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Just launched homegirl Stephanie’s new portfolio site, sicbusiness.se. I’m using timthumb for auto-generated thumbnails and jQuery for all the loading magic. You’ll notice I ditched the traditional “lightbox” effect for a smoother and cleaner approach that gives each image full focus when selected. Also, I’m utilizing James Padolsey’s Pulse plugin for animating the opacity of the preloader graphic.

Stephanie’s blog: swedeniscold.com/blog

As of late, I’ve been experimenting quite a bit using jQuery’s Ajax/load feature with Wordpress templates. The results are great so far.

The first implementation was a DOSS project, Adventures In Space. AIS is an inspiration gallery curated and managed by Craig Sprecher and myself. It’s still in an infant stage at this point, but the proof of concept is there. I basically capture the default pagination links and load them using the $(element).load function. This in combination with grabbing the URL for proper linking really showcases how Wordpress can be used to create a quick and dynamic site. Also, since you’re just hijacking links and containers, it’s completely unobtrusive if the user has Javascript disabled.

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