Archive for November, 2009

URL Rewriting Examples Using .htaccess

A common problem if you have a database driven website is you would like to make the urls cleaner and more search engine friendly then try these examples of URL rewriting.
1. Rewriting product.php?id=12 to product-12.html
This is a simple redirection in which the .php extension is hidden from the browser’s address bar and a dynamic [...]

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jQuery Image Galleries

1 – Create an Image Rotator with Description
An image rotator is one great way to display portfolio pieces, eCommerce product images, or even as an image gallery. Although there are many great plugins already, this tutorial will help you understand how the image rotator works and helps you create your own from scratch.

2 – Popeye [...]

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Cool Login With PHP, MySQL & jQuery

An excellent tutorial on how to make a cool & simple login / registration system.
It gives you the ability to easily create a member-only area on your site and provide an easy registration process.
It’s PHP driven and stores all the registrations into a MySQL database. This tutorial is an addon to the original sliding jQuery [...]

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Rounded Corners in Internet Explorer

A free JavaScript library for creating gorgeous rounded corners for HTML block elements i.e. DIVs. Supports anti-aliasing, borders and background images.
As you know already Firefox will let you create rounded corners without using images by simply implementing something simular to this in your styles:
.round { -moz-border-radius:12px; -webkit-border-radius:12px; }
To get this same effect [...]

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Utilize Google’s Ajax Libraries API

The problem: loads of websites around the internet using the exact same javascript file. The file is a whopping 100KB in size. Since this same file resides on each website’s server, the file is downloaded and cached for each individual website. Lots of load time for same file.
The solution: Google AJAX Libraries APIs. Google hosts [...]

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Navigation Menus

1 – How To Create A Mootools Inspired Navigation Effect Using jQuery
As you know there are a host of competing javascript libraries around these days. Though I prefer jQuery, I’ve always liked the way the menu on MooTools worked. So in this tutorial we’ll recreate that same effect … but we’ll do it in jQuery!

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