jQuery For Dummies
- 2h 54m
- Lynn Beighley
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
You don't need to be a Web programmer to jazz up your Web site with jQuery!
Want to keep your Web site cutting-edge but don't want to invest a lot of time? No worries! This book will help you add simple but compelling jQuery effects and cool prebuilt plug-ins to your site — no geekiness required. You can quickly use widgets and AJAX plug-ins, and gain the essential jQuery know-how to achieve great effects fast.
- Starting point — find out what jQuery can do, use HTML elements, connect the jQuery library to a Web page, and understand the basics
- Make things happen — learn to make page elements appear and disappear, slide, fade, and move
- Plug it in — explore the array of available plug-ins, download and test them, and add widgets to your site
- Meet Ajax — see how Ajax works with jQuery and how you can give your Web site visitors a richer experience
- Manage your content — discover how to use jQuery with Drupal, Joomla!, and WordPress content management systems
Open the book and find:
- How to acquire and test jQuery
- Tips on understanding parent-child elements
- Different types of event handlers
- Cool things to do with page elements
- Effects you can achieve with animation
- Ways to make forms easier and more appealing to use
- How to add a calendar to a page
- Ten terrific plug-ins you'll want
Learn to:
- Build site special effects such as fades, sliding panels, and tabbed navigation
- Create a photo gallery for your blog or Web site
- Customize Twitter and RSS feeds
- Add jQuery plug-ins for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, and more
About the Author
Lynn Beighley is a Web designer, a Web developer, and the author of several books and training courses. She creates Web applications of every imaginable type using Drupal, jQuery, and other technologies.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Getting up and Running with jQuery
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Accessing HTML Elements
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Selecting HTML Elements, Attributes, and Positions
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Managing Events
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Playing Hide-and-Seek with Web Page Elements
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Sliding and Fading Web Page Elements
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Animating Web Page Elements
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Making Web Page Content Dynamic
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Replacing, Removing, and Copying Web Page Elements
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Understanding Plug-ins
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Playing with Image Effects
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Jazzing up Forms
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Toying with Page Layout
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Incorporating a User Interface
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Understanding How AJAX Works with jQuery
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Using AJAX Plug-ins
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Cool Image Effects with jQuery and Drupal
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Integrating jQuery and Joomla!
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Building Better Blogs with jQuery and WordPress
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Ten Don't-Miss Plug-ins
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Ten Design and Code Tricks
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Ten jQuery Resources
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