eBook Giveaway: Win a Copy of The Best 365 Websites Around the World

eBook Giveaway: Win a Copy of The Best 365 Websites Around the World
It's giveaway time again here on Elated! This week, you can win a digital copy of "The Best 365 Websites Around the World (2011)" from the lovely folks over at Awwwards. We have five digital copies of this beautiful eBook to give away.

Enter now for your chance to win a copy!
27 April in Web Development

Easy HTML Templates with Mustache

Easy HTML Templates with Mustache
Templates are a great way to separate your website's code from its design. In this tutorial you'll explore Mustache, a relatively new and very simple template system that you can easily use to create HTML templates.

Along the way, you'll see plenty of code examples that show you how Mustache works. At the end of the tutorial, there's a complete example that uses Mustache, along with jQuery, to create a simple Ajax-based product list page.
16 April in jQuery

jQuery Mobile 1.1: Smoother, Faster, Nicer

jQuery Mobile 1.1: Smoother, Faster, Nicer
The latest version of jQuery Mobile, 1.1, has just hit the streets, and it has some great new features and improvements over 1.0. In this article you'll get a quick run-down of jQuery Mobile 1.1, and all that it has to offer you as a mobile web developer.

You'll look at improved fixed header and footer toolbars; enhancements to page transitions; new transition effects; loading spinner improvements; cute mini form elements; and lots more!
6 March in jQuery

Ajax with jQuery: A Beginner's Guide

Ajax with jQuery: A Beginner's Guide
Many modern websites - and practically all web apps - use a technique called Ajax to provide a smooth, fast experience for the user. From apps like Gmail and Google Maps through to JavaScript frameworks like jQuery Mobile, Ajax is a popular way to fetch data from a server in the background and update the page dynamically.

Writing Ajax JavaScript code from the ground up can be fiddly. However, many JavaScript libraries, including jQuery, have excellent high-level support for Ajax, making it easy for you to build Ajax-driven websites and apps with minimal hassle.

In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of making Ajax requests using jQuery.

Enjoy!
17 February in Website Authoring

Responsive Web Design: 5 Handy Tips

Responsive Web Design: 5 Handy Tips
In Matt Doyle's previous article Responsive Web Design Demystified, he explained the concepts behind responsive web design, and showed how to build a simple responsive layout from the ground up.

In this new article, you learn five additional techniques that will help you build great responsive layouts. You'll put each technique into practice as you build on the responsive layout created in the previous article.

Enjoy!
25 January in PHP

How to Add Article Categories to Your CMS

How to Add Article Categories to Your CMS
Since Matt published his tutorial Build a CMS in an Afternoon with PHP and MySQL, many readers have asked how to add more features to the CMS, such as article categories and a visitor comments system.

In this tutorial, you learn how to add article categories to the CMS. Categories give your site more flexibility: you can create separate section pages of your site, with each section page listing the articles belonging to a particular category.

The tutorial includes the full CMS code - including category support - as a downloadable zip file.
16 December in jQuery

Our jQuery Mobile eBook: Second Edition Out Now!

Our jQuery Mobile eBook: Second Edition Out Now!
We're very pleased to announce that the second edition of our eBook, "Master Mobile Web Apps with jQuery Mobile", is now out!

The second edition:

- Is fully updated for jQuery Mobile 1.0, including all the data attribute changes, API changes and other improvements to the framework since Beta 2.

- Includes a whole new chapter that shows how to build a native iOS app using jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap and the Google Maps API. You can use these techniques to build native apps for iOS, Android and other platforms that you can then sell through stores like Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market.

- Contains a new section on the excellent jQuery Mobile ThemeRoller, which lets you easily create a unique look for your apps.

- Now has a Table of Contents embedded in the PDF, making it easy to navigate around the book.

The second edition has over 100 new pages, yet it is still the same price as the first edition, making it even better value.

Find out more and grab your copy today!

Business Card Giveaway: Win 250 Free Cards from UPrinting!

Business Card Giveaway: Win 250 Free Cards from UPrinting!
It's giveaway time again here on Elated! This week, you can win 250 great-looking die-cut business cards to impress your clients. UPrinting's unique-looking cards are available in different sizes with various rounded corner styles. You can even print oval or circular cards!

As part of the giveaway, UPrinting is generously offering free shipping for the prize, no matter where you are in the world. So if you win, your 250 cards are 100% free.

Enter now for your chance to win!
31 October in jQuery

jQuery Mobile Masterclass: Build a Simple, Attractive Twitter App for iPhone

jQuery Mobile Masterclass: Build a Simple, Attractive Twitter App for iPhone
jQuery Mobile is a great framework for building mobile web apps, and as the 1.0 release gets nearer it's really starting to mature into a stable platform.

In this tutorial you'll delve deep into jQuery Mobile. You'll build a simple, nice-looking, easy-to-use iPhone Twitter app called "CloseFriends" that displays your closest Twitter friends' latest tweets.

Along the way you'll explore a variety of topics, including jQuery Mobile's API, the Twitter API, HTML5 local storage, app theming, media queries, and lots more!
30 September in Website Authoring

Responsive Web Design Demystified

Responsive Web Design Demystified
Responsive web design is a hot topic these days, especially as websites need to adapt to the growing number of mobile devices with their relatively small screens.

However, the whole topic can be somewhat bewildering at first glance. Responsive design is a relatively new idea, and it is rapidly evolving. It's full of rather confusing terms, such as responsive layouts, adaptive layouts, media queries and viewports. Where to begin?

In this article, you get a gentle introduction to the world of responsive web design, and learn how to create a simple responsive website layout.

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