The Website of UX Designer Matthew Stephens

Smashing Magazine has written yet another amazing article for web developers. The tips include:

1. On-page text search
2. Drag controls for oversized content
3. Subtle hover effects
4. Comment count bars
5. Full-page slider

Five Useful CSS/jQuery Coding Techniques For More Dynamic Websites – Smashing Magazine.

Coding your First jQuery UI Plugin | Nettuts+.

This is a great tutorial for anyone interested in creating their own jQuery plugins. I know there have been multiple instances where a simple plugin would’ve solved alot of my problems, but my unwillingness to learn how kept me from it.

This tutorial, like all tutorials from tutsplus, is well-written, well-organized, and easy to follow. Dan Wellman does a great job of explaining just how it all fits together. I suggest you check it out.

Flexible Google Maps jQuery Plugin: gMap.

gMap is a lightweight (2kb) jQuery plugin for easily integrating Google Maps into any website.

It can embed a map with a tiny function like:

$("#map").gMap();

and can be customized further with settings like:

• latitude/longitude
• default zoom level
• markers, their positions, info to display as a pop-up, custom marker images
• mapping controls on/off
• & more..