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JSON Data Visualizer (for Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and Twitter) using jQuery, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC 2.0

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This article describes a JSON data visualizer for popular Web Services like Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and Twitter using jQuery, JavaScript, and ASP.NET MVC 2.0.
/*----------------------------------------------------------
The base color for this template is #5c87b2. If you'd like
to use a different color start by replacing all instances of
#5c87b2 with your new color.
----------------------------------------------------------*/
body
{
    background-color: #F9FAFB;
    font-size: .75em;
    font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    color: #000000;
}

a:link
{
    color: #034af3;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited
{
    color: #505abc;
}
a:hover
{
    color: #1d60ff;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:active
{
    color: #12eb87;
}

p, ul
{
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    line-height: 1.6em;
}

/* HEADINGS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
{
    font-size: 1.5em;
    color: #000;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

h1
{
    font-size: 2em;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
h2
{
    padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}
h3
{
    font-size: 1.2em;
}
h4
{
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
h5, h6
{
    font-size: 1em;
}

/* this rule styles <h2> tags that are the 
first child of the left and right table columns */
.rightColumn > h1, .rightColumn > h2, .leftColumn > h1, .leftColumn > h2
{
    margin-top: 0;
}

/* PRIMARY LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/

/* you can specify a greater or lesser percentage for the 
page width. Or, you can specify an exact pixel width. */
.page
{
    width: 90%;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

#header
{
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    color: #000;
    padding: 0;
}

#header h1
{
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 5px 0;
    margin: 0;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    line-height: 2em;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 32px !important;
}

#main
{
    padding: 30px 30px 15px 30px;
    background-color: #F9FAFB;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    _height: 1px; /* only IE6 applies CSS properties starting with an underscore */
}

#footer
{
    color: #999;
    padding: 10px 0;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: normal;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: .9em;
}

/* TAB MENU   
----------------------------------------------------------*/
ul#menu
{
    border-bottom: 1px #5C87B2 solid;
    padding: 0 0 2px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0;
    text-align: right;
}

ul#menu li
{
    display: inline;
    list-style: none;
}

ul#menu li#greeting
{
    padding: 10px 20px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 2.8em;
    color: #fff;
}

ul#menu li a
{
    padding: 10px 20px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 2.8em;
    background-color: #ABABAB;
    color: #000000;
}

ul#menu li a:hover
{
    background-color:  #494949;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

ul#menu li a:active
{
   
   color: #FFFFFF;
}

ul#menu li.selected a
{
   
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* FORM LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/

fieldset 
{
    margin: 1em 0;
    padding: 1em;
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

fieldset p 
{
    margin: 2px 12px 10px 10px;
}

legend 
{
    font-size: 1.1em;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 2px 4px 8px 4px;
}

input[type="text"] 
{
    width: 573px;
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

input[type="password"] 
{
    width: 200px;
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

/* TABLE
----------------------------------------------------------*/

table 
{
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
  border-collapse: collapse;
}

table td 
{
  padding: 5px;   
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
}

table th
{
  padding: 6px 5px;
  text-align: left;
  background-color: #e8eef4; 
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;   
}

/* MISC  
----------------------------------------------------------*/
.clear
{
    clear: both;
}

.error
{
    color:Red;
}

#menucontainer
{
    margin-top:40px;
}

div#title
{
    display:block;
    float:left;
    text-align:left;
}

#logindisplay
{
    font-size:1.1em;
    display:block;
    text-align:right;
    margin:10px;
    color:White;
}

#logindisplay a:link
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#logindisplay a:visited
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#logindisplay a:hover
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Styles for validation helpers
-----------------------------------------------------------*/
.field-validation-error
{
    color: #ff0000;
}

.field-validation-valid
{
    display: none;
}

.input-validation-error
{
    border: 1px solid #ff0000;
    background-color: #ffeeee;
}

.validation-summary-errors
{
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #ff0000;
}

.validation-summary-valid
{
    display: none;
}

/* Styles for editor and display helpers
----------------------------------------------------------*/
.display-label,
.editor-label,
.display-field,
.editor-field
{
    margin: 0.5em 0;
}

.text-box
{
    width: 30em;
}

.text-box.multi-line
{
    height: 6.5em;
}

.tri-state
{
    width: 6em;
}

/*button styles
--------------------------------------------*/

.cssbutton2
{
    padding: 5px 5px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: #ABABAB;
    color: #000000;
}
 
.cssbutton2:visited{
color: black;
}
 

 

.cssbutton2:hover
{
    background-color: #494949;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
 
.cssbutton2:active{
color: black;
}

/*for silverlight
--------------------------------------------*/
#democontent
{
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    top: inherit;
    left: inherit;
}

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Vijay Kumar: Architect, Programmer with expertise and interest in Azure, .net, Silverlight, C#, WCF, MVC, databases and mobile development. Concentrating on Windows Phone 7 and Windows Azure development. Lived in California for many years and done many exciting projects in dotnet and Windows platforms. Moved to Raleigh (RTP), North Carolina recently and available for consulting.  Blog http://Silverazure.blogspot.com.

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