Mário Andrade Web Design, CSS, HTML, Information Architecture

28Aug/091

Add and Remove items with jQuery

jQuery has been around for a while but only about a year ago I started to use it and understanding how easier life can be when using and implementing solutions with jQuery.
Creating web apps nowadays means creating something the user can control and many times that means letting them create, add and remove something from the interface you conceived.

Today I’m sharing a short and simple tutorial that will teach how to add and remove items from your HTML code using the functions appendTo(); and remove(); from jQuery.
For this particular example I’m not going to be careful creating valid markup although I recommend you to always follow the W3C directives.

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18Aug/093

The Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique was created and developed by Francesco Cirillo during the late 80s and early 90s as a form of increasing productivity and reducing stress levels in his life. It has than been developed in order to help other people and to be applied in teamwork.

The Pomodoro Technique

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5Aug/0913

Website Wireframes

Working at a web consultancy company there are some work processes that I’ve seen growing over time in order to make the team more efficient. One of the most important is website wireframing.

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1Aug/090

CSS Text Gradient Effect

This is a simple CSS Trick that will allow you to apply a gradient effect to any text using a PNG image. No JavaScript is used to achieve this effect but due to IE6 fail to support PNG transparency you may want to include the PNG Transparency support. In that case I recommend DD_belatedPNG fix.

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