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jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials-Third Edition

You're reading from   jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials-Third Edition Build a powerful and practical jQuery-based framework in order to create mobile-optimized websites

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783555055
Length 266 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Andy Matthews Andy Matthews
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Raymond Camden Raymond Camden
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Preface 1. Preparing Your First jQuery Mobile Project FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with jQuery Mobile Pages 3. Enhancing Pages with Headers, Footers, and Toolbars 4. Working with Lists 5. Getting Practical – Building a Simple Hotel Mobile Website 6. Working with Forms and jQuery Mobile 7. Creating Grids, Panels, and Other Widgets 8. Moving Further with the Notekeeper Mobile Application 9. jQuery Mobile Configuration, Utilities, and JavaScript Methods 10. Working with Events 11. Enhancing jQuery Mobile 12. Creating Native Applications 13. Becoming an Expert – Building an RSS Reader Application Index

Creating and using a custom theme


We already discussed how powerful theming is in jQuery Mobile. It makes it trivial to develop a rich mobile website with simple and elegant styles. Even more powerful is the ability to create your own library of swatches that can be used to make your application or website truly unique. Developing your own theme can be approached in one of the two ways:

  1. Download and open the existing jQuery Mobile CSS file and edit to your heart's content.

  2. Point your web browser to ThemeRoller for jQuery Mobile (http://themeroller.jquerymobile.com).

We'll be focusing solely on the second option, because let's be honest, why should you wade through all of that CSS when you can point, click, and drag your way to a new theme full of swatches in 10 minutes? Let's find out what ThemeRoller is all about.

What's ThemeRoller?

ThemeRoller for jQuery Mobile is an extension of a web-based app that was written for the jQuery UI project. It allows users to quickly assemble a theme full of...

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