sophisticated Registration FormSeptember 28, 2009

Here is a pretty complete registration form, nicely juiced up with some neat CSS. Here you can see a DEMO Download the ZIP file from here: CSS Registration ZIP Enjoy it! ...

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21 Free CAPTCHA SourcesSeptember 22, 2009

Here is a collection of free CAPTCHA scripts and services than you can easily integrate into your website using PHP or JavaScript: 1. PHP CAPTCHA Library for reCAPTCHA http://recaptcha.net/plugins/php 2. Ajax Fancy Captcha - jQuery Plugin http://www.webdesignbeach.com/beachbar/ajax-f...

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