ITT #9: Build a jQuery Content Slider

I'm under some pretty tight deadlines, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone this week: first, I told Brenelz I'd write a guest post for his blog almost a month ago, and second, I've been meaning to write up a content slider tutorial as an Instant Tip Tuesday post.

So in order to keep myself sane and on top of my ever-growing mountain of work, I'm remotely posting this week's ITT post on Brenelz's blog.

Learn How to Build a jQuery Content Slider

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For the next month or two, I've got some really big projects I'm working on, so I'm still interested in working with any of you and having you write an ITT post for me. If you've got some ideas, or even if you don't... read more

ITT #5: Transparent Overlay with Slide-Out Description

I'm going to try something a little different this week and talk about CSS. I'm working on a client project that needed to overlay a PNG over the top of various thumbnails in order to make the thumbnails sit in nicely with the design. I'd never done anything like this before, so I thought it might be worth sharing.

If you're deeply offended that I've strayed away from programming-related posts, let me know in the comments, but don't worry! I added some jQuery in for good measure!

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The Markup

I'm a firm believer in using as few HTML elements and classes as possible. I also really hate seeing empty elements that only exist to have styles applied to them, so I try to make sure that every... read more

What I've Learned

First and foremost, the Discovery Channel runs some crazy shit after dark.

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As an early Christmas gift to myself, I stopped in at Best Buy today and ordered a Cintiq 12WX. It should be here on Friday, and I'm giddy. I've been drooling over this thing since August, and I cannot wait to take it for a test drive.

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Ford managed to impress me with their new ad campaign for the Ford F150.



I always enjoy video with a heavy emphasis on typography, and it's nice to see a mainstream ad featuring wordplay.

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The count() feature in CSS is frustrating unless you get a handle on its scope... read more

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