July 2009Monthly Archives

JQuery is a fantastic javascript framework that really amazes me a lot. This tutorial will show you how to create an attractive menu just a small touch by using JQuery animate effect.

Studies show that top navigations tend to get the most visual attention when a user first visits a site. Having organized and intuitive navigation is key — and

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Many of us have been using a good deal of jQuery plugins lately. Below I have provided a list of the 50 favorite plugins many developers use. Some of these you may have already seen, others might be new to you. This is just the first series , the second version will be coming soon, stay tuned and Enjoy!

WordPress is best known as blogging software, but it has amazing potential as a full-fledged content management system (CMS). For affiliate marketers, it means increased productivity and less site maintenance over time

Forget about gorgeous women in evening gown. No more blonde, leggy women with fake smile. We’re all about trannies, overweight, nude and everything unconventional here as these tiara-loving ladies take over the stage and give the old beauty queen image an entirely new twist.

Some have embraced it, some have discarded it as too far in the future, and some have abandoned a misused friend in favor of an

Looks like snoozing does in fact lead to losing, at least when it comes to buying an iPhone from 3. We're getting reports from readers that despite th…

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These extraordinary images reveal what happens when electrical surges pass through a metal board with a plant on top.

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If you've been reading some of the previous WordPress-related articles here on Smashing Magazine, you'll know that WordPress is much more than a blogging platform.

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Creating an attractive and unique blog design can often be a challenge because so many of them tend to look the same. To help spark you imagination, here is a look at 40 well-designed blogs, in a wide variety of different styles.

As designers, when we create a web site, normally we’d also include a 404 page.

Depending on the site design, overall focus, and demographics, you’ll want to create a suitable page that will cut straight to the chase and also convey a bit of creativity at the same time.

In this post you will find a showcase containing 50 of the most creative 404 pages that we found on the net.

Adobe AIR is one of the most under-appreciated application platforms, but the number of applications available for AIR make it incredibly useful.

There are apps for everything from business to shopping to image management to video editing.

And plenty of applications are useful to designers and developers, including HTML text editors, Flickr search apps, color palette management tools and even ones to help with the business side of the industry.

WordPress is one of the most popular publishing platforms currently out on the market. It’s free, highly-customizable, and very easy to install and use. Because of its popularity, you’ll find a wide array of resources that discuss WordPress development, administration, as well as plenty of user guides to help you get started quickly.

Adobe AIR is one of the most under-appreciated application platforms, but the number of applications available for AIR make it incredibly useful.

There are apps for everything from business to shopping to image management to video editing.

And plenty of applications are useful to designers and developers, including HTML text editors, Flickr search apps, color palette management tools and even ones to help with the business side of the industry.

WordPress is one of the most popular publishing platforms currently out on the market. It’s free, highly-customizable, and very easy to install and use. Because of its popularity, you’ll find a wide array of resources that discuss WordPress development, administration, as well as plenty of user guides to help you get started quickly.

Australia has one of the most competitive markets for the iPhone, which means you've got a range of…

Just last week we released an extensive printable HTML 5 Cheat Sheet that lists all currently supported HTML 5 tags, their descriptions, their attributes and

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OMG U FAIL SO HARD – FAIL Blog strikes back at Guinness World Records' legal notice

By launching on Friday July 17, 3 is the last carrier to get on the iPhone 3GS bandwagon in Australia, but…

Looks like my tutorial on how to customize WordPress widgets with CSS was quite popular. One of my readers asked me if there’s a way to add round corners to WordPress widgets. The answer is: of course!

Rounded corners is one of the most popular and frequently requested CSS techniques even the father of internet Google also launch the rounded corners style markup with her Google Adsense and let users to custom their ads recently. Actually, there are a lot of methods and techniques to create rounded corners with Cascading Stylesheets. Some are quite simple just need pure CSS, and a part of them need 2 to 4 background corner images and Javascript. So i select some quality and usable rounded corners with CSS techniques for you to have the best choices.

Spiffy Corners is a simple way to generate the CSS and HTML you need to create anti-aliased corners without using images or javascript.

A free JavaScript library for creating gorgeous rounded corners for HTML block elements i.e. DIVs. Supports anti-aliasing, borders and background images.

Welcome to RoundedCornr. Generate HTML/CSS code and images for rounded corners.

So whether you are a seasoned programmer or just starting to learn how to code, these cheat sheets are going to be a big help to you.

MySQL is currently the most popular open source database server in existence. On top of that, it is very commonly used in conjunction with PHP scripts to create powerful and dynamic server-side applications

A good way is to create a PHP file that executes SQL queries to create database tables and relationships. In this previous post we have seen how to define the relationships-entities model (tables, attributes, and relationships) for our database to be used in a simplified del.icio.us-like web application:

Optimization is a complex task because ultimately it requires understanding of the entire system to be optimized. Although it may be possible to perform some local optimizations with little knowledge of your system or application, the more optimal you want your system to become, the more you must know about it.

Even the most well-designed database, functioning on its own or as part of an application, needs to be maintained. This hour is part of a 3-hour set of administrative lessons that will give you pointers for optimizing and tuning your database so that you get the most bang for your buck. Think of your database like a garden — basic water and sunlight will allow it to grow just fine, but a little extra plant food will help it flourish.

You know the scene. The database is just too slow. Queries are queuing up, backlogs growing, users being refused connection. Management is ready to spend millions on "upgrading" to some other system, when the problem is really that MySQL is simply not being used properly. Badly defined or non-existent indexes are one of the primary reasons for poor performance, and fixing these can often lead to phenomenal improvements.

DBdesigner is a tool to design models and database graphically with a nice feature that can draw the database schema from an existing database (reverse engineering.
There is no deb and the install may be a bit tricky due to depndencies to old libs and missing links.

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The images were taken with a slow-motion camera to show every stage of the soap bubble's disappearance.

What can't iPhone applications do? There are apps for almost every interest and every need. But while apps for politics or saving money are great, you can

As long as there has been email and Usenet, funny things have spread virally across the Internet. But with the rise of YouTubeYouTube and other social video

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Join and Split Files (Including Video) in Linux [Howto]
Update: There is also a Java version and a Windows one, see the update at the bottom of the post for a link.

How to use CSS3 today with safety to create visible effects in all browsers? Simple! Hiding it in jQuery! In this way your problem is just to know if the browser supports jQuery. Today we show yuo a useful list to learn to use CSS3 via jQuery but let’s start with some info and examples about the CSS3 code to understand how to use it after with jQuery.

If you tired of writing the same CSS-code over and over again with each next project then it is time to start collecting a set of nice CSS classes and ID’s for your own. Or wait! It is already collected in numerous CSS frameworks. Using them, you can get a perfect default stylesheet, save your time and ensure the quality of your code. Meet them now and choose a right one for yourself.

Self-diagnosis via Google might be a major annoyance source for doctors, but it turns out that your GP isn't that keen on using a PC even when it's si…

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for one of the projects I’m currently working on with Rareview, we wanted to add a rising hover effect to a set of icon links. Using jQuery’s animate effect, I experimented with icons that have reflections and others with shadows. Here is a demo with two examples:

Float is a CSS positioning property. To understand its purpose and origin, we can look to print design. In a print layout, images may be set into the page such that text wraps around them as needed. This is commonly and appropriately called “text wrap”. Here is an example of that.

MMS support was one of the most anticipated features of iPhone 3.0, but…

Considering the iPhone had email, MMS wasn't really at the top of my 'must-have feature' list for the 3.0 software update, but when it was announced a…

Last night, GoogleGoogle jumped directly into Microsoft's home turn by announcing Google Chrome OS, its new operating system for PCs. And while we're still

HOMEBIRTHING is a dangerous option no mother should consider, the Australian Medical Association says.

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