TagCanvas - jQuery Animated Tag Cloud

An HTML5 canvas-based plugin which replaces <a href="..."> links with a 3D rotating cloud of tags.

Tested in FireFox, Chrome, Opera, Safari. Also tested in IE8, where it obviously doesn't work except in conjunction with ExplorerCanvas. Now works in the IE9 beta/release candidate without ExplorerCanvas.

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Animated Scroll to Top

I'm writing a detail tutorial on how to create an animated scroll to top as seen on Web Designer Wall. It is very simple to do with jQuery (just a few lines of code). It checks if the scrollbar top position is greater than certain value, then fade in the scroll to top button. Upon the link is clicked, it scrolls the page to the top.

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Spritely background animation jQuery plugin

jQuery.spritely is a jQuery plugin created by Artlogic for creating dynamic character and background animation in pure HTML and JavaScript. It's a simple, light-weight plugin with a few simple methods for creating animated sprites such as the birds you see on this page, and dynamic scrolling backgrounds.

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How to create kaleidoscope using jQuery and CSS

Today we continue CSS lessons. Let’s remember an ancient toy – a kaleidoscope, I think everyone remembers since the childhood. You reflected ever as it works? All will probably seem that simply, but is far not so. Today I will show as it is possible to make a kaleidoscope with use JS and CSS. Quite probably that the total example will work not in all browsers, but the demo will be pleasant enough to try.

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