As i promised in my last post , here i am , once again with a new free Wordpress theme . Q Press is a two-column maroon and silvery white Wordpress theme bundled with a host of features that is ideal for any type of Blog. Continue Reading
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Download complete jQuery documentation ( jQuery API browser )
I love the official jquery docs website, and always refer to it whenever i am stuck with a method or cant remember an awesome functions name :p .As i have a slow internet connection , i was recently searching for an offline version of the awesome Official jQuery documentation but couldnt find one. I asked John Resig about it and he was kind enough to point me to the right direction and told me about the jQuery API browser which can also be downloaded to your system for free from here :
http://api.jquery.com/update/jquery-api-browser-2.0.air
The jQuery API browser will only work if you have Adobe AIR installed on your system. It makes a great source for offline reference when you are developing and dont have an internet connection.
http://api.jquery.com/update/jquery-api-browser-2.0.air
Wordpress theme : Tranquility 1.0
Tranquility is light weight light color wordpress theme with a brilliant professional silver look. The theme has a widgetized sidebar , rounded corners and many exciting features.
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Scenic Sanity – A clean jquerified wordpress theme
Scenic Sanity is yet another free gorgeous wordpress theme from dynamicguru.com licensed under GPL. It is a light color variant of my previous theme “The Last fall” .It has two-columns , a widgetized left-sidebar and gravtar integrated comments , ideal for personal weblogs . Some of the cool features include :
- Cufon text-image replacement for headers
- jquery hover effects on links in the sidebar
- Rounded corners in FireFox and Safari
- Excerpt based homepage
- Collapsible left sidebar widgets
- Sleek styles for the Calendar widget
Cufon – easy and fast text-image replacement solution
Have you ever wanted to use your own font on your website? but bothered about it being installed on your visitors system? Cufon is the solution for you, it makes possible fast and easy replacement of text with the font of your wish. It is extremely easy to set up and supports nearly all major browsers. And also it is SEO friendly.
Here is a demo of Cufon on my portfolio site, those headings with silver gradients are actually text replaced by Cufon on the fly.
Using Cufon
To use Cufon on your site , first download this js file (http://cufon.shoqolate.com/js/cufon-yui.js) and then generate your own font’s js file by uploading your font file here : http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ . Once you have both the javascript files , include it in the head section of your web page like this :
<script src="path/to/cufon-yui.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="path/to/generated-font-file.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="path/to/generated-font-file.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
Now we are all set up to replace your text , to replace the text with cufon , add the following piece of javascript to your page :
<script type="text/javascript">
Cufon.replace(‘h1′);
</script>
Cufon.replace(‘h1′);
</script>
The above lines of code will replace all your h1 elements with images rendered in your font.
You can take a look at a more detailed guide to replacing text with cufon here : http://wiki.github.com/sorccu/cufon/usage
Styling your rendered text
You can also add linear gradients to your text with cufon!, here is how :
Cufon.replace(‘h1′, {
color: ‘-linear-gradient(#000, #777, #777, #000)’
});
color: ‘-linear-gradient(#000, #777, #777, #000)’
});
The above code will cause the text to fade from black (#000) to grey (#777) and then back.For a comprehensive guide to styling using cufon refer to : http://wiki.github.com/sorccu/cufon/styling
So why wait? go ahead and try it out today, i bet its awesome and the easiest text-image replacement solution available right now, much simpler and better that sIFR.
