jQuery For Dummies

jQuery For Dummies®......Page 1
About the Author......Page 7
Dedication......Page 9
Author’s Acknowledgments......Page 11
Contents at a Glance......Page 13
Table of Contents......Page 15
About This Book......Page 23
How This Book Is Organized......Page 24
Where to Go from Here......Page 26
Part I: Getting Started with jQuery......Page 27
Finding Out What jQuery Can Do for You......Page 29
Installing jQuery......Page 32
Creating Your First jQuery Code......Page 37
Understanding Elements......Page 43
Getting and Setting Element Values......Page 46
Changing HTML Content......Page 52
Changing Text Content......Page 54
Using jQuery Selectors......Page 57
Selecting from Forms......Page 68
Selecting Attributes......Page 69
Selecting Parents and Children......Page 70
Using jQuery When the Page Loads......Page 73
Handling Events......Page 74
Working with Interaction Helpers......Page 85
Part II: Affecting Elements with Effects......Page 91
Hiding Elements with jQuery......Page 93
Showing Elements with jQuery......Page 101
Toggling Visibility with jQuery......Page 105
Sliding Elements with jQuery......Page 113
Fading Elements with jQuery......Page 122
Understanding How jQuery Animation Works......Page 129
Animating Elements with jQuery......Page 133
Controlling Animation Duration......Page 141
Animating with Show, Hide, and Toggle......Page 142
Disabling All jQuery Animation......Page 143
Part III: Manipulating Your Web Page......Page 145
Getting and Setting Text Content......Page 147
Getting and Setting HTML Content......Page 150
Getting and Setting Form Values......Page 153
Inserting Content Inside Elements......Page 156
Inserting Content Outside an Element......Page 160
Moving Elements Around......Page 161
Wrapping Content Around an Element......Page 163
Replacing Elements......Page 165
Removing Elements......Page 169
Cloning Elements......Page 173
Part IV: Using Plug-ins and Widgets......Page 177
How jQuery Plug-ins Work......Page 179
Getting jQuery Plug-ins......Page 180
Testing Your First jQuery Plug-ins......Page 182
Creating a Lightbox with Colorbox......Page 191
Creating an Image Gallery......Page 199
Displaying Default Values......Page 203
Validating Form Fields......Page 206
Creating a Date Picker......Page 209
Creating an Accordion Menu......Page 213
Paginating Content......Page 218
Element......Page 220
Using the jQuery User Interface......Page 225
Choosing Custom Download Options......Page 227
Using jQuery UI Widgets......Page 235
Part V: Building AJAX Applications......Page 239
Understanding AJAX......Page 241
Loading Data with AJAX......Page 242
Sending Data with AJAX......Page 247
How AJAX jQuery Plug-ins Work......Page 253
Using AJAX File Uploader......Page 254
Rotating Dynamic Content......Page 256
Creating AJAX Pop-Up Windows......Page 260
Part VI: Integrating jQuery with Content Management Systems......Page 265
Investigating Drupal Modules......Page 267
Creating Image Effects in Drupal......Page 274
Integrating jQuery in Drupal......Page 277
Understanding How jQuery Works with Joomla!......Page 281
Using jQuery Extensions with Joomla!......Page 287
Making jQuery Work with WordPress......Page 295
Finding WordPress jQuery-Based Plug-ins......Page 299
Using the Colorbox jQuery Plug-in with WordPress......Page 303
Part VII: The Part of Tens......Page 305
uploadify......Page 307
jCarousel......Page 310
qTip......Page 311
jQuery pager......Page 312
jQuery Flash......Page 313
toggleElements......Page 314
Coda-Slider 2.0......Page 315
pagination......Page 316
Humanized Messages for jQuery......Page 317
Single Drop Down Menu......Page 318
Detecting Browser Types......Page 319
Resizing Text......Page 321
Disabling the Right-Click Menu......Page 322
Loading jQuery from Google......Page 323
Creating a Simple Slide Panel......Page 324
Creating a Disappearing Effect......Page 325
Using a jQuery Cheat Sheet......Page 326
Making Elements Clickable......Page 327
Streamlining document. ready Code......Page 328
jQuery Web site......Page 329
jQuery on Wikipedia......Page 330
jQuery for Absolute Beginners Video Series......Page 331
Visual jQuery......Page 332
Use jQuery......Page 333
jQuery Plug-ins......Page 335
Smashing Magazine......Page 336
Nettuts+......Page 337
Woorkup......Page 338
Index......Page 341