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1.3.x


NobleCount

NobleCount (visit project homepage for more details) is a customizable jQuery plugin for a more the improved counting of the remaining characters, and resulting behaviors, of a text entry object, e.g. input textfield, textarea.

As text is entered into the target text area an object for the purposes of tracking the total number of characters remaining, defined as the maximum number of characters minus the current total number of characters within the text entry object, and storing that information visually and/or within the DOM as an HTML 5 compliant data-* attribute.

Events and CSS Class alterations, if defined, are triggered based on current user interaction with the target text entry object as well as the current state (positive or negative) of the character remaining value.

NobleCount supports pre-existing text within the text object.
NobleCount supports jQuery chaining.

TinyTips

TinyTips is a very lightweight jQuery tooltip plugin that allows you to add tooltips to any element on a page. Highly customizable and very easy to use. Only 1kb in size it is extremely lightweight and built to be a super fast solution in contrast to other complicated and bloated tooltip solutions.

Picasa Webalbum Integrator

PWI is a jQuery plugin that enables you to integrate your Picasa Web photo albums into your own site/blog without any need for extensive scripting knowledge and without your visitors ever noticing that your photos are hosted by Google.

Some options are:

  • Show all your albums
  • Show specific albums
  • Show only 1 or some albums
  • Show unlisted album (using authKey)
  • show your latest photos
  • Show multiple albums on 1 page

All fully customizable by specifying the options.

howto:
- Add a div to your html page with
- include the necessary files (jQuery (duh), pwi.css, jquery.pwi.js)
- Assign the plugin to the div

Example:

Fade Menu

The Fade Menu plugin allows users to easily turn a definition list with nested unordered lists into an accordion menu which uses fades between transitions.

Options

It is possible to pass the following options to control the speeds of the transitions:

slideup

This setting controls the speed menu trees slide up when the user selects a new menu title. You can pass it speeds built into jQuery such as "slow" "fast" or "def". Or if you prefer an integer for more control.

slidedown

This setting controls the speed menu trees slide down when the user selects a new menu title. You can pass it speeds built into jQuery such as "slow" "fast" or "def". Or if you prefer an integer for more control.

fadein

This option controls the speed in which new menu trees fade in. You can pass it speeds built into jQuery such as "slow" "fast" or "def", Or if you prefer an integer for more control.

fadeout