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03/10/2010 The Total Newbie’s Guide to jQuery, Part II: Progressive
Enhancement and the DOM
In Part I, Earle showed us some jQuery basics: how to select the elements on the page we’d like to play with, and how to manipulate their CSS properties. In this second lesson, we’ll move onto manipulating the DOM itself: hiding, revealing, adding, removing, and modifying elements. We’ll also touch on the theory of progressive enhancement and the basics of animation in jQuery.
03/10/2010 The Total Newbie’s Guide to jQuery: Select Elements and Manipulate
CSS with jQuery
So you’ve mastered HTML and CSS, but now you want to take your site to the next level. You need to add some fancy user interface enhancements, but the thought of learning a full-blown programming language like JavaScript gives you the heebie-jeebies. Enter jQuery. In this article, taken from the new SitePoint book jQuery: Novice to Ninja, Earle shows us the ropes in the form of jQuery’s most elemental features: its selector engine and its CSS manipulation methods.
03/10/2010 Star Rating Control with jQuery
Our newly released book, jQuery: Novice to Ninja, contains a wealth of great ready-to-use solutions, and teaches you both the basic and more advanced concepts of jQuery as you progress. As a taster, here’s an excerpt from Chapter 7 wherein Craig Sharkie shows us how to build a robust, sophisticated star rating widget using jQuery. It’s keyboard-accessible, and allows for half-star ratings.
About Web Design
Designing a site is easy. However, designing a good site is a painstaking process with
a lot of error potential.
Having the right tools at your disposal would certainly give
the site designer a head start and using
Dreamweaver,
Fireworks & Flash MX (the industry standard) would contribute to a
functional and professionally constructed site.
The Macromedia suite includes
all of the following;
Dreamweaver,
Fireworks,
Captivate
ColdFusion
Contribute
DreamWeaver
Flash MX 2004
Flash MX Professional
2004
Studio MX
2004
Studio MX
2004 with Flash Professional
A good web design will offer the visitor a logical, easy to
understand & interesting flow whilst leading them through
the site.
Web Design Tips
-- Navigation should be clear and
consistent throughout all pages on the website -- A
Privacy Link
should be included to give your visitors the assurance that
they won't be spammed by having their information sold or
passed on -- Text links should be kept in blue
-- Use lots of White Space -- Avoid the use of
Animation or Flashing Objects -- SEO -
the site's design should provide for search engine
optimisation which is essential if it is to attract visitors
via search engines. Getting close to the top of search
engines is not a task for the faint of heart
-- The speed that your page/s load is vital - should
it take longer than 8secs to load, the chances are your
visitor won't have waited to view it
-- A Site Map offers your visitors a 'road map' to
follow whilst on your site. Search engines also love Site
Maps which will improve your site's rankings with them
-- Avoid designing your site with Frames. They are
confusing for visitors, designers & search engines don't
index them properly
-- Use CSS to ensure consistency in terms of look &
feel
-- The site should be design to accommodate all browsers
& screen resolutions
-- The site should be about the vistor ('me') & not so
much about the company ('you')
Designing & Building a Website
, Fireworks & Flash MX
(the industry standard) would contribute to a functional and professionally constructed site.