Roundabout is a jQuery plugin that easily converts unordered lists & other nested HTML structures into entertaining, interactive, turntable-like areas.

Why not give a little flair to your header. This tutorial will show you how to animate your header’s background image using jQuery to give your website that little extra something.

What We Are Building

We are going to build a header that animates it’s background. We will also encase the header in shadow for the little extra dramatic effect.

Muvizu is software, free for non-commercial use, that enables users to make 3D animations without the need for expensive equipment or specialist training. Users may collaborate via the Muvizu website on their productions. The Muvizu 3D application is written by Digimania, formerly part of DA Group, the company that developed Ananova. The software is still in the beta stage of development.[1]

In this tutorial we are going to create a nice and fresh image gallery. The idea is to show the albums as a slider, and when an album is chosen, we show the images of that album as a beautiful photo stack. In the photo stack view, we can browse through the images by putting the top most image behind all the stack with a slick animation.

I know there are a lot of toggle tutorials out there already, but when I was learning the basics of jQuery and the toggle effect, I had a hard time finding resources on how to switch the “open” and “close” graphic state.

After reading a few tutorials and mix and matching techniques I was able to achieve this effect, but wanted to share it with those who experienced the same frustration that I had gone through.

Highslide JS - JavaScript thumbnail viewer