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.

READ IT

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.

READ IT

7AMP

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!

READ IT

Drag to Share

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!

READ IT

Beautifying Forms with jQuery

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.

READ IT