How I Speeded Up Our WordPress Blog
by Mary Lou
Our site was getting kind of slow, so I decided to read some articles about how to speed up a WordPress blog. While many give really great tips on what […]
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In this category you will find experiments, plugins and articles related to web development and programming. Here we present some new ideas and inspiration for solving problems and tackling challenges around web development.
jBookMark: A jQuery Marking Tool
by cody
Ever missed the bookmarking option of a good editor in a web site? This jQuery plugin does exactly that: if you want your website visitors to be able to toggle […]
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TweetTheme: Color Theme Inspiration from Twitter Themes
by chadking
My next Twitter API experiment: Get the theme’s colors from any Twitter account! With this PHP and jQuery code you can call the Twitter API and request the RGB color […]
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Twitter API and jQuery Showcase: Display your Followers or Friends
by chadking
Today I was playing around with the Twitter API and created this little “widget” using jQuery and PHP. I know, there are already plenty of them, but I wanted to […]
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jTextTranslate: A jQuery Translation Plugin
by cody
The double-click functionality in the New York Times was somehow fascinating but also highly discussed because it boldly used the browser functionality to get the definitions of words. Fortunately, the […]
+ morejFeedback: A Minimal jQuery Notification Plugin
by cody
Every web developer knows how difficult it can be to decide how to provide feedback to the user in form of an error or a success message. When submitting forms […]
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jCapSlide: A jQuery Image Caption Plugin
by cody
Here is a new plugin for creating nice sliding captions for images. When hovering over the image, the caption appears and the image gets a semi-transparent color overlay. You can […]
+ morejPaginate: A Fancy jQuery Pagination Plugin
by cody
jPaginate is a jQuery pagination plugin that comes with a twist: animated page numbers. The user can slide through the available page numbers by clicking or just hovering over the […]
+ morejMaxInput: jQuery Twitter-Like Textarea
by cody
jMaxInput allows you to limit the input size of a textarea like it is done in Twitter. The number of characters left to type are shown while typing. The user […]
+ morejQuery Image Cropper with Uploader v1.1
by chadking
Here’s an updated version of the Image Cropper. The upload button was replaced by an overlay on the image. There are also some extra functionalities :
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jStickyNote: A jQuery Plugin for Creating Sticky Notes
by cody
jStickyNote is a jQuery plugin that allows to create sticky notes on your web site. It is configurable and this is how you use it:
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jBar: A jQuery Notification Plugin
by cody
jBar is a jQuery Plugin that allows you to integrate notifications in your web site. The behavior is very similar to Twitter’s and Stackoverflow’s notification messages. The plugin is configurable […]
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jQuery Image Cropper with Uploader
by chadking
Please check the updated version here! Some time ago I posted the Dynamic jQuery Image Gallery with Uploader which uses the class.upload, uploadify and ad-gallery scripts. This time I want […]
+ more33 JavaScript Solutions for Sorting Tables
by Mary Lou
Here is a list of 33 JavaScript table sorting scripts and their sources. Enjoy it! 1. jQuery tablesorter http://tablesorter.com/docs/
+ moreGoogle API Showcase: The Live Translator
by Mary Lou
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 […]
+ more21 Free CAPTCHA Sources
by Mary Lou
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
+ morePHP Login System Reloaded v1.1
by chadking
Here’s an updated version of the PHP Login System. You can check the old version here. The following was added:
+ moreDynamic jQuery Image Gallery with Uploader
by chadking
Here’s a jQuery Image Gallery script with a multi file Uploader, that was implemented using three resources that I found on the web: uploadify ad-gallery class.upload.php click on the image […]
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