Posts Tagged jQuery
By Paul Andrew
As many of us know, the initial 15-20 seconds of a new user’s visit to a web site will have a large impact on whether on not they are going to like or dislike the site, prompting them to decide whether they will stay or go. This means it’s vital that you follow usability rules with common design practices and layout your site, especially the navigation, in a style that the user can either learn easily or already understands. The biggest part of this process is developing a menu that is both easy to use and intuitive, as well as styling it to fit into your site’s design. Having said all that, an easy-to-use menu should not put the shackles on creativity.
In this article we’ve listed 45 jQuery plugins and tutorials that demonstrate not only how powerful jQuery is, but also how your website’s navigation can be both creative and usable. For most of these items, we’ve listed a “demo” link, except when the demo is on the same page as the tutorial or article itself.
Horizontal Menu Navigation Plugins and Tutorials
jQuery can pretty much do anything you can think of. All you need is a creative imagination and some time to learn the simple and intuitive API Read the rest of this entry »
Tool tips are a “common graphical user interface element, that are used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer. The user hovers the cursor over an item, without clicking it, and a small box appears with extra information regarding the item being hovered over” (via Wikipedia). To give your tool tip extra functionality and versatility the best and simplest solution is using JavaScript, especially jQuery.
In this post we have collected 25 of the best jQuery Tool tip Plug-ins and Tutorials to help with your next project.
jQuery Tooltip Plugins
jQuery Tooltip – Tooltips done right
The great thing about jQuery is that a talented jQuery developer often releases new and useful plugins on a regular basis. jQuery plugins are not only easy to implement, but easy to maintain even when used throughout large sites.
In this article, we share with you a list of 20 useful jQuery plugins that were released recently that could help you for your next web project. There are various types of plugins here such as modal windows, image galleries, auto complete for form input, bookmarking functions, preloaded, and more. Enjoy!
1. SimpleModal
This jQuery plugin is a flexible and straightforward way of providing modal window functionality on your site.
