Content management systems can bring a world of difference to the Internet. Reading content, which the web is filled with, can be nearly impossible without a CMS. CMS or content management systems power many of the websites that you use on a daily basis. Whether you are checking the news or reading your favorite blog, chances are that some website that you use each and every day is using a content management system.
15 Outstanding Sites to Find Awesome Fonts
If you are a web designer chances are you are in love with fonts, one could even call the love you have for them an addiction. While it is true that many of you may need a font intervention we can guarantee you won’t get that here. See, we are what therapists might call an “enabler”. With that said, we present to you the best sites on the Web to check out and download fonts…enjoy!
Introduction to Making Your Web Site Accessible by Everyone
When designing a Web site there are many things to take into consideration. These things include decisions on design, back end coding, and many other things. Unfortunately more often then not web accessibility is not taken into consideration.
Computer Programming Skills That Will Put You in Demand
A few days ago, the guys over at LangPop.com did a survey on the most popular programming languages based on the number of pages on which each was mentioned. Of course, as they admit it too, it is a fairly crude method; nonetheless, it is interesting to see which language has the highest footprint — so to speak — on the Internet.
14 Outstanding Sites to Help You Find a Great Domain Name
Good domain names are getting harder to come by thanks to speculators and squatters who think they are going to strike it rich. While this is frustrating don’t let it discourage you. With a bit of creativity and some luck you should be able to find a nice domain name using using the sites I list in this article.
12 Awesome Web Design/Development Tools You Shouldn’t Live Without
It is a great time to be a designer/developer of websites. While it is 2010 and we still don’t have flying cars at least we have many great (and free) tools to hold us over until we are traveling in style like the Jetsons. Some of my favorites are the web based tools you see popping up all the time. I don’t find all of them useful, there are many that make my life easier. Today I am going to run down the list of web based design and development tools I find myself using on a regular basis.
Introduction to Linux: Basic Terms and Helpful Hints
Linux is a wide ranging installation that can be difficult for some individuals to understand. When you take a look at all of the different tips, tricks and how to’s that must be learned in Linux, it can be daunting. That is why it is much easier to break apart Linux into smalle
Freelance Your Way to the Top with these Tools
It’s no secret that small businesses make up a major part of any developed country’s economy — including that of the US despite the fact that it has some of the biggest big-business giants in the world. And the good news for all these great guys is that with the advancement of IT (Information Technology), it’s getting ever more easy to manage their businesses.
The Most Popular Design Blogs by Twitter Followers and Facebook Fans
Today we release a new infographic, this time based on our own research. There are a ton of roundups & lists with popular design & development blogs. So we made a different classification of these blogs – by social media popularity. We ranked them by the total number of Twiter followers & Facebook fans
10 Free Alternatives to Photoshop
Everyone has heard of Adobe Photoshop. It is one of the most popular and expensive image editing programs you can buy. For those of you who do not have the hundreds of dollars to plop down on software I have compiled a list of nice photo editing applications you can use instead.
Give Your Photos a Dimensional Makeover in Photoshop
Editing the dimensions of an image is quite simple and easy in Photoshop. The program has many tools and features that can easily change and adjust images sizes, resolutions and crop and many more.
Photoshop has the Free Transform Tool which you will be able to edit and change certain objects in the Photoshop document or any image.
Don’t Be a Victim. Protect your PC from Viruses and Malware
Computer infections are becoming a more common problem every single day. Users have to deal with the problems of having a Trojan horse, malware infection, spyware infection or a virus infecting their personal or business computer. However, computer infections do not have to be a daily part of your life. There are many excellent computer security programs that can help even the novice user to ensure that their computer is protected from the widest range of threats possible.
Create a Killer Document Template in OpenOffice
As you probably already know from my article on Windows vs Linux, I’m a Linux guy. I simply love the kind of things I can do on my Linux box using all free and open applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, GnuCash, Rhythmbox, and most importantly, OpenOffice.org .
The Ultimate Collection of 100 Free CSS/HTML Templates
We have covered several tutorials for designing and coding your own website. I didn’t want to leave those out who have no desire to do such things so I thought I would provide a roundup of the nicest CSS/HTML templates I could find. These awesome website themes do not require any designing or coding, simply enter your own website content and just like that you have a great website. If nothing else, use one to put your bosses kid to shame (he deserves it for that site he built with the 10 minute Flash intro and under construction graphics). So on to the amazing and free templates.
10 Great PSD to HTML Tutorials to Make Your Awesome Design a Reality
We have made a post or two about great how to create nice looking sites in Photoshop but these don’t do you much good unless you actually convert them to HTML/CSS. There are plenty of services out there that you can pay hundreds of dollars to do this for you or you can do it yourself. Here are 10 of the best tutorials that I have found to teach you to take your design from Photoshop to the web browser.