Learning jQuery

jQuery is a comprehensive free javascript library that is a must for every designer and developer. It is extremely powerfull and very easy to learn and use and saves a developer a hell lot of time. It can be used to build powerful interactive User Interfaces and sites.You can take a look at some awesome sites built using jquery at jQueryStyle.com to better understand what this little wonder library is capable of.
The library was first written by John Resig back in 2006. The current realease version at the time of writing is 1.3.2. Due to its DOM centered approach, jQuery is very easy to learn for a person who already has some css and xhtml background.
You can download your copy of jQuery from the homepage of jQuery.com
There are a number of free resources on the web which teach you jQuery right from the start, but i would recommend LearningJQuery as it is well documented and has three separate sections for beginner,intermediate and advanced levels. LearningJQuery is authored by Karl Swedberg and some other authors. it is a good place to start with for people new to jQuery. Also the jQuery Docs is good place to refer to whenever you find yourself stuck with a problem.

Why not to rely on free web hosts?

I launched Scrapground.co.cc around an year ago when Orkut enabled html scraps. The site was my first project as i had just taught my self css and php. It featured an online “scrap creating tool” which designed your scrap in 40 different html templates and all you had to do was copy and paste the code given below any template into your friends scrapbook. The site was hosted for free at www.x10hosting.com and had a free .co.cc domain. It worked fine untill i moved to India and stopped logging in into my hosting account frequently, i got suspended a couple of times for inactivity and last week i found out to my surprise that my hosting account had been terminated for inactivity!!! I lost both of my sites as i didnt have a backup of it on my local machine!!! :(

The lesson i learnt were : Never rely on free webhosts and if you cant do without a free host Take regular backup of your site so even if you are kicked off the hosting service you can still quickly switch to another free host.

There are even more reasons as to why free hosts are highly un-reliable, like:

  • Limited or low bandwidth
  • Limited or very less web space
  • Frequent server downtimes
  • No or limited customer support
  • Lack of freedom/ restrictions
  • Search Engines ignore you

Silver Simplicity – Free gorgeous light weight wordpress theme

Hey fellas, this is the first free wordpress theme from www.DynamicGuru.com . Its light weight,uses minimum images and is beautiful

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Download the following .rar file, unzip it and upload the files to your theme directory and activate it from Dashboard->Appearance (themes)

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Free blue powerpoint template

Here is yet another free powerpoint template from us. The file includes two slides and is in .pot (powerpoint template) format. Download and enjoy.

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Creattica – best design inspiration site

Every designer, at the start of his career, needs some inspiration, i mean great ideas dont simply come out of nowhere in a beginners mind. We all have been or are copiers, we need some push in the right direction, some ready examples of great design work really boosts up our own creativity level, this is exactly what inspiration sites do, and www.creattica.com is my most favourite site for inspiration. It features thousands of user submitted photoshop artwork, beatiful web designs and impressive business cards. So if you are one of those looking for some great examples to learn from (not to copy from) then make sure you visit www.creattica.com.

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