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Aspect Ratio Calculator

aspect ratio calculator from Digital Rebellion
Get the correct aspect ratio for placing videos on your websites. If you're a designer, make sure that your dummy or placeholder images in your designs are spot on.
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Informative Stats About Banner Adverts

informative statistics for banner advertising
Knowing your target audience is definitely a big step in the right direction for your marketing efforts, but if you advertise online, you really need to know which ads are likely to be the most effective...
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Secure WordPress Sites

change wordpress login url increase site security and protect from hackers
A great introduction to some of the options available to website owners to secure their Wordpress websites from malicious users and hackers.
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Quick QR Code Generator

qr code generator
We’ve all seen them around now, but just how do you go about making a QR code? Thankfully, the guys over at ZXing Project have made this super-useful tool so you can encode QR codes for websites, email addresses, contact details, even geolocational data. Kind of nifty for marketing if you couple it with Google’s
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Auto Shipping in Magento

shopping cart shipping options in magento
This article outlines a quick and easy way to create your own Magento module that adds a shipping cost (that you define) to the total cost of the purchase. If you have only one method of transporting your products, its even more useful, because you no longer need a single-selection and ‘update cart’ button. Its
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10 Things: Be a Better PHP Developer

php coding best practices and resources
A lot of this will probably seem like common sense to the more-seasoned PHP developer, but this reasonably detailed list of ‘ten things to help you be a better PHP dev’ is incredibly helpful for the PHP-newbie, and serves as a refresher for the experienced coders. If nothing else, there’s a host of links to
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Purple Cow Designers?

How to stand out from the crowd as a web designer
No, I haven’t gone mad. A Purple Cow is a term used to define something that stands out from the crowd, because let’s face it, a purple cow really would. This is the subject of an interesting post by Oleg at Six Revisions about ways the you – as a designer – can push yourself
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Effective Grid-based Layouts with jQuery Masonry

Javascript framework css layout MIT licenced
This awesome jQuery plugin lets you arrange elements on the page in a true grid pattern, rather than floating left and right and clear:both-ing that you have to do with CSS. Check out the link for some practical applications of the plugin, as well as detailed step-by-step instructions for implementation.
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CSS3 Visual Previews

web standards, layout, styleseets, CSS3
This handy blog site has a tab with all the neat new things you can do with CSS3, with visual examples where appropriate. In addition to this, there’s a great tester page which will check compatibility of your current browser against CSS3 selectors. When I checked, Firefox, Opera and Chrome all passed with flying colours.
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