ColorBox is a jQuery Lightbox plugin which is lightweight (9kb) & supports photos, photo groups, slideshow, ajax, inline, and iframed content.
The lightbox has a very nicely designed interface which can be improved or customized with CSS.
ColorBox is unobtrusive, every option is mentioned in the JS & requires no changes to the existing HTML.
For faster displays & slideshows, it preloads background images and, optionally, can preload upcoming images in a photo group.
The plugin comes with a bunch of settings, including transition types-speeds & opacity, for maximum customization.
Requirements: jQuery
Website: http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/
Demo: http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/core/example1/index…
PHP hide_email() is a PHP function to protect the E-mail address you publish on your website against bots or spiders that index or harvest E-mail addresses for sending you spam. It uses a substitution cipher with a different key for every page load.
PHP hide_email() encrypts your E-mail address and generates the javascript that decrypts it. Most bots and spiders can’t execute javascript and that is what makes this work. A visitor of your web page will not notice that you used this script as long as he/she has javascript enabled. The visitor will see “[javascript protected email address]” in stead of the E-mail address if he/she has javascript disabled.
You can also use the generator if you have no PHP support on your web server. Change the E-mail address into your own E-mail address and press “Generate”. Cut and paste the generated XHTML into your own web page.
Sublime Video is a HTML5 Video Player, users can play videos without the need of browser plugins or Flash dependencies enabling the viewing of videos on the iPhone.
It supports Full-window mode with sleek zoom-in/out transitions. There are more advanced controls on a draggable pane. Sublime Video will be soon released for free (at least for non-commercial use).
Requirements: Safari 4.0.4+, Google Chrome 4.0+, IE with Chrome Frame
Demo: http://jilion.com/sublime/video
GetShopped is a free WordPress plugin for adding e-commerce capabilities into WordPress-powered websites.
It is a very easy-to-setup plugin which can work with any standards compliant WordPress theme (and WordPress MU).
The plugin offers a flexible pricing structure for products with features like
- flexible coupon/discount pricing rules
- product specific sales
- quantity discounts
- free shipping options
- multi-tier pricing for quantity discounts
and supports multiple payment providers like Google Checkout, Paypal & Payment Express.
GetShopped makes it possible to complete the shopping process quickly with a one-page-checkout & optionally, guest checkouts is supported.
It is easy to manage orders with the help of a powerful admin interface, print invoices, packing slips & more.
The plugin also offers lots of other features from comments to new/featured product widgets.
LightShot is a simple & free tool which makes taking screenshots very easy.
With the click of a keyboard shortcut, a cropping interface appears where it is possible to:
- set the area of the screenshot
- make it fullscreen
- copy to clipboard
- upload to the net & get a link
- edit it on a web-based service
Most of the similar tools instantly take a screenshot of the area you selected before clicking any approve button. LightShot makes it kindly, waits for you to arrange the area, shows you the size of it & a click is required which is better to prevent wrong screenshots.
The tool can work in every computer as it comes as a Windows desktop application, a Firefox add-on & an Internet Explorer add-on.
Requirements: Windows, Firefox or Internet Explorer
Another year has come and gone, and another set of applications have made there was into my everyday work flow. This was an amazing year for applications and four new applications have made it into my top ten list, including taking the top one and two spots away from previous top applications.
- Dropbox (new for 2010) No application or program has changed the way I use my computers more then Dropbox. The days of worrying about file changes and transferring files between computers are over! Dropbox syncronizes all your files in your Dropbox folder to all your Mac, Windows and Linux computers. The synchronization is so fast both ways that most files take just seconds before the changes appear on all your computers. All files are kept locally as well so you can access all your files even when you are offline. This is the one application I believe that everybody can benefit from.
Price: FREE for 2GB, $99.95/year for 50GB
- LaunchBar 5 (new for 2010) is an application and file launcher taken to the next level. I was a little bit hesitant to try LaunchBar because I thought Spotlight did a good enough job, but when I finally took the plunge, I got hooked. LaunchBar can not only launch applications, but can access data within them, go through your contacts, add events to iCal and so much more. Any power user must check out this application.
Price: 30-Day Free Trial then $35.00 USD
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vibr8bros have created Web 2.0 style good-looking free vector stickers that you will like.
Vector stickers pack come in 2 different types and with 10 colors each.
Download package for these free vector stickers includes both the EPS and PNG files.
E-mails are one of the key elements of a website/web application. They are used in contact forms, sign-ups, notifications, newsletters, etc.
It is a common experience that sometimes e-mails sent from websites go to the junk folders or never reach.
Although it is not always possible to detect the reasons for this, there are several things that we can do to minimize the risk. Here they are:
Send E-mails Through A Valid E-mail Server With Authentication
This is the most important one which you may be automatically offering all the tips below.
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Footers of websites are being used more & more effectively everyday to provide a better navigation and more information.
Footerama is a fresh design gallery which presents inspiring footers of beautiful websites.
From Footerama:
footer became an area where the web designers had the maximum opportunity to show their creativity, craziness and umm..personality, individuality.
The footers presented are well-categorized with their themes/colors & new items are added regularly.
Shine has 31 icons ranging from 24px square icons to 128px square icons. With the fresh color scheme combines with prominent realistic shapes, Shine will make your websites and interfaces really stand out from the crowd. Shine is shipped in two versions: vector and pixel sets.
You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes.
