Memberships to our long-awaited Net.tuts+ Plus program are now available. Now you can get even more out of your favorite web development site. In 24 hours we’ll be adding our first Net.tuts+ video lesson, an advanced jQuery plug-in screencast, but first we’d like to tell you a bit about the Program.
Meet the New Tuts+
Feb 17th in News by Collis Ta'eedToday across the Tuts+ network we’re rolling out some changes to our brand and how our sites work together. These changes include a rebrand of our logos, a shift from multiple domain names to a single top level domain, a universal Plus membership, a Plus Affiliate Program, updated Plus interface, a Twitter Tuts+ news stream and a new tutsplus.com site complete with a rearrangeable dashboard. In other words, a whole bunch of stuff!
How to Create Your First Joomla Template
Feb 17th in Other by Tarek FarageIn this tutorial , you will learn about the basics of a Joomla template, and create one from scratch. We will quickly go through installing a local server and Joomla itself, and then create a basic functioning template.
5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS
Feb 16th in HTML & CSS by Trevor DavisSure, anyone can write CSS. Even programs are doing it for you now. But is the CSS any good? Here are 5 tips to start improving yours.
Building the imgPreview jQuery Plugin
Feb 13th in Screencasts by James PadolseyToday, we’ll be featuring the winner of our “Screencast Competition”. Created by James Padolsey, this video tutorial will demonstrate how to build a relatively advanced jQuery plugin from scratch.
A big congratulations goes out to James. He’ll be receiving $200 cash, a 1 year subscription to TUTS+, and $100 worth of credit at our Envato marketplaces.
Build a Login and Registration System with XML
Feb 12th in Screencasts by Tim CooperBuilding an entire membership system can be a tedious, and time-consuming task. Tim Cooper is going to show us how to build the ENTIRE thing in roughly thirty minutes. Rather than using MYSQL as our database, Tim will instead demonstrate an alternate approach: using an XML file. We’ll be reviewing PHP, .htaccess files, sessions, and more!
An Intensive Exploration Of jQuery
Feb 11th in Screencasts by Ben NadelBen Nadel has generously created a comprehensive video overview of the jQuery framework. He carefully covers everything from the basic hide/show methods, to jQuery’s AJAX capabilities. This is a “DON’T MISS” tut. I highly recommend it.
Diving into Django
Feb 11th in Screencasts by Jeff HuiIt’s always nice to branch out from our usual topics. For today’s screencast entry, Jeff Hui will show us how to build a basic ticket management system, similar to Lighthouse. Though the project won’t be nearly as advanced as Lighthouse - for obvious reasons - it should make for a nice starter for newcomers to the Django framework.
Exactly How to Use CSS Sprites
Feb 10th in Screencasts by Andres FernandezToday, Andres will be teaching us how to use CSS sprites to improve load times and decrease the number of HTTP requests that are made. As always, feel free to ask any questions in the comments area.
Working with the jCrop Plugin
Feb 9th in Screencasts by Brenley DueckjCrop is a fantastic jQuery plugin that allows your users to easily crop their photos to the exact dimensions that they choose. Setting up such a system is easier than you might think. Brenley will show us how!