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SilverStripe – Flush or Edit

Flushing the cache Whenever we edit a template file, we need to append ?flush=1 onto the end of the URL, e.g. http://localhost:3000/home/?flush=1. SilverStripe stores template files in a cache for quicker load times. Whenever there are changes to the template, … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Creating Themes

You should ensure your templates are well structured, modular and commented so it’s easy for other people to customise them. Templates should not contain text inside images and all images provided must be open source and not break any copyright … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Installing 2.1 Themes

Simply unpack the contents of the zip file into your /themes directory in your silverstripe project Change to theme by putting the following line in your ./mysite/_config.php: SSViewer::set_theme(“themename”); Visit your homepage, ensuring you flush the cache (append ?flush=1 to the … Continue reading

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Install & Setup LAN & Worldwide Access Guide for WAMP

STEP 1: Enable Associate Port in all Firewalls In order to communicate between your computer and other computers, either within your LAN or worldwide, you need to enable HTTP port in all firewalls. Different people use different firewalls and each … Continue reading

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SilverStripe/Tip – Image location conventions

There are two places where you should keep images within SilverStripe: tutorial/images/ – Only designer can access and manage images. assets/ – Content author can upload and manage using SilverStripe. Each of these folders can naturally have subfolders to better … Continue reading

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Web 2.0 Font Types

American Typewriter is like Courier on steroids – More stylized, prettier – and great for that faux-typewriter effect. 43Things uses it well, and is a pleasant break from san serif fonts. Clarendon is another great serifed font (and, for those … Continue reading

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SEOBOOK.com SeoTools – Links

Free Keyword List Generator http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-list/generator.php How it Works Free Keyword List Generator — Typo Generator http://tools.seobook.com/spelling/keywords-typos.cgi —–

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301 Redirects – White Hat SEO

301 Redirects – White Hat SEO 301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It’s not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. If you … Continue reading

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SEO Backlinks

How it Works Quality backlinks is one of the most important factors in Search Engine Optimization. It is not enough just to have a lot of backlinks, it is the Quality of backlinks along with the Quantity that help you … Continue reading

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Webmaster – Certificate

Webmaster OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE Advanced Technology Division This on-line program is designed to develop fundamental skills to become a Webmaster. The program includes topics on planning websites, security issues, coding of web pages, developing animated graphics and advanced page/data manipulations. Please … Continue reading

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illustrator Assignment – Week 1

Part I – Review Questions – Please be sure and answer the first question. Since we are spanning four versions of Illustrator here, and each has a few different ways of handling things, it helps me to help you by … Continue reading

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illustrator Assignment 1

Due: Sunday, August 24, 2008 Part I – Review Questions – Please be sure and answer the first question. Since we are spanning four versions of Illustrator here, and each has a few different ways of handling things, it helps … Continue reading

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Adobe Illustrator – Level 1

Adobe Illustrator – Level 1 Week 1 – Lecture, Part 1 Hello and welcome to Introduction to Adobe Illustrator. I’ve placed version-specific instructions throughout the course; for many tools versions 10 and CS are indistinguishable. However there are new tools … Continue reading

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Flash

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/ Controlling Flash Video with the FLVPlayback Behaviors http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flvplayback_behaviors_print.html Flash Graphic Effects Learning Guide http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/graphic_effects_guide_print.html Bike Trips Sample Application: Using the XMLConnector Component in Flash MX Professional 2004 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/xmlconnector_print.html Flash Developer Center http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/video.html

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Reset root password on MySQL Server

[root@host root]# mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 3.23.41 Type ‘help;’ or ‘h’ for help. Type ‘c’ to clear the buffer. mysql> USE mysql Reading … Continue reading

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Original Gangsta bling diamonds

I can’t even remember the amount of times I’ve been asked to do a tutorial on this effect. You could create those Rap type diamond effects using the noise filter, however this technique creates a more interesting result. This is … Continue reading

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Dreamweaver Web Template (DWT) Tutorial

Introduction By using Dreamweaver Web Templates, you can create HTML pages that share the same web design/ layout. In addition to providing a shared layout, you can make some regions in a template available for editing while preventing changes to … Continue reading

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What Makes a Great Logo

A Great Logo Must Be Functional Classically functional. Logos are the most important marketing pieces for a company because it must represent that company in many different contexts and still get the message across. A logo may be seen on … Continue reading

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Web Design Freelancers: The Psychology of your Rate

The question I get asked most from fellow freelancers is, “how do you determine your rate”? It is a tricky question with no direct response that is appropriate for anyone one person in any one area. There is a lot … Continue reading

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