TOTdownload: Lynda – Create an Interactive Map with jQuery and Dreamweaver

Friday, May 2, 2014

Lynda – Create an Interactive Map with jQuery and Dreamweaver

In Create an Interactive Map with jQuery and Dreamweaver, Chris Converse shows how to design and create a rich interactive map for a web site using the open-source scripting library jQuery and the tools in Dreamweaver. The course covers creating web-optimized images using the slicing tools in Photoshop, implementing the HTML and CSS to assemble an infographic page layout, and adding interactivity with JavaScript and jQuery’s fast and concise code library.

Topics include:

Preparing web graphics
Preparing the base container
Manipulating links with CSS
Adding a drop-down menu
Downloading jQuery and adding interactivity to a project
Creating city details
Overriding click events of anchor tags with jQuery
Enhancing the design with CSS3

Table of content

Introduction
- Previewing the project across browsers and devices
- Using the exercise files
Preparing Web Graphics
- Slicing and optimizing web graphics
Creating the Base Container and Layout with CSS
- Creating and linking HTML and CSS files
- Creating the main container
Adding the Navigation Elements
- Manipulating anchor links with CSS
- Creating the dot states
- Adding custom attributes into HTML
- Positioning the dots on the map
- Adding a dropdown navigation menu
Adding JavaScript
- Downloading jQuery and adding it to your project
- Detecting when the dropdown changes
- Showing and hiding dots based on continents
Creating the City Detail Containers
- Adding the detail containers
- Adding structure for the city details
- Styling the city detail content
- Adding the content for the cities
Changing the Dots and Detail Information
- Changing the state of the clicked dot
- Updating the detail content
Adding the Finishing Design Touches
- Adding the final design details
Conclusion
- Where to go from here