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The content management system you choose can really make a huge difference in how much time you (or your clients) spend keeping a site updated and maintained. There’s a huge variety out there—some estimates put the number at around 1700 different options. Some are great…some, not so much. Below are ten useful guidelines to consider when choosing a CMS, followed by rundowns on ten great CMS options available and how they stack up based on the guidelines. Ten Simple Guidelines for Choosing the Perfect CMS 1. The CMS you choose should be really good at whatever the main function of your website is. What do you want your website to do? Is it going to be primarily a static website, like an online brochure? Or is it going to be a fully-functioning ecommerce site? Or maybe it’s going to be really media-heavy with tons of videos, photos, and audio files. Or is a blog going to be the primary focus? Whatever your site’s primary function is going to ... details >>>

There are a few special techniques or effects that can spice up just about any web page. These are the top 20 Ajax effects that every web developer should know. They’re essential parts of any web developer’s toolbox. If you haven’t seen them yet, you no doubt will in your future web development endeavors. 1. TextboxList meets Autocompletion Auto-completing fields in a form can be a huge time saver and a major benefit to the user. For example, searching for email addresses is a chore that can easily made much more simple (and I dare say fun) with a splash of Ajax. TextboxList meets Autocompletion is one such example of an auto-complete script that takes a Facebook-esque approach to autocompletion. The implementation is crisp and useful, not to mention easy on the eyes. 2.Ajax IM Ajax IM is an incredible Ajax instant messenger that works just like Yahoo! messenger or any other IM client, except it’s embedded on the website as opposed... details >>>

What is a PHP Framework? PHP is the world’s most popular scripting language for many different reasons – flexibility, ease-of-use, among others – but often times coding in PHP, or any language for that matter, can get rather monotonous and repetitive. That’s where a PHP framework can help. PHP frameworks streamline the the development of web applications written in PHP by providing a basic structure for which to build the web applications. In other words, PHP frameworks help to promote rapid application development (RAD), which saves you time, helps build more stable applications, and reduces the amount of repetitive coding for developers. Frameworks can also help beginners to build more stable apps by ensuring proper database interaction and coding on the presentation layer. This allows you to spend more time creating the actual web application, instead of spending time writing repetitive code. The general idea behind the workings of a PHP ... details >>>

< Adobe Photoshop is great image editor. One of the best out there… Sometimes happens that you are not home and you don’t have your computer or laptop with you soa there is no way to use Photoshop. But if you’ve got internet connection then this shouldn’t be a problem. There are really some great online alternatives for Adobe Photoshop that will help you do your work effectively. Here are 13 free online image editors that I’ve found and tested. They are really powerful online apps and for even better effects, you can combine their features and get amazing results. Many of these don’t even require any registration or anything, you just upload the image and enjoy editing! 1. ImproveYourImages.com ImproveYourImages is an automated service so you don’t have to do anything, it’s very easy to use. It’s used to improve your images only. So there is no need to change anything. Upload, click, and that’s it! 2. OIE - Online Image Editor Online... details >>>

Windows 7 is currently only a beta version, but it’s much better than the latest version of Windows Vista and it comes with a lot of new features. Unfortunately, some of them aren’t so easy to figure out, so I created a list of the most important tips and tricks and a step-by-step guide that will help you apply all of these great tips and tricks. 1. PC Safeguard I rarely let anyone use my PC because I’m afraid he will mess it up, but it seems Microsoft has been thinking at me and came with a solution. The PC Safeguard doesn’t let anyone mess your PC settings, because after the user logs off, the configurations are reset back to normal. Of course it will not restore the configurations changed by you, but only the ones done by other users you define. To use PC Safeguard, go to Control Panel -> User Accounts and create a new account, then select “Set Up Pc Safeguard” and switch it on. Then you can stay relaxed when others use your computer... details >>>

Did it happen to you sometimes, when you are in a big rush and want to do something fast on your computer but things don’t go so fast and smooth? It’s because of all those windows and applications opened on your desktop, and you want to minimize them, move them, close them and so on… That’s pretty time consuming and when you’re in such a big rush, it can be pretty depressive too. Like sometimes you try to close that running program and it seems you can’t target that tiny “close” button in the upper right corner( no matter how unbelievable it sounds) so you need to click it few times more (It often happens to me when I’m in hurry, plus when I’m mad about something arghh… so frustrating). But I made a list of Windows keyboard shortcuts so you can work much faster and with much more accuracy. Since I learned and applied this list of shortcuts, I had far less problems with managing tasks even when I’m in a rush. Everything goes faster and easier. It took some... details >>>

This is the most widely spread problem that almost every person has when working on a computer. It’s the unnecessary mess that clutters the desktop and makes it look like a junk-o-land. And so many times you can not even find something that was supposed to be easy to find because you put it on desktop with that intention. I’ve been in that situation so many times! And no matter how hard I try to remove the junk from my desktop, it always adds up more and more… But recently, I stumbled upon a neat, little software that can really help you sort out the mess from your desktop. And I’m not talking about removing unnecessary icons from desktop (although that would be good if you can actually do it… but we all know the truth, right?). This desktop organizing software will make your big pile of icons look neat, organized and you can always find what you need, and find it pretty fast. The Software I am talking about is called Fences by Stardock. Fences is a... details >>>

Google is widely known as the Internet’s best search engine. Everybody with access to the internet uses Google at some point to find something (or many things) on the web for a particular web page, or a certain piece of information. However, Google has several built in functions that will help you make your searches more successful, and to enable you to spend less time searching. I have written a post about some tricks that will help you with your image search and that will ‘give you the power’ to Find Images by Exact Dimensions, File Type or From Specific Website. That should make your search for new wallpapers that perfectly fit to your screen resolution as easy as walk in a park. But today I’ve decided to expand that post and to tell you about a list of 5 functions that you did not know before (I think), all accessible from the main Google search box (frontpage), which will help you find every piece of information you are looking for. 1. Removing those... details >>>

Lust, gluttony, greed, anger, envy, pride, and sloth - Microsoft's new OS suffers from each deadly sin. Here's what you can do to minimize the toll each sin takes The seven deadly sins -- for centuries, they've shaped the imaginations of poets, priests, and politicians, while giving the great unwashed a frame of reference: Do these things and you'll burn for sure! When it comes to software, few products have inspired as much debauchery as Windows. From lust to sloth to envy, Microsoft's flagship OS platform has proven to be a source of manifold transgression. Zealots have praised it, and pundits have cursed it, while those of us in the IT trenches are forced to actually live with it. So with Windows 7 just around the corner, it makes sense to examine the product through the prism of these 7 deadly sins. Just how does Microsoft's new OS drive users to acts of iniquity? And what, if anything, can you, the IT administrator, do to manage the carnal impulses ... details >>>

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is receiving raves in its pre-release testing. While much of the kernel that lies at the heart of the operating system is based on Vista code, several key advances have been made that get rid of Vista annoyances and greatly improve the user experience. Inside the kernel, one important change centers on how multithreaded applications are run. The threading advances provide benefits in energy reduction, scalability, and, in theory, performance. To check out the benefits on the desktop, I ran tests that reflect the most common use case for heavily threaded desktop apps -- namely, graphics-oriented software. Programs such as Adobe Photoshop and other graphical applications query a system's capabilities at startup and self-configure workloads accordingly. They typically use all the processor cores and as much RAM as they can get away with monopolizing. This approach enables them to provide the fastest performance. So I checked how... details >>>