FancyPlayer – jQuery Fancybox and Flowplayer Integration Tutorial

Please be advised this tutorial has been updated in a new post with better integration of Fancybox and Flowplayer based on visitor feedback.

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I have used these two javascript plugins in a recent small project for a client who is selling a bar and wanted a photo and video [...]

jQuery Kwicks and CSS Image Sprites Tutorial

This is a catchy jQuery powered effect I have used in a couple of projects lately, so I thought of sharing it with you.
It uses the Kwicks for jQuery plugin from Jeremy Martin to which I’ve added a twist using CSS image sprites. This way the whole thing uses only one image. Extra effects can [...]

A list of jQuery interface elements and plugins developed by Eyecon

Hello folks! First of all, sorry for the delayed writing on our blog, but we had a few re-inventing to do over here at WebGurus, and that ate up all our time.
I’m using  jQuery for 2 years now and I search for addons and plugins for it every day. Most of my searches are targeted [...]

Create a live-update list effect with jQuery

I wrote this little tutorial because yesterday I’ve searched the web for 2 hours to find something similar, but nothing came up.
We were required to create a “live update” effect for a list in which new list items were added almost every 5 seconds.
The web page, where all this needed to function, is an auction [...]

5 jQuery UI Dreamweaver extensions you can use to simplify your everyday work

I believe most of the web developers and web designers use Adobe products to accomplish their work so I wrote a list for those who like and use jQuery UI as their interface framework to help them do their job in a more simple way than ever before.
The simplicity of using dreamweaver extensions is that [...]

Supersized – Full Screen Background/Slideshow jQuery Plugin by buildinternet.com

I found this jQuery plugin while searching for a non-flash background image slideshow for a project. Well it did the trick!
Supersized is a jQuery plugin that automatically sizes (background) images to the size of the browser and runs them as a slideshow. It is lightweight and plays nice with all browsers.
Features include image resizing to [...]

jQuery Image Preview – New Plugin “imgPreview”

The ‘imgPreview’ plugin allows your users to preview an image before clicking on it and, out of necessity, will preload the image so when a user does click through to it there is no waiting time!

The image preview shows up in a tooltip-like box appearing alongside the user’s cursor when hovering over a link. The plugin is entirely unobtrusive; it does not require any hooks to target specific links (no non-semantic classes); it will automatically detect the anchors that are linking to images and will only apply the preview effect to them.