Sometimes equal height columns via css can be an absolute nightmare! If you’re using jQuery for other items on the page you can cheat with the following function :
function setEqualHeight(items) { var highest = 0; items.each( function(){ current = $(this).height(); if(current > highest){ highest = current; } }); items.height(highest); };Read more...
Coming from a .net background I must admit to missing many of the features that the framework provides like Hastables, Dictionaries and Lists. I've just come up with a really simple dictionary class that I use to hold results from my id parsing routine.
Read more...Here is my first freely available jQuery plug-in. There are a few more to follow soon including a form builder and a file explorer 
I know there are a million calendar selectors out there but I needed one that covered historical dates (1800-2100). It displays either as a in place calendar in the page or as a drop down aka. combo box style.
This is the start of a jQuery carousel. I’ve used a few carousels but they require a lot of css editing to get them to change widths etc. I wanted one that could easily adapt to displaying different numbers of items. It accepts a noOfItems config that defines how many items it displays and it adjusts it’s width accordingly. Early days but not bad for a few hours work 
Selectors in JQuery are extremely powerful. This is a simple page to test them and as a quick reminder as to what’s available.
Get a DOM object from a JQuery obj
$('#' + id).get(0); //get the dom object from the jquery wrapper
Only include object if JQuery is available
//only include if jquery is available if (typeof jQuery != 'undefined') { //class goes here }