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Polyclip.js: Clip JPEG Images Into Polygons

Keith@Blogfreakz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:29:12 +0000

Thanks to polyClip.js, you finally don’t have to restrict yourself to using PNG files or a graphics editor whenever you want to use an image of an object without its background. Created by ZoltanDulac, polyclip.js a jQuery plugin or JavaScript library that allows you to crop or clip any image in a non-rectangular way with HTML5 Canvas’ imagemap coordinates.

Why use JPEG with polyclip.js instead of PNG? Because PNG images can’t be as small as JPEG images when you’re dealing with photographic images, and you know how an image’s file size can affect a page’s loading time. What the script does is cut points on the image using x and y values provided by the user. If you know how to create an image map then using polyclip.js should be easy for you to use.

This plugin’s practical value can be subject for debate when you’re dealing with a lot of images but if it’s only for a handful of images, it can be a huge byte-saver.

The polyclip.js is supported by most browsers, including IE7 and 8 but it’s going to require the Excanvas JavaScript library which polyfills canvas using VML for it to function properly. It weighs in at only 2kb but for IE7 and 8, there’s going to be an additional 11kb.

You can download the latest version of polyclip.js over at GitHub. To know more about this plugin/library, you can read about it here.

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A Quaintly Designed CSS Typographic Grid

Keith@Blogfreakz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:02 +0000

Here’s a very fascinating take on creating a CSS grid by Chris Coyier. If you’re site is text-heavy then this kind of layout might suit it perfectly. Check out the demo to see how it works.

Horizontal Grid

Vertical Grid

The concept is inspired by one Richard Rutter with his article Compose to a Vertical Rhythm. If you’re having trouble trying to align your site’s font with the grid because of the size variation, you can use a few tools like Baseline Rhythm Calculator, Grid bookmarklet, and Adobe Air EM calculator to help you out with the math. Or better yet, try getting some EM-based CSS.

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Rcarousel: A Continuous jQuery UI Carousel

Keith@Blogfreakz — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:50:41 +0000

Before you toss this off as just another slider review, check out this innovative content slider and carousel made with jQuery, called the rcarousel.

Created by front-end developer Wojciech rrh Ryrych, this continuous carousel is basically a jQuery UI widget which latest version (v1.1) was just released recently. Its inherent capabilities from its predecessor include custom events and a simple API.

Rcarousel supports HTML content: just place anything inside a DIV container, install the widget, and that’s it. It is highly customizable and allows the user to navigate through the content with bullets or set the scrolling to auto mode without navigation.

What sets this carousel from the others is that it has the multi carousel feature!

Check out the demo. Cool, isn’t it?

You can customize the rcarousel’s appearance by indicating the number of visible elements and a step (number of elements to scroll by). Another nice feature is loading elements on demand at runtime via API. With little effort you can fetch XML, JSON, parse them and then add elements with ‘append’ method.

Its other features are:
• Many options to choose from
• Simple to use
• Supports IMG images with links
• Auto mode
• Custom pagination

Rcarousel supports many browsers and has been tested successfully in the following:
• Internet Explorer 7+
• Firefox 3.0+
• Chrome
• Opera 10.10+
• Safari 4.0.5+

Click on the following links to download the rcarousel or its source code, and if needed, to report bugs.

If you enjoyed this carousel, you may also want to consider using Ryrych’s jQuery UI mediabox, called
rlightbox2 .

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2012 Web Development and Tech Forecasts

Carmela@Blogfreakz — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:00:24 +0000

AS we usher in 2012, the web development community has been coming up with several forecasts for the industry. Although most of this surrounds an influx of greater improvements in the technological frontier, it may also spell doom for some brands. The question is, how will these changes affect the entire tech landscape for users, developers, designers, and marketers?

Let’s check out some of the latest online buzz:

IT enterprise vendors seek to reduce failures from the past year and use them as leverage for future improvements.

Mobile competition becomes steeper with rapid developments in functionality, though this may result in some popular mobile brands falling behind the race.

Dominant frameworks such as jQuery, Node.js, Socket.io, Fitvids, JavascriptMVC and SproutCore, as well as HTML5 will take the lead in the web development industry. Same goes for software as independent support for hardware.

Some tech editors predict exciting, if sometimes drastic changes in the industry, from the rise of OpenFlow to patent wars, to the resurrection of the music distribution business, all founded on a common theme: consumerization.

Awesome, isn’t it? And if you’re still hankering for more juicy info on what’s in store for us this year, check out this list of web design trends and 15 hot technologies, which are probably more than enough to last us the next 6 months.

And with that, we at Blogfreakz.Com wish you all a wonderful 2012!

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HostUCan – Powerfull Web Hosting Search And Review platform

Mufti Ali — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:49:27 +0000

HostUCan is a next generation Web Hosting search and review platform. It provides a powerful context-based search engine in order to help people find the best hosting option based on their hosting needs.

HostUCan’s Host Relevancy Check is designed to help people find out if a web hosting solution is compatible with their website. During analysis, the tool will aggregate customer reviews, product uptime data, and editor reviews to generate a score indicating how appropriate the hosting plan is for the parameters inputted. It is a valuable tool that should be taken into consideration before buying a new hosting product.

How it Works

As we know, the speed and reliability of a web site depends on:

The scripts used to develop the site, and the quality of the code itself
Daily traffic of the web site
The web hosting plan used

How to Check

To check hosting relevancy, you should select a web hosting plan and tell the system what application is used to develop the site and the estimated daily page view. For example we are looking for WordPress Hosting for our blog and we will use WebHostingHub as hosting provider below is the steps:

First, go to web hosting company profile page where you can find a button as below
Click “Hosting Relevancy Checking”, you will be led to the form to select a plan to analyze with or directly move to the form as below if there is only one hosting solution from that company.
Select the application used and the estimated page view per day, click “continue”, system will start analyzing the relevancy and show a report as below.

Analysis result you might see are: “Excellent (4+)”, “Good (3-4)”, or “Not Recommended (3-)”. For a result with “Excellent”, it’s definitely something you should go ahead and place the order.

HostUCan also offers a free website monitoring service to help Webmasters track uptime & performance of their sites. To signup this free website monitoring service, the only thing need to do is to submit a review for your web host.

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Web Hosting Geek – Find The Best Web Hosting Based On Reviews And Rating

Mufti Ali — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:30:57 +0000

Web Hosting Geek is site that Independently review the best web hosting providers. Web Hosting Geek, provides you reviews, ratings and awards on the best web site hosting since 2004. The most useful features is Top 10 Web Hosting that will give you quick overview about cheap professional website hosting services under $10 a month.

Web Hosting Geek also provide awards category, every category of hosting is taken a look about and then the group gives the best hosting awards to the providers which they feel are the best based on user reviews and there own skills on hosting.

The award categories are as follows
Best Budget Web Hosting
Best Blog Web Hosting
Best Forum Web Hosting
Best Email Web Hosting
Best Multiple Domain Web Hosting
Best Ecommerce Web Hosting
Best Unix Web Hosting
Best Windows Web Hosting
Best PHP Web Hosting
Best Reseller Web Hosting
Best VPS Web Hosting
Best Dedicated Web Hosting

So if you are planning to buy a hosting plan then you should surely take a look at web hosting reviews site like WEBHOSTING GEEK.

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2MHost.com – Popular Cheap Hosting @$2.75/mo

Mufti Ali — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:33:10 +0000

2MHost.com is hosting company that offers cheap web hosting from $2.75/mo, since 2001 2mHost provide hosting packages for more than 10,000 clients on six continents.

2MHost.com offers few plans, from the personal plus, all inclusive, business hosting and Reseller Hosting. The cheapest plan they offer is “Personal Plus” plan. from $2.75/mo. you will get of 5GB space, and online webbuilder. The best plan they offer is “All Inclusive” plan. from $5.75/mo. It is inclusive of 10GB space, 1 domain registration and online webbuilder.

2Mhost.com DOESN’T offer phone support. They offer email and Live chat support but customer must login to client area before he can get any further help.

2MHost uses CPanel control, which one of the best control panel, it is user friendly and most first time customer can starts using it. 2MHost is one of the alternative if you want cheap hosting with features that satisfy.

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Webhostingclue – Find The Best Web Hosting For Your Website

Mufti Ali — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:20:37 +0000

Choosing a hosting service or Web Hosting was not an easy task, because many factors to be considered, especially from the quality hosting service providers. A good hosting service will determine the performance of your website or blog in the future. With good service, you will be comfortable and safe in managing your website.

One of the best way of finding out the Best Web Hosting site for your website is by reading hosting review. Webhostingclue is website that provides reviews of the top web host without any partiality and will help you get the best web hosting for your blog or website. They offers a rating of the top 10 affordable web hosting in general with the consideration of price, reliable, features, support, and the reputation in the industry. They also provide a web hosting guide section which contains a good collection of articles to increase your web hosting knowledge.

As most of the blog below are business related, and the purpose of webhostingclue.com is to provide a place for users to find reliable affordable web hosting by review, guide, and coupon code. By reading hosting review you get to know the other tools and applications functions, the web hosting company provides each. This will help you manage and run your site with ease.

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WebhostingHub – The Easiest Way to Get Online

Mufti Ali — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:39:34 +0000

web hosting hub is a web hosting company that offers affordable pricing, great support and amazing uptime. It has a full list all the features you’ll need to get your small business online. With packages as low as $4.95 a month, you can get all that it offers for such a competitive price.

Web Hosting Hub’s blog hosting is the easiest way to get your blog online. Simply choose which blogging tool you want to use,and its Installer does the rest. Web Hosting Hub’s Premium website builder help us to create website easily. Simply choose a theme, edit our website’s content, then publish it.

Since the company launched, they’ve had no downtime and no reliability issues to speak of. That’s probably because they use only the best hardware and keep an eye on it with the best systems people out there.

Features

Price: Pricing for Web Hosting Hub starts as low at $4.95 per month.
Features: Web Hosting Hub offers, for a low monthly price, unlimited disk space and bandwidth, unlimited sites hosted per account and a free domain name or transfer with every purchased account.
Free Setup: Web Hosting Hub also offers free setup to get started with their web hosting services today!To make your initial costs even lower they offer a free domain name or transfer.
Money Back Guarantee: With every Web Hosting Hub account comes a 90-day money back guarantee.

Customer service and support is definitely Web Hosting Hub’s major strong point. You can reach them via online chat, email or toll-free phone.

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Internet Time Machine -Powerful Trends Research Tool

Mufti Ali — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:58:10 +0000

If you want to make money online, you need the right tools and knowledge to succeed in online niche marketing. Internet Time Machine (ITM), is powerful tools that allow us to chart the search trends and results of more than 36,000,000 keywords at a time. It can tell you about the most recent keywords or phrases mentioned on PPC (Pay Per Click) campaigns, blogs and on other sites across the globe. It can also tell you about the recent keyphrases being used by users around the world on all popular search engines.

They also create a new search engine called NowRelevant.com that shows us everything about a topic, but just for the last 14 days. This search engine that powers ITM is now open for public. It is built with bloggers and can scan blogs quicker than google and removes SPAM sites and SEO dummy sites.

The creator of the Internet Time Machine Chris Carpenter has done an excellent job with giving out free information via email and videos. Even if you do not use the Internet Time Machine the emails and the video’s will give you great ideas for your internet marketing or affiliate marketing business.