JQuery is officially my javascript framework of choice. Since I discovered several months back, I have been trying to use it exclusively. most of the cool effects you see on my recent web work uses the JQuery framework

jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

This could be the most powerful link I have posted to date. Enjoy!

Link: LindenLan.net

The coolest part about Google Calendar is that you can embed it in your web page using an iframe which Google provides a handy-dandy configurator to generate the HTML. The worst part about Google Calendar is that you embed it in your web page using an iframe.

An iframe is truly a page within a page from the start html tag down to the end html tag. Therefore it has it’s own separate scope which means you can’t inherit styles from the parent page. If my company’s web site had a cerulean blue theme, then I wouldn’t really care. Unfortunately, the web site is colored various shades of green. Clash-o-matic.

What’s the solution? Use an intermediary script to request the calendar document and then replace the stylesheet link with a link to my own stylesheet. Voila!

-script by Brian Gibson

Link: ChrisErwin.com

Checkbox & Radio Input Replacement

Hides Checkboxes and Radio Buttons allowing you to apply CSS to the Label element to mimick their behavior. The form will still collect data as usual.

-script by Chris Erwin

Link: iBegin.com

Ahmed from iBegin.com had contacted me through my site and said:

“I saw you mentioned ThickBox, and though you might be interested in our implementation: iBox

It is akin to ThickBox, but it uses no external JS (so filesize is smaller), supports non-JS users, and it has a few more features.”

I had already seen this around the same time i found lightBox, greyBox, and thickBox but somehow I had forgotten to mention iBox. So with no further ado. iBox

Link: DHTMLGoodies.com

A library of DHTML and AJAX scripts

Love it!

Link: CSSPlay.co.uk

Stu Nicholls created this site in the hope that it will help newcomers to CSS and show old hands that it is more than just a mechanism for styling your documents. It is oh so much more.

Because CSSplay deals with experimental CSS that is exactly what you get JUST CSS, no javascript or any other programming language has been used in any of the demonstrations.

This is an AWESOME site!

Link: CodyLindley.com

Why is ThickBox so cool? Well, because it’s unobtrusive, simple to use, simple to implement, and more powerful then Greybox or Lightbox alone. Don’t believe me. Let’s have a look at what ThickBox does…

Link: Video-Tutorial.com

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create fireworks in Photoshop. Thought it was fitting for the 4th of July. Found it a couple days late but hey… maybe next year.

Link: Orangoo.com

4mir Salihefendic got an idea on how to make a nice pop-up window. Normal JavaScript pop-up windows are hard to “control”, i.e. you can’t force focus on a pop-up window. To solve this he developed GreyBox!

Inspired by the Mac OS X way of handle pop-ups. The pop-up is launched in the top of the application window.

Link: AListApart.com

It’s time to take back control over the tabs which are continually growing in popularity as a primary means of site navigation. Now that CSS is widely supported, we can crank up the quality and appearance of the tabs on our sites.