Monday, June 28, 2010
Most of the web application available today includes a capability of user to upload files, whether it is a social media application or a CMS/Blogging platform. Upload capability of your application can be made easier and usable to the user if you are using one of these Ajax Upload Script and Plug-in.1. FancyUpload
FancyUpload is a file-input replacement which features an unobtrusive, multiple-file selection menu and queued upload with an animated progress bar. It is easy to setup, is server independent, completely styleable via CSS and XHTML and uses MooTools to work in all modern browsers.
Uploadify is a jQuery plugin that allows the easy integration of a multiple (or single) file uploads on your website. It requires Flash and any backend development language. An array of options allow for full customization for advanced users, but basic implementation is so easy that even coding novices can do it.
Uploadify is available under the GPL and MIT licenses. This allows Uploadify to be used in a number of applications and commercial products.3. AJAX Upload by Andrew Valumsms
AJAX Upload allows you to easily upload multiple files without refreshing the page and use any element to show file selection window. It works in all major browsers and doesn’t require any library to run. AJAX Upload doesn’t pollute the global namespace, and is tested with jQuery, Prototypejs.4. AJAX Multiple File Upload Form Using jQuery
This is another variant of fileuploader from webdeveloperplus using the jQuery library and AJAX Upload by Andrew Valums.5. LightLoader
LightLoader employs a similar method to what is found in the GMail file upload, using a hidden IFRAME to post the file and AJAX to check the progress. There is also a tester script in the zip file for you to upload to your server to make sure that you have all the settings correct.6. JqUploader
jqUploader is a jquery plugin that substitutes html file input fields with a flash-based file upload widget, allowing to display a progressbar and percentage. It is designed to take most of its customization from the html code of your form directly – so you don’t have to do things twice . For instance, the maximum file size, if specified via html, will be recognized and used in the rich upload interface generated by jqUploader.
The plugin uses the form action attribute value (normally pointing to a server side script handling the upload and other data manipulations, and appends a variable “jqUploader=1″ so that the upload code is initiated when it sees that key/value is on the posted data.7. SWFUpload
SWFUpload is a small JavaScript/Flash library to get the best of both worlds. It features the great upload capabilities of Flash and the accessibility and ease of HTML/CSS.8. uploadprogress – a jQuery + PHP plugin
uploadprogress plugin to augment a standard file upload form with transparent background upload and add uploadprogress meter to keep client informed of progress.9. jQuery Multiple File Upload Plugin
The Multiple File Upload Plugin (jQuery.MultiFile) is a non-obstrusive plugin for the jQuery Javascript library that helps users easily select multiple files for upload quickly and easily whilst also providing some basic validation functionality to help developers idenfity simple errors, without having to submit the form.10. AJAX file upload by Webtoolkit
Do you know something that is not included in the list? Please hit the comment and I am happy to add them.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
This article is for those programmer and developers who are looking for easy to use and free Date pickers for their websites. So here i am providing the direct links of jQuery and JavaScript Date Pickers which can be used in your Web Applications, below list illustrates most of the Date Pickers which are developed using JavaScript, jQuery, MooTools, ExtJS etc., I would like to say, I have selected most of the best Date Pickers from the Web. Hope, below list might help you in selecting your favorite Date Picker for your Web Applications.1. Unobtrusive JavaScript date-picker widgit with Keyboard access
Website: http://www.frequency-decoder.com
Below are the respective features:
2. TDatePicker Samples
Website: http://www.pradosoft.com
It has got many options like you can use default date picker or you can use most of the pickers like:Button Mode, InputMode=”DropDownList”, Custom DateFormat=”yyyy/MMMM/dd”, DropDownList etc.,
3. Calendar A Javascript class for Mootools
Website: http://www.electricprism.com
Features Includes:
4. DatePickerControl v1.1.7
Website: http://dali.mty.itesm.mx
Features Includes:
5. Popup datepicker or a flat calendar
Website: http://www.dhtmlx.com
Description: dhtmlxCalendar is a lightweight cross-browser JavaScript calendar which can be configured as a popup datepicker or a flat calendar. The component is easy-to-use and fully customizable. It can be attached to any text input field and provides fast and intuitive date selection in web-based applications.
6. Vista-like Ajax Calendar version 2
Website: http://dev.base86.com
Description: The Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) version 2 is a unobtrusive web version of the slick and profound Windows Vista taskbar calendar, by using the MooTools javascript framework, AJAX, XHTML, CSS and PHP.
7. Date Range Picker using jQuery UI 1.7 and jQuery UI CSS Framework
Website: http://www.filamentgroup.com
Description: Date Range Picker plugin to use jQuery UI 1.7 and the new jQuery UI CSS Framework. This plugin wraps the jQuery UI datepicker into an interactive component specifically designed for choosing date ranges.
8. Datepicker – jQuery
Website: http://jqueryui.com
9. jQuery date picker plug-in
Website: http://www.kelvinluck.com
Description: Unobtrusive plugin for jQuery which allows you to easily add date inputing functionality to your web forms and pages. Designed from the ground up to be flexible and extensible, the date picker can be used in unlimited ways to allow you to add calendar widgets to your pages.
10. Date Picker – jQuery plugin
Website: http://www.eyecon.ro
Features:
