Auto Adjusting Screen Lighting by time of day
If you’re like a lot of people who work on the web and end up developing, programming, or fiddling with graphics until after dark, then the likelihood is you’re giving your eyes a hard time, and/or the...
View ArticleSymfony Tests: Enabling Color (colour) Output for Windows
I’ve seen many confusing posts on how to enable colour output for Symfony testing on Windows. This was pretty straightforward in the end for my Windows 7 x64 machine. First, download and install...
View ArticleDitto Free Clipboard Manager
If you’re after a lightweight, highly configurable clipboard manager for Windows 7 (x64 in my case) then Ditto could be for you. xNeat seems to not be compatible with Windows 7 x64 at the time of...
View ArticleHow to Create Symlinks In Windows
Nice and easy step to help with those of us on Windows / Wamp / similar setups.Works nicely for me with Wampserver 2.0, Win 7 x64.See the post here
View ArticleFirefox DOM inspector
Here’s one that was a ‘doh’ moment for me – wish I’d found it sooner. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dom-inspector-6622/ If you’re messing around with web apps / php / apache / mysql /...
View ArticleMeasure It and FoxGuide Firefox Plugins
Handy little plugin for Firefox that allows you to drag on the browser window to check the width and height of your layout. Measure It – useful if you want to quickly check widths to tweak your css...
View ArticleNetbeans 6.9.1, Netbeans 7 beta, Scanning Projects….
If like me you use Netbeans 6.9.1 as your IDE, you probably already installed Scan on Demand to stop Netbeans choking up while scanning projects… That (unfortunately) stopped working today. So I...
View ArticleTop Tip For Customising Magento E-commerce
Trying to find the right file to add / edit your latest Magento e-commerce website? Login as Admin, go System > Configuration Top left you see ‘Current Configuration Scope’ – choose ‘Main Website’...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 9 is Here
Touted as being faster, more streamlined and simplified, is Internet Explorer 9 gonna make me spurn Firefox? Ah. Not so quick. Just went to download for Windows 7 x64. Downloaded. Ran the install....
View ArticleFirefox 4
Good grief. I dip into some code for 5 minutes one day….then a few weeks later when I see the light of day again, not only is IE9 out, but there’s a Firefox 4?
View ArticleThe Geek In All of Us
From the overwhelming initial information on what a geek is, I still am struggling to get the true picture of one. The only thing I am sure of at this point is that it is a slang or informal term. The...
View ArticleCommon Web Design Flaws That Affect Usability
Web users go to the Internet to learn, communicate or be entertained in the most efficient way possible. Most Internet surfers are familiar only with clicking buttons, arrows, mouses, search boxes or...
View Article3 Web and SEO Tips Any Business Owner Can Do Themselves – Monthly Tips From 123
So, let’s get cracking Here are 3 tips that any business owner can achieve without throwing their PC (or Mac) through the window: they run from super-easy at #1, to more advanced by #3. (See our...
View ArticleWhat Browser Do You Use? Firefox, Chrome, or Internet Explorer.
Just checked my stats and noticed that the popularity of Browsers is as follows: #1 Firefox #2 Chrome #3 Internet Explorer Chrome has about a 13% lead on IE according to these stats. Heh-heh! Anyone...
View ArticleInsights On A Minimalistic Web Design
In a web culture where everything and anything is available at the Internet, often cheap and sometimes free, minimalistic web design is seemingly taking a back seat. In my recent searches, I stumbled...
View ArticleFlash Web Design – Is It Good For SEO?
A flash web design features animation, video and interactivity in its web pages. It is a recipe for entertainment because it provides attractive visual effects to a website’s visitors. It is an ideal...
View Article123 Webdesign: One Stop Shop for Online Businesses
Are you an aspiring businessman trying to climb your way up to the top of the market mountain? If you are, then you better keep reading because what follows may change the way you see things regarding...
View ArticlePage Speed & Image Sprites
If you’re concerned about the speed that your web page loads at then this is a great tool: Sprite Me makes it super simple to sprite up images with a little Bookmark tool. Excellent for sites that...
View Article3 Tips For Business Owners – Monthly Tips #2
So, let’s get cracking Here are 3 tips that any business owner can benefit from without throwing their PC (or Mac) through the window: (See our other tips here.) #1 – Google +1 is here! If you haven’t...
View ArticleQuick & Easy Tips For Business Owners – Monthly Tips #3
So, let’s get cracking In last month’s Tips, we showed you Google +1, Dropbox and 1Password. Some amazing benefits to small business owners in that lot. I might even get the T-shirts. This month we...
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