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jQuery Tabbed Navigation

Posted on August 18, 2008 in Tutorial | 1 Comment »

It seems like more and more these days, JavaScript tabbed interfaces are being used. There are plenty of scripts out there, but I think it is important to be able to do things yourself. A lot of JavaScript “plugins” that you will find online will give you way more than you really need, and you may understand how to use it, but you will not really understand what it is really doing.

First, I thought I would walk through creating a tabbed navigation script with jQuery, and then modifying it so that it works without JavaScript.

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Weekly Link Round-Up #44

Posted on August 17, 2008 in Web | Add a Comment »

Another busy week with freelance, but hopefully I’ll be able to finish them up shortly so I can work more on my redesign/realign. My hope is to finish it before I go to An Event Apart Chicago in October. Just a few interesting things I found this week:

  • Developing a better CMS

    This is an interesting article describing the process of creating the CMS Firerift. Firerift looks interesting, but the website unfortunately doesn’t give enough details.

  • Use the Best Available Ampersand

    As Dan has discussed before, you should always use the best possible ampersand. He gives a nice collection of great looking ampersands.

Weekly Link Round-Up #43

Posted on August 12, 2008 in Web | 2 Comments »

It’s hard to believe that it’s already the middle of August. This week was a bit crazy: managing two freelance projects and getting my company website launched. My CEO agreed that if we got the site launched by Friday, she would send myself and my fellow Front-End Developers to An Event Apart Chicago. So yeah, that’s going to be awesome. Now, here is what I found interesting this week:

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Who Am I?

Trevor Davis I’m Trevor Davis, a 24 year old Front-End Developer. Basically, I make web sites.

By day, I work for Matrix Group International in Alexandria, VA, and by night, I freelance.

Feel free to get in touch with me about anything.

What Have I Done?

  • The MatriX Files
  • Wireless Career
  • George Washington Wired
  • Direct Selling 411
  • Makeup Bizz
  • InstallNET
  • National Park Foundation
  • Worldwide Breast Cancer

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Bookmarks

  • WordPress Template Tags Reference Guide

    An in depth quick reference guide of WordPress Templates Tags, reformatted from Codex.

  • Webslug

    Compare your site's performance. The "hot or not of website performance".

  • The Accessibility Checklist IV

    Nice checklist to keep in mind in order for your site be accessible.

  • Quick and Easy Flash Prototypes

    "To tackle the classic 'how to prototype rich interactions' problem, I developed a process for translating static screen designs (from wireframes to visual comps) into interactive experiences using Flash. Requiring some fairly basic ActionScript knowledge, these prototypes proved to be a quick yet powerful way to bring interaction designs to life."

  • Ask 37signals: How do you say no?

    How to say no to feature requests.

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