jQuery ContentHover Plugin

January 16th, 2012 - Frontend, jQuery - No Comments

ContentHover is a small jQuery plugin that helps you show some hidden content on top of an element when the mouse hovers over it. There are options to chose how your hover effect would appear, like fade in or slide in from any direction, you can change the opacity of the overlay etc.

CSS3 Buttons using nothing but Pseudo-elements

January 12th, 2012 - CSS, Frontend - No Comments

A really nice tutorial can be found over at Codrops about CSS3 buttons and the use of pseudo-elements. Don’t forget to check the demos where you can find 5 different button styles.

Textualizer – A jQuery plugin to transition through blurbs of text

January 10th, 2012 - Frontend, jQuery - No Comments

Textualizer is a jQuery plugin that allows to transition through blurbs of text. Textualizer currently has the following effects: fadeIn, slideLeft, slideTop, and random. You can choose which effect to use by setting the effect option.

DropKick.js Painless custom dropdowns

October 26th, 2011 - Frontend, jQuery - No Comments

A really useful jQuery script if you want to replace the default form dropdowns. Very easy to customize it as well. As the author states:

“Creating custom dropdowns is usually a tedious process that requires a ton of extra setup time. Oftentimes lacking conveniences that native dropdowns have such as keyboard navigation. DropKick removes the tedium and lets you focus on making s@#t look good.”

Make your select boxes better with the Chosen plug-in.

July 23rd, 2011 - Frontend, jQuery, MooTools - No Comments

The Harvest team brings us something really cool, a plug-in for jQuery and Mootools that improves the overall look and UX of your select boxes.

It comes with options for auto-filtering results, painless multi-select and much more.