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08/15/2012

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WP-Flybox

by Cyle — Categories: css, tools, Web Development — Tags: , , , , , , — 82 Comments

I have created a new wordpress plugin, but this is also available without wordpress (see below). It is my first public plugin. I have made several other, but just for my use. This is a plugin that adds tabs to either side of your page and float there as the page is scrolled. The tabs are social tabs and when hovered over they “fly out” revealing more information. So far I have facebook, twitter, pinterest, google plus, youtube, feedburner, linkedin, deviant art, instagram, and a contact me tab. The layout and plugin use only CSS and no javascript. However, javascript it used to show a couple of the tab pages like twitter.

Download Link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-flybox/

Below are some pictures and also instructions on how to use it. If you have any suggestions or questions comment below. (Click on an image to view larger)

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06/20/2012

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Create The Ultimate USB Rescue Drive

by Cyle — Categories: tools, Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , — 4 Comments

Ever been at a friends house and needed to edit a photo, but all they have is MS Paint? Or have you ever been at grandmas and she asks you to remove the hundreds of viruses and spywares (she got from clicking the “You’ve won! Download this for your prize” banners), but she has no anti-spyware software and still on dial-up? Well that’s where a rescue USB drive comes in handy. There are many programs that can be installed and run from a USB drive. You can even run entire operating systems from one, which makes it easier to remove viruses buried in current OS files. Below is a list of at least 75 programs and operating systems that can be run straight off a USB stick. There are many more, but these are the ones I have found most useful. I’m sure I missed some, so leave me a comment if you know of any that are have-to-haves.

 

 

Software Bundles and Launchers

These make it much easier to find and run the programs off of your USB drive, but do not work with every program. They are like start menus for your thumb drive programs. You must download the software from their website though. If you use any of these then I would recommend downloading the applications from their websites since it will be integrated with their launchers.

PortableApps.com

My favorite. They have a ton of programs and it is very easy to install and use.
Liberkey

I have used this one before, and must say it is just as good as the rest. I love how they have suites that download and keep all the software updated. The ultimate suite has about 150 applications and most are listed below.
WinPenPack

I have personally never used this one, but a lot of people swear by it so I am including it.
Appetizer Dock

I have not used this one either, but it is just a launcher. You can add already installed programs to the dock. It also has keyboard shortcuts and autorun support for multiple programs.

 

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08/15/2011

Google’s +1 Button In Detail

by Cyle — Categories: tools, Web Development — Tags: , , , , — Leave a comment

A few months ago Google released its +1 button. It is much like Facebook’s “like” button. The button influences search results, mainly on your friends. If one of your friends +1′ed a site then you will likely see it in Google search results as “John Doe +1′ed page” and it will be a higher ranked result. I’ll go into more detail about it and its functions below.

The Basics

The easiest way to add the +1 button to your pages is to grab the code from Google’s plusone-button Page. Basically there are two ways of adding it:

1. Basic Source Code (slower)

Below is the basic way of using the +1 button. The script must be loaded once it is encountered in the page, and the rest of the page may not load until the script is done loading. Read More » »

08/10/2011

Progressive and Interlaced Images + Converter

by Cyle — Categories: tools, Web Development — Tags: , , , — 2 Comments

Deciding between progressive and interlaced images on your web site can be a tough decision. Some people have a preference when viewing pages, while some just want to be able to see the image faster. Below are the differences and at the bottom is a converter that converts progressive images to interlaced.

Progressive Images

Progressive images are sent from your web server to the browser and displayed as they are received, giving a top-down filling of the image. With small images and/or fast connection speed this is sometimes not noticed. However, with large images it is very noticeable and sometimes annoying to only be able to see the top of the image and wait for the rest to come through. Read More » »

08/03/2011

Multiple Sessions In Firefox

by Cyle — Categories: tools, Web Development — Tags: , , , — Leave a comment

As a developers, we often need to be logged into two accounts on the same site at the same time. For example, sometimes we need to be logged into the admin section of our sites, but test the members side as well. This means that you either run different browsers or keep deleting session cookies and keep logging in, which is a pain. Firefox shares the session cookies across all Firefox windows and tabs. To get around this we use different Firefox “profiles” and a “no-remote” command. All profiles in Firefox are completely separate, from toolbars to cookies and history. See the steps below to remedy our problem.

 

1. Create A New Profile

Run the command firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager in your run dialog box or wherever you execute commands. (For mac it is /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin –profilemanager)
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