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Free Harvard Video Lectures on Creating Dynamic Websites

JerryH — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:59:10 +0000

Today's websites are increasingly dynamic. Pages are no longer static HTML files but instead generated by scripts and database calls. This course teaches you how to build dynamic websites with Ajax and with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP), one of today's most popular frameworks.

Photo Retouching and Restoration Photoshop Tutorials

InfecTous — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:06:43 +0000

Photo retouching and restoration listed six tutorials each containing before-vs.-after-comparison with easy to follow step-by-step procedures in Photoshop.

3 Firefox Plugins To Test Your Website In Different Resolutions

jim.ferrell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:03:24 +0000

One of the difficulties in designing for the Internet is figuring out what your site would look like with different screen resolutions. Well now, there are few Firefox add-ons that will make the task of testing your website in different resolutions easier. Here listed 3 Firefox add-ons to choose from.

The easy way to do CSS Sprites to reduce your CSS images and HTTP requests

JerryH — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:12:06 +0000

Reducing http requests of your webpage is one of the most important way to make it load faster. If you have a lot of CSS images, this site is able to do CSS sprites automatically for you to combine all your CSS images into one file.

Top 10 Mistakes by New Software Developers, fresh out of College

InfecTous — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:31:03 +0000

The greatest hurdle faced by a newbie while running though the development work is that 'they don't know what they don't know'.

4 Database Security Tips for Dealing with SQL Injections

InfecTous — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:42:07 +0000

SQL injection placed No. 3 on Verizon's list of the 15 most common attacks in its data breach report. Preventing SQL injections can be the difference between data security and a screaming headline. Here are a few short tips on how to help protect your databases and applications.

7 Tips For Finding the Best Web Site Builder

yrre7 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:34:23 +0000

If you are thinking of launching your own web site, one of the most important factors is to choose software that can help you to create a professional looking site that is also easy to use and maintain. Here are some tips:

Tips to Optimize and Speed Up Your Wordpress Blog

Calvin.Smith — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:58 +0000

If your blog is on shared host but starting to get some serious traffic, then you are probably having problems with slow database queries, and in the future you might even be suspended because of exceeded CPU quota. Here are some tips to speak things up:

14 Tips to Write Better CSS Code

JerryH — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:04 +0000

CSS is a language that is not difficult to master, but if you use it for a large project, it can be very difficult to manage if you do not follow a defined approach while writing CSS code. Here are few tips that will help you write better and easy to manage CSS code.

Tips for a Good-Looking Wiki

AJ — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:13 +0000

Whether you’re looking into wikis as a first grade teacher or a Fortune 500 CEO, chances are you want an attractive site to make collaboration easier. We give you the tools to create an engaging environment...

Simple CSS Tips that Go a Long Way

pillars5 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:06 +0000

There are plenty of neat little CSS tips that can help with all aspects of design and development. Here are a few great tips that will help you improve your CSS work and help you get the most out of your code.

Tip: using lshw to fecth hardware information

Kongee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:40:07 +0000

How many times have you searched in several places for information about your hardware ? This happens often when we are asking for a solution to some problem in a forum. The first thing you’re asked to do is tell what your hardware specs are. Instead of going through all the proc filesystem gathering the information, I find the ls* family of tools very useful.

11 Ways to Increase Your jQuery Performance

Michael — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:42:49 +0000

Here are 11 easy steps that are going to instantly improve your jQuery application’s performance.

20 Very Useful CSS Stylesheet Tips & Tricks

yrre7 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:08:01 +0000

Here are few CSS Tips and Tricks that I think every web developer should be aware of. You may already know many of these tricks.