These are some of the recent web design articles I have written; each item lists the site it was published on and a brief description.
- Title:
- Using the jQuery UI Autocomplete
- Posted:
- March 29, 2010
- For:
- Nettuts
- Type:
- Written tutorial
- Access:
- Full, free
Summary:
This tutorial looks at the brand new jQuery UI Autocomplete component, and shows how it can be combined with PHP to replicate the format of recipient names in Facebook’s messaging system.
This is an intermediate-to-advanced tutorial which should take around an hour and a half to complete.
- Title:
- A Bullet-proof Content Viewer
- Posted:
- January 5, 2010
- For:
- Nettuts
- Type:
- Written tutorial
- Access:
- Full, free
Summary:
See how to create a dynamic image viewer with jQuery, which even works with JavaScript disabled.
This is an intermediate-level tutorial which should take around an hour to complete.
- Title:
- 7AMP
- Posted:
- November 10, 2009
- For:
- Nettuts
- Type:
- Written tutorial
- Access:
- Full, free
Summary:
This in-depth article shows you exactly what steps need to be followed in order to get Apache, MySQL and PHP all running together on your shiny new Windows 7 machine.
The tutorial is aimed at beginners and is easy to follow with many screenshots. Happy developing!
- Title:
- Drag to Share
- Posted:
- October 19, 2009
- For:
- Nettuts
- Type:
- Written tutorial
- Access:
- Full, free
Summary:
This tutorial shows you how to replicate the ‘drag to share’ behaviour found on the Mashable blog and looks at some cool CSS3 solutions along the way.
Difficulty level is medium and the underlying JS library in use is jQuery. Enjoy!
- Title:
- Beautifying Forms with jQuery
- Posted:
- November 25, 2009
- For:
- DMX Zone
- Type:
- Written tutorial
- Access:
- Subscription/fee based
Summary:
In part 5 of a 7 part series I discuss how to replace the checkbox and radio button form elements with attractive and functional replacements that are easily styled.
Medium difficulty, content of previous parts of the tutorial recommended.