Tis true, I have finished my first jQuery plugin, and released it in the wild. This is good news, not only for the people planning to use it, but, for those of you interested in learning jQuery. Why? You may ask. Well, I'm going to be creating a tutorial on my site Noobcube that will cover the creation process, from beginning to end, of my new jQuery plugin, Meerkat. I will walk you through the entire process of creating it! If you've been following my tutorials on Noobcube.com, you know I don't leave out the details!

That's right, I'm not only releasing my new plugin to the wild, but I'm also going to teach you exactly HOW I CREATED IT. Be sure to check it out on Noobcube. I will begin writing the tutorial this week so keep an eye out!

11 Comments

1. 
   Mael
   December 16, 2009
   1

   I was searching for something like this, but on left and right position !!!
   Can we make multiple instances of Meerkat panel in a page ?

2. 
   Jarod Taylor
   December 16, 2009
   2

   Mael, I actually recreated this plugin and wrote a tutorial on how it was created. You’ll find that you can use it in multiple instances as well as use left, right, top, and bottom positioning. Please check out the tutorial here..

   Thanks,

   Jarod

3. 
   Mael
   December 16, 2009
   3

   Well I think I will do the tutorial during Xmas vacations
   Thank you again !

4. 
   Ricardo
   December 26, 2009
   4

   Hi

   I was trying to integrate adsense with your script and everything works except that after 2 seconds after the ad is displayed the page where it is displayed turns to/goes blank, im using wordpress and i tried to replace the adsense code with just text and then it works without problems

   Im guessing the problem is the adsense code that triggers something

   Can you give me a suggestion on how to solve the problem?

   Thank you

5. 
   Ricardo
   December 30, 2009
   5

   Hi

   I was trying to integrate adsense with your script and everything works except that after 2 seconds after the ad is displayed the page where it is displayed turns to/goes blank, im using wordpress and i tried to replace the adsense code with just text and then it works without problems

   Im guessing the problem is the adsense code that triggers something

   Can you give me a suggestion on how to solve the problem?

   Thank you

6. 
   J
   January 6, 2010
   6

   As a Web Developer and Internet Marketer this is great use for an email optin feature!

7. 
   Jarod Taylor
   January 6, 2010
   7

   J,

   I appreciate the kind words. I didn’t even think about using it in that way! When I update the plugin (coming soon) I might use that in a demo!

   Thanks,

   Jarod

8. 
   Ori Peleg
   January 14, 2010
   8

   Awesome plugin!

   Can I suggest 2 things?
   1. Host the source on github or somewhere, so people can contribute back easily
   2. Instead of a global meerkat() function that assumes an element with the ‘meerkat’ id, add a ‘meerkat’ method so I can do this instead:

   $(‘.my_message’).meerkat({…});

   I’ll be glad to send you a patch for this

9. 
   Jarod Taylor
   January 14, 2010
   9

   Ori, if you take a look at my tutorial I created on my site Noobcube.com, it’s a much more updated version of the plugin, as well as a tutorial on how I created it. That version of Meerkat is much more versatile and uses ‘meerkat’ as a method as you suggested.

   I’ll be updating this with the new plugin, which will also include newer features in the coming weeks.

   Thanks for the message!

10. 
    Chad
    March 9, 2010
    10

    This site(s) just got added to my very short list of favorites. Incredibly informative, for the self taught web designer such as myself. You break it all down so an idiot like me can understand! Kudos to you!

11. 
    Jarod Taylor
    March 9, 2010
    11

    Chad, I’m glad you have found my site informative! Thank you for the kind words. I promise, as soon as I find more time, I’ll be updating the site with new tutorials and resources. Thanks again.