One of the things that makes jQuery so powerful is that it can be “easily” extended via a plugin. You have some experience with Plugins for Photoshop, or another application. But you’re probably wondering “how does this apply to something like jQuery, which is just software code?” Well, plugins are designed to extend the functionality…
Because elements in HTML can be positioned using CSS, we can animate them, by changing the position, size, opacity, etc. Just like jQuery allows us to show or hide an element, fade them in and out, or even slide elements, it can allow them to animate with a method. There are two main parameters which…
In addition to hiding and reveling HTML elements, jQuery allows you to move elements around on the screen, over a given duration. Vertically Appearing / Disappearing Movements jQuery provides two commonly used methods to vertically add/remove an HTML element. .slideUp() and .slideDown(). .slideUp() will cause an element to remove itself from view, but sliding up…
jQuery allows you to perform several visual effects on one or more elements. Effects can be to show or hide and element, as well as moving an element from one area of a page to another. Showing and Hiding Elements jQuery offers you several ways to show/hide an element based upon what you want to…
There is a basic problem with jQuery’s .load() method. Namely, it places the results into a single element. What if we wanted to put multiple items into multiple HTML elements, or not necessarily display the returned results – rather storing the values in variables. Well jQuery provides several additional methods to load data, but the…
One of the problems digital cameras have is that they don’t properly display images. They often mute the colors and contrast – this is a limitation as to how the camera sensor’s currently work. However, it is relatively easy to fix. First, open the image you want to edit. In our case, I’m selecting an…
Photoshop gives us many ways to solve the same problem. This is because while some problems seem similar, they are often quite different. One tool that was added a few years ago, but I still don’t see a lot of people use is Shadows/Highlights. It can be found under Image > Adjustments > Shadows/Highlights. It…
AJAX is a way for a web page to asynchronously load external content. That means, it can load content, without having to load the entire page. So you can update a page by loading content at different times, based usually upon some action of the end-user. There are numerous ways to send a request for…
