In this tutorial, I will show you how to capture multiple screencaps by using one single button through VLC Media Player, which can be downloaded for free from here. By having these screencaps, you are able to make GIFs through Photoshop, which I will post a tutorial later on.
Basic PHP Includes
January 20th, 2012 by Meg in Tutorials, Web-RelatedToday I’ll be doing a quick tutorial on how to use PHP includes, why they’re better than iframes/frames, and, of course, what they are.
What are PHP includes?
PHP includes are a little snippet of code which basically “includes” another page onto the page where you place this code! It’s very useful for basic webdesign, because it allows you to easily change your layout without having to edit every single file on your website.
Read the rest of this entry »
How to Add Favicons
January 20th, 2012 by Meg in Tutorials, Web-RelatedA Favicon is the little icon displayed in the browser next to the URL of a website.
You can add your own, but it has to be a particular image type, a favicon is a ’16×16′ image, in ‘.ico’ format. Your image editing program may or may not support this type of image, if it doesn’t, you can just save it as another image type, and then convert it to ‘.ico’. You can use the Dynamic Drive Favicon Generator to convert your images into favicons.
Once you have your favicon icon, you need to upload it to your website, and the following bit of code to the
section of your website.Now, you should see your image next to the URL of your website!
WordPress Vs. Fanupdate Vs. Cutenews
January 20th, 2012 by Meg in Articles, ReviewsSo, as promised, I’m going to do a quick review on 3 popular content management/blogging tools that can be installed on websites such as mine. For those that don’t know, blogging systems such as these are like control panels that help you easily update your website and blog- without worrying too much about HTML and formatting; all these systems allow users to comment on posts. I’ve tried various publishing software, and have found downsides as well as upsides to each- so here are the pros and cons, and recommendations about each one.
