Textarea Auto-Resize Plugin for jQuery

• 19th July 2010
• Snippets

I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. Avoids the annoying problem of typing too much text and not being able to see all you’ve typed without having to scroll in a small box. It’s also smart enough to resize down when you delete text that has caused it to grow. I may even install it as a local browser script and apply it too ALL textarea fields I come across if only for my own sanity.

Code a Backwards Compatible, One Page Portfolio with HTML5 and CSS3

• 25th January 2010
• Tutorials

HTML5 is the future of web development but believe it or not you can start using it today. HTML5 is much more considerate to semantics and accessibility as we don’t have to throw meaningless div’s everywhere. It introduces meaningful tags for common elements such as navigations and footers which makes much more sense and are more natural.

This is a run through of the basics of HTML5 and CSS3 while still paying attention to older browsers. Continue reading →

How to Create a Theme Development Environment for a Live WordPress Site

• 11th January 2010
• Tutorials

Any good website owner knows that they need to be constantly looking at ways to improve their site even through small little tweaks. If you’re using Wordpress you’ll notice that it isn’t easy to create a development version without creating a separate installation. Of course, you can make changes directly on a live WordPress site but that isn’t recommended for anything other than minor tweaks. Continue reading →

Animate a Contact Us Slide-Out Area using jQuery

• 14th July 2009
• Tutorials

Contact us pages are usually boring static pages with a form, not very exciting so what we’re going to do is place the contact us form at the top of the page and create a button that slides out and … Continue reading →

Changing the Background Color of a Page using jQuery

• 16th June 2009
• Tutorials

I wanted to develop something that would allow the user to change the background of my site but without having to load a separate stylesheet so thats where jQuery comes in. As you will see, jQuery allows you to manipulate html elements through the use of classes defined in CSS and it’s easier than you think. Continue reading →