How2NotFail

So, you’ve recently just installed Skype and now notice that every time you restart your computer (or local web server for that matter) you get an error. The ports are already in use? No problem. Why Skype decided to use those exact ports, I’ll never know.. Anyways, here’s the fix:
Solution 1: Disable Skype Port

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Problem
You’re trying to build a cross-browser compatible web site or application. It works great in Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera. There’s just one left to test, right? That’d be nice, wouldn’t it? Unfortunately Internet Explorer is so inconsistent from version to version, that it’s almost impossible to know how your website is performing in all [...]

If you’re like me, and you like testing all of your web development stuffs on your own computer before pushing it onto your live environment you have something like XAMPP installed on your system. For me, I use Windows Vista, so I have the win32 version of XAMPP. For the past few days I’ve been [...]

1. Firebug
My absolute favorite tool. Ever. Firebug is a Firefox Extension that lets you view and manipulate html and stylesheets straight from your browser, in real time. And, while you cannot save you changes straight from Firebug, it remains an excellent tool for debugging CSS issues! This is a must have.
( Firebug Homepage )
2. Xenu
And [...]

We all know that commenting code is a good practice, especially when working in a larger development environment. Unfortunately HTML is rendered client side, so any comments you leave, may be visible to any onlookers that glance at your source. An easy way to cover your tracks is by leaving the comments inside server side [...]

Everyone is always talking about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Pay Per Click campaigns. Trying to use that secret sauce to get onto the front page of google. To be quite honest, there are a lot of things that you can do, that don’t require any fancy know-how to greatly impact your success rate with [...]

JPGs, GIFs, and PNGs are common ingredients for many websites. Unfortunately it is not uncommon for these file types to be misused. When used properly, they provide an excellent method for keeping file sizes, and ultimately loading times, well under control.
Here is some general information about each file type.
JPG
Jpgs (or jpegs) are best used to [...]