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Simple News Scroller – jQuery Tutorial

  February 17th, 2009 | In JavaScript, Tutorials, jQuery | 9 Comments »

This simple jquery tutorial will guide you through creating pretty news scrollers / tickers which are of common sight on many websites. I have added detailed comments for each and every line for your understanding.
HTML Code :

<div class='news_scroller'>
    <div class="newsitems">…

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Simple Overlay Box – jQuery Tutorial

  December 7th, 2008 | In JavaScript, Tutorials, jQuery | 13 Comments »

Here goes another tutorial to create a simple overlay box using jQuery, which can be used to display info text, full size images of thumbnails, anything that can be represented in html can be used. This simple tutorial takes you…

Toggle Dropdown – jQuery tutorial

  November 29th, 2008 | In JavaScript, Tutorials, jQuery | 6 Comments »

Most of us even though we may have heard of jQuery, may not have tried their hand at it. probably like me untill sometime ago. This tutorial is really simple for anyone who knows jQuery, but for those who don’t…

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Recovering data from crashed windows

  October 5th, 2008 | In Linux, Tutorials, tips and tricks, windows | 6 Comments »

When our PC ( Windows ) crashes, or refuses to boot, the first thing that most people usually do is panic, which is pretty obvious when one has enormous amount of data. Panic not, its pretty simple to recover all…

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Fonts : when and where to use

  March 14th, 2008 | In Tutorials | No Comments »

It is important that we give attention towards the font-styles of the text we use while presenting text to the user. The combination of fonts should strike a balance, so that things look neat for the end user.
For example, using…

Good coding practice : proper formatting, naming

  February 29th, 2008 | In Programming, Tutorials | No Comments »

Maintaining a coding style is one of the most important aspect of effective programming / coding practice. One should follow proper coding style, it doesn’t matter if you are writing just a 10 lines code or 10,000 lines of code.

If…

Making a Spell Checker

  February 22nd, 2008 | In PHP, Programming, Tutorials | No Comments »

Ever wondered how spell checking is done when we are typing our emails, documents, etc!.
Well at first it might sound a bit complicated but, taking that you are using libraries, it is infact pretty simle to make one!. atleast is…