Resource Links for November
It has been a while since I have posted my monthly picks for resourceful links… I apologize, but this is what happens when you move to a new place and begin a new job all at the same time… something will suffer. Anyhow I have doubled up on the amount of links I have provided to you for this month to make it up.
You will notice that the bulk of the links provided happen to be jQuery – well this is because I need to learn it and therefore most of the links I’ve been surfing for have been just that. jQuery is a simpler and lighter form of JavaScript which is easier for Web Designers and Front End Developers to use and manipulate. What I have learned is that jQuery is highly used and therefore if you don’t know what it is… you should begin learning what it’s all about. Don’t worry though, the documentation on what it is and how to use it is enormous. There is just so much information and eye opening effects that you won’t even feel like you are learning.
Cool 3D Effect Website – One of my favorites.
Web Tools
- AddThis
- Wappalyzer – Uncovers the technologies used on websites. Firefox Add On.
Getting Started with jQuery
- Digital Web Magazine
- jQuery – Write Less, Do More
- jQuery Fundamentals e-book
- jQuery for Designers
- jQuery UI – Getting Started
- jQueryTools – Scrollable
- jQuery Collapser Demo
- jQuery – 15 jQuery Plugins to Enhance HTML forms
- jQuery Forms – jqTrnasform
- jQuery Image Menu
- jQuery Sliding Info Panel
- jQuery Accordion Menus – Variety
- jQuery - Easy Accordion
- Horizontal Accordion Panels
- Flowplayer – Pimp your video player
- Digital Web Magazine – jQuery Crash Course
- jQuery Fundamentals – Online PDF can be read on your iPhone4 through iBooks
- jQuery Enlightenment – $15.00 PDF book
- Six Revisions – 10 Easy jQuery tricks for designers
- Web Designer Wall – jQuery for Designers
- jQuery Look: Tim Van Damme/jQuery for Designers
- jQuery Coda Slider
- jQuery Simple Spy
- jQuery for Designers – Tutorials
- jQuery Visual Map
iTunes Podcasts
- jQuery for Designers By Remy Sharp
DEVELOPMENT VARIETY
POP UP VIEWERS
- ColorBox
- LightBox
- ShadowBox
- ThickBox – No longer maintained but worth a look.
- Lytebox v3.2 - Not my favourite but good for comparing.
- ThickBox Alternative – Costs Money, offers free trial.
- Create an Image Management System with Resizer + Lightbox 2
Graphics – Photoshop, Illustrator, Plug-Ins
- Icons Media
- Bazaardesigns.com – Beautiful Vector Work.
Awesome Buys
- MonoPrice.com – Graphics Tablet 10×6.25 for $43.00
Q&A, Forums, Blogs
- Stack Overflow
- Web Design from Scratch – Excellent CSS Reads
- gitHub – Social Coding
CSS + HTML & Other
- CSS Globe – Creating Tag Clouds/Styling & Adding Sort Options
- Lost in the Woods – Vertical Centering with CSS
- Phrogz - How to Not Vertically Align with CSS
- Sitepoint – Internet Explorer Conditional Comments
- CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Tips, Demos, and Best Practices
- CSS Coding: Semantic approach in naming convention
- Skinning form elements in CSS
- fluid - CSS Skinning System
- 10 Free Online Books for Web Designers
- Onextrapixel.com – Pure CSS to Style Forms Dynamically
Flash & Alternates
- Green Sock - Tween Max
Font Generators
- Cufon – Fonts for the People









