So I had to create a new site for a family member. So I thought, do I build something fancy, or just something plain. Well I have been told the site should be simple, accessible and elegant. Oh yes, and it should be found by google and stuff.
Of course … Shouldn’t all sites be found by google? Isn’t that the problem? Anyhow… I went on and used google fonts at first. Great stuff, although I could do the same in photoshop, I like the fact that search engines can better handle the content. Especially the font previewer is great. Good Work Google.
So I thought about great. What next. A nice Slideshow would be great. reading this post I got a great overview of the good slideshows for jquery. After looking through the examples I came across 2 that achieved exactly what I wanted. nivo-slider just plain rocks. It is configurable, and fast. And it does what it is supposed to do. It shuffles Images in a fancy way. I used pirobox Extended for a little gallery that is displayed on explanatory pages.
So whenever you have a new Task at hand, check the net, if someone has already achieved and implemented what you need. It saves you a ton of time…