16.3. Solution

16.3.1. User Interface

The jQuery UI is a very powerful and consistent user interface library. It also has an excellent online theme designer called ThemeRoller that lets you design your own theme online and then download it and use it within your website. You can see jQuery's ThemeRoller in Figure 16-1.

Figure 16-1. Figure 16-1

The library not only comes with styles and icons (Figure 16-2), but also contains several useful UI controls.

Figure 16-2. Figure 16-2

Some of the notable UI controls included are the Accordion (Figure 16-3), the Date Picker (Figure 16-4), and the Tabs (Figure 16-5).

Figure 16-3. Figure 16-3
Figure 16-4. Figure 16-4
Figure 16-5. Figure 16-5

Another really useful feature of the theme designer is the ThemeRoller Firefox Bookmarklet (Figure 16-6). This will launch a mini-version of the ThemeRoller right on your website and let you try different themes and modify the colors on the fly to see how your website will look.

Figure 16-6. Figure ...

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