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hurstyowl 24-11-2009, 23:49 Hi, im not a web designer im a graphic designer (student) and we are in the process of producing our own websites, i know how to build a basic site in dreamweaver but i would like to start getting to know how to use jquery.
i would like to know if anyone is skilled enough using this sort of stuff to teach me one to one in private tuition how to use it, a couple of sessions a week would do. just so i know how to take a downloadable script etc and make it my own. if you know someone please could i have some contact details or if you know an easy tutorial to follow that would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Reading this (http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery) will tell you how to implement it & set it up on your site, as for using it I'll hopefully be able to help you in a few hours if no-one else has answered, I'm just tinkering with it for the first time, going to try & use this (http://webdev.stephband.info/parallax.html) for a project.
I'm a proper code n00b though, not promising anything.
I guess it depends what version of Dreamweaver as it's been around a long time. I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy though. Just search for 'jquery dreamweaver tutorial' on google and you'll probably find your answers.
Well that seemed easy enough, just read the page I linked to above. There are other tutorials on docs.jquery.com that may be more relevant to you depending on what you want to do with it & what jquery plug ins you'll be using.
Dreamweaver specific readme shouldn't be necessary, as long as you've got the jquery.js file (& other .js files for plugins) in your web space & linked to correctly it in the <head> section there's not that much to it.
hurstyowl 25-11-2009, 13:42 that site looks pretty interesting and easy to follow. ill have a look later on when i have more time. im using cs3 dreamweaver on a macintosh so i know its different on different pcs, i found good enough tutorials on it but most were pc versions where the code is slightly different.
HTML is HTML, the code will be exactly the same whether you're developing on Windows, Mac, Linux, or anything else.
**edit - When downloading the jquery code though if you're wanting to look at it without your brain dripping out of your ears don't get the Minified version. You can use this once the site is going live, or even Minify your edited version. The uncompressed version is around 120k, minified it's 13k. If you're not a coder (neither am I) have a look at the minified version if you want a truly wtf moment, it looks like 2 spiders with hob-nailed boots have had a fight on your keyboard while you've left notepad open.
hurstyowl 25-11-2009, 14:02 i started to follow a pc tutorial and the code i entered didnt work when i entered it exactly the same, but worked when i changed some of the coding. tell me about it lol, ive seen it, its all colourful like a rainbow :) hhaha.
well im looking at getting into it in a few weeks properly, when ive handed these 3 deadlines in :( so if your going to be learning it in these few weeks then im guessing you would get pretty knowledgable with it and could give me some lessons, i dont mind paying because its very useful tool to be able to use.
All I know about html I've taught myself in a few months, this jquery tinkering is my first foray into anything other than static xhtml & css, if you want lessons find someone who's primarily a coding geek. There's enough of them around here.
The reason why I asked for Dreamweaver versions is I believe the latest versions have good integration with it so you hardly need to write any code to use it.
No-one said HTML was different on different computers.
hurstyowl 26-11-2009, 00:47 All I know about html I've taught myself in a few months, this jquery tinkering is my first foray into anything other than static xhtml & css, if you want lessons find someone who's primarily a coding geek. There's enough of them around here.
the problem with online tutorials are that the vast majority, and all the ones ive looked at expect you to know how to write code. instead of giving you a step by step tutorial of how to do everything, they just cut to the chase and give you the jquery code to use. never just plain sailing is it :hihi:
I get the impression you do not know Javascript at all.
If that the case then you are in for a very rough time because it not just about learning jQuery but learning Javascript and understanding how DOM works too. Trying to do all three with no coding background might be pushing it a little. It certaintly will cause confusion in knowing if it a jQuery framework construct or a javascript syntax to the point you could be using jQuery inefficiently and so this approach is IMV best avoided until you fully understand Javascript first.
Most jQuery tutorial tends to show you the Javascript equivalent as a point of reference and if don't know Javascript then you need to cross reference that elsewhere in order to understand what going. That why some of the tutorial may not make sense because teaching Javascript which some examples make use of is beyond the scope of many, if not all, jQuery tutorials.
So, if you do not know Javascript then I suggest you learn Javascript first and then use the jQuery framework.
I only dabbled in jQuery for one day about a couple of years ago to see what the fuss was about, so on that basis, my advice above might not be the best way to tackle jQuery.
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