CSS Drop-Down Menu Framework is a free & cross-browser solution to create good looking menus.

Download package already contains examples but new themes can be created very easily.

Menus can be transformed by only changing the class name. Available transformations are:

• horizontal
• vertical left-to-right
• vertical right-to-left
• horizontal linear
• horizontal upwards.

The framework normally uses only CSS but for IE6, there is a JavaScript file that must be included.

CSSPlay is presenting a chic circular menu that can have sub-menus.

Within a limited space, the menu offers a comprehensive browsing experience.

There is also a small information that can be displayed when an item is hovered.

It uses ordered-lists for all major browsers & uses some tables if the browser is IE6.

P.S. The menu is not totally free. A donation is required for use.

The Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) version 2 is a unobtrusive web version of the slick and profound Windows Vista taskbar calendar, by using the mootools javascript framework, AJAX, XHTML, CSS and PHP.

This Vista-like Ajax Calendar script is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 3.0 License. You can use these files however you want, but don’t redistribute without the proper credits and do not use this for commercial purposes.

wTag is a shoutbox (chatbox or mini chat) that is written in JavaScript and PHP, and using Ajax to exchange data with the server without need to reload an entire page. It uses MySQL database as backend. Just take a look at demo here.

• Replace URLs catched in a message with clickable links.
• UTF-8 encoding for multilingual support.
• Compliance with XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS.
• Custom designs: it’s easy to change the chatbox look by editing the CSS files.
• A form validation and warnings display system

This versatile 1kb horizontal accordion script can be used for menus, images, presentation content and more.

The script will automatically adjust to the number of elements in the accordion and the dimensions of the accordion.

The front-end markup for the script is a simple unordered list as in the example below…

<ul id="sm" class="sm">
<li><img src="images/1.gif" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/2.gif" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/3.gif" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/4.gif" alt="" /></li>
</ul>

To build the accordion call the function below onload…

slideMenu.build('sm',200,10,10,1)

Click here to view the working sample.

jQuery.popeye is a plugin which transforms an unordered list of images into a simple image gallery which enlarges the image clicked in Lightbox style.

The images are displayed in a box with prev-next controls & an info about the images can be mentioned.

The compact box has fixed, automatically calculated dimensions. The width and height are calculated so that all thumbnail images are cropped to the smallest width and height in the set and centered resulting image area.

The plugin can be easily customized with a list of settings provided.

Click here for the demo.

This is a really cool tutorial showing you how to create some smooth animated menus using the JQuery library.

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Thumbizy is a powerful & free instant website thumbnail generator that can help you to take snapshot of any website. You will just need to give the url of the website and select the thumbnail size. This is an ajax based web service that will instantly provide you screenshot of your given website.

This is the wonderful list of 17 free and online web based tools for designers and developers which may be very helpful for you as well when you are at work. Designers and Developers will must like this list but you can also use them and will love whether you are office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc. Most of them are not very well-known but, they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thought’s here.

FontStruct

FontStruct is a free font-building tool lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. Once you’re done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.

Whats its color

Whats its color is an image-color processing utility that will evaluate an image and give you the image’s primary and complementary dominant colors of an image, how many visually unique colors are in an image, and the top ten visually unique colors in an image.

DamnIT

DamnIT is a free service that emails you when a user encounters a JavaScript error in your webpages. You’ll receive detailed automated error information instead of vague bug descriptions.

Scrumy

Scrumy is a simple and intuitive way to do Scrum project management. At its core, Scrumy is a virtual taskboard, and is free. Scrumy Pro has more Scrum-specific features like multiple sprints, burndown charts, and daily snapshots.

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In this collection, you’ll find 9 excellent websites and blogs that provide high-quality examples and tutorials on Ajax and Javascript .

1. Ajax Rain

AjaxRain has illustrated examples of some nifty web-fx that can be achieved with combinations of AJAX, CSS, DHTML or Javascript. Some of the demos are definitely worth a look, even if you aren’t a web designer/programmer.

Ajax/Javascript Examples

• - EXT JS Date Picker
• - jQuery Feed Menu
• - jGrowl
• - FastFind Menu – Jquery
• - Spiffy Accordion

2. Ajax Daddy

A large collection of nifty web 2.0 tools. One neat feature is that you can play with the demo online, before you decide to put the example on your own website.

Ajax/Javascript Examples

• - Flickr Like edit
• - MooTools Autocomplete
• - SlideShow Viewer
• - Prototype window
• - Shoutbox

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