Great example of creative web design from French agency Viens-la

French design agency Viens-la have crafted a wonderfully interactive and vibrant website; this is a great example of how technologies such as jQuery and CSS can be used to introduce new and quirky ways in which to capticate audiences, and bring in new clients. A brilliant showpiece!

Visit the Viens-la website here

Cool ecommerce websites for design inspiration

Looking for some design inspiration? Working on an ecommerce website? Then take a look at how these guys have delivered compelling, sometimes downright quirky, and quite brilliant ecommerce websites.

http://www.nevertellyourtailor.com/

http://satorisan.com
http://jethroandjackson.com.au/
http://www.shoebedoo.com.au/
http://www.katespade.com/
http://gb.burton.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Burton_GB-Site/default

Fullscreen background image Wordpress themes

Fullscreen background image websites deliver an unparalleled visual impact to any website, and here are some excellent examples of Wordpress themes using fullscreen background images:

http://www.webdesigndev.com/inspiration/10-modern-fullscreen-wordpress-themes

Automatic Image Montage with JQuery

Automatic Image Montage using JQuery

Here's a fantastic way of displaying a group of images in a montage style, and the great thing is, it's all done automatically and on-the-fly using JQuery. 

The functionality can be added to fixed size or fluid elements, you can even add it to the body of a website. Visit the site to view demos and get the code: http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/08/30/automatic-image-montage/

Useful JQuery Libraries and JQuery Plugins

Spruce up your website with some JQuery, so, here are some excellent JQuery libraries and plugins to choose from. Courtesy of Smashing Magazine.

Click here to visit the Smashing Magazine article.

Cool Parallax Scrolling Websites Compilation

Webdesigndev.com has added an article showcasing 10 parallax scrolling websites, and there are some fantastic examples to be found here. Of note are the www.ok-studios.de, and www.ascensionlatorre.com websites.

Click here to visit the Webdesigndev website article.

LiveFyre real-time conversation platform

I stumbled across a rather interesting commenting system/platform, which LiveFyre describe as "Livefyre is the best real-time conversation platform on the web. Replace your outdated comment system and change the way people interact with content on your site". Visit the website to learn more.

Cheatsheets for Wordpress

Check out this great resource for Wordpress developers, including development and design cheatsheets.

Click here to visit the site

WP UI - Wordpress Plugin

I stumbled across WP UI today, and it looks like a powerful Wordpress plugin allowing you to add all manner of user-interface enhancements to your Wordpress website (i.e. posts). Powered by JQuery, features include sliders, tabs and accordions, to name a few. Support for CSS3 is also available in the plugin.

Click here to learn more about WP UI on the Wordpress website
Click here to visit the Capabilit website

50 JQuery Plugins

More JQuery components for your delectation:

http://freepsddownload.com/jquery-plugins/50-jquery-plugins/

Flexslider - a jQuery slider plugin

Today, I stumbled across this rather nice jQuery slider (I know, another one!): Flexslider

Check out the advanced options page, as it has a nice looking version there, as shown in the above screengrab...good stuff!

The Slidorion - a combination of image slider and an accordion

We've all seen countless wonderful JQuery image sliders and accordions but rarely do we come across one that does both! Introducing Slidorion - a combination of image slider and an accordion.

The author sums it nicely: A combination of an image slider and an accordion, the Slidorion displays beautiful images along with a variable length description. With slides linked to each tab, and accompanied by a large array of effects, the Slidorion is a great alternative to the traditional jQuery slider.

Modx, eForm and form validation

For those of you using the excellent CMS Modx, here's a snippet of information you may find useful. A website I created, with Modx, also has a contact form, utilising the eForm snippet and parser. I enabled Captcha in the settings and added the necessary calls to invoke the Captcha on the contact form. However, whilst the Captcha did appear to be working, and checking for validation on submit, the Captcha image wasn't being rendered. I figure the server the website is hosted on doesn't have the necessary libraries installed to do so, so another method was called for.

I stumbled across an article which describes how to use a built-in eForm technique, and a tiny bit of CSS (one line actually), and I'm happy to report that it works! Visit the link below to learn more:

http://bigbuddymarketing.com/eliminate-spam-in-modx-eform-without-captcha