Ok, so I’ve had some time to play with jQuery, and whipped up a quick DHTML pop-up link menu (mouse over menu). Let’s get started:
Download the jQuery library (direct link) and put it somewhere in your project directory. I renamed the file to jquery.js because I was lazy. You can now include the file in [...]
After looking for decently priced hosting for a couple of months, I eventually decided on a Hostgator package, as it had been recommended to me by a few web developer friends. The main things that attracted me were the very good space and bandwidth limits, and of course, the unlimited domains (available on the Baby [...]
Internet Explorer versions 6 and below didn’t not parse the !important css modifier correctly - this allowed you to specify styles for browsers like Firefox and such, using the following syntax:
identifier {
background: #000 !important; /* Firefox */
background: #FF0000; /* IE */
}
The element’s background will be set to red because the red declaration is after the [...]
Whilst looking through several javascript libraries (Prototype and MooTools, amongst others), I came across the jQuery javascript library. For once, this seems to be a library that actually inspires some interest in me - I have yet to properly play with it (check back later today), but for now the examples and applications developed on [...]