Tutorial

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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Flexible and Semantic Forms with a Little jQuery

Posted on July 22, 2008 in Tutorial | 2 Comments »

While they may not be that pretty, forms are one of the most important parts of a web site. I have already written an article on CSS Forms, that was over a year ago, and I have developed much better techniques.

There are other great resources for information about form design, and I will take this information into account when I am showing the flexibility of my method of marking up and styling forms.

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WordPress Tips and Ideas Learned From Implementation

Posted on June 24, 2008 in Tutorial | 4 Comments »

Recently, I had to slice and implement a blog for the CEO of my company. I decided to go with WordPress because that is what I have become enamored with recently, when I created a job board using it. I used some features of WordPress that I had never used before, so I figured I would talk about them so that others could learn how to use them as well.

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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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