Software Reviews

1. JSeblod CCK

JSeblod CCK is a Content Construction Kit for Use with the Joomla Content Management system. The Package which consists of a Component along with various Plugins and Modules, allows you to take complete control over the creation and display of content on your web site. This is achieved by creating customised forms for content submission which output to CSS templates, allowing you to style the way that the content is displayed on your site.

Thursday, 22 July 2010 | 390 hits | Read more

2. Comparing Popular Web Browsers

Web browsing is so much an essential part of day to day computing that it is worth making the most of the rich choice of available web browsers. Some may think that selecting a web browser should be about finding the best or easiest to use, based on user and expert reviews. In this article, we propose that different web browsers can be the best in different ways depending on what type of user you are.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 | 137 hits

3. Drupal Content Management System

Drupal CMS, Here we focus on the Drupal CMS, how it works and what approach it takes to allow as much customisation as possible. A Content Management System (CMS) is the administration area behind a website for adding and managing its content. Where the design is a website’s face, a CMS gives the website

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 | 110 hits | Read more

4. SH404SEF Joomla SEF URL Rewriter

SH404-SEF has been around for a while and has during it's time in Beta build established it'self as the most complete solution for joomla website owners to take total control over the way their site is indexed by the search engines.

Friday, 09 July 2010 | 219 hits

5. Google Chrome Browser Review

Anyone that uses Google, (the qualifier for this is the fact you are human) will have noticed that beneath that iconic search bar is a new link, directing you to Google Chrome, a Google web browser that as with all things Google, comes with a hype that could perhaps be hugely unmerited. Before we get to the ins and outs of its functionality, appearance etc, let's just take a look at the history of the web browser, and why Google would take this route.

Tuesday, 06 July 2010 | 154 hits | Read more

6. Dreamweaver CS4 Review

OK, so this is the deal. Anyone who has ever ventured into the world of web design, whether a newbie, or a veteran, know just how difficult and tedious web design can be. And probably like so many others out there, I myself, struggling with programs such a NVU, Frontpage and so many others like them, began to dread web design. Well, I have some uplifting news for you my friend; there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it is called Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. This article is aDreamweaver review, and will hopefully shed some light on the infamous web design world.

Thursday, 11 June 2009 | 143 hits | Read more

7. Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. The very first version of Adobe Illustrator was developed during 1986, released to public in January 1987, and was only available for the Apple Macintosh. Today, current versions of the program are available for PCs using the Microsoft Windows operating system, and for Apple Macintosh computers, but in the past, older versions of software, were once released (admittedly on a somewhat sporadic basis) for Solaris and some other UNIX operating systems.

Thursday, 11 June 2009 | 131 hits | Read more

8. Internet Explorer Almost Dead!!

Internet Explorer 6 is almost dead! And we should let it die! IE6 is a dinosaur and a thorn in almost every modern web developer's side. If you are a web developer or web designer, you should stop supporting IE6 and make suggestions to people to upgrade their browser instead. Why? Because Internet 7 and now Internet 8 are out and readily available. As a web designer, do you *REALLY* want to support 3 browsers? We know that we most certainly DO NOT! We should take a stand and make IE6 die by encouraging users to up

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 117 hits

9. Browsers Overview

As a budding 'surfer' (back in the days when surfing the web still seemed mysterious and vaguely appropriate), I never took to Internet Explorer. I think it was because every time I opened a link in a new window it always managed to position it somewhere annoying on the monitor. Then again, maybe I just preferred the Netscape Communicator loading button. Either way, from the beginning I was a fan of using programs that didn't come with Windows, and it's a trend that I've followed to this very day.

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 133 hits

10. Opera

Being the underdog of the Internet browser war, Opera still haven't given up it's effort of becoming top 2 or maybe top 3 browser. For you info, IE currently dominates the browser market, occupying 70% of the browser market while Mozilla Firefox occupies 20%, Safari 6% and Opera 0.8%. That 0.8% is really really low. Even Google Chrome beat it by 0.1% since it's release a few months ago. I have been using Opera since version 8, thanks to the recommendation of a friend. This version 10, codenamed Peregrine, retains the same visual interface as the version 9.5 Opera and up. That visual not really bad, nor it is attractive. I just feels that that big black bar is taking too much space for tabs. I know the appearance can be changed, but still, why do Opera want that bar to beco

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 119 hits

11. Mozilla Firefox

If you haven't heard, Mozilla Firefox is a powerhouse browser that offers many features and add-ons that allow you to customize how you use and utilize the Internet. According to the May 26, 2008, New York Times Article, Firefox has become a browser, impossible to ignore any longer. Firefox now has 170 million users around the world and an 18 percent share of the browser market, according to Net Applications. Once you download and install Firefox it is time to explore the add-ons that will create a browser that works best for you. Since Mozilla Firefox is an open-source program, programmers are able to design additional features to help you get the most out of this browser. From Bookmarking to Communication to Social Bookmarking there is something for everyone. For the individual looking to create a portable office, there are a few add-ons that

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 125 hits | Read more

12. FAQ

Why Use SSI? Okay, you have your standard website, with an index page and perhaps a dozen subpages. Your site has a set of elements on every page (banner logo at the top, navigation bar on the side, and more navigation elements in a footer at the bottom.) Each page has its unique content. Each page also has elements that appear on every page, and thus these elements are universal elements. When you add a new universal element (or modify a univ

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 110 hits

13. FAQ

Ruby is a general purpose programming language for scripting and other applications. Rails is a web application framework written in Ruby, and is designed to make application development much faster than prior methods of building web applications. Rails does this by automating or simplifying the most common methods of solving the most common tasks in web application programming. Why should I use Ruby?

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 119 hits

14. FAQ

Python is powerful... and fast Fans of Python use the phrase batteries included to describe the standard library, which covers everything from asynchronous processing to zip files. The language itself is a flexible powerhouse that can handle practically any problem domain. Build your own web server in three lines of code. Build flexible data-driven code using Python's powerful and dynamic introspection capabilities and advanced language features such as meta-classes, duck typing and decorators.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 124 hits

15. FAQ

phpMyAdmin is an open-source, browser-based application designed to manage MySQL databases. Its graphical user interface (GUI) enables you to bypass the traditional command prompt method of managing MySQL and instead use a browser. The navigation options (in the form of tabs) are: Database-level: Structure, SQL, Export, Search, Query, Operations. Table-level: Structure, Browse, SQL, Search, Insert, Export, Operations, Empty, Drop.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 150 hits

16. FAQ

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly. What does PHP stand for? PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 124 hits

17. FAQ

Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, the Unix shell, and at least a dozen other tools and languages. Perl's process, file, and text manipulation facilities make it particularly well-suited for tasks involving quick prototyping, system utilities, software tools, system management tasks, database access, graphical programming, networking,

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 147 hits

18. FAQ

MySQL is a proven and cost-effective database solution that will help reduce the cost of your database software infrastructure by over 90%. For more information, read the white paper A Guide to Lower Database TCO: http://www.mysql.com/tco/ 2. How does MySQL reduce TCO? MySQL reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of database software by: Reducing database licensing costs by over 90% Cutting systems downtime by 60%

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 135 hits

19. FAQ

JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology provides a simplified, fast way to create web pages that display dynamically-generated content. The JSP specification, developed through an industry-wide initiative led by Sun Microsystems, defines the interaction between the server and the JSP page, and describes the format and syntax of the page.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 144 hits

20. FAQ

Cron is a daemon (system service) used to execute scheduled commands on a unix system. FreeBSD Man Page for Cron

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 148 hits

21. FAQ

Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next generation of networks, applications, and Web services. With Windows Server 2008 you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, help provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization. Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors while delivering valuable new functionality and powerful im

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 114 hits

22. FAQ

edora is not a Red Hat product, rather it is a community based project which receives support from Red Hat. The goal of Fedora is to be as current with new technology and software releases as is possible. Sometimes Fedora is referred to as a bleeding edge distribution because of it's focus on incorporating new software. Fedora operates on an aggressive 6 month time based release cycle. Thus every 6 months there is a new major release of Fedora. In the interval between major releases it is common for packages to be updated to new v

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 164 hits

23. FAQ

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system containing the very best free and open source software applications you need to work and play. With Ubuntu you can surf the web, read email, create documents, presentations and spreadsheets, edit images and more. What does Ubuntu mean? Ubuntu is an African word, which has been described as too beautiful to translate into English. The essence of Ubuntu is that a person is a person through other people. It describes humanity as being-with-others and prescribes what being-with-others should be all about. Ubuntu emphasises sharing, consensus, and togetherness. It's a perfect concept for Free Software and open source. Here's a great article that describes Ubuntu, which may help define it. Wikipedia also has a good definition.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 98 hits

24. FAQ

Linux is able to support every class of component and peripheral. Fedora includes all of the drivers provided by the projects that are responsible for Linux hardware support. The Fedora installation process automatically detects the supported hardware on your computer. Some specific models of hardware are not yet supported under Linux, or require proprietary drivers from the manufacturer. If Fedora does not automatically detect a device, you may need to install additional drivers or firmware.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 114 hits

25. FAQ

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer and does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 108 hits