Lightbox, and the newer Lightbox 2, is a JavaScript application used to display large images using modal dialogs. On a Lightbox-enabled page, a user can click an image to have it magnified in a Lightbox window, which resizes itself according to the size of the image using a gliding animation. Lightbox determines which images will be shown in the modal window through the XHTML "rel" attribute, which is used on an <a> element wrapped around the <img alt="" /> element. Lightbox also provides a way to attach captions to images and to run a slide show, which can be navigated using the arrow keys.

The script has gained widespread popularity due to its simple yet elegant style and easy implementation. While it was initially developed from scratch, Lightbox has since been modified to use a number of JavaScript libraries (such as the Prototype Javascript Framework and jQuery for its animations and positioning), in order to reduce the size of the code. The release of Lightbox encouraged other developers to work on similar projects, resulting in products such as 15+ promising jQuery Lightbox-Clones plugins.

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What is Lockerz?

Lockerz is an invitation-only worldwide community where members can find entertainment, shopping, and a full social network all on one website. Members are rewarded for almost everything they do on the site! Whether it's buying a cool new brand, watching a video, playing a game, answering a daily question or even just logging in. There are currently over 15 ways to earn PTZ (Points), which is the currency on Lockerz. As you accumulate PTZ you will be able to redeem them at the PTZ Place, their online shopping mall. The PTZ place has thousands of prizes ranging from electronics, designer clothing, sports equipment, and so much more! There are currently over 5 million Lockerz members, and you could be one of them! In order to join Lockerz, you need to get invited. Need an Invite to Lockerz?

The first thing I want to say is that Lockerz is my favorite site I have ever used! Right when you start you get to play this game where you collect these falling boxes worth a different number of points. The game lasts 5 seconds but after those 5 seconds I earned 35 points! That is just an amazing giveaway! So whatever you score on the game is the number of points you start out with when you begin Lockerz. I’m sure they you all heard of Lockerz. This is going to be the next biggest thing, so be prepared! Lockerz, in case you haven’t heard is an upcoming site that offers points for Wiis and Macbooks.
The purpose of Lockerz is to allow users to connect, watch videos, play games, and listen to music, all while earning points towards many different prizes, such as IPOD's, designers bags, electronics, concerts, and many more. There is even an option to donate money to charity. Really, there is something for everyone! Right now, Lockerz is in its beta stage, which has advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantage is the lack of multiple games, music choices, etc. On the other hand, prizes are being offered for very small amounts of PTZ, making it extremely easy to earn and win!

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Do you ever know the way to open a external link in a new windows or tabs is one of "The Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 1999"?

Opening up new browser windows is like a vacuum cleaner sales person who starts a visit by emptying an ash tray on the customer's carpet. Don't pollute my screen with any more windows, thanks (particularly since current operating systems have miserable window management).
Designers open new browser windows on the theory that it keeps users on their site. But even disregarding the user-hostile message implied in taking over the user's machine, the strategy is self-defeating since it disables the Back button which is the normal way users return to previous sites.

I discovered right away is that the <a> tag does not allow the target attribute in XHTML Strict (nor does it in HTML Strict).

However, the behavior of <a target="_blank"'> can be replicated in XHTML Strict with semantic markup and scripting.

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I don't use a lot of JavaScript, but as you probably know, I'm a fan of offloading things to other people when it can save me the hassle of doing it myself.
A CDN — short for Content Delivery Network — distributes your static content across servers in various, diverse physical locations. When a user’s browser resolves the URL for these files, their download will automatically target the closest available server in the network.

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Dropdown menus and menu bars have been heavily used since the early days of graphical user interfaces. Their use has become ubiquitous, and even expected, in desktop applications, and the web has quickly followed suit. There are lots of dropdown menus already out there. Here you’ll find 25 sexy jQuery and CSS based drop-down or just multi level menu tutorials with down loadable files and explanations as well.

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jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.
jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig.
jQuery is free, open source software Dual-licensed under the MIT License and the GNU General Public License.
jQury is available in two formats:

• Compressed (which allows you to have a significantly smaller file size) a.k.a Minified version.
• Uncompressed (good for debugging and to understand what is behind the magic).

The minified versions, while having a larger file size than the packed versions (note: packed version is not available in current release), are generally the best versions to use on production deployments. The packed versions require non-trivial client-side processing time to uncompress (unpack) the code whereas the minified versions do not. The packed versions of jQuery will take less time to download than the minified or uncompressed versions; however, each time the library is loaded (initially or from the browser cache) it will need to be uncompressed which will cause a non-trivial delay in the execution of any jQuery code each time it is loaded.

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