Learning jQuery

Beta 2 of the clueTip Plugin for jQuery is out the door and on the server. I’ve made a number of fairly significant changes (for the better, I hope), both to the script and to the CSS. One notable addition is the ability to apply a “jTip” style to the clueTips by changing the CSS, setting the new “arrows” option to true and the new “dropShadow” option to false. Here is the full list of what has been changed:
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There was a request recently on the jQuery discussion list for an enhancement to Ritesh Agrawal’s Simple Star Rating System to allow for 1/2 star ratings. So I took it upon myself to add the feature.

Keep in mind that this plugin does not “degrade” when the browser doesn’t have JavaScript or when JavaScript is disabled. The the elements for the stars are created by the jQuery code, so when JavaScript isn’t available, the elements don’t appear. Therefore, if you are not absolutely certain that visitors to your site will have JavaScript available, this plugin probably isn’t the best solution for you. (See Wil Stuckey’s jQuery Star Rating Plugin for a degradable option.)

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Need to clone an element and its events? Sure, you could rebind the events after doing the clone, but that wouldn’t be very DRY now, would it? Introducing Copy Events, a new plugin for jQuery.

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