How to create a letterpress effect using CSS 3
CSS 3 is the next web standard for design and introduces a number of cool new features. One of those features is a text-shadow style, which, in turn, allows us to create cool "letterpress" effects for...
View ArticleHow to add the official Tweet Button to a WordPress website
Twitter first released their official Tweet Button, allowing users to share content on their website with one-click, back in August 2010. The Tweet Button can be integrated many different ways on a...
View ArticleHow to add the Facebook “Like” button to a WordPress website
Facebook first announced the ability to "Like" something with one-click back in 2009, and since then, the well-known Facebook Like button has erupted in popularity on websites. With one-click, readers...
View ArticleHow to stop iTunes from automatically opening when device plugged in
When you plug your iOS device in, whether it be an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, it's likely going to automatically launch iTunes and begin syncing your device. Many users don't want this to happen...
View ArticleHow to remove ‘Slide to Unlock’ text on iOS lockscreen
Whether you're using a themed lockscreen that doesn't do it for you, or you just don't want to have text on your lockscreen, removing the "Slide to Unlock" text in iOS is relatively easy to do. Step...
View ArticleHow to record your Mac’s screen for free
Whether you're making a YouTube video or want to show your friend how to do something on their computer, having the ability to record your screen is very important to some people. On Mac OS X, there...
View ArticleHow to enable reverse scrolling in Mac OS X Snow Leopard
When the first developer preview of Apple's next Mac OS, Mac OS X Lion, was released earlier this year, most users immediately noticed that scrolling was reversed. What does this mean? When you want...
View ArticleHow to encrypt your iOS device backups in iTunes
With the report coming out earlier today that the iPhone and iPad track users' locations without them knowing it, many users have begun worrying that there location information may be available to...
View ArticleCSS3 How To: rounded box corners, box shadows, and text shadows
Continuing with our CSS3 tutorial series, today we take a look at rounded box edges, box shadows, and text shadows - all using CSS3. Rounded box corners Many websites nowadays are making some of their...
View ArticleHow to display random images using PHP
There are a bunch of cool effects that you can add to a website to make it stand out. Some involve CSS and interesting features, but others are the back-end work of a website. One thing that you may...
View ArticleHow to add the Google “+1″ button to your WordPress site
Earlier this month, Google announced the "+1" button for websites, allowing content publishers to place the button on their website. When a reader clicks the +1 button, that link is then shared on...
View ArticleTip of the Day: Getting Mac OS X Lion to not use the new Resume feature...
A new feature in Apple's upcoming eighth major release of Mac OS X, dubbed "Lion," is called Resume. In short, Resume allows users to quit an application as they normally would and when they re-launch...
View ArticleCSS Tip: Padding vs. Margin
CSS includes two great ways to space elements between each other - they're called "margin" and "padding." Many people just starting out at CSS will likely mix up the purpose of the two because they do...
View ArticleHow to bypass Google’s block on inviting people to Google+; ten free invitations
You may remember that yesterday, Google decided to block its test users of the Google+ social network from inviting people to the service. The search giant imposed this block because of "insane...
View ArticleHow to forward your Yahoo! Mail messages to Gmail without paying for Yahoo!...
If you want to forward all incoming messages to your Yahoo! Mail account to another email, such as a Gmail, you probably now know that Yahoo forces you to purchase Yahoo! Mail Plus, which costs $19.99...
View ArticleHow to prepare your Mac for the Mac OS X Lion upgrade
With all rumors pointing to a release of Apple's next Mac operating system, Mac OS X Lion, sometime this week, we thought it's appropriate to take you through all the steps to prepare your Mac for the...
View ArticleTip of the Day: Accessing the Library folder in Mac OS X Lion
In Mac OS X Lion, Apple decided to make the Library folder in the home folder a hidden directory, likely because the home folder stores all of a users files and the Library folder houses system files....
View ArticleHow to use Spotify without an invite
Yesterday, Spotify officially launched in the United States after a long wait. Spotify is a service that allows its users to stream music and it has three tiers, described below: Free tier:...
View ArticleHow to add Front Row back into Mac OS X Lion
With all rumors pointing to a release of Mac OS X Lion as soon as tomorrow, we felt that this would be the appropriate time to break it to all the Front Row users in Mac OS X that the media app will...
View ArticleHow to search Google from Safari’s address bar
When Google first released Chrome in 2008, it had a feature that many, including me, loved - the "Omnibar." The Omnibar is Google's fancy name for the address bar in Chrome, but, it includes one...
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