Web developer Dusky Code has created a jQuery plugin called the AnchorCloud Expanding Link Identifier. It is developed using YQL (Yahoo Query Language) to extract website contents like page title and description. Since it is only in its first release, support for media content is limited to videos from YouTube and Vimeo. The next release [...]

Today’s featured plugin comes from the guys over at monkeecreate and it is called SimpleWeather, a jQuery plugin that creates a widget that displays the current weather in the specified locale. The data it displays is pulled from the public Yahoo! Weather feed via the YQL API, which means that it can only recognize US [...]

Created by Jacek Galanciak, Quicksand allows you to organize and record items to make your search get easier. Click on the image to find out how it works and download its file.

When it comes to generating traffic, you can employ the help of an affordable local SEO services company, or you can try to wing it yourself using several tried-and-tested techniques. One of the best practices when it comes to optimizing a website’s search engine rankings is through the use of backlinks or inbound links. A [...]

CSS plays an important role in today’s web development so here’s a video tutorial by Ashton Sanders that can be very helpful in your quest for making a good web site. Click on the image to launch the tutorial.

Every time you use WordPress’ image uploader it automatically includes the image’s actual size (height and width) into the tag. While this is all well and good, it can be a bit of a nuisance especially if you’re using a responsive website design because renders your uploaded image un-resizable which kind of defeats the [...]

There are a few ways you can introduce a notification message window to a visitor; at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom of the screen (the side are usually reserved for ads and widgets like social media icons). I for one personally think that the best place to put your notification without [...]

The novel turned mega hit thriller movie Jaws was so influential that it was one of the best thrillers of all time and a cult favorite. So to relive this scary flick poster by Steven Spielberg, Uzair Nazeer shares a great tutorial on how we can create our own Jaws movie poster. Click on the [...]

The novel turned mega hit thriller movie Jaws was so influential that it was one of the best thrillers of all time and a cult favorite. So to relive this scary flick poster by Steven Spielberg, Uzair Nazeer shares a great tutorial on how we can create our own Jaws movie poster. Click on the [...]

Today’s featured CSS tutorial comes from Sergio Camalich who created a very cool set of button designs with the use of CSS pseudo-elements. His tutorial shows you how to create buttons with a twist. It will only involve using just one anchor tag for each button to work (with the help of CSS), because you’ll [...]

Upgrade your mobile browser’s photo-viewing apps with the NetEye Touch Gallery. It’s a type of lightbox that’s written and optimized for Mobile Safari on iPad/iPhone, has photo gallery for any touch devices, has touch support and it works with Desktop Safari, Firefox 4, Opera, Chrome and limited for IE which may have no transition. Click [...]

Created by a web developer in the Philippines, here’s a great navigation menu tutorial that uses only CSS. View the DEMO, then click on the image to see how it is done.

Revolver is a jQuery plugin developed by kernelstudio from codecanyon, and it lets you turn your entire website into a slider. Instead of simply clearing out the entire window and loading the next page, Revolver simply causes the current webpage to slide off the screen and introduces the next one just like your typical image [...]

The WP-DBManager, created by Lester “GamerZ” Chan, is a plugin for WordPress that lets you backup, optimize, repair, restore and delete backup database. This is a lifesaver for all users because it automatically optimizes your database once you have it setup. No more worries if you’re unable to do the backup if you’re too busy, [...]

Curtain.js is jQuery plugin created by Victor Coulon that gives a cool and very unique effect during page transition. It causes the current page to be lifted up just like a curtain that you normally see in theatre stages. Instead of seeing the page load in front of you in a flash, you’ll see it [...]

In creating animated transitions, Javascript has always been implemented but German web designer Heiko Stiegert has made it using only CSS.  You can do this by using CSS3 pseudo-class :target and negation pseudo-class :not () properties together with CSS3 Transition Module. Get the DEMO here. Check out his tutorial on building an accordion image gallery [...]