Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop
The End Effect
As always we'll begin with the final result, so you can see where we're going. It's on a nice big canvas so it can serve as the desktop background on my laptop for the next week or so! click to see the full 1920px x 1200px size.
Checking Username Availability with Mootools and Request.JSON
This tutorial will teach you how to check username availability with Mootools' Request.JSON and PHP/MySQL
In this tutorial you will learn how to use Mootools' Request.JSON function to check a username against an array or database. In this example we will be using a simple MySQL database. I will try to do as much hand holding as I can, but having a little experience with PHP and MySQL will be a plus.
Tutorial Details
- PHP Server and MySQL Database required
- Difficulty: Beginner/Intermediate
- Estimated Completion Time: 30 - 45 Minutes
Step 1 - The Setup
We are going to create a simple database and add a table. After that we will add a username into the database.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ajax_users ( id INT(2) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, user_name VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO ajax_users VALUES('NULL','matt');
jQuery Lightbox
I couldn't tell you how many lightboxes I've used over the last few month. This specific lightbox was designed as a plugin for the jQuery library. It works perfectly, and more importantly, requires no additional markup to your document. You only need to call it from your Javascript file. You'll have zero problems!
NetBeans Twilight Theme!
Installation Instructions
To add this theme, simply open "Preferences" ("Options" on PC) and click "Import" at the bottom. Then browse for your zip file -- do not unzip -- and click "okay!" That's it.
11 Classic CSS Techniques Made Simple with CSS3
CSS3? What's that?!
I'm sure you've heard of CSS in general. CSS3 isn't that much different, in terms of syntax; however, the power of CSS3 is much greater. As you'll see in these eleven techniques, you can have multiple backgrounds, dynamically resize those backgrounds, border radiuses, text shadows, and more!
Here's what the official (or at least, what I consider official) website of CSS3, css3.info, has to say about CSS3:
CSS3 is the new kid in the stylesheet family. It offers exciting new possibilities to create an impact with your designs, allows you to use more diverse style sheets for a variety of occasions and lots more.
Here are the 11 techniques that I'll be showing you how to recreate with CSS3. I'll show you how to create them using CSS2 (or JavaScript), and then with CSS3 properties. Remember - these effects will only work in modern browsers that implement these CSS3 features. Your best option is to view these with Safari 4.
- Rounded Corners
- Box Shadow
- Text Shadow
- Fancy Font
- Opacity
- RGBA
- Background Size
- Multiple Backgrounds
- Columns
- Border Image
- Animations
Convert Image to Base64 String and Base64 String to Image
This article will help you to learn how we can convert an image into a base64 string and base64 string back to image.
Image to Base64 String
public string ImageToBase64(Image image, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format) { using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) { // Convert Image to byte[] image.Save(ms, format); byte[] imageBytes = ms.ToArray(); // Convert byte[] to Base64 String string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes); return base64String; } }
10 Design Practices to follow in your Website / Blog
After seeing some bad design practices in many blogs and websites, I am writing this article here. Are you tired of changing so many designs in your website? If yes, you should have a look on this article to make sure that you will never change the design again and again.
Colorful Glow Text Effects
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to create a glowing text effects form a scratch.
Result:
Let’s create a new file (File>New) of 1920×1200px/72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), give the new background layer black color.
Glowing Neon Effects
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will going to learn how to create a Glowing Neon Effects form a scratch. Start working by creating a ne …
Result:
Start working by creating a new file (File>New) of 1920×1200px/72dpi. Select after that the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill the new layer with black color.
Put a background to your USB flashdrive
Step 1:
Copy this code into notepad (copy and paste), then save it as "desktop.ini"
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=127
ConfirmFileOp=0
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image="your_picture.jpg"
IconArea_Text="0xFFFFFF"
VeBRA sources - don't delete the tag above, it's there for XXXXX purposes -
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=Folder.htt
PersistMonikerPreview=%WebDir%\folder.bmp
Step 2:
Put "desktop.ini" file onto your flash drive and replace "your_picture" with the name of the picture you want to use leaving the .jpg extension the same.
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