JQuery for designers : beginners guide : an approachable introduction to web design in jQuery for non-programmers / / Natalie MacLees

• Autore: MacLees Natalie
• Pubblicazione: Olton, Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.76
• Soggetto topico: Web sites - Design; Web site development
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Designer, Meet jQuery -- What is jQuery? -- Why is jQuery awesome for designers? -- Uses CSS selectors you already know -- Uses HTML markup you already know -- Impressive effects in just a few lines of code -- Huge plugin library available -- Great community support -- JavaScript basics -- Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation -- Gotta keep 'em separated -- Content -- Presentation -- Behavior -- Designer, meet JavaScript -- Variables -- Objects -- Functions -- Downloading jQuery and getting set up -- Time for action - downloading and attaching jQuery -- Another option for using jQuery -- Your first jQuery script -- Time for action - getting ready for jQuery -- Adding a paragraph -- Time for action - adding a new paragraph -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Enhancing Links -- Opening links in a new window -- Why not just use the target attribute? -- Time for action - opening a link in a new window -- Adding icons to links -- Time for action - creating a list of links -- Simple tabs -- Time for action - creating simple tabs -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Making a Better FAQ Page -- FAQ page markup -- Time for action - setting up the HTML -- Time for action - moving around an HTML document -- Sprucing up our FAQ page -- Time for action - making it fancy -- We're almost there! -- Time for action - adding some final touches -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Building Custom Scrollbars -- Designer, meet plugins -- Choosing a plugin -- Setting up some scrollable HTML -- Time for action - scrollable HTML -- Adding custom scrollbars -- Time for action - simple custom scrollbars -- Adding arrow controls -- Time for action - adding up and down arrows -- Customizing the Scrollbar Style -- Time for action - adding our own styles. ; Smooth scrolling -- Time for action - setting up smooth scrolling -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Creating Custom Tooltips -- Simple custom text tooltips -- Time for action - simple text tooltips -- Customizing qTip's appearance -- Time for action - customizing qTips -- Custom styles for tooltips -- Time for action - writing custom tooltip styles -- Enhancing navigation with tooltips -- Time for action - building a fancy navigation bar -- Showing other content in tooltips -- Time for action - building custom Ajax tooltips -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Building an Interactive Navigation Menu -- Horizontal drop-down menu -- Time for action - creating a horizontal drop-down menu -- Time for action - improving the drop-down menu with jQuery -- Vertical fly-out menu -- Time for action - creating a vertical fly-out menu -- Customizing the navigation menu -- :hover and .sfHover -- Cascading inherited styles -- Vendor prefixes -- Time for action - customizing Superfish menus -- Custom animation -- Time for action - incorporating custom animation -- The hoverIntent plugin -- Time for action - adding the hoverIntent plugin -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Navigating Asynchronously -- Simple asynchronous navigation -- Time for action - setting up a simple website -- Time for action - adding Ajax magic -- Deluxe asynchronous navigation -- Time for action - building deluxe asynchronous navigation -- Time for action - using the BBQ plugin -- Time for action - highlighting the current page in the Navigation -- Time for action - adding a loading animation -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Showing Content in Lightboxes -- Simple photo gallery -- Time for action - setting up a simple photo gallery -- Customizing Colorbox's behavior -- Transition -- Time for action - using a custom transition -- Fixed size -- Time for action - setting a fixed size -- innerWidth/innerHeight. ; InitialWidth/initialHeight -- maxWidth/maxHeight -- Creating a slideshow -- Time for action - creating a slideshow -- Fancy login -- Time for action - creating a fancy login form -- Video player -- Time for action - showing a video in a lightbox -- One-page web gallery -- Time for action - creating a one-page web gallery -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Creating Slideshows -- Planning a slideshow -- Simple crossfade slideshow -- Time for action - creating a simple crossfade slideshow -- Nivo Slider -- Time for action - creating a Nivo Slider slideshow -- Galleriffic slideshow -- Time for action - creating a Galleriffic slideshow -- The CrossSlide plugin -- Time for action - building a CrossSlide slideshow -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Featuring Content in Carousels and Sliders -- Basic jCarousel -- Time for action - creating a basic carousel -- Animated news ticker -- Time for action - creating an animated news ticker -- Featured content slider -- Time for action - creating a featured content slider -- Pagination controls -- Time for action - adding pagination controls -- Next and previous buttons -- Time for action - adding next and previous buttons -- Carousel slideshow -- Time for action - creating a thumbnail slideshow -- Slideshow -- Time for action - adding the slideshow -- Next and previous buttons -- Time for action - activating the Next and Previous Buttons -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Creating an Interactive Data Grid -- Basic data grid -- Time for action - creating a basic data grid -- Customizing the data grid -- Time for action - customizing the data grid -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Improving Forms -- An HTML5 web form -- Time for action - setting up an HTML5 web form -- Setting focus -- Time for action - setting focus to the first field -- Placeholder text -- Time for action - adding placeholder text -- Validating user entry. ; Time for action - validating form values on the fly -- Improving appearance -- Time for action - improving form appearance -- Styling the unstylable -- Time for action - adding uniform for styling the unstylable -- Styles for all -- Time for action - styling the styleable -- Our own theme -- Time for action - creating a custom uniform theme -- Summary -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series, each chapter focuses on a specific part of your website and how to improve its design with the use of jQuery. There are plenty of screenshots and practical step-by-step instructions making it easy to apply jQuery to your site. This book is for designers who have the basics of HTML and CSS, but want to extend their knowledge by learning to use JavaScript and jQuery.
• Titolo autorizzato: JQuery for designers
• ISBN: 1-280-39427-7; 9786613572196; 1-84951-671-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813669903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II