by Nathan Rohler on July 15, 2011
If you’re working on a site where a number of important stories or features need to be showcased within a small area, a news scroller is a great option. Without taking up much page real estate, you can highlight several stories along with descriptions and links to view the details. The scrolling effect helps attract and hold user interest. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the easy process of creating this type of news scroller with jQuery. We’ll start with an HTML list of stories that’s styled using CSS, then use jQuery to make it automatically scroll. When the user hovers over the jQuery Scroller, it will pause so they can read the abstract and click the link if they’re interested.
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by Sonny M. Day on June 18, 2011
Google Maps is a very helpful tool to help us find businesses and other points of interest that we want to know about. Since its arrival, businesses have been integrating this tool on their websites to help people where to find them. Google Maps used to be a simple map although it requires a complex process to have it integrated on a website. Nowadays however, it is necessary that Google maps are attractive aside from its being informative to the audience. jQuery has taken this interactivity of websites to another level while making the process required in its preparation easier. With easy to use and install jQuery Google Maps plugins, we can now create simple, and attractive maps depending on our needs.
In this article, I am featuring jQuery Google Maps plugins, which are not only easy to use in website e.g. using tumblr themes, but also offer a lot of map functionality in case you need them. There are also tutorials and Google Maps resources that can help you get the most out of your Google Map integration efforts. If you find this article helpful, please share it to others. If you have any comment don’t hesitate to write them below. Happy reading! Tip: If you are the lucky owner of an iPhone you should keep it safe using one of the best iphone 4 cases or iPhone 4 Leather Case.
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