jQuery For Dummies^®

by Lynn Beighley

• ISBN13: 9780470877746
• ISBN10: 047087774X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Learn how jQuery can make your Web page or blog stand out from the crowd!jQuery is free, open source software that allows you to extend and customize Joomla!, Drupal, AJAX, and WordPress via plug-ins. Assuming no previous programming experience, Lynn Beighley takes you through the basics of jQuery from the very start.You'll discover how the jQuery library separates itself from other JavaScript libraries through its ease of use, compactness, and friendliness if you're a beginner programmer.Written in the easy-to-understand style of the For Dummies brand, this book demonstrates how you can add unique and exciting interactivity to a Web site or WordPress blog, including photo browsers, menus, tab-based navigation, sliding sidepanels, slideshows, transition effects, fade effects, Twitter feeds, and much, much more! Walks you through the capabilities of jQuery, the number one open source JavaScript library that enables you to provide interactivity on a Web site or blog Helps you understand DOM (Document Object Model) scripting, applying CSS classes via JQuery, and adding in special effects and jQuery plug-ins to your site Shows you how to create dazzling special effects on your site, including fades, slide shows, sliding panels, tabbed navigation, and more Explains how to add customized Twitter feeds, RSS feeds to aggregate content on your site, or add a photo browser to a site or blog Introduces ways to create jQuery plug-ins for WordPress, Drupal, and moreIf you have queries about how you can make your blog or Web site stand apart from the crowd, jQuery For Dummies is the book for you!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting Started with jQuery

Getting Up and Running with jQuery

Accessing HTML Elements

Selecting HTML Elements, Attributes, and Positions

Managing Events

Affecting Elements with Effects

Playing Hide-and-Seek with Web Page Elements

Sliding and Fading Web Page Elements

Animating Web Page Elements

Manipulating Your Web Page

Making Web Page Content Dynamic

Replacing, Removing, and Copying Web Page Elements

Using Plug-ins and Widgets

Understanding Plug-ins

Playing with Image Effects

Jazzing Up Forms

Toying with Page Layout

Incorporating a User Interface

Building AJAX Applications

Understanding How AJAX Works with jQuery

Using AJAX Plug-ins

Integrating jQuery with Content Management Systems

Cool Image Effects with jQuery and Drupal

Integrating jQuery and Joomla!

Building Better Blogs with jQuery and WordPress

The Part of Tens

Ten Don't-Miss Plug-ins

Ten Design and Code Tricks

Ten jQuery Resources

Index

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