Geek Week – Web Design, CSS, jQuery, PHP

More geek links for all! this week more great jQuery tutorials, some new ways you can use CSS in CSS3, WordPress galore, and several other great links mixed in for fun. If you like what you see check out my Delicious feed, as I am always running across great links.

jQuery & JavaScript

More and more jQuery. Even though I spend a good portion of the day coding in Flash, I am more interested in what can be accomplished with JavaScript without resorting to Flash.

• Mimic the iGoogle Interface with Ajax & JavaScript
• iPhone Javascript Apps
• Delay jQuery Code Execution
• jMaps, jQuery meets Google Maps
• Color Fading Menu With jQuery
• 7 jQuery Effects to Sell More Templates
• A jQuery Twitter Ticker Plugin

XHTML & CSS

I can wait until all browsers support CSS3, but untill then we’ll settle for the browsers running WebKit.

• Removing the Dotted Outline
• Make IE6 Behave Like IE7
• Old School Clock with CSS3 Rotate and jQuery

PHP

I wish I could run the world on PHP!

• 10 Advanced PHP Tips to Improve Your Programming
• Build a Backend Manager for Smooth Gallery

WordPress

Great WordPress tutorials here. Most of these I already use, but I always read a new tutorial to see if I could be doing it better.

• WordPress Using Javascript Libraries With Your Plugin or Theme
• Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress
• Replace Your Default Gravatar with Some Meaningful Images
• Adding Form Validation to WordPress Comments Using jQuery
• Separating Trackbacks from Comments
• Highlight Author Comments WordPress
• Add Gravatars to WordPress Themes
• Adding Comment Numbers to Your WordPress Theme
• Rearrange WordPress Comments Latest On Top
• WordPress Display Comments on Main Page
• Unraveling the Secrets of WordPress comments.php File

Design

These tutorials and resources make me want to create my own font for the Star Wars universe!

• 25 Inspirational Footers
• How to Make a Hand Drawn Font
• 500+ Space Brushes for Photoshop

Misc

More geeky stuff I’m looking at. Matt Brett’s review of Dead Space, some pointers for Flash alpha channel in video, regular expressions, a little competition I’m in, and the new MetricInteractive.com.

• Matt Brett’s Review of Dead Space
• How to key out and import into Flash
• Regular Expressions Cheat Sheets
• WordPress Coolest Blog Competition, and I’m in it
• MetricInteractive.com finally launched!