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Install Multiple Versions of IE on Your PC

I never really worry about having multiple versions of Internet Explorer on one computer, I have a computer lab with 38 machines at work. At home I have an XP box with IE 6, an XP laptop with IE 7, and a Vista laptop with IE8. Unfortunately, my XP box with IE 6 is suffering some hardware issues and I’m [...]

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December 24th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Posted in Browser Issues, Software & Freeware Programs |

Portable Applications for Beginners

Portable Flash Drives

Around two years ago we had to temporarily relocate our classroom to a medical coding and medical assisting classroom while we were moving our regular classroom from one location to another. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to install any of the software we normally use in the Web Design and Development program on our borrowed machines. While we had plenty of [...]

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September 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Software & Freeware Programs |

30 Useful Open Source Apps for Web Designers

There are plenty of open source applications that can help you tremendously as a web designer. Open source projects are great not only because of their price tag (free), but also because of the passionate community that typically forms around them. In these economic times, it’s often a worthwhile endeavor to see places where you can conserve, and open source [...]

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January 26th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Software & Freeware Programs, Web Development |

Top 100 Essential Mac Applications

For Chris and the other Mac users in class – Top 100 Essential Mac Applications

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February 5th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Software & Freeware Programs |

Free Software, Resources, and other Goodies for Web Designers

There is a terrific list of freeware software for Web designers over at TechnoTarget. There are descriptions and screen captures of each application. Smashing Magazine has links to 100 Excellent WordPress Free Themes including a screen capture for each theme. You should definitely bookmark this site since we discussed WordPress yesterday and will work with it more over the next [...]

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Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview

Lynda.com is offering free access to this new Photoshop CS3 tutorial @ http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=327. You can actually download Photoshop CS3 beta @ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/. Note: In order to run this software for more than two days you must have a copy of Photoshop CS2, Creative Suite 2, Production Studio, Adobe Web Bundle, or Adobe Video Bundle. We have ordered Creative Suite 2 [...]

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Educational Software Discounts

This article has been updated to include more educational software resources on 11/26/06 http://www.sprysoft.com/shop/ http://www.studentdiscounts.com/ http://www.campustech.com/ http://www.ccvsoftware.com/ http://www.creationengine.com http://journeyed.com http://www.academicsuperstore.com http://www.gotrc.com/ http://www.gradware.com http://www.studica.com/products/index.cfm In addition to the above vendors, About.com has articles on educational software limitations and additional vendors.

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November 26th, 2006 | 2 Comments | Posted in Class Notes, Software & Freeware Programs |

Learning HTML and XHTML for Beginners

These sites are a great starting point for someone who knows nothing about building a web site with HTML/XHTML. While I would recommend that you learn to build standards-compliant web sites with XHTML and CSS, you will usually need to know basic HTML first. Before you begin you should get some kind of HTML editor for writing your code. Notepad [...]

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January 2nd, 2006 | 4 Comments | Posted in CSS, Software & Freeware Programs, XHTML & Coding |

Firefox Extensions and Useful Web Applications, Services, and Resources

I’ve come across some new (well new to me) Firefox extensions that I thought you might find helpful: del.icio.us – the del.icio.us extension for Firefox offers everything you need to seamlessly integrate the del.icio.us service with your Firefox browser. This is very handy if you use del.icio.us to keep track of your favorite web sites. SessionSaver – I love this [...]

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December 2nd, 2005 | 1 Comment | Posted in Firefox Extensions, Software & Freeware Programs |

Just a few treats

How to write a resume offers free tips on resume writing, interviewing, and writing cover letters. ColourMod offers color pickers in various flavors; for Mac users there is a widget (small helper application), Windows users can use a Konfabulator widget, and for all platforms there is a DHTML plugin. I downloaded and tried the Konfabulator widget and it’s very nice. [...]

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October 20th, 2005 | Comments Off | Posted in Color, Job Search, Software & Freeware Programs |
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