Archive for September, 2008

Prevent Bandwidth Theft

Prevent Bandwidth Theft You may not even know it but people may be linking to images on your server using up your monthly bandwidth allowance every time someone views the image on their website. There is a very simple way to prevent it by adding a few lines of code to your .htaccess file. Thesitewizard.com will show you how.

 

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Web Browser Charts

Browser compatability chart

Does Explorer 7 support CSS 2.0? What about Firefox 2, Opera 8? What about your visitors that still use Netscape, can they access your RSS feed or view PNGs? All these questions and more are answered in a few handy charts.

 

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Mobile Browsers

The First Web Page Ever

The first web page ever

Ever wondered what the very first web page was? It was created by Tim Berners-Lee who, together with Robert Cailliau, created the World Wide Web and also wrote the first ever web-browser. Embedded Images were not supported In the beginning. The original page is now long gone but you can still see a copy of it at the link below.

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Best Web Gallery

web design gallery

Looking for inspiration? This site offers you a gallery of interesting web design.

"Quality Design = Visual + Technical + Creativity"

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css web gallery

Another great web gallery is CSS Remix which also rates the websites.

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Timeline Script

timeline script free

The Timeline script creates a DHTML timeline from data stored in an XML file. Just click and drag left or right to move through the timeline. This script requires no software installation on your server.

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Host reviews

Hosting sites reviewed

This site claims to be an impartial reviewer of web hosts.

from the site:

We are a group of professional webmasters who have had enough of all the lousy and half-hearted web hosting providers out there. So, we created a site that would credit the reliable web hosts and warn visitors of the lesser ones, sort the good from the bad.

 

While one should always be sceptical of claims of impartiality, this site has a very wide range of reviews and it’s useful to compare available service plans when finding one that meets your needs.

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Photoshop for web designers

photoshop tutorials for web designers

There is no lack of Photoshop tutorials on the web but designriver.com has compiled a nice list of 20 tutorials geared towards web designers.

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New to Photoshop?

Photoshop 101

Here’s a site that promises to help you master Photoshop in just one week. Even if you don’t go through all the tutorials the first few will help you get comfortable with the software quickly.

 

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Adobe TV Photoshop Tutorials

For both beginner and advanced users there are some great video tutorials at Adobe TV

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Common Fonts

web safe font mac and pc

Here’s a useful reference page of common or "web safe" fonts.  There are even screen shots of what those fonts look like in various browsers with different configurations on both PC and Mac.

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