Category Archives: jQuery

5 jQuery Scripts & Plugins You Can’t Live Without

This post introduces a new category of posts to the Creative Individual blog – 5 You Can’t Live Without. This is were I’ll list my top 5 of a particular subject, such as Web Technologies, Sources of Online Inspiration, or as in the case of this post, 5 jQuery Scripts & Plugins You Can’t Live Without.

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Create Multiple Pop-up Divs using the jQuery prev() Method

This is an update on a previous post that showed you how to create a simple pop-up div using jQuery. The update shows you to recreate the same effect on multiple pop-up divs using the .prev() method, meaning you can avoid duplicating the code unnecessarily.

Included in the tutorial is a demo so that you can preview the script you will be learning to write, plus the source code for you to download and keep for future reference.

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Create a Pop-up div in jQuery

This is an easy tutorial suitable for those fairly new to jQuery. This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple pop-up effect, showing a hidden div, when you hover over the trigger link.

Included in the tutorial is a demo so that you can preview the script you will be learning to write, plus the source code for you to download and keep for future reference.

Update (13th August 2011): This technique has been updated to create the same effect with multiple pop-ups. View the new technique here:
Create Multiple Pop-up Divs using the jQuery prev() Method
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A Beginner’s Guide to jQuery

Are you new to jQuery? Then check out the Creative Individual Beginner’s Guide to jQuery and start learning the basics of this fantastic and powerful JavaScript library now. This jQuery Beginner’s Guide includes links to jQuery Resources and Documentation, Tutorials and Ready-to-use Examples, a fantastic Cheat Sheet for jQuery 1.4.2, and information on linking to the Google and Microsoft hosted jQuery libraries.

This beginner’s guide gives you everything you need to get started on becoming a proficient jQuery user and developer. What more could you ask for!

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