FancyBox is a plugin for jQuery that allows you to easily display images in the same window with a simple yet effective code. The plugin takes no time to set up and all that is required is that you include the jQuery javascript library within the pages that you are using the FancyBox plugin on.

Features:

• Display single images
• Create image galleries
• Display iFrame
• Execute Ajax
• Include Flash, movies or audio files

Using FancyBox

First of all we need to link to the jQuery and FancyBox file after we have downloaded.

<script type="text/javascript" src="path-to-file/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="path-to-file/jquery.fancybox.js"></script>

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There are a number of frameworks available for PHP such as CodeIgnitor, Zend, Symfony, Kohana and many more. In this article you will find tutorials that I have found on the web that will help PHP programmers that are new to the MVC pattern or CakePHP.

CakePHP is an amazing framework if you know how to use it, but the documentation for CakePHP is quite badly written and can cause confusion for new users. Here are a few links to try and make life easier for new and experienced CakePHP users.

1. Validation with CakePHP
2. Theming with CakePHP
3. Getting started quickly with Scriptaculous effects
4. Drag 'n drop tutorial with the CakePHP 1.2 Ajax helper, Prototype framework and Scriptaculous library
5. Secure CakePHP via Sessions & Magic (Login / Logout)
6. CakePHP ACL Tutorial
7. CakePHP Bake - Baking Models, Controllers and Views the CakePHP 1.2 Way
8. Cascading Dynamic Meta Tags and Page Titles in CakePHP 1.2
9. jQuery image upload & crop
10. Uploader - Plugin

Over the next few weeks I am going to be completely redesigning the whole of TheTutorialBlog so that it is a lot more user friendly. From that point on I will be creating high quality video tutorials very often so that they are easy to follow and viewers learn more.

I may also be interested in having other people write tutorials and create screencasts; so please get in touch if you think you are capable of doing this.

What kind of new tutorials would you like to see on this website?

Post a comment or email me (wez [at] thetutorialblog.com) and let me know and I will start writing tutorials on things that you would like to see posted on here.

There are many ways of getting traffic to your website such as with search engines, social network websites and telling friends. The best way that I have found besides search engines of getting traffic to your website is by submitting your tutorials to tutorial submission websites.

There are tutorial websites that allow for submission of specific tutorials such as only PHP or Photoshop tutorials and there are websites that allow you to submit a lot of different types of tutorials to that website.

CodeBounce is one of the tutorial submission websites that allow you to submit a range of different tutorials. Its system is somewhat similar to that of Digg's. CodeBounce is a great website and is easy to get to grips with. They allow for the submission of ASP.NET, PHP, CSS, Photoshop, WordPress, Graphic Design, Web Design and Java.
Developer Links and Tutorials.
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