Freebie Friday
Our free file of the month for August is Insta Gallery - Lightweight gallery solution by RyanDavies.
“Insta Gallery is a simple to use automatic gallery script. It uses a recursive function to list all directories within a target location. So if you have nested folders with images in them, this script will find them and display each folder as an individual gallery.”
Grab it while you can!
Snipplr Link Now in Social Profile
Snipplr is a massive repository of code snippets recently bought by Envato. We’ve just added it to your social profile in CodeCanyon and other Envato marketplaces.
In each user’s profile there’s a panel (pictured above) where you can promote your social profiles, including Twitter, Facebook and FreelanceSwitch. We just added Snipplr.
So if you’re a Snipplr user, go to My Account > My Settings > Social Network Links and add your username.
Want a menu inspired by Apple’s website? Our file of the day is CSS Apple Menu by KarbonDesigns.
“This is different styles of navigation menus based on the design of apple’s menu on apple.com, It comes in 7 different styles, and with drop down menus that support up to 5 levels, This item is drawn using CSS meaning faster load times smaller file size and no images required, however this also means it only works in Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Mobile Safari, and Chrome.”
50 Useful Articles and Resources You May Have Missed
“When it comes to online tutorials and articles, you have to be very careful in choosing the right one from tens of thousands of articles you find as you are seeking help in the Web. So today we present nice articles and tutorials which are easy to understand and will surely add to your knowledge.”
This week’s featured item is jQuery Lightbox Evolution by aeroalquimia.
“Lightbox Evolution is a tool for displaying images, html content, and videos in a “lightbox” style that floats overtop of web page. Using Lightbox Evolution, website authors can showcase a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.”
Top 15 Online Tools for Drawing and Sketching
“If you find yourself bored at work and have the artistic streak in you, you should probably busy yourself with working on a drawing project you can later show off to your friends. Instead of going the traditional way and sticking to pencil and paper, you should explore the arena of computer aided drawing. Chances are you do not have software installation privileges on the work computer you use therefore online tools would be the best way to go.”
How to Authenticate Users With Twitter OAuth
“Beginning August 16th, Twitter will no longer support the basic authentication protocol for its platform. That means the only way to authenticate users will be through a Twitter application. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Twitter as your one-click authentication system, just as we did with Facebook.”
This week’s featured author is webtako, who is based in the US, has 3 CodeCanyon items (and 10 ActiveDen items), and has made 1,232 sales.
Webtako is relatively new to our marketplaces, but, after his awesome first three items, we hope he’ll continue to stick around! View webtako’s Portfolio
Better UI Design: Proper Use of Tables
“Tables have been part of HTML almost since HTML began. As the internet progressed and as people started doing more things online, designers started using tables to create multi-column website layouts. This was never the intention of those who created HTML standards, but it quickly caught on and table-based layouts became the norm online.”
