The FAQ Accordion project started as a demonstration identifying some of the advantages of using jQuery over JavaScript DOM manipulation. Both the plain JavaScript and the jQuery plug-in versions of FAQ Accordion operate in the same manner. No extra markup or stylesheets are required for either to work. The plain JavaScript version can be used on simple sites that do not utilize the jQuery library

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faq.zip

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the FAQ Accordion?

The FAQ Accordion in an unobtrusive javascript that transforms a semantic HTML definition list <dl> into an animated FAQ interface.

Where can I find a demo of the FAQ Accordion?

You are looking at one right now.

Do I have to load a third-party javascript library to make FAQ Accordion work?

No, the FAQ Accordion has been designed as a stand-alone javascript function. It has also been ported as a jQuery Plug-In. An optional CSS stylesheet (similar to the one used on this site) has been included in the download.

Where can I download the FAQ Accordion?

The FAQ Accordion can be downloaded from here.

What is included in the download?

faq.css
faq.html
faq.jquery.html
faq.jquery.js
faq.js
minus.gif
plus.gif

How is the FAQ Accordion licensed?

All downloads on this site are dual licensed GNU GLP and MIT.

The GNU General Public License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

The MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.