20 Most Useful Scripts From CodeCanyon.net

Have you heard of codecanyon.net? It’s another great stock website from the people at envato.com. Codecanyon.com is an awesome source for Javascript, PHP, .NET, and Plugin code, at super reasonable prices. Below is a list of the 20 must useful code snippets on the website.
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Coding an animated news ticker with jquery and CSS

Alright, about time that I’m back with a new post! For this tutorial, I’m going to breakdown creating an animated news ticker using a little jquery and CSS. The tutorial is based on a jquery plugin developed by textotela.co.uk, and I recently built it into the homepage of recork.org. If you head over to textotela.co.uk, you’ll notice there are some instructions on installing this plugin. The problem is (being a beginner at jquery), I had a hard time filling in all the blanks that are not described on his website. Therefore, I thought I would break it down for beginners to make it easier to understand and install.
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the web design process: parts 3 & 4

I thought it would be better to get this series done by friday, so I’ve decided to roll parts 3+4 into one post. We’re going to cover the last 5 parts of my web design process today. Check out the overview of all the steps below:

Make sure you check out part 1 in the web design process series.

Make sure you check out part 2 in the web design process series.

Overview

» Defining the end goal
» Navigation planning and sitemap
» Hand-drawn rough layout
» Photoshop comps
» Review comps to ensure the end goal has been met
» Coded comps (alpha)
» Dynamic content integration
» Browser testing
» Launch checklist
» Soft launch (beta)
» Launch and promotion
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Free WordPress Theme: Meta Morphosis

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