Smart Columns using CSS and jquery

August 5, 2009

First off, I love jquery. I could not tell you the first thing about programming scripts using jquery but there are a plethora of ajax scripts that utilize jquery. One recent find, Smart Columns w/ CSS & jQuery by Soh Tanaka uses jquery to keep pages from scrolling left to right in any size screen [...]

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Need a Lightbox Script? See Floatbox – The Premier Javascript Windowing System

August 3, 2009

I’ve downloaded and played with just about every lightbox script available.  My favorite lightbox script was greybox (at the time of this posting their site was down, http://orangoo.com/labs/GreyBox/). Greybox is nice, easy to use and it’s free!  Then I found Floatbox and I don’t think I will ever use another lightbox script again. Floatbox is [...]

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Where to find AJAX scripts

December 3, 2008

AJAX is more or less fancy Javascript that can be used with ASP.net, HTML or PHP. Since I’m not much of a backend programmer, I usually search for a script that I can make my own. Usually the scripts are free or require a donation. If you need to add some cool image effects, nice [...]

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Looking to Enhance Your Blog Posts? Use Famous Quotes.

December 1, 2008

I recently came across, QuotationsBook.com, and thought, “Hey, some of these quotes would look great on my blog posts.” I thought this quote was fitting for today’s economy: “Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” Jefferson, Thomas Happy Blogging!

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Paint Shop Pro Tutorials

November 30, 2008

I’ve been using Paint Shop Pro since version 3, probably close to 10 years now. Since Photoshop has never been in my budget and I’m not a graphic designer, I found Paint Shop Pro served my graphic needs. Corel bought Jasc and Paint Shop Pro a few years back. I’m not sure that was a [...]

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Mozy Online Backup an Update

November 12, 2008

I have been using Mozy for a few days now and there’s not a lot to report except it does take a very long time to upload 37gb to the Mozy servers. I’ve been running the backup client on my Mac for 3 days and it says I have 4 more days to go. I [...]

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Back Up Your Website (and other important documents) With Mozy

November 8, 2008

If you have a large website or maybe a combinations of documents, websites and photos that need a secure, reliable place to be stored in case of a hard drive malfunction, take a look at Mozy. Mozy Online Backup. 2GB Free or $4.95/mo for Unlimited Backup. It’s simple, automatic and secure! Mozy is the only [...]

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Keep up on WordPress Plugins, Themes and News

November 5, 2008

If you’re using wordpress for your blog or as a CMS for your website then you should visit Weblog Tools Collection Daily. Every day the gang at Weblog Tools blog about the latest plugins, themes and other news about Worpdress.

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Have a Site With Decent Traffic? Earn Money With Shareasale

October 22, 2008

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content at shareasale.com. If you have a website or blog that’s getting a decent amount of traffic each day then you should join shareasale.com. Join 1,000′s of other websites by promoting online merchants products or services and get paid a commission on each [...]

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Open Source Web Design – Free Templates

October 21, 2008

I can’t believe I did not mention Open Source Web Design earlier. OSWD is a directory of free web design templates. At the date of this posting there are over 2000 designs available. All designs are totally free but some do require links to stay in the footer.

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