'light' tutorials

All 'light' tutorials:

  1. Build a Dynamic Flash Gallery with Slider Control

    Build a Dynamic Flash Gallery with Slider Control

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we'll create a gallery which displays all image files in a given directory. A slider is used to browse easily through the images.

  2. Build a Better Tooltip With jQuery Awesomeness

    Build a Better Tooltip With jQuery Awesomeness

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Browsers will automatically display a tooltip when you provide a title attribute. Internet Explorer will also use the alt attribute. But, in this tutorial...

  3. Create a Slick Flickr Gallery with SimplePie

    Create a Slick Flickr Gallery with SimplePie

    Tutorial Intermediate

    I've wanted to write a tutorial for quite some time now, and APIs have always been a particular interest of mine. So with my wife's recent foray into...

  4. Everything You Need to Get Started With CodeIgniter

    Everything You Need to Get Started With CodeIgniter

    Tutorial Beginner

    CodeIgniter is a web application framework for PHP. It enables developers to build web applications faster, and it offers many helpful code libraries and...

  5. Asynchronous Comments with PHP, jQuery, and JSON

    Asynchronous Comments with PHP, jQuery, and JSON

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article, we’re going to look at how we create a simple but effective means of capturing and displaying visitor comments using a blend of jQuery,...

  6. Chatting With Cameron Moll

    Chatting With Cameron Moll

    Tutorial Beginner

    Many of you are familiar with Cameron Moll via his successful books, Mobile Web Design, and CSS Mastery. Today, we'll be talking with him about everything...

  7. Create an Amazon Books Widget with jQuery and XML

    Create an Amazon Books Widget with jQuery and XML

    Tutorial Intermediate

    It makes sense to forgo database tables and server-side code when you need to store a limited amount of non-sensitive data. Accessing this data can be a...

  8. Quick Tip: Author Comment Styling in WordPress

    Quick Tip: Author Comment Styling in WordPress

    Tutorial Beginner

    An often-used feature in WordPress blogs is the ability to style comments made by the post's author differently from the others - helping replies to stand...

  9. Create a Simple, Intelligent Accordion Effect Using Prototype and Scriptaculous

    Create a Simple, Intelligent Accordion Effect Using Prototype and Scriptaculous

    Tutorial Intermediate

    We've all seen the "accordion" type effect used on many Web 2.0 sites; however, many accordion scripts are heavy, make poor use of the libraries they are...