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How to Take Screenshots and Upload Them to Your Server Via FTP

As a web designer and developer I’m always taking screenshots and sending them around to ask for feedback from fellow web designers and developers. Every time I do this, I don’t want to be hitting that print screen button on my keyboard and then finding an image host to upload my image to, and fortunately [...]

Why You Should Use CSS Sprites and A Tool To Help You

Every website strives to be as fast and efficient as possible, CSS sprites is a key factor in increasing a website’s loading times as they reduce radically the number of HTTP requests being made when a page is loaded. CSS sprites also come with the other perks of using less bandwidth and space on your server. On a single [...]

3 Brilliant YouTube Channels that’ll Teach You PHP

Learning PHP via YouTube videos was how I learned to code the very diverse language. It was the fact I could put the video on one screen and have my text editor open in the other and simply follow along. It was like having a one-on-one free tuition. I’ve gathered the three YouTube channels I [...]

How To Get Your Own Custom URL Shortener For Your Domain

One of the most popular questions I get asked is how do I do my custom frankmeacey.com shortened URLs on Twitter? In this article I shall be explaining just that. What’s so great about my method of shortening URLs is you don’t need to write a single line of code. Just set it up and you’re [...]

Another Update To The Blog

So you may have noticed that a couple of things have changed around here, for the best. After playing around with WordPress for a while, I decided I’d like to use it for my blog, and that’s what I’ve done. What’s so great about wordpress? What I love about WordPress is the security and effortless [...]