When a Web site or a Web application launches new features, to let users know how your site (or app) is doing, you will often add a step-by-point effect to your site (app). However, this effect, for the students do not understand the native JS, is a very headache.
Here's a look at some of the jquery plugins that can help you achieve your steps, and you can customize them to your needs, all with a sleek appearance and easy to use.
1. Intro.js
Intro.js uses a guided approach to introduce the new features of your site and your project in one step. Support keyboard + mouse navigation mode.
2. Asimpletour
Asimpletour uses JSON data for storage configuration and content. A floating window helps manage the navigation, ToolTips (can be positioned) of the key elements.
3. Pageguide.js
Pageguide.js is an interactive Visual Web Page Wizard component that uses jquery and CSS3 to create friendly help tips through pageguide.js.
4. Joyride
Joyride is a jquery plugin that can be used to create a wizard that guides users through how to manipulate the functionality of the site. By defining an action step sequence, the plug-in will display a help note tooltips next to the HTML element that needs to be manipulated.
5. Website Tour
A simple but useful plugin. All details and contents are defined in JS. It also provides options to define the location and color of the tooltips.
6. Bootstro.js
This is the bootstrap version of Intro.js.
7. Bootstrap Tour
This jquery site Navigator loads content in bootstrap popovers. Navigation steps and content are defined in JavaScript, and it has many options to define its behavior.
8. JQuery Site Tour
This plugin has many options for determining the delay between appearance and steps, setting the items to be initially displayed, and so on.
9. JQuery Tourbus
This plugin is developed with Coffeescript+less + CSS and is very easy to customize, showing additional steps or autoplay manually. You can use the function to get the current step, or to show a specific step.
Ten. Trip.js
All guided steps and content are defined in JS, which has a complete API, supports callbacks, keyboard, and allows for custom skins.
crumble.
Crumble uses a bubbling interface, and all the steps are defined in an ordered list.
Original source: http://www.iteye.com/news/27626
11 Awesome JQuery Step-up Guide Plugin