Archive For August, 2010

29 articles

Combine Background Images Into A CSS Sprite: SpriteMe

A sprite combines multiple background images into a single image. This is a technique for making web pages faster because it reduces the number of downloads in the page. Background images make pages look good, but also make them slower. Each background image is an extra HTTP request. There's a fix: combine background images into a CSS sprite. But creating…

Rich Contact Profiles On Gmail Sidebar With Rapportive

Rapportive is a free plugin for Firefox, Safari, Mailplane (a standalone Gmail application for Mac), and Chrome to replace you gmail sidebar with rich contact profiles. Rapportive shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox. You can immediately see what people look like, where they're based, and what they do. You can establish rapport by mentioning shared interests. You…

Python & Django Powered Static Website Generator: Hyde

Hyde is a static website generator powered by Python & Django. Hyde supports all the Django template tags & filters and even has a few of its own. The built-in web server and auto-generator provide instant refresh and unlimited flexibility. Features No database, no slowness, no digg-effect Dynamic content can be displayed using javascript Templates are dynamic, output is static Efficient…

Flexible MooTools Slideshow Widget: SlideShow

SlideShow is an extendable, flexible, and easy to implement MooTools Slideshow Widget. Use any element, not just images; this slideshow widget can be used to create: Slideshows Image galleries Tabs News tickers Slideshow comes with packaged transitions but is easy to extend and create your own transitions. The class is built to handle the basics of a slideshow, extend it to…

CSS Framework To Kick-Off Your Project Today: Primary

Primary is a small yet effective open source CSS framework for designers and developers in order to make using CSS as easy as possible. It comes with a collection of 22 ready to use CSS layouts to start your project today. Compatibility: All browsers Website: http://www.primarycss.com/ License: Free

170 Free Web Icons: WooCons

WooCons, name inspired by gcons, is a set of 170 Free Web Icons by WooThemes. This crispy and tasty icons set is available as 32×32 PNG’s. A colorful collection of widely used icons, perfect for web applications and web sites. Website: http://www.woothemes.com/2010/08/woocons1/ License: GPL

Professional Base Template For HTML5-CSS3 Projects: HTML5 ★ Boilerplate

Previously, Greepit shared an HTML5-CSS3 project template that contains the basic structure for a new HTML5-CSS3 projects. HTML5 ★ Boilerplate is another awesome HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript template that can be used as a base html5 template for your next project for a fast, robust and future-proof site. HTML5 ★ Boilerplate is not a framework, nor does it prescribe any…

Goodness Baked For HTML5-CSS3 Projects: HTML5 Reset

HTML5 Reset is a project you can use as a template to start a new HTML5-CSS3 project. The HTML file contains a rudimentary HTML5 document structure, with all the every day stuff like title, header, footer, etc. It also uses conditional comments to call about half a dozen IE-specific CSS files, as well as a couple popular IE-correcting javascript files.…

HTML Select Element Into A Dropdown Checkbox List

The Dropdown Check List jQuery widget transforms a regular select html element into a dropdown checkbox list. It uses the existing structure of the html select elements on which it is applied to dynamically build a container with checkboxes and labels then hides the original select element. The plugin does not change in any way the existing select element, only…

Crystal: A Lightweight Database Toolkit For PHP

Crystal is a database toolkit for PHP that helps building reusable, database-dependent, framework-agnostic applications. It is extremely efficient - it loads only what you really need, nothing more. Crystal is build around three core principles: Well documented - Every feature is documented and complemented with examples Readable - It is human readable & follows the SQL way of saying things…