Hey guys. Today I’m going to teach you how to create a useful hover-based user interface using jQuery, CSS3, HTML5 and @font-face. Why a hover-based interface? you might ask. Well, with the popularity of touch-based web applications simplifying the way that people can use sites on mobile devices, I think that there’s room for us to look into ways of making it even easier for people to use sites in desktop-based browsers too. Today’s project,WanderWall, achieves that and what we’ll be creating today could easily be used for a portfolio or business site but the concepts you’ll learn could certainly be used to expand the idea further.
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Question: Have you ever wanted to neatly display a few lines of text about an image in your site but didn’t want to compromise on the design of your overall layout? In today’s post I’m going to show you how to create a useful information-rich jQuery Image Gallery that solves that problem. The best part of it is that it’s so simple to write up that all you’ll need are jQuery’s excellent .hover() and .animate() functions to get it up and running.
You can view a live MTV themed demo of what we’re going to create here or see the screenshot below.
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Hey all. In today’s post I’m going to show you how to create a few simple yet impressive animation effects using WebKit CSS and some JavaScript. Webkit (the rendering engine that powers both Safari and Google Chrome) supports a few advanced animation features which have yet to make their way into FireFox or IE, but it’s really exciting getting to see just what’s capable with it animation-wise. For anyone that enjoyed reading my 3D Wall post, this is going to be a treat.
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Hi guys. Today I’m going to show you how to do persistent Client-side storage that’ll work in any Web Browser without needing to use Cookies, Browser-Specific hacks or HTML5 – in other words, we’re going to store as much custom information as a site needs on a user’s system without needing to worry about compatibility issues.
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Hi guys. I’m making some more of my custom components available for download today. The Apple iTunes CoverFlow effect is one the nicest forms of visualizing albums and images that I’ve seen over the past few years and I’ve always wondered..could the effect be done using JavaScript and no Flash whatsoever?. The answer is yes and I’d like to share with you my new Pure JavaScript CoverFlow component (which doesn’t rely on jQuery, YUI or any other frameworks to work! 
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Like me, if you’ve ever wanted to use a Web Service from a site that doesn’t have that many code examples or a solid API, chances are you may have considered using cURL – a great extension to PHP that allows you to authenticate with websites just like a normal user would. The benefits of doing this are that you’re able to gain access to rich data sources like contact lists, email, statuses and a whole lot more. In this post I’m going to provide you with 20 code examples that’ll help you do some pretty cool things using everything from Bit.ly to Las.fm. Sites covered are Yahoo.com, Last.fm, Amazon, WordPress, Facebook, TwitPic, PayPal, Bit.ly, Twitter, GMail, MySpace, is.gd and IMDB.
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