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A few years ago, when designers wanted to add cool effects to the navigation of a website they used Flash. We all know the types of problems that caused. Now with the growing popularity of javascript frameworks like jQuery, those same types of “Flash-like” effects can be achieved without Flash. Here are 10 jQuery tutorials and techniques to enhance your website’s navigation and menus. Horizontal Scroll Menu with jQuery Tutorial BBC Radio...

Webapps–compared to their desktop counterparts–have the distinct advantage of being flexible in terms of the environment they have to run in; if you have a web browser and an internet connection, you’re good to go. This allows designers who work in a variety of locations, from office cubicles to the neighborhood coffee shop, to do what they need to do without being bound to a single spot. Last week, we asked readers what they thought the...

Table of contents: 1. Getting Started 2. Black Hat SEO/White Hat SEO 3. The Search Magician’s Three Linking Rings 4. The First Linking Ring: Know Your Searchers 5. The Second Linking Ring: Know the Search Engines & Directories 6. SEO Tools: Browser Bars 7. SEO Tools: Keyword Research/Project Management 8. SEO Tools: Links, KDA, and Rank Checkers 9. SEO Tools: Code Checkers, & Web Site Analytics 10. Keywords: The Golden...

  In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple photo realistic website in just a few steps. I know it is hard to believe that a website like this can be converted into a real website. VIP members will be able to download the PSD layout and also the css/xhtml code. Preview full size layout For this tutorial we will need a nice texture. Click on the following thumbnail, and download this texture to your computer. Open...

Lynda.com Adobe ColdFusion 9 New Features | 216 MB Released on: 10/5/2009In ColdFusion 9 New Features, author and developer Dan Short has gathered together the important updates and improvements in this dynamic web application. Dan showcases the new ColdFusion Builder application throughout the course, using it to work through the new language and CFScript enhancements in this release. He shows how to use the new Server Manager to...