In a time when more of us are doing more of our browsing on a flaky mobile connection than ever before, as designers and developers we need to be keeping an eye on our page weights. This browser extension places an icon next to the address bar that, when clicked, lets you know the page weight of whatever your looking at, broken down by resource if you like.
A free, open source code editor from Microsoft that runs anywhere and has lots of smart features for making coding quicker and easier. Built-in Git commands, debugger and much more.
From the developers at Firefox, the amazingly useful add-on Firebug enables you to debug, edit and monitor HTML, JavaScript and CSS live, all in the browser. One of the very best web development tools out there, this is a must-have for anyone working in web development.
Using HTML entities is essential to ensure all the characters on your page are validated. However, often finding the right entity code requires scanning through 250 rows of characters. It's also available as a widget on the Mac Dashboard.
This cool tool from Lea Verou lets you use unprefixed CSS properties. It essentially works behind the scenes, adding the current browser’s prefix to any CSS code, only when it’s needed.
Cloud9 IDE is a tool to help you collaborate with others on big-scale code projects. Letting developers around the world edit the same code and chat together in realtime, it's fast emerging as one of the best browser-based IDEs. Features include code completion and editor, drop-document trees, smart drag and FTP integration.
Made by develpopers for developers at ZURB, this prototyping tool acts as a blueprint for your responsive design projects. Its latest version is an easy grid-structure that makes styling even more convenient and flexible. It works with both SASS and CSS.
This icon generator is truly one of a kind. Pick the icons you want and Fontello will compile them into customized web fonts. You can also edit and customize the symbol codes and names.
This lightweight and easy to use tool helps you share website and apps with others. It's been specifically built to give designers and developers a way to present comps to their clients inside of a realistic device shell.
BLOKK is a fun-to-use font for "clients who do not understand Latin". In other words, it replaces all text with blocks to suggest generic text instead. That way you can create good looking mock-ups and wireframes without confusing people with Lorem Ipsem.
Developed by 37signals, Basecamp is a popular online tool to help you manage collaboration and project management with ease. It all runs in the cloud and most people working in web design and development will be familiar with it.
Browser Shots generates screenshots of how websites appear at 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution in six commonly used web browsers. Just submit the web address and a group of distributed computers will access and open it, then upload screenshots of the site for you to check out.
A favicon ('favorites icon') is a small, 16x16 image that's shown inside the browser's location bar and bookmark menu when your site is called up. This tool makes it easy to create them for your site.
This Firefox plug-in feature provides a number of useful tools that web developers use on a day-to-day basis. It's particularly useful when inspecting your HTTP header information or when you need to validate your XHTML.
A successful website is one that loads faster and quickly. Load Impact is a cloud-based service for load testing and website optimization that generates traffic load by simulating users. In other words it lets you test how your website, web app, mobile app or API will perform with up to 1.2 million concurrent users.
If you're not impressed with BLOKK (see 10) and want to stick with Lorem Ipsum, this reference site about the subject, giving information on its origins, also includes a random Lorem Ipsum generator.
Validating web documents is an important step that can dramatically help improving and ensuring their quality. This free service from the W3C helps you to check the markup validity of different web documents, in HTML, SMIL, XHTML and MathML and more.
The Typetester is a browser tool for comparing different kinds of fonts, Choose the typeface you want to test out, along with your chosen size, tracking, colour etc, and Typetester applies it to a set piece of text so you can see what it will look like.
Pingdom is a service that tracks the uptime, downtime, and performance of websites. Upload a full page in HTML and it will mimic the loading process of the entire website, incorporating all the elements (namely JavaScript, RSS, CSS and images), thereby enabling you to check and monitor the efficiency of your site.
By reducing the number of HTTP requests, this tool aims at increasing the loading speed of your website. Images are combined into one larger image at defined X and Y coorindates. Having assigned this generated image to relevant page elements the background-position CSS property can then be used to shift the visible area to the required component image.
Everyone wants to do something unique from others. You can do so by changing the Google logo and place your own logo in Google search. You can make your own logo image of your own design and can place in Google search by following simple steps.
Step 2: After adding, you need to find extension location in your computer,
so follow path
C:UsersYour User NameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultExtensions
Step 3: Now Find “jepibmfmhopgkplegmkjgifmhabbjadg” and open it. Now open folder “4.1.3_0″. Now open images. In Images you will see Google logo. Now copy Google logo’s name and then delete it.
Step 4: Now add your logo (364*126) in this folder and Rename it by pasting Google logo’s name.
How To Make A Transparent Logo In Photoshop
First open Adobe Photoshop, in file menu create new and select transparent in contents option. You can select any height and width and hit enter. After making your logo save it in .PNG format.
Generally there are only few options in “Send to” option when you select and right click on any file or folder. If there is no option of the file or folder in which you have to send particular file or folder then you will first of all copy the file or folder which you have to send to destination file or folder and then you will open the destination file or folder and then you will paste the file or folder. But this process is too long. So we will provide you a method to add new and more options in “Send to” option. By adding more options in “Send to” option your work will be more easy and you can complete the task of sending an item at your destination in less time.
Step 1:
Open “run” and type “shell:sendto” and hit enter.
Step 2:
Now just drag and drop the file or folder which you have to add to “Send to” option to the folder that had opened with the help of step 1.
That’s it. Now to tally your added files or folders to “Send to” option, you have to just select any file or folder, right click and move cursor to “Send to” option.
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Note : You can add options as many as you want to “Send to” option using this method of few steps.
Many people create passwords based on their spouse's name, a hobby, or a simple pattern, since those types of passwords are easy to remember. Unfortunately, they are also very easy for hackers to guess. To create a strong password, you will need to avoid these types of common mistakes.
Review the infographic below to learn some common password mistakes.
Never use personal information such as your name, birthday, or spouse's name. Personal information is often publicly available, which makes it easier for someone to guess your password.
Use a longer password. Your password should be at least six characters long, and for extra security it should ideally be at least 12 characters (if the site allows it).
If you need to write down your passwords, keep them in a secure place. It's even better if you encrypt your passwords, or just write down hints for them that others won't be able to understand.
Don't use the same password for each account. If someone discovers your password for one account, all of your other accounts will be vulnerable.
Try to include numbers, symbols, and both uppercase and lowercase letters (if the site allows it).
Avoid using words that can be found in the dictionary. For example, "swimming1" would be a weak password.
Random passwords are the strongest. Use a password generator instead of trying to think of your own.
Random passwords are harder to remember, so create a mnemonic device. For example, "H=jNp2#" can be remembered as "HARRY = jessica NOKIA paris 2 #." This may still seem random, but with a bit of practice it becomes relatively easy to memorize. You can also choose a sentence that you know you'll remember and then use the first letter of each word in the sentence, plus a few symbols or numbers, as your password.
Using password managers
Instead of writing your passwords on paper where others can easily see them, you can use a password manager to encrypt and store them online. Some password managers can also generate random passwords, making your information even more secure. Examples of password managers include LastPass, KeePass, Firefox's password manager, and Google Chrome's password manager.
For example, when using LastPass, you will first need to install the LastPass browser plugin. Whenever you type a password on a website, the browser plugin will ask you whether you want to save it. The next time you go to the website, LastPass can automatically enter the password for you. If someone else wants to use your computer, you can simply log out of LastPass to prevent the other person from accessing your information.
Copyright is the legal concept that works—art, writing, images, music, and more—belong to the people who create them. According to copyright law, any original content you create and record in a lasting form is your own intellectual property. This means other people can't legally copy your work and pretend it's their own. They can't make money from the things you create either.
You can still cite and refer to other sources (including copyrighted materials) in your work. But to use, copy, or change a copyrighted work, you need permission from the person who holds the copyright. This permission is called a license.
Although everyone has the right to require that others respect their copyright and ask permission to use their work, some people and organizations choose to license their content more freely. They do this by giving their work a Creative Commons license, or by placing their work in the public domain.
Review the infographic to get an overview of the differences among traditional copyright, Creative Commons, andpublic domain.
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Obtaining free content
If everything on the Internet belongs to someone, how do you obtain images, music, and other materials you can use in your projects for free? The answer is through public domain and Creative Commons-licensed content. To learn more, review the tips below.
Tip #1: Use public domain content
There are no restrictions on using works that are in the public domain, which means you can use them however you want—short of claiming that you created them yourself. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to tell whether or not something is in the public domain. There may be some cases when you know for sure that a work is public domain (for instance, if you find a photo or text you are sure was published before 1923), but for the most part the best way to find public domain content is to search for it specifically.
For help finding public domain content, visit these resources:
Although Creative Commons content won't cost you any money to obtain, it's not totally free: To use it, you must follow certain rules. People who choose to make their content Creative Commons can choose one or more of these licenses to apply to their work:
Attribution: You must credit the creator in order to use, copy, or share the content.
Non-Commercial: You can't make a profit from the content.
No Derivative Works: You can't change the content.
Share Alike: You can change the content, but you have to let other people use your new work with the same license as the original. You can't treat any Share Alike work that you adapt as your own copyright, even if you radically change it.
For help finding Creative Commons content, try these resources:
To tell if a piece of content is Creative Commons, look for the Creative Commonssymbol , as well as symbols that indicate exactly which licenses apply to it. For instance, the symbols in the example below indicate that the photo has three licenses: Attribution, Non Commercial, and No Derivative Works. This means you can use this photo if you credit the person who created it, don'tmake money from it, and don't change it.
Finding content with Google
Google allows you to filter your search results to only show Creative Commons and public domain works. When conducting an advanced search, you can choose which usage rights you want Google to search for. For example, if you're searching for an image to use in your blog, you can change the usage rights to free to use or share.
As you learned earlier, you generally need to license copyrighted material in order to use it, which often costs money. The exception to this is a rule called fair use. Fair use means you can use copyrighted material without a license only for certain purposes. These include:
Commentary
Criticism
Reporting
Research
Teaching
You can't just grab a copyrighted photo and use it on your blog because you think it's pretty. However, it probably would be considered fair use if you included the photo in a blog post that commented on and analyzed the photographer's work.
Guidelines for fair use:
A majority of the content you create must be your own. To return to the example above, it's probably fair use to include a few relevant photos to support your ideas in a blog post, presentation, or research paper. However, using these same photos in a project with only a few lines of commentary mightnot be fair use. As another example, let's imagine you found a useful tutorial you wanted to feature on your blog. Including one tip from the tutorial would be fair use. Simply republishing the entire tutorial would not be fair use, even if you linked to the original source.
Give credit to the copyright holder. In order for something to be fair use, you must give full credit to the person who created it. This includes the creator's name, as well as other information that will help people find the original work or source. For example, if you adapt a recipe that was originally published on a cooking website, you should include a link to the original page. For more help citing your sources, review Avoiding Plagiarism.
Don't make money off of the copyrighted work. In general, it's much easier to claim fair use when you're using the copyrighted material for noncommercial purposes. While posting images of your favorite TV shows and adding funny captions and commentary might be considered fair use, selling these images on T-shirts would not.
Misusing copyrighted material
The concept of fair use can be tricky, especially when it comes to creating work you don't intend to post or publish. For example, if you download a series of graphics from a designer's website and use them to create a PowerPoint template for you and your coworkers (without permission), you could argue that it was never meant for the public and that you didn't mean any harm.
In situations like this, it's important to put yourself in the copyright holder's shoes. It's true that he or she will probably never find out about the template. It's also a relatively minor violation because you're just using the graphics around the office.
But how would you feel if you were a graphic designer and learned that people were using your work (your livelihood) in a way you didn't intend? And you're not getting paid or credited for it!
In short, it's better to do what's right than to risk violating copyright and fair use laws. Even if you think what you're doing is not a big deal, the copyright holder may disagree. If someone requests that you remove his or her materials from your work, you should do so immediately. Otherwise, you can suffer serious consequences, including:
Having your website shut down if your work is published online—like on a blog—after the copyright holder complains to your hosting service
Getting sued by the copyright holder
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Licensing copyrighted content
If you want to use copyrighted content in a way that doesn't fall under fair use, you'll have to license it in order to get permission to post it. If you're interested in purchasing the rights to use images, video, and other media in your work, you may want to visit the following stock photo sites:
Video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo offer the option to share videos by embedding them. When you embed a video, it automatically creates a link back to the place where it was originally posted. Because the original creator or poster is automatically credited, you don't have to worry about going through any extra steps to give credit.
Be aware that many videos on these sites—particularly videos of TV shows and movies—are in violation of copyright law, and may be removed from YouTube at any time. If a video is removed from YouTube, it will also be removed from wherever you've embedded it. You should never embed a video that you know is breaking copyright laws.
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Protecting your intellectual property
Copyright protects the things you create too. You own the original content you post on your blog, share on your website, or write in your research paper. If people copy or steal your intellectual property, you have the right to try and stop them.
Guarding your content online
The best way to protect your content is to keep an eye out for it elsewhere. These tips can help you determine if someone else has published your work online, like on a website or blog.
Use plagiarism search services. If you choose to publish your work online, these services will analyze your blog or site, then search for sites with identical content. Copyscape.com is a reputable site with a free plagiarism search.
Set up Google Alerts for excerpts of your work. Google Alerts is a service you can use to automatically emailyou when sites post new information about a person, thing, or event. You can create alerts for things you've written by entering a few sentences from your work in the Search Queryfield. (Make sure to use quotation marks.) If that text shows up elsewhere on the Web, you'll receive an email.
Add watermarks to yourimages. A watermark is something you add to an image to identify yourself as its creator—usually a symbol or some text. If you choose to share your images online, watermarks make it easy for you and other people to recognize images you created. They also can have the effect of discouraging others from taking your images in the first place. You can easily create watermarks in image-editing programs like Picasa and Photoshop.
What to do if you find your content on another site
There are two things you can do if you find your images, text, or other media on someone else's website or blog. First, you cancontact the person who runs the blog or site that took your content. Most blogs list a contact emailaddress, but if you can't find one you can always leave a comment on the offending post. Ask firmly but politely to remove your content (or give you credit if you don't mind sharing it). This can work, especially in cases when the other person didn't realize any wrongdoing had occurred.
If contacting the blogger doesn't work, you may want to file a DMCA takedown request. DMCA refers to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, a law that's designed to help copyright holders protect their content. Under this law, if a site steals your original content you can complain to that site's service provider. If the service provider finds your complaint valid, it will take down the content.
, as well as symbols that indicate exactly which licenses apply to it. For instance, the symbols in the example below indicate that the photo has three licenses: 
Attribution, 
Non Commercial, and 
No Derivative Works. This means you can use this photo if you credit the person who created it, don't make money from it, and don't change it.
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