Roundabout for jQuery by Fred LeBlanc It’s ready-to-go straight out of the box, but if you want to get crazy, Roundabout is highly-customizable with an extensive API that allows for some pretty amazing results. Roundabout requires jQuery (at least version 1.2, successfully tested through version 1.7.2). It works in all major modern browsers and even some of the older, not-so-modern ones. It’s open source and released under the BSD license, meaning that it’s free to use in your personal or commercial projects. How To Build an Animated Header in jQuery Home > CSS, Front End Development, HTML, Javascript > How To Build an Animated Header in jQuery Why not give a little flair to your header. This tutorial will show you how to animate your header’s background image using jQuery to give your website that little extra something. What We Are Building
Bootbox.js—alert, confirm and flexible modal dialogs for the Bootstrap framework Bootbox.js is a small JavaScript library which allows you to create programmatic dialog boxes using Bootstrap modals, without having to worry about creating, managing or removing any of the required DOM elements or JS event handlers. Here’s the simplest possible example: bootbox.alert("Hello world!") 15 Useful jQuery Parallax Plugins and Tutorials to Create a WOW Factor Parallax scrolling is a technique that the background images move by the camera slower than foreground images, which can give the viewer a 3D/motion illusion. It was firstly used in the video game and started to appear in some fancy web design works recently. If your website is already awesome, adding one extra parallax effect would easily give visitors a bigger impression. To make your life easier, there are some excellent plugins and tutorials to get started.
50 Amazing jQuery Plugins That You Should Start Using Right Now jQuery has a wonderful community of programmers that create incredible things. However, it may become difficult to sift through everything that is released and find the gems that are absolute must-haves. This is why, in this post, you will find a collection of 50 new jQuery plugins and JavaScript libraries that, when applied with good measure, can make your sites a joy to use. Sidr - A jQuery plugin for creating side menus You will be able to create multiple sidrs on both sides of your web to make responsives menus (or not, it works perfectly on desktop too). It uses CSS3 transitions (and fallbacks to $.animate with older browsers) and it supports multiple source types. Get started
webdev.stephband.info Download git clone github.com/stephband/jparallax Instantiation jQuery( '.parallax-layer' ).parallax( options ); What does jquery.parallax do? Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns Advertisement I occasionally write about implementing design patterns1 in JavaScript. They’re an excellent way of building upon proven approaches to solving common development problems, and I think there’s a lot of benefit to using them. 7 jQuery Parallax and Scrolling Effect Plugins Parallax precisely is a variance in the actual position of any object that is seen beside different lines of sight. The word Parallax is derived from a Greek word, parallaxis which basically means alteration. This term is relatively a new trend in the world of web designing.
Making a jQuery Countdown Timer Martin Angelov When building a coming soon or event page, you find yourself in search for a good way to display the remaining time. A countdown gives the feel of urgency, and combined with an email field will yield more signups for your newsletter. Today we are going to build a neat jQuery plugin for displaying a countdown timer. It will show the remaining days, hours, minutes and seconds to your event, as well as an animated updates on every second. Note: the plugin is also available on Github. jQuery Steps Overview jQuery Steps is a smart UI component which allows you to easily create wizard-like interfaces. This plugin groups content into sections for a more structured and orderly page view. Furthermore, it is as simple as 1-2-3 to add plugins such as jQuery Validation which can prevent step changing or submission. Check out the demos and get a first-hand impression! Features
Code a Responsive Navigation Menu Navigation menus used to be a fairly simple thing. Code up an unordered list, float it left and you’re good to go. With responsive design being all the rage these days though you’re faced with some new challenges when creating a menu design. Follow along as we start from scratch and code a simple but effective responsive navigation menu that you can easily modify and reuse in your own projects. What We’re Building