Step One:

Once installed, the first step you’ll need to do is open the program, and change the prefrences by going to TOOLS > PREFERENCES or just by using the shortcut, CTRL+P. Click on video, change the directory and just match the rest of the settings like mine.

Step Two:

Go to HOTKEYS and find ‘Take Video Snapshot’, using the SEARCH FILTER. I’m going to leave mine as Shift+S, which is the default setting to use when capturing screenshot. Click apply, then save.

Step Three:

Open up the video you want to screencap. I’m going to choose a scene from ‘A Walk To Remember,’ which I’ll be using as an example. While the scene plays, press Shift+S constantly. You will see a small image appear on the top left corner. This shows that the screencap is being saved into your preferred destination.

Step Four:

Once your done, you should find your screencaps in your chosen folder and there you have it! Easy and simple.

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.

For example, on Daydreamt, I use 2 php includes- a header and a footer.
So my header is on a separate page called header.php, and my footer on footer.php. I simply use the code below to include both files on my index page! (and every other page on Daydreamt, obviously).

How to Use PHP includes:

Okay, first thing you need is a web host which allows PHP. Most hosts nowadays should already allow it- so chances are you can use the code. Make sure the page you use this on (and include) are .php files. (eg. index.php)

Now simply create the page you want to include other pages on, and use this code:
<? php include('PAGE.php'); ?>

And you’re done! Replace PAGE.php with the page you want to include, you can use the code as many times as you like.

Better than Iframes?

Generally, to include headers/footers/sidebars, PHP includes are a much better choice because IFrames weren’t made for this kind of thing- PHP includes are better in terms of compatibility with browsers, and also make your code (when people view source) look neater and more complete.

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

Pros:

• Stylish control panel.
• Huge amount of features and plugins.
• For less design-savvy people, there are plenty of user-made themes ready for use.
• Very good spam filter.
• Once installed, easy to use and update. Can be used to create/edit entire website.

Cons:

• For beginners, it is quite difficult to learn how to make themes and integrate wordpress into existing websites without a tutorial.
• It requires a MySQL database.
• It is not as easy to install as the other two content management systems.

Recommendations:

• I use wordpress because it is very rich in features, however for beginners I would recommend trying out one of the other two content management systems first to get used to the way they are set up. Use wordpress if you have some experience with webdesign already.

Fanupdate

Pros:

• Relatively easy to install and integrate into existing websites, with a similar setup to Cutenews.
• Clean, simple control panel
• Easy to update (however, I don’t know how good the spam filter on Fanupdate is)
• Attractive blog set-up.

Cons:

• Requires a MySQL database
• Not as feature-rich as WordPress and relies on simplicity and minimalism.

Recommendations:

• I do like Fanupdate’s easy-to-update interface, however it is still not quite up to par with WordPress. I recommend Fanupdate for people who already have an existing site and wish to integrate a blogging system into it, and for people who have a basic knowledge of MySQL database set up.

Cutenews

Pros:

• Very easy to install.
• Simple control panel.
• Does not require a MySQL database.

Cons:

• Not as attractive/professional looking as the other two blogging systems.
• Bad spam filter.

Recommendations:

• For the beginner, Cutenews is an excellent blog/publishing system because it is the simplest and easiest to install out of the 3 reviewed. I recommend Cutenews as a starting point for those that have never created a website before but, like me, you are very likely to have to ugrade your content management system due to the poor spam filter.

So that was my review of the 3 content management systems- hopefully that helped you decide which to use and goodluck!