I think JQuery would be very useful for setting up online calendars and photo galleries. So, JQuery uses Ajax (a combination of CSS, HTML, and Javascript) as one of its features. I have used some free Ajax libraries in the past for creating online photo albums. The CSS Play web site gives you some good examples of that. At work, we use an online database from a third party vendor that has a calendar feature, which looks like something created out of JQuery -- you click on the date field and the calendar pops up. Lightbox was all the hype a few years ago, and it still is the most used script for adding photos to a site. Lightbox enables pictures to overlay on top of the current page.
I followed the instructions on this week's video and played with some of the features on the JQuery website. It does make your site look totally interactive. I can see the draggable feature being used in shopping carts, for example.
Menus are the other cool application for JQuery. The Moo.Fx accordion menu, for example, which uses Ajax, is similar to the accordion menu featured on the JQuery website.
You shared some useful things on here. You seem like you know a lot about websites and adding photos and other things to them. It always comes in handy to know little things like that.
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There are a lot of ideas and useful information that is being displayed. I like your ideas very much they seem like they would make life much easier and would make life run a lot smoother.
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