Create YouTube-like adaptable view using CSS and jQuery

Besides Turn off the lights feature I explained earlier, YouTube has more great stuff. I believe that you noticed “change view” feature which allows you to switch between normal and wide mode and thus expand/shrink movie area. I like this feature because in different circumstances, I need a different view. But the thing I like the most is that, although layout changes, it is done seamingly and all the information remains easily accessible.

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Learning Jquery: The Basics

First I want to make sure we are all on the same page about Jquery. I am going to assume that since you are reading this you know that Jquery is a javascript library, but you don’t have the faintest clue on how to write code using Jquery. Sure you have jquery installed on your website and have used a couple of plugins, but as far as you know you have to assign this class to an element then the plugin works. Well I am here to change that to make your life easier, like the jquery slogan “Write Less, Do More”.

This guest article was written by Hayes, the 13 year old web developer and designer.
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10 JQuery Snippets For Efficient Developers

jQuery is by far my favorite Javascript framework, which allows developers to create stunning visual effects, manipulate data properly, and much more. In this article, I have compiled 10 extremely useful jQuery snippets.

Load jQuery from Google

Google has a fresh version of jQuery, which is made available for developers. Instead of getting a jQuery copy, you should definitely take advantage of Google’s “generosity” and directly load their copy:

1.<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"type="text/javascript"></script>

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