Best free PHP learning resources for beginners

PHP is a web scripting language that powers many of the popular open source applications and websites. PHP was among the most used languages until recently, and although other languages like Ruby-on-Rails have been gaining users, PHP still remains useful.
I started learning PHP recently, with the aim of building my own web apps and CMS some time in the future. Finding ideal, free resources were not easy, and delayed the learning process quite a bit. This post serves as a one-stop-shop for resources that I found useful – if you have recommendations, please do so in comments.

Install PHP on your computer for local dev/testing

PHP.net has a detailed page on installing PHP for various OSes. On *nix systems, you only need to learn how to use PHP, as it is installed by default or easily available via package managers.

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A 6-Step General Process for Producing a Website

When it comes to building a website, it helps to have a process to follow, especially if you are just getting started as a web designer. Good guidelines can help you work better by keeping forgetfulness to a minimum.

Every designer or company will develop unique components to their web design process over time, but the basics remain the same: learn, plan, design, code, launch and maintain.

In this article, I will share my process for designing a website.

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How to Recover Lost WordPress (Localhost) Password

If you design and develop WordPress theme, chances are you’ll have a local (localhost) copy in your machine for testing & debugging and preview purposes. Here’s a common mistake some of us may make – we tend to forget our admin password.

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How To Start A Blog in 9 Easy Steps

Over the past few weeks, my friends and I wrote about different aspects of blogging and how to position your blog more successful. In this post, I would like to take a step back and talk about how to start a blog. Specifically, I will discuss how to start a self-hosted WordPress blog since we already established that it’s one of the best platforms to start on.

Please note the discussion below assumes that you are interested in monetizing your blog and attracting readership. It’s not as applicable to if you want to blog casually.

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Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/25/bizarre-websites-on-which-you-can-kill-time-with-style/

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Docs.com brings Office document sharing to Facebook

Facebook and Microsoft have teamed up on a new online document-sharing service that will seamlessly integrate with the popular social networking site. Dubbed Docs.com, the beta site allows users to log in with their Facebook credentials, create Office documents -- Word, Excel and Powerpoint files -- and add friends as either viewers or document editors. New documents will show up in a user's news feed, just like status updates or pictures.

The service is based on Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 Web Apps suite and tapping into Facebook's large user base might get it off to a good start in the inevitable competition with Google Docs. The question is if collaborating on documents is an activity Facebook users are interested in -- you know the site's not particularly known for boosting productivity at work, right?

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Microsoft Office 2010 RTM ready for download

About a week after Office 2010 went gold, Technet and MSDN subscribers are now able to download Office 2010 Professional Plus in ISO format for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. For those of you who would rather avoid the notoriously slow download speeds of MSDN and choose to utilize less official channels, the SHA checksum is: 0E1840BF1AA81077692AF651BEFB75648CD9FAA7. Microsoft has also made available Sharepoint 2010, which is a complimentary enterprise solution for Office collaboration.

Office 2010 aims to bring a more socially-aware and polished experience to the industry-standard office suite. Some of the new features include live collaboration which supports multiple users editing documents simultaneously, integrated video and image editing tools in PowerPoint, the ability to export virtually any document to a web browser, inherent ODF support for Open Office documents and a cleaner, more consistent ribbon bar experience across all Office applications.

Two days ago, Microsoft also went live with its free, cloud-based companion to Office 2010 -- docs.com. It seems to be a slick competitor to Google Docs has been released under the “beta” label. Interestingly, only Facebook users are allowed exclusive access and there isn’t word on a definite release date for the rest of the world.

If you are not an MSDN or Technet subscriber, you will have to wait until Office 2010 hits store shelves. Retail pricing should be $149 for Home & Student, $279 for Home & Business and $499 for Professional. As an added incentive to buy Office now, those who choose to buy Office 2007 in the meantime will be able to upgrade to 2010 for free.

Source: Techspot

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7 Things Designer Can Learn From Girls

There are many things everybody can learn from girls, including designers. Whenever we see girls the things we first notice about them is how well she is dressed & how particular they are about in whatever they do. This led me to a thought that what it takes making these girls so perfect & being a designer myself how can I learn things from girls & implement them in my design.

So I had chat with some girls from which I came to know following points that designer can always follow & learn from girls.

1. Time Management

Photo By Chris Gilbert

In comparison to guys, gals are very scheduled in everything they do, they have fix time for various task they perform whole day. Designer can learn time management from girls as whenever designer get involved in any project they don’t track time and end up giving more time than usual in their work, which make them less efficient & unproductive. On other hand girls plan their day in advance, they have their own to-do list which they follow very strictly.Many designer face similar problem of spending huge amount of time on recreational web surfing as searching for inspiration for their work, they should limit this time & should remain focus with their work rather than getting distracted.

2. Experimentation

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photo By Redeemer University

Girls are always experimenting with their look, closet, hair & many other things. In one way or the other they try out things in different ways. By experimenting they keep themselves look fabulous always. Lady Gaga is a good example of getting success with experimenting different looks. In the same way designers also need to experiment with their design rather than just sticking with same methods. Experimentation is very important as people are now open to new ideas & concepts.

3. Color Theory

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photo By Katie scrapbook lady

Girls are particular about their clothes, make-up, accessories, shoes, etc. When you see a girl perfectly dressed, you can easily notice different colors they are wearing, being a designer you can easily find out that they are really good at color combination & patterns. They perfectly wear different colors all around them & carry them off with style. So as a designer you can always look upon girls for inspiration, where you will get lots of idea about color schemes, color palettes & patterns, which you can implement in your next design project.

4. Socializing
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





Photo By Sagar Patil

Girls easily adjust themselves in new environment, it’s all because they are very talkative in nature & are great social animals. As they make new friends easily & quickly, it all start with a “hi” which ends up creating friends. In design community socializing is really important & designer can always learn a thing or two from girls about socializing.

5. Organization

Photo By David Reber

If you have seen a girls wardrobe you would definitely understand what I mean by learning organization from girls. There are tonnes of things in their room like 100’s of handbags, 1000s of shoes & the list never ends. But whenever they want anything they have quick access to it without loosing anytime. In the same way designer always have huge digital data in their computer which needs to be organized all the time.


6. Bargaining

Photo By Rave Master

Bargaining does not always involve money, but its a kind of negotiation. Girls are really good at negotiating in every kind of situations like shopping, winning in conversation with guys, etc. On other hand designer can use this technique of bargaining with their clients or boss about their design where they can save lots of effort without compromising on creativity.

7. Creativity
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Photo By Raja R

I am not wrong if I say Girls are most creative creature on the planet, most of the people will agree with this. Girls don’t like things to be simple they always want something to be added & do things different so they can get noticed. Even designers need to be creative with their work, which will give them an edge over others that will give them a good recognition.


Whenever as a designer you feel low on inspiration & ideas I suggest have a good look at girls & ask them for suggestion, you will definitely get lots of good ideas that will help you get a boost in your creativity.


Please Comment & Share your thoughts.


Thumbnail Photo By Harthill South

View full post at Graphic and Webdesign Blog

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15 Colc Of Webs 2 Have Fun with Photos

Getting a little bored how your photos are presented online? How about injecting some fun and humor into it. You don’t really need to be Photoshop literate to edit and add effects into your photos. There’re some really great sites out there that allows you to add effects to your photo by using their existing effect-templates.

The best part is – most of them are free and output is shown immediately on the fly. Here’s a collection of 25 Sites To Have Fun With Your Photoswe’ve come to know. You know they don’t really have to be your photos :-)

PhotoFunia

One of the hottest site with tons of creative backgrounds to play around with. Now comes in 9 different languages.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Fun Photo Box
If you don’t get what you want from PhotoFunia, you reallly need to check out this site.






















Picartia
Create a photo mosaic of your choice for free online.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Hairmixer
Choose a photo for the left and right side and start mixing their hairs up.

















Photo505
We’d say, with Photo505, Photofunia and Fun Photo Box, you’ll be buzy for days.













Yearbook Yourself
Turn your face photo into yearbook alike black & white old school photo. The service is paused and will be back this Summer.

Loonapic
Make funny photos by embedding your face from the photo to the various templates.

Magmypic
Create different fake magazine covers from your photos.

Befunky
Give your digital creations a whole lot of character with BeFunky Goodies. Add speech bubbles, frames and different shapes to your creations for a more funky, more creative image.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Pixeltouch
Convert Photo to Sketch


Jpgfun
The EFFECT LIST section makes possible to imagin yourself on billbords, on newspapers, on "wanted" posters like it was in "wild wild west", on 100 dollars bill, on the posters with famous celebrities and any any other awesome effects.
The MAGAZINES LIST section will make your dreams come true seeing your photoes on the cover of world famous magazines such as Playboy, CosmoGirl, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek, GQ, Vogue and ect.
The FRAMES LIST section includes some simple frames with flowers and anaimals and many theme frames (weddings,saint Valentines day, signs of the zodiac and so on.)





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Imagechef
Lots of ways for you to customize your photos and express them wherever you want.







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Create HDR
One of the simplest way to create HDR photos online.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Letter James
Letter James has nothing to do with photo effects, but instead you allows you to blend texts and words of your choice into their existing templates.




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My Heritage
Making use of their face recognition technology, this site offers several fun effects you can play with your photos. Included are Celebrity Morph, Look-alike Meter, Celebrity Collage and Tag Photos.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anymaking
Allows you to upload any photo and create "old photo", "wanted" and "puzzle" effects out of it.

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Good bye Virus

I found this program in thai website i couldn't remeber. First time i when i used this to remove virus, malware, spyware, i was afraid that this program will delete all files and folders but it didn't.

This removes all viruses such as

Startdrv.exe
Svchost.exe
Explorer.exe which is fake one
nvsvc32.exe disturbs nvidia's driver
spoolsv.exe makes cpu runs 100%
wscntfy.ex

How To use??

1. Simply download frm here.
2. Run in Safe mode, Close all system restores.
3. Run combofix.exe

After that computer restars automatically then go to your normal windows.
Don't do anything untill combofix will show LogReport.

Note: U can also run in normal windows mode, but said to run in safemode coz in safe mode all services are stopped which is not related to windows i.e. all viruses doesn't works.

Pic when Combo fix is runnin







From my experience when solving problem of friends computer 95% of viruses are frm handy drive/pen drive/flash drive. These makes out ram run slow also removes folder option, disable task manager, disable regedit, msconfig, hide folders etc.

Hope this will help you a lot 100%.

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Windows 8 to be Release July, 2011 … a Rumor?

I saw a documentary about Roswell, the place in New Mexico, USA that was supposed to be the place where an alien space craft went down. It supposedly was recovered by the US Air Force and had alien bodies among the wreckage. 60 years later, I smile when I hear how some people regardless of evidence or lack there of continue to believe wild stories about that event. The rumors persist…right?

Well, there are rumors about Windows8. Think of it. First of all, can MicroSoft really pull off selling a new operating system to have consumers buy this close to Windows 7, especially with the critical and commercial success of Windows7? If it had bombed, sure the public would be clamoring for a new one. But that is not the case.

Second, what can you expect from Windows8? To want people to buy the OS, it has to be radically different, otherwise, it will be considered a service pack to Windows7. The 128 bit rumor is around, but to make it really work as a 128 bit OS, then there have to be major rewrites of a lot of supporting software and hardware; otherwise, what’s the point? If the applications can not take advantage of the CPU to perform faster, it will be for nought.

Third, hardware technology must already be available to be incorporated into the next OS otherwise the time frame would be longer, maybe 2012, or even 2013. The technology may already have existed when Windows7 was being built, but was put off to wait for other hardware makers to design hardware around.

Fourth, the Windows8 kernel must be redesigned. If it’s just an extension of the Vista/Windows7 kernel, again what’s the point? Microsoft and their R&D team must be looking at what the next generation must be like, but with the emphasis on new technology.

So having said that about rumors, when will Microsoft release Windows8? From a spreadsheet designed by a Microsoft employee, the timeline is around July 1, 2011. That is a mere 17 months away. Here is a copy of the spreadsheet with the timeline not just for Windows8, but for other MicroSoft products.

So here is the latest rumor. The spreadsheet picks the date of July, 2011 as the release date. What makes this spreadsheet is the supposed origin: a Microsoft employee; furthermore, it has been accurate in the pastfor the software timeline. Take it with a grain of salt; but the rumors may be true.

Source: TechSpot

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Recover Folder Option And Regedit

How To Recover Folder Option and regedit / วิธีแก้ Folder Option หาย และ Regedit กำลับคืน

1. Goto Start >> Run >>
copy the message below and Paste it before hitting Enter

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

2. Restart your PC

3. Goto Start >> Run >> Regedit Go through

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Policies>Explorer

right side delete the Folder name NoFolderOptions delete it and restart your pc once again after that check Folder Option has been restored or not.

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วิธีแก้ไขให้ Folder Option กลับคืน และการกู้คืน regedit.exe

1. Start >> Run >>
copy ข้อความข้างล่างนี้ และ Paste ลงไป ก่อนจะ Enter

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

2. Restart เครื่อง

3. Start >> Run >> Regedit เปิดตำแหน่งตามด้านล่าง

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Policies>Explorer
ในหน้าต่างด้านขวา ให้ลบ Folder ชื่อ NoFolderOptions = "dword:00000001" หรือ ถ้าส่วนที่อยู่ใน “” ไม่เหมือนกัน ให้ดูแต่ชื่อข้างหน้า คือ NoFoloderOptions (ลบทิ้งไป แล้ว Restart เครื่องอีกครั้ง)

Folder Option ก็จะกลับมาเหมือนเดิม ลองแล้ว ได้ ชัวร์ๆๆๆๆๆๆ

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Crack Windows 7 It worked with me

ลองตามลิ้ง นี้ แล้วดาวโหลด แคร็กเอา นะครับ

Just click or copy the link below and paste in address bar.
Download it and crack ur windows Se7en.
Have fun with it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?i0dmq3dzwmm

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Windoz Xp installation II

หน้าจอให้ใส่ Password ของ Admin ให้ปล่อยว่าง ๆ ไว้แบบนี้แล้วกดปุ่ม Next เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



เลือก Time Zone ให้เป็นของไทย (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta แล้วกดปุ่ม Next เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



รอครับ รอ รอ รอสักพัก จนกระทั่งขั้นตอนต่าง ๆ เสร็จเรียบร้อย ก็พร้อมแล้วสำหรับการเข้าสู่ระบบปฏิบัติการ Windows XP ครับ จากนั้น จะมีการบูตเครื่องใหม่อีกครั้ง เพื่อเริ่มต้นการใช้งานจริง ๆ



บูตเครื่องใหม่คราวนี้ อาจจะมีเมนูแปลก ๆ แบบนี้ เป็นการเลือกว่า เราจะบูตจากระบบ Windows ตัวเก่าหรือจาก Windows XP ครับ ก็เลือกที่ Microsoft Windows XP Professional ครับ ถ้าของใครไม่มีเมนูนี้ก็ไม่เป็นไรนะครับ



เริ่มต้นบูตเครื่อง เข้าสู่ระบบปฏิบัติการ Windows XP แล้วครับ



ในครั้งแรก อาจจะมีการถามเรื่องของขนาดหน้าจอที่ใช้งาน กด OK เพื่อให้ระบบตั้งขนาดหน้าจอให้เราได้เลยครับ นอกจากนี้ ถ้าหากเครื่องไหนมีการถาม การติดตั้งค่าต่าง ๆ ก็กดเลือกที่ Next หรือ Later ไปก่อน บางครั้งอาจจะมีให้เราทำการสร้าง Username อย่างน้อย 1 ฃื่อก่อนเข้าใช้งาน ก็ใส่ชื่อของคุณเข้าไปได้เลย



เสร็จแล้วครับ หน้าตาของการเข้า Windows XP สวยดีครับ



และนี่คือหน้าตาแรก ของระบบปฏิบัติการ Windows XP Professional ครับ ต่อไปก็เป็นการปรับแต่ง และการลง Driver ของอุปกรณ์ต่าง ๆ ให้เรียบร้อยต่อไป

ที่มา : http://www.mescript.com/windows-tips/install-windows-xp/

สำหรับการลงไดรเวอร์นั้น จะมีแผ่น CD มาพร้อมกับแมนบอร์ดตอนเราซื้อนะครับ ใส่เข้าไปแล้วให้มาน autorun ก็ได้แล้ว กด Install หรืก setup ไปเรย ....

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Windoz xp installation I

มาดูขั้นตอนตั้งแต่เริ่มต้น การติดตั้ง Windows XP กันเลยครับ


เริ่มต้น โดยการเซ็ตให้บูตเครื่องจาก CD-Rom Drive ก่อน โดยการเข้าไปปรับตั้งค่าใน bios ของเครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์ โดยเลือกลำดับการบูต ให้เลือก CD-Rom Drive เป็นตัวแรกครับ (ถ้าหากเป็นแบบนี้อยู่แล้ว ก็ไม่ต้องเปลี่ยนอะไร)




ทำการปรับเครื่อง เพื่อให้บูตจาก CD-Rom ก่อน จากนั้นก็บูตเครื่องจากแผ่นซีดี Windows XP Setup โดยเมื่อบูตเครื่องมา จะมีข้อความให้กดปุ่มอะไรก็ได้ เพื่อบูตจากซีดีครับ ก็เคาะ Enter ไปทีนึงก่อน



โปรแกรมจะทำการตรวจสอบและเช็คข้อมูลอยู่พักนึง รอจนขึ้นหน้าจอถัดไปครับ



เข้ามาสู่หน้า Welcome to Setup กดปุ่ม Enter เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



หน้าของ Licensing Agreement กดปุ่ม F8 เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



ทำการเลือก Drive ของฮาร์ดดิสก์ที่จะลง Windows XP แล้วกดปุ่ม Enter เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



เลือกชนิดของระบบ FAT ที่จะใช้งานกับ Windows XP หากต้องการใช้ระบบ NTFS ก็เลือกที่ข้อบน แต่ถ้าจะใช้เป็น FAT32 หรือของเดิม ก็เลือกข้อสุดท้ายได้เลย (no changes) ถ้าไม่อยากวุ่นวาย แนะนำให้เลือก FAT32 นะครับ แล้วกดปุ่ม Enter เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป



โปรแกรมจะเริ่มต้นขั้นตอนการติดตั้ง รอสักครู่ครับ



หลังจากนั้น โปรแกรมจะทำการ Restart เครื่องใหม่อีกครั้ง (ให้ใส่แผ่นซีดีไว้ในเครื่องแบบนั้น แต่ไม่ต้องกดปุ่มใด ๆ เมื่อบูตเครื่องใหม่ ปล่อยให้โปรแกรมทำงานไปเองได้เลยครับ)



หลังจากบูตเครื่องมาคราวนี้ จะเริ่มเห็นหน้าตาของ Windows XP แล้วครับ รอสักครู่



โปรแกรมจะเริ่มต้นขั้นตอนการติดตั้งต่าง ๆ ก็รอไปเรื่อย ๆ



จะมีเมนูของการให้เลือก Regional and Language ให้กดปุ่ม Next ไปเลยครับ ยังไม่ต้องตั้งค่าอะไรในช่วงนี้



ใส่ชื่อและบริษัทของผู้ใช้งาน ใส่เป็นอะไรก็ได้ แล้วกดปุ่ม Next เพื่อทำการติดตั้ง



ทำการใส่ Product Key (จะมีในด้านหลังของแผ่นซีดี) แล้วกดปุ่ม Next เพื่อทำการติดตั้งต่อไป แต่ เด่ว ขอพัก ก่อน พรุ่งนี้มาต่อใหม่ นะครับ

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