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50 free web design tools that rock!

50 free web design tools that rock!
This article first appeared in issue 219 of .net magazine – the world's best-selling magazine for web designers and developers. With web design encompassing all kinds of disciplines from code editing to photo manipulation, building up a set of tools to cover every eventuality can quickly become a very expensive exercise. However, spending huge sums on big-name packages isn’t the only option: it’s possible to pick up everything from image editors to integrated development environments and entire content management systems that won’t cost you a single penny. Our top 50 (in no particular order) includes such well known tools as WordPress and Drupal, as well as some you may have never considered such as OpenProj and Movable Type. 1. Flash, graphics Originally intended as an alternative to Flash, AJAX Animator has evolved into a cross- platform animation tool that handles animated GIFs and SVGs as well as SWFs. 2. CSS, scripting 3. Audio 4. 5. Testing 6. Workflow 7. Graphics 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

HTML5 Bookmarks - daily news articles and bookmarks 18 Beautiful Examples of Parallax Scrolling in Web Design The parallax effect in web design is something that has gained popularity over the past couple of years. When used properly, it can result in a rich and engaging user experience with seamless navigation. When used poorly, it can result in just a page with a lot of elements moving around and a terrible UX. If you’re considering using a parallax effect in your next web design project, we’ve gathered some great examples here to inspire you. Hero A portfolio WordPress theme that uses a parallax effect in the home page banner to highlight the site’s key message in an engaging fashion. Bagigia Scroll down to explore the website and enjoy a 360 view of the products. Whiteboard Here the concept is the same, fixed images with texts and content moving, creating a nice and smooth effect. Playtend Playtend choose a fun concept and executed it pretty well. New Zealand Scroll down to explore things to do in New Zealand while you see more beautiful background images. TokioLab Cheese Please Marcus Thomas no leath

WASTE again: Introduction What is "WASTE again"? "WASTE again" enables you to create a decentralized and secure private mesh network using an unsecure network, such as the internet. Once the public encryption keys are exchanged, sending messages, creating groupchats and transferring files is easy and secure. Creating a mesh To create a mesh you need at least two computers with "WASTE again" installed. During installation, a unique pair of public and private keys for each computer is being generated. After exchanging the keys, you simply type in the computers IP address to connect to. At least one computer in your mesh has to be able to accept incoming connections, making it a "public node". Every new node simply has to exchange keys with one of the connected nodes and then connect to it. Example of a centralized network The approach of a centralized server uses one or more servers that manage the dataflow for all the clients. Example of a decentralized mesh Security Whats the difference to original "WASTE"?

LLRX.com | Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms How to Properly Clean All Your Gadgets Without Ruining Them Gotta chime in here about the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It does an amazing job, but you need to know that it's a micro-abrasive. It's like using Comet. I wouldn't personally use it on electronics of any kind, save corroded contacts (for which it's great). Using a lint-free microfiber cloth (or two), first with diluted white vinegar and then with rubbing alcohol gets rid of nastiness without scratching the crap out of your control surfaces. Eyeglass stores also usually have "lens cleaner" cloths that are lint-free cotton with alcohol on them which you can usually snag for next to nothing. finally, [www.thinkgeek.com] has (well, had, they're currently out of stock) keyboard cleaning goop if the compressed air and/alcohol don't get all of your Mountain Dew residue and Cool Ranch Dorito crumbs out from under the spacebar. Flagged

Hirzberger Events Digital Wallpaper / Strukt To decorate the office space of Büro Hirzberger in Vienna Strukt realised a digital wallpaper that illuminates the walls. In this self-initiated project Strukt was given complete creative freedom by the client, and developed a system to project video and realtime content undistorted onto any surface. The basic idea was to illuminate the black-and-white striped office wall by mapping the architecture with multiple projectors. The program developed by Strukt is scripted in vvvv and is scaleable to any number of projectors and any architectural shape. Several different visualisations have been realised already, amongst them a Pac Man animation as well as moving stripes, and more are in development. The hardware is courtesy of Concept Solutions Vienna.

Lumière des Mondes / Viviane-Josée Restieau En ce moment-clé d’Elévation de la conscience planétaire, une concordance révélatrice de synchronicité fête l’éclosion de l’œuf pascal. Une trinité de création éclot en effet dans l’émergence d’une vie novatrice – dans une même Unité d’Esprit. 1-Sortie le 7 avril du livre de Pierre Rabhi : « Sobriété heureuse ». Edition Acte Sud . 144 pages 2-Sortie le 7 avril, également, du film de Coline Serreau :« Solutions locales pour un désordre global ». 3-Et sur Internet, une vidéo du professeur Luc Montagnier, transmise par la présidente des homéopathes de France, Martine Gardénal : « un film qui est en train de rafler tous les prix dans les festivals de reportage aux USA sur le sujet SIDA » et sortira en France cet été Simplicité, fidélité à la nature, responsabilité universelle solidaire : le lapin de la fécondité peut batifoler joyeusement et l’œuf nourrissier ……..

How to Create Your First Web Page Note: If you know anything at all about HTML and CSS, don’t bother reading this, it’s a guide for the uninitiated, technophobes, luddites, computer-illiterates, anyone who is more comfortable with a pen and paper than a keyboard and mouse. If making a web page seems like brain surgery to you, then this is the article for you. What you need to know The only prior knowledge I will assume is that you’ve used a computer before, you’re familiar with using a keyboard and a word processor, and you’ve at least seen a website. The Basics When you visit a website (for example the one you’re reading now), you see a page in your web browser (the program you use to access the internet) , containing text, images and maybe some other things like videos, music etc. In order to display a page correctly, the web browser needs to know about the structure of the page, e.g. What HTML Looks Like HTML uses ‘tags’ to identify different parts of a page. Getting Started Next, the page must contain a HEAD section.

Ubuntu Rescue Remix | The Rescue Remix provides a Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu Ubuntu BurningIsoHowto Ubuntu is distributed over the Internet as DVD image (.iso) files. The GettingUbuntu page has links to the ISO image files, as well as other methods of getting Ubuntu. Before burning a DVD, it is highly recommended that you verify the md5 sum or sha256 sum (hash) of the .iso file. For instructions, please see HowToMD5SUM and HowToSHA256SUM. For the current list of Official Ubuntu SHA256 hashes, see the SHA256SUMS file for the release you're using under (and optionally the PGP signatures in the SHA256SUMS.gpg file); hashes for the older MD5 algorithm are in the same directory. Unlike a regular data file, the ISO file cannot be simply dragged and dropped or copied directly onto a disc. To install Ubuntu from a DVD, you first need to burn the downloaded ISO image onto a DVD. A working DVD burner (i.e. Inexpensive "write once" DVD-Rs are a good choice for burning ISO images. Burning from Windows Windows 7/8/8.1 Windows 2000 or newer: Infra Recorder Burning from Ubuntu

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