sIFR3 – Not New but Still Cool
I just added a page to my brenz.net demonstrating how easy it is to incorporate sIFR for swapping out text with flash to use custom fonts on your website. This is great for page headings, (more…)
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Use sIFR 3 for SEO Flash Text
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Get RSS News Headlines for your Website
Monday, July 12th, 2010The Freshest News Headlines – Free!
Here’s a free and easy solution to generate dynamic content for your website that is automatically (and effortlessly!) updated – check out RSSMall.com. This website has a growing list of many popular RSS news feeds, which you can browse freely right on the website. Adding these feeds to your own website or blog is as easy as selecting a feed (http://www.rssmall.com/get-rss-scripts.asp), clicking the Get Code button, and copy/pasting the one line of javascript into your HTML where you want the feed headlines to appear. Next thing you know – Kapow! – RSS feed headlines are on your website!
Google Does it Again with Pac-Man
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Google logo transformed into Pac-Man game
Essential Firefox Add-ons for Developers
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Getting free tools and add-ons rules!
There are tons of add-ons (aka plugins or extensions) for the Firefox browser which are easy to install and provide economical (i.e., free) tools to help you with your everyday development tasks. In this article I’ll introduce you to the two add-ons I use most regularly – Web Developer and Firebug. I use only a fraction of their capabilities, but this should give you a sense of their power, and whether these add-ons are right for you. (more…)
Hotkeys – Keyboard Shortcuts for Everyone
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Hotkeys Aren’t Just for Geeks
There was a time not so long ago that I considered keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, to be the sole domain of I.T. folks – used only by the System Administrators of this world. With increased exposure to these nifty time-savers, I’ve grown quite fond of hotkeys, and they really do come in handy. When you’re using software which requires heavy typing (programming, documentation, authoring, etc.), grabbing for that mouse just to click a menu item becomes bothersome. There are three types of shortcut combinations I commonly use, Ctrl+ (control), Alt+ (alternate) and Win+ (Windows) shortcuts. Sorry Mac users, I’m currently using Windows exclusively, so some topics may be specific to the Windows environment. (more…)