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What is jQuery UI?

jQuery is a JavaScript library, mostly used for expediting script writing. jQuery UI is a user interface built with jQuery. In the words of jQueryUI.com:

jQuery UI is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library. Whether you're building highly interactive web applications or you just need to add a date picker to a form control, jQuery UI is the perfect choice.

Now you might think "hey, that sounds nice!", and "how do I use it on my website?". You can find instructions on how to use jQuery UI on their website, here.

But, lucky for those of us using mojoPortal, jQuery is already built in — and so is jQuery UI. This post will explain how to use it with mojoPortal.

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One of the things that most of our users like the most about mojoPortal is the easy access they have to module settings and edit screens. Sometimes, people ask if they can hide these links (or icons if the skin uses those) while remaining logged into the site.

Well, here's an extremely easy way to hide the links without sacrificing the usability of mojoPortal. This solution is completely skin based so it doesn't require any additions to the mojoPortal core.

First, we add the following to our skin script (see "Optimize Your mojoPortal Skin Scripts" for more info):

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Almost every single skin we develop uses a couple javascripts but even the addition of one script can slow the speed of a website. We use a fairly simple process to combine as many of our scripts into one file and then using a neat mojoPortal control, we add that script the combined site script. The combined site script contains most of the scripts mojoPortal uses for things like site cookies, asp.net css friendly adapters, etc… This process will result in fewer files being delivered to the browser, thus improving performance (somewhat).

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I was browsing through the SVN update log for mojoPortal this afternoon and I am very excited about some of the things Joe Audette is working on for the upcoming release.

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With the release of mojoPortal 2.3.0.4 came the addition of Content Templates for FCKeditor and the examples included with mojoPortal for using the Content Templates were widgets like jQuery Accordian and Tabs. I like the Accordian and Tab widgets quite a bit because they allow me to easily include a very professional looking UI elements with very little work. Examples of the jQuery Accordian and Tabs are below: The first idea I had for using the widgets was to include a couple different contact forms on one page, each with its own tab. So I set out creating the 3 different Contact read more