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GridFox - Grid Overlay in Firefox. GridFox is a Firefox extension that overlays a grid on any website.

GridFox - Grid Overlay in Firefox

If you can open it in Firefox, you can put a grid on top of it. It’s easy to customize, allowing you to create the exact grid you designed your layout around. Install GridFox v1.2 More than just a handy development tool, GridFox also proves to be indispensable with the daily production of a grid-based site. Using GridFox, producers can easily check if their content maintains the grid, or if it needs to be edited. How to use GridFox The plugin is extremely simple to use.

Examples Want to see GridFox in action? News.yahoo.com Column type: variedColumn widths: 10,201,12,12,88,12,13,88,12,12,201,13,10,280,10 Line thickness: 1px Wired.com Site width: 1000px # of columns: 10 Line thickness: 10px NYTimes.com Site width: 965px # of columns: 11 Line thickness: 5px TimesOnline.co.uk Column type: variedColumn widths: 200,200,200,185,185 Line thickness: 15px Subtraction.com.

How Parents Can Protect Their Kids from Inappropriate Content on. Some internet safety tips for kids.

How Parents Can Protect Their Kids from Inappropriate Content on

How parents can keep their children safe on the web and avoid exposing them to the adult web. The Internet hosts billions of web pages but a large chunk of this material may be inappropriate for your young children. Therefore, let’s explore a couple of easy ways that can possibly help parents prevent kids from viewing the dark side of the world wide web. You don’t have be a tech-savvy person to implement any of the following stuff on your home computer(s) and all the software tools / services discussed here are available for free via the Internet. Block Adult Sites Automatically Since you don’t want kids to accidentally see any of sites that contain adult content, an easy option for blocking such sites is OpenDNS. You don’t have to download or install any software – just go to opendns.com/start in any Internet browser, choose the “Computer” option (let’s keep it simple) and follow the instructions on the screen.

Prevent clicks on Malicious Sites. 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know. We’ve updated this guide with the new privacy settings just launched by Facebook.

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

You can get the new Facebook privacy guide now. Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one individual contacted me to let me know that he would be removing me as a friend from Facebook because he was “going to make a shift with my Facebook use – going to just mostly family stuff.” Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn’t want me to view photos from his personal life. Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. 1. I can’t tell you how many people are not aware of their friend lists. There are a few very important things to remember about friend lists: