I recently read a fantastic tutorial by Aaron weyenberg which shows how to make checkboxes more visually appealing. This got me thinking, if checkboxes, why not radio buttons too? based on Aarons idea I have been able to create the same visually appealing technique, using radio buttons. I decided to take this one step further and apply it to a table. This is a proof of concept to show you how it works!
I recently decided to see how easy it would be to pull out my feedburner stats and display them on a web page. After a bit of research I found the most common way to achieve this was with feedburners built in feedcount option(found in under the publicise tab). This works by taking your feed count and wrapping it into a branded box. Although there is nothing wrong with this, I wanted to give my feed a bit more customizability. So I created a custom PHP function to pull out any one of your feeds attributes, this post will show you how. Continue Reading »
Surveys can be a useful way to obtain knowledge about your users. However if you are a user, or potential client, they can often be a hindrance, if you are not interested in leaving feedback. Surveyable is a simple plugin which enables you to create a more user friendly experience by remembering your users wishes, using cookies in jQuery. Surveys can be triggered on key pages and expirey dates can also be applied. Continue Reading »
If you have ever needed to quickly add some copy straight into your text editor, this could be the solution for you. Just type solves the mundane task of spell checking all your copy, whilst auto coding attributes such as bold, italic, links and headers. Just Type is a simple jQuery solution to help produce semantic copy with no fuss or technical knowledge. Continue Reading »
‘Cut line‘ web design is a term I have coined for a current trend to focus a websites design around the cut line of the page. To better describe this I have put together a roundup of just some of the many great looking websites that focus on creating imaginative and captivating designs above the cut of the web page. Continue Reading »
I was recently asked by a client to create a bespoke jQuery plugin slider. Fortunately for me the guys over at CSS tricks had already created a very good platform on which to start. The anything slider is a powerful jQuery slider which enables users to create slides from just about anything you can imagine. Images, text and lists are all facilitated. My modifications are freely available to download and try out in the demo.
