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Zen Coding – a new way of writing HTML and CSS code
Good news for all the web designers and developers, if you already not aware of Zen Coding. It’s a new and awesome way to write your HTML, XML, XSL. The concept of Zen Coding is based on a powerful abbreviation engine. It allows you to expand code which you originally write as abbreviations. You h
Read Full PostHow to hide all icons from MAC desktop
Every time I download a file or save something on Desktop, I promise myself that it will be soon moved to it's actual location. But in reality I never get a chance to move that file and result a "Cluttered Desktop". It just take 2-3 days to clutter my desktop after I install a new Operating System.
Read Full PostCache burst refresh or hard refresh in MAC
When I shifted to MAC lot of things changed. On top of everything the Keyboard changed which in return resulted in change of all the shortcut keys that I used in Windows, Linux using the Windows Keyboard. While development of websites, I often used Ctrl + f5 on Windows/Linux machine to refresh a bro
Read Full PostAdd PHP GD support to apache in Ubuntu Linux
PHP GD library is used to created images on the fly. This library is not installed or activated by default when you first install Apache on Linux. But GD library is used widely while developing websites. For eg. if you want to create a captcha image for a registration form, then you are going to use
Read Full PostBought a BlackBerry … Read This!
Before your READ / START: Important Note: This post is meant for people who have recently bought a BlackBerry Phone BB from a Friend / Grey Market / questionable sources! This Post is NOT for people who have been given BB from their respective companies. DO NOT Mess with your Company’s BB.
Read Full PostWhere did RSS Feed icon in Firefox 4 go ?
Many firefox users including me used to love the RSS icon which used to be displayed in the address bar. It quickly lets you subscribe to the RSS feed of the current website which you are on. Strange that you have lost your favorite RSS icon in Firefox 4. If you did not use it, I am sure you might
Read Full PostRecommended Linux Partitioning Scheme
Partitioning Basics: When we need to install linux on our systems, we need to partition our hard disk as we do for windows. In the case of windows, partitions are called as c: ,d:, e:, etc. But on linux they are represented in the form of following (there are many others, but these are the most ess
Read Full PostWordPress wp_nav_menu separator and First Last Classes
wp_nav_menu is a wordpress built-in plugin that allows you to show navigation in the front-end. This simple function picks the menu defined in the wp-admin dashboard and displays it as the list. Just like other wordpress functions this is also powerful. It takes various parameters to customize the o
Read Full PostHow to reset lost MySQL password
There are times when you get stuck with a lost password of MySQL database. And yes it becomes difficult to recall one with the computerized brains of ours :) In this post, I am going to show you how you can rest a lost MySQL password. Using this procedure you can reset the lost password of root o
Read Full PostChange your crontab editor
Lately I have been messing around with cron jobs and apparently I used this utility called crontab. But on various servers I found that crontab opens the file in different editors. Some use pico, while others use nano. However, since I am comfortable using vi editor , so I found a way to make the
Read Full PostShow youtube videos thumbnail
I am going to share a simple trick which lets you show a thumbnail of the youtube video. There are times when you need to show the thumbnail of the youtube video and then play it in on a new page or in a different popup window. You can show a thumbnail of that very video. Youtube allows you to sh
Read Full PostMySQL: Increment an existing record in the table
This is a small tip which can help you optimize your MySQL query. Since you do not have to first “read” the record, instead you can increment it right there. I have seen some newbies doing the read and then increment process, which uselessly increases a select query to the database, each time yo
Read Full PostDisable Location awareness sending in Firefox 4 – enabled by default
Firefox 4 has location awareness enabled by default. When location awareness is enabled the sites can request for the physical location of your system. This will help the website to serve the content according to your current location. However, there are times when you do not want that to be enab
Read Full PostHow do I find a user’s UID or GID in Linux/Unix
In this post I am going to tell you, how can you find the User ID and Group ID of a user in Linux. You might require it when you scripting something on the OS level. We are going to use the id command to find the UID and GID of a user in Unix. To find a specific user's UID, goto the terminal an
Read Full PostUseful Google Chrome Extensions
Google has released Version 10 of its Browser: Google Chrome. Chrome has always been simple, fast & most sites work flawlessly. Still, there are times when one thinks.. what more can be done to Chrome to increase its suitability? The same urge bit me in Firefox lot earlier. Until recent
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