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Our New jQuery Plugin
We’ve just published one of the jQuery plugins Matt wrote while working on the new Everbrite redesign project. It’s a slick little plugin that combines the familiarity of a lightbox image viewer with an easy to use thumbnail carousel. This dynamic duo gives users the ability to view a large image while having quick and easy access to an entire gallery of images without needing to open and close the modal window each time.
It’s simple, logical and super handy for sites that need to present a lot of images in gallery format.
Improve usability by identifying links
When it comes to browsing the web, few things are more frustrating than clicking on a link that you expect to go to another page, only to find yourself stuck in a PDF morass. Nothing breaks a user’s flow faster than a link behaving differently than how they expected.
As web designers and developers, it’s our responsibility to clearly label links so the user knows what is going to happen before they commit to anything. When you warn your user about what they’re about to do, they’ll feel more confident using your site. This in turn will give your site more credibility, and ultimately leads to a better overall user experience.
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Create a Sitemap in 55 seconds!
I was in the middle of creating a sitemap for a client when I realized how ridiculously easy, yet essential the procedure was. If you happen to have a website without a sitemap, your pages will still be crawled, but usually at a slower rate. Speed is everything when it comes to information on the web. When you have a sitemap, the crawler easily reads the map and knows exactly which pages to index for the search engine. There’s no guarantee that all pages in the map will be indexed, but it does lend a helping hand to the crawler and speeds up the process. (more…)
jQuery Snippet: Self clearing text fields
Here’s a very, quick, easy javascript snippet. Non front end developers should look away now.
An increasingly popular technique for laying out forms is to combine the label tag and the input tag into one succinct element (as demonstrated in the search box on this blog). This technique cleans up your page and leaves more real estate for user input. A big downside, however, is that you have to add an extra dose of javascript to make your text fields behave as they should.
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A Milwaukee Classic Selects Lightburn
Milwaukee’s iconic Kopp’s Frozen Custard has selected Lightburn to design and build their new web site. The new site will feature an innovate Flavor of the Day calendar and allow customers to sign-up for email alerts so they never miss their favorites again. We’ll also be building a dedicated mobile version targeted at iPhone users.
In addition, the new Kopp’s website will feature a custom designed online ordering system allowing fans from across the country to purchase Kopp’s custard for home delivery. Recently featured as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things – Kopp’s has experienced tremendous demand from customers from across the country.
The new Kopp’s website will launch in time for the 2008 Holiday season. What’s your flavor?
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