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20 File Hosting Websites For You To Upload And Share Files With Your Friends

Dicky — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:03 +0000

A file hosting web site, an online file storage provider, or a ‘cyberlocker’ is known as internet hosting service which is created to host large files. Internet users are keen in sharing files worldwide and also use it as a remote back up or virtual storage.

Sharing has never been much faster and easier compared to conventional methods of file sharing which were more time consuming and costly. Here are 20 file sharing sites to share almost any type of files with anyone you want all over the world.

EnterUpload

The EnterUpload file hosting provider offers an online storage and remote backup capacity with sophisticated downloading and uploading tools. Users can host files, audios, videos, images, and flash at the same place. Personal data can also be accessed from a variety of computers without the need of carrying around a USB drive of hard disk.

RapidShare

This is a one click file hosting website that allows users to upload large files in just one step and make them available to family and friends afterwards via the download link. The download link is accessible only to the user that stores the file. Data is secured against unauthorised access. There is also an entertainment area that is available for gamers to download trailers, demos, and patches.

4shared

4shared provides a huge online storage facility for users to store their documents, photos, videos, audios, text, and other files to be shared with the public internet users. This file hosting web site provides a 10 GB of space for free.

Sendspace

Sendspace is a completely free file hosting site that bestows unlimited file uploads, unlimited downloads per file, enables files sharing safely and privately, and send files to anyone, up to 300 MB, everywhere. A registered user can track and edit their uploaded files, earn free Max points and more.

FileFactory

You can now share your files without worrying about bandwith or disk space again. It is an easy, stable and secure file sharing service. Users are able to store and share files around the world, email large sized files easily, keep files organized with folders, make cash online via file sharing, enjoy a free music streaming service, upload files via FTP and save time with direct uploads.

MediaFire

MediaFire offers features for easy uploading, downloading, managing and sharing your documents, images, audios, videos, presentations, and more.

FileDropper

FileDropper offers a 5 GB of space to upload. FileDropper.com is created as an alternative for online file hosting sites like RapidShare and MegaUpload. This site does make users wait for unwanted countdown timers which seems irritating. The download links will not be hidden with aggressively placed advertisements. File sharing is faster and quicker with FileDropper.

1FileSharing.com

This site is a Web 2.0 file hosting mirror website with advanced technology and features. Files uploaded to the server will be distributed to several major free file hosts instantly and the download link to those sites will be available. The uploads will be in the multi threaded form, which reduces time to generate links in the file hosting site.

FileDen

FileDen provides different packages for basic account users and premium account users. This service allows users to directly link to their files without unwanted waiting timers and download pages. The features include file tagging, high speed downloads, web file manager, secure storage, direct linking, file sharing, photo albums, and access from almost everywhere.

Megaupload

Megaupload is one of a popular file hosting site used by many internet users. It provides a 200 GB online storage with file manager, free download and upload manager for fast transfers, a free Megaupload browser toolbar, supports to resume broken downloads and uploads, enables combining multiple Megaupload links via file folders, and reward points earning and redeeming for free premium services.

Badongo

With Badongo, people can easily store and access all their files from almost anywhere for free. Photo slideshows, music, and videos can be played. Users can share their files via Facebook, Blogger, MySpace, email, and IM with a variety of cool Badongo applications.

FileHosting

FileHosting provides an easy way to send large files to anybody you want. All you have to do is just upload the file to share and a download link will be send to your file. This download link can be shared with anyone via email or IM. The plus point of this site is that it does not need any premium accounts and the service is absolutely free for everyone. There is neither file size limit nor restrictions on the number of time a file to be downloaded.

Wiki Upload

Internet users can upload music mp3s, videos, images, ebooks, documents, and shareware with up to 5 GB of file size. It works like this: people contribute by uploading their favourite files. Over time, Wiki upload collects thousands of files and as so many people will download and upload, therefore violations will be eliminated quickly. Thus, production occurs 24/7 with so many people contributing.

MyDataNest

MyDataNest is an exclusive solution to the common problem of reliable online data storage. They provide high quality data hosting built for bloggers, teams, artists, music enthusiasts, social groups, churches, photographers, and other individuals. DataNest can be used to back up important files and share one’s data with their team, family, and friends. The files can also be edited online without the need of installing any software.

Dropbox

Dropbox is software created to sync your files online and across your computers. You can place your files into your Dropbox of one computer, and the files will be instantly available on any of your other computers that have been installed with Dropbox. The Dropbox features include file sync, file sharing, online backup, undo and undelete.

FileSavr

FileSavr simplifies the process of file hosting and has features almost the same as FileDropper. FileSavr provides an upload size of 10 GB.

Upload-this

Upload-this allows file uploading and mirroring. File is uploaded to multiple hosts. It offers free membership together with tools and benefits such as password protecting files, organizing and editing uploaded files, allows moderate comments on uploaded files, and displays track download statistics for the user’s file uploads.

File Shaker

File Shaker makes file hosting easy and super fast without any countdown timers and other annoying gimmicks. The process of sharing files is uncluttered and smooth. File Shaker provides a free 10 GB of upload size.

Box

Box.net is an online file storage that allows simple file sharing to share content as a link or shared folder to anyone securely, regardless whether it is within or outside your company. It also has full feature collaboration where online workspace could be created to share project files, add comments, start discussions, assign tasks, or create a new content.

ADrive

ADrive is a centralized storage for all file types which provides a free 50 GB online storage and other good features like cloud storage, enables users to upload and store files, access files anywhere, share file, edit documents online, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and an ADrive desktop.

Top 15 SEO Blogs To Follow If You Want To Brush Up Your SEO Knowledge

Dicky — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:03:55 +0000

For all we know, Search Engine Optimization, better known as SEO, is used for obtaining the right keywords when we search for something on the internet. But only few of us know is that SEO is used in obtaining rankings for a site under relevant keyword phrases.

SEO has several uses not only in business, but also in making research at school, or at work. Admit it, if this was not invented, you would really be having difficulties in searching and of course, a good SEO means, you won’t be having difficulties and the saves you time looking for what you want.

Following are some of SEO blogs that I consider in the top 15 of my list. And after you go through with them, the more you will appreciate about SEOs.

Seomoz

Seomoz is a website that offer tons of SEO tools and information. Some of the tools are free, and some of them require premium subscription. Their SEO blog is updated frequently and you will always find quality articles over there.

Seobook

SEO Book is not only a blogging site, but also offers certain training programs, not only to web professionals, but also to marketing professors. It also offers exclusive community forum as a value added service. Try this out!

Small Business Search Marketing

This Small Business Search Marketing site is designed for small businesses that want to compete with big businesses in terms of advertisements and promotions of their products and services at low costs. So if you’re one of those beginners, this is really helpful to you.

Bruce Clay Inc

Bruce Clay Inc., offers different kinds of SEO services such as trainings and consulting services. It caters not only to small and medium businesses, but also to large multi-national companies. You can check this one out to find out more about this site.

TopRank

Top Rank Online Marketing Blog has introduced search engine marketing and optimization since December 2003, together with other digital marketing and public relations topics. This site has been promoting and giving tips for certain SEO topics that can help you in improving your own businesses and can compete with other competitors.

SEOchat

SEO chat has forums and chat tools, that will guide you for more information how to configure your websites and learn new ways in configuring your website. From this, you can also interact and join with the forums that you are interested in.

Cre8pc

This site is not only in specializing SEOs, but is also relating it to other website-related informations that will optimize and improve your website. This is a very useful tool so check this out!

SEO by the sea

In SEO by the sea website, not only this offers Search Engine Optimization services, but also Internet Marketing, Consulting and Research services. If you want to improve and make your website look professional, this website is the one that you need! So try it!

Mr-seo

This is one of the best Search Engine Optimization websites that will help you in improving your website. It offers articles, tips, and strategies of online marketing. You really have to see this!

Phoenixrealm

Phoenixrealm is not only an SEO informative website but also a web design news for begginners and intermediate web designers. In this website, you will find informative and useful tips and informations for Search Engine Optimizations that will be very useful for you.

Neuromarketing

This is one unique website where not only does it talk about web marketing, but also about sciences, particularly brain research and ethical dilemmas. Check this out and see for yourself!

Best SEO Blog

Best SEO Blog is a latest search engine marketing website with new tactics and techniques in making your website marketable. This website has great authors who have been writing articles about Search Engine Optimizations. See it for yourself!

Quantum SEO Labs

Quantum SEO Labs is a simple website for Search Engine Optimization for serious webmasters and designers. When you open this website, you will notice that it talks more about business, and when we say business, that includes marketing your website and making profit out of it, right?

Search Engine Roundtable

With Search Engine Roundtable, you will find the most interesting topics about Search Engine Marketing that will help you save time in looking for what you really want to find. See for yourself and you would know that this is one of the best SEO blogs you’ll ever know of!

Traffick

Traffick’s first name was “PortalHub” and as it grew to reinvent, it changed its name to “Traffick”. This started as a hobby only and became a more useful website helping businesses to earn more profit and be competitive in the search engine market.

30 Incredible Long Exposure Photos

Dicky — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:04:53 +0000

Most photography uses extremely fast shutter speeds, only allowing light into the camera for a fraction of a second, but when longer exposures are used there can be some remarkable results. Static objects are revealed in heightened detail, while anything moving becomes a blur.

Long exposure photography can be turned to any number of subjects, but there are some areas where it produces particularly impressive images. At nighttime, long exposures can reveal things invisible to the naked eye, while moving lights become streaks and trails. Images of water have a strange mist-like appearance as the liquid motion is blurred.

The technique of ‘light painting’ is the use of a long exposure while moving a light through a dark scene, recording the light source’s path, or shining light onto objects in the frame to highlight them. This post collects 30 examples of amazing long exposure photographs to astonish and inspire.

Sunwapta Falls, Jasper National Park

The long exposure used to capture this waterfall at Jasper National Park in Alberta results in a creamy softness of the cascading water in contrast to stillness and clarity of the rocks.

By Alaskan Dude

Frozen Light in a Snow Weekend, Manzaneda

Photographer Paulo Brandão used an exposure of 124 seconds to allow the camera to capture the ghostly light playing upon snow and trees in a forest at night. The picture was taken at Orense in Galicia, in northwest Spain.

By Paulo Brandão

Bright Atlanta

This stunning image captures the bright lights of downtown Atlanta by night, with streams of traffic flowing past illuminated skyscrapers.

By Nrbelex

Crematorium

This gorgeous sunset over the Mediterranean on Andalusiaos Cost del Sol was captured on a Nikon D80 with an exposure of five seconds, creating the delicate fluff of the blurred waves and the deep colouration of the sky and clouds.

By SergioTudela

Zippo

A 15-second exposure was used in for image of a Zippo lighter being struck, picking out the metallic detail and the trails of sparking flint.

By Liber

Under the Milky Way

This beautiful image was achieved with a long exposure to capture the stars of the Milky Way and glowing atmospherics of the sky above Nevadaos Black Rock Desert.

By Jurvetson

Lightning on the Columbia River

During a thunder storm a long exposure may be used to capture the moment of a lightning strike, such as this awesome shot of an electrical storm over the Columbia River at Astoria in Oregon.

By Phatman

Bursting

This image captures a fireworkos intense explosion of colour and light, the trails of the flames shooting into the night sky and reflected in the water below.

By Jule Berlin

Blue Death

The photographer achieved this intriguing image by training an ultra violet light on a deathstalker scorpion and using a long exposure, revealing the detail of the creatureos armoured body.

By Furryscaly

Canfelip II

A long exposure shot of the night sky reveals the motion of the Earth by tracing the movement of stars, with the trails revolving around a point above the planetos axis. In this image of a rural ruin, we also see the bright orange ambient light illuminating the atmosphere that would be otherwise invisible to the naked eye.

By Aitor Escauriaza

The Wizard

This magical-looking self-portrait was captured with an eight-second exposure. The flash was placed inside a spherical glass lampshade, and after it fired the photographed moved in front of the camera and painted light on his face with a torch, creating the ghostly blur to the right of the image.

By Sean McGrath

You Will Never Forget

The long exposure used for this image emphasises the gaudy neon colours in New Yorkos Times Square, and the blurred motion of traffic and people in the bustling street.

By Josh Liba

Brooklyn Bridge

This is another photograph of New York, this time of the Brooklyn Bridge, with the lights of the streaming traffic warmly illuminating the heavily riveted girders.

By Laverrue

Travelling Stars

This brilliant shot shows the motion of the stars in the sky above Nepal over a period of one hour and 15 minutes.

By TheDreamSky

Tight spin

Setting a long exposure and then tossing and spinning the camera with the shutter open produced this amazing photograph. The trails of light create a spectacular form of geometric abstraction.

By Aaron Wagner

Capsalou

The motion of surf at the wateros edge becomes almost smoke-like in this beautiful photograph of the Costa Daurada at Salou in Catalonia.

By Aitor Escauriaza

I Hate Rainbows! It’s a Curse!

This impressive piece of light painting was made by leaving the shutter open and then tracing an ark with a torch, and then popping the flash to reveal the modelos features.

By Lomo-Cam

Swing +3

Light and motion are great subject material for long exposure photography, so fair ground rides offer plenty of potential. This image was captured using an eight second exposure, with the rides becoming discs of solid-looking light.

By Auburnxc

City at Night

The streets of Sao Paulo have the appearance of burning light below the solid forms of tower blocks in this fantastic image.

By Szeretlek_Ma

The Top

Another image where fun fair rides become wheels of bright light, with ghostly people moving through the crowds during the Queenos Day celebrations in Amsterdam.

By Pear Biter

Lovers Outlined and Luminated

This explosion of light and colour was made by outling the models with rainbow sparklers, with visually electrifying results.

By Lomo-Cam

Startrail

This image shows star trails in the sky above English woodland at Abinger Common. The stars were recorded for about an hour and a half, and the trees and bushes were painted in with torchlight. The white streaks in the lower part of the sky are the paths of passing aeroplanes.

By Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel

Chrystler et al.

This magnificently detailed long exposure cityscape captures the bright lights of Manhattan, with the sparkling Art Deco shape off the Chrystler Building glowing brightly in the middle of the image.

By Kennymatic

A36

The white headlights and red rear lights of traffic travelling on a motorway through Franche-ComtȦ in eastern France emphasise this compositionos dynamic perspective.

By ComputerHotline

Water Garden Steps

The ethereal, misty quality of the flowing water, the subtly contrasting orange and blue tones on the stone gardenos forms, and the glowing warmth of the plunge pool all combine to create a peaceful, tranquil ambience to this image.

By Burningphotography

Vancouver West End

In this image, a 15-second exposure revealed the paths of cars on the streets, while a slightly fish-eyed lens emphasises the lines of perspective, all creating a pleasing sense of depth.

By Stewart

Light Writing

A superbly executed piece of light painting across a lakeside veranda and the subtle evening colours make this image a truly sublime piece of long exposure photography.

By Cordey

The House

The eerie shapes of an old house and leafless trees are set against the creamy texture and warm tonality of an evening sky in this photograph. The house was built in 1903, in Summerland, British Columbia.

By Bulliver

Swanson Creek

Dappled in morning light, the motion of a stream becomes a misty blur as it cascades over boulders in the Californian woodland of Swanson Creek.

By The_Tahoe Guy

Light Painting

To achieve this breathtaking piece of light painting a lump of burning super fine wire wool was spun and recorded with a long exposure, another incredible example of this type of photography.

By ThoreauDown

Pricing Page And Plan Comparison Tables: Tips, Tricks, Advices and Showcases

Dicky — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:36:01 +0000

Pricing and signup page is the key factor to your sales. Pricing pages normally give details on various packages/options and the differences within them. They are there to make visitors clear about the product. Therefore, the design of the pricing page is very important.

Modern sites for web applications, web services and web hosting providers tend to decorate their pricing and signup pages attractive as possible. Tables are being used to compare and shows the various options available. Table is good for comparison purpose and it helps potential customers to make better decision.

Different approaches are being implemented on pricing page. Here, we are going to look into some of the creative approaches for pricing page and product comparison table designs. Also, we will be discussing about tips and advices for designing a creative pricing page. Let’s start with the tips & advices. After all, we will proceed to the showcase.

1. Comparison Tables With Detailed Feature

If you are offering multiple options for your product, and there are significant differences within each package, it is advisable to have a table and clearly list down the detailed features and differences within them.

The table should helps users spot the differences and help them to make decision.

Example: Expression Engine

Expression Engine has three different type of packages: Core(free), Personal and Commercial. The pricing table clearly explains the modules included, and also term of use for each option.

2. Uses Of Icons/Images To Represent Different Options

An image speaks a thousand of words. Images are easy to remember and understandable. Make sure the images that you use are related and clearly represent the options. Also, the images should follow the conventional, don’t be too creative on choosing the images.

Example: Squarespace

There are 5 different options available to choose from. Each of them is represented by an image. The “Advanced” option is represented by a “settings” icon while “Community” option is represented by icon with multiple persons. They are understandable, even though just look at the images/icons.

3. Uses Of Column Height To Represent The Price

You could also use the column height to significantly tell potential customers the differences in prices. The lower column will have cheaper price and less features, while the highest column will have most features with the most expansive price.

Example: 2large2email

They have 4 different options: Free, Basic, Business and Premium, with each of them having different prices and features.

4. Different Colors For Different Options

It is good if you have multiple colors for different options or columns. The more expansive option will have darker color while cheaper option will have lighter color.

Example: CrazyEgg

Crazy Egg effectively use gray color as the background color, with darker for more expansive option. They also emphasize the “standard” plan with the use of green as the background. Probably this option is the most popular choice.

5. Make The Emphasize Option Stand Out

If you offer multiple options for your service, and want to let users know which the most popular package is, you should make it standing out on top of other options. You could add border, increase the column size or use different color to emphasize it.

Example: Big Commerce

Big Comerce has 5 different packages and they are recommending the “Gold” package to their potential customers. The uses of red border and higher column effectively send this message to the potential customers.

6. Offer A Plan Recommender

Sometimes, users are unable to make decision. A plan recommender can helps user to choose. Although the plan recommender wizard is hard to code and involve a lot of algorithm, but I am sure you can easily beat your competitors with this helpful feature.

Example: Digi Internet

Digi is one of the Malaysia Telco and the competition within telcos in Malaysia is huge. They offer different packages for broadband and mobile internet plans. The Digi’s plan recommender wizard help potential customers to choose within various packages.

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12 Adobe AIR Applications for Twitter Lovers

Dicky — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:20:31 +0000

Twitter is known as a very simple way to keep in touch with family and friends by knowing what are they currently up to, particularly in the form of a sentence. The Twitter application has now extended its capacity to the desktop. The application provides a clean interface to keep tabs on the current happening of your social circle once you have created a Twitter account. Published comments will appear immediately within the AIR desktop application which eventually pushes away the need to log-in into the Twitter website.

The Adobe AIR platform provides an opportunity for developers to create web applications that runs on one’s desktop without needing a web browser. Today, Adobe AIR has some pretty cool applications that make one’s web browsing life much easier. Here are 12 cool Adobe AIR applications which can be used for Twitter.

You may also want to check out our previous article about Flickr Air Tools, Firefox Twitter Plugins and Beautiful Twitter Backgrounds.

TweetDeck

TweetDeck can be your very own personal browser to stay updated with the current happenings and keeps you connected with all your contacts across Twitter and many other social networking web sites. You can now stay updated and organized as TweetDeck displays everything to be seen at the same interface.

Tweetr

Tweetr is one of the Twitter clients which allows people to receive and send out twitter messages and has a few other additional features. It supports photo snaps using your webcam by clicking on the camera icon. The Tweetr application also provides up to 10MB space to save files and share files with your friends by simply dragging them onto the Tweetr window.

ShareFire

ShareFire is another news aggregator which is rich in features that allows people to share stuffs via Twitter, Facebook, AIM, MySpace, emails, and many more social networking services without need of dragging and dropping, or copying and pasting. This application also allows users to read and share all their news in a single interface. ShareFire also has a built-in support to share stories in more than ten different ways in just one click on an article. The application also supports 16 different languages as a plus point.

Statuzer

This multiple platform Twitter client runs through Adobe Air in beta. It has multi-accounts for Twitter, StatusNet, identi.ca, and Hellotipi. It also has multi-columns and single modes. The features also includes webcam and image upload to the users Twitter profile image and twitpic. Statuzer also previews URLs. It offers direct thumbs for twitpic, youtube, flickr, yfrog, and vimeo.

Twinja

Twinja is another amazing Twitter client that provides you the functionality of Twitter right from the user’s desktop. Its user friendly interface works on both PC and Mac. It has several features such as automatic login which remembers the user’s login details, send messages and receive replies directly from the desktop, a quick view of Personal/Public/Featured timelines, an automatic User and URL recognition, and many more.

Twicker

Twicker is the one and only Twitter client that mainly focuses on search. Its major functionality is based on getting search results based on the user’s keywords and display them as avatars that are clickable. Twicker expands as the user clicks on an avatar to show the user the tweet and offer the option to reply the tweet. It can be definitely used as a user’s primary Twitter client, since it also provides the functionality to send non-reply tweets.

Twitulater

This Adobe AIR microblogging application supports Twitter and Koornk as well. Active users who are constantly showered by messages from a numerous amount of people they normally follow, find this application easier as it automatically splits the tweet stream into 10 different categories based on its content instead of according to the people they receive messages from.

Destroy Twitter

DestroyTwitter is known as a strong and compact Twitter application that is built to run on Windows, Linux, and Mac using the Adobe AIR platform. It has a series of canvases that updates the tweets via notifications that will appear instantly after the new tweet arrives. It uses a minimal amount of memory compared to other AIR-based alternative applications without lacking its performance and functionality. It easy runs on the background as an automated process.

Birdshot

Birdshot application for Twitter is built for active and productive people who require managing multiple Twitter accounts without being distracted. This application covers the basics by sending tweets and displaying the total amount of recent posting, direct messages, and replies. Users may click on any status to directly link the results on Twitter.com.

Posty

Posty is another microblogging application that allows user to interact with multiple social networks besides Twitter, right from the desktop. Posty also features note replies and public/personal posts.

Sideline

This Adobe AIR application is built for advanced searching and monitoring of the Twitter.com public timeline.

Twhirl

This desktop client is meant for social networking services like Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic, and identi.ca. Twhirl also allows users to connect to multiple accounts at one go, share what the users are doing, and keep them updated with their friends’ updates.

27 Useful Screen Capture Tools

Dicky — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:19:34 +0000

A screen capture is basically an image taken by your computer to record or capture visible items that are displayed on your monitor. This digital image is usually taken by running software on the computer device. Screen captures are usually used to demonstrate a meticulous problem, a program or even just to show others what you do on your computer.

To produce a screen capture or a screen cap, you will of course need a screen capturing tool. Producing a screen capture is complicated and is easier said than done. However, using the right screen capture tools might help make things easier for you.

Let us take a look at 27 of the best screen capture tools. We shall look at screen capture tools for Windows, Mac and Linux. There are certain screen capture tools that can be utilized by both Windows and Mac. Enjoy!

Snipping Tool

If you are looking for one of the best screen capture tool, which is also free, than the Snipping Tool is your answer. This tool is suited for Windows Vista, Windows7 and the tablet version of Windows XP. The Snipping Tool is already a popular choice among many as it fits the perfect niche of many users. The most important factor about the Snipping Tool is that it is simple and has extremely basic functions such as the editing function. If your screen capture needs are minimal and simple, then the Snipping Tool is your choice. After all, it is free!

FastStone Capture

Just like its name, this screen capture tool is indeed fast. If speed is what you are looking for, than this tool may just be your answer. The special feature about this tool is that it is extremely responsive and it is lightweight. A handy feature that can be found in this tool is the colour picker, which can be used for easy colour sampling. This tool is modestly priced and very user friendly.

Snagit

Snagit is yet another product by the TechSmith Company. This tool certainly does not disappoint. Slightly higher is price compared to FastStone Capture, this tool is worth every cent. This tool allows you to capture both still images and frames from videos. You can also easily capture images from objects that are larger than the screen itself. It also has highly customizable features. You can organize your screen shots according to date, name or even tag-based searching. Snagit is a screen capture tool that is definitely here to stay!

FullShot 9.5

FullShot 9.5 is a well- established screen capture tool for Windows users. The newest version of FullShot has more special features plus a contemporary look. The best feature about this tool is that you can capture screen easily using buttons on the window title bar. The file sizes can be minimized to optimize color palette. This tool also supports concurrent editing of multiple screen captures. The FullShot screen capture tool has been around for quite some time. It has been dubbed a popular tool with a great track record. As a conclusion, this tool is more than capable of being user-friendly and can successfully automate screen capture process.

RoboScreen Capture 2

RoboScreen Capture 2 has an impressive array of features. The features include the ability to add raster-based captions to capture an image. Although RoboScreen had been compared to be similar to HyperSnap version 6.7. When you capture a screen, the image is automatically saved within the Help project directory. This is then inserted into the current topic. This helps you to potentially save several steps and save time too. The advantages of this tool include the wide range of capture options and its tight integration with Adobe RoboHelp.

HyperSnap

HyperSnap is also a popular screen capture tool among users. It has been dubbed a “mature” screen capture tool. The special feature about this tool is that you have a high level control over the final image. You can determine the colour depth, colour palette and even the compression. Another advantage is the Help system of this tool. Users get useful and comprehensive help for any problems that you might have.

MadCap Capture 5

The newest version on this screen capture tool has many new enhancements. Among them is a range of new drawing ability. With MadCap Capture, you can be initiated quickly and easily. The strengths of MadCap Capture is that it is powerful and has a multi-layered vector-based image editor. The integration of MadCap Capture together with MadCap Flare is important to support “single-sourcing” and print – oriented image formats.

ScreenHunter 5.1

This tool is good for those of you looking for a basic capture tool. The best thing about this tool is that it is absolutely free. It is also one of the most popular tools among users. This tool is a favorite among users because it can be downloaded easily and for free. The only disadvantage you might face while using this application is that it does not support a .png output. Most users have commented that they like using ScreenHunter 5.1 just because of the simplicity of the interface. If you want a screen capture tool that is free and has only the basic applications, then this is the tool for you. You can download it for free on the Internet.

TNT Screen Capture 2

Experts dub this tool the least extensive tool apart form ScreenHunter. Although it has a simple array of features, it is quite a satisfying tool. It is easy to use and offers online help for first time users as well as users who face problems in the process. The benefits of using this tool is that it is easy to use and has a wide range of capture types and tools. However, some users have complained that it does not support capturing individual buttons or cascading menus.

Jing

Another really great screen capture tool is Jing for Windows and Mac. This tool is also free. A software company known as TechSmith produces the Jing screen capture tool. This is the same company that produced another popular screen capture tool, which is Snagit. The special feature about Jing is that it works quickly. You can get the job done in a matter of seconds. The basic addition of Jing is free. But is you want an upgrade; it is not that expensive as well. The upgrade, known as Jing Pro is modestly priced. Jing uses basic and easy –to – use tools.

Constrictor

The Constrictor is a screen capture tool that can be used by Macintosh users. The special feature that users will find interesting is that this tool allows you to position a frame over the exact area that you want to snap. It also allows you to customize the snapped image. Effects such as framing and feathering are other special features you will find handy in this tool.

Paparazzi!

This screen capture tool is for Macintosh OS X users. This tool makes screen shots of long web pages.

Copernicus

The Copernicus tool is another screen capture tool for Macintosh users. The special feature about this tool is that it can be used for screen capturing and also screen movies. It is also a favorite among Macintosh users because of its “all-in-one” special applications. Also, you may want to opt for this tool because it is absolutely free and downloadable on the Internet.

iShowU

This newest screen capture tool for Mac is making quite the headlines these days. The reason being is, iShowU for Macintosh users is a great tool and is also popular among youngsters. This tool has a special feature that not many other screen capture tool has. The special feature is that this tool allows you to capture anything on a screen along with audio. However, the audio must be from a compatible source such as a microphone. Audios from Macintosh itself can be captured also.

Layers

This screen capture tool is quite a convenient tool for Macintosh users. Reviews on this tool dub this as a tool with a twist. Why? You might ask. Well, this screen capture tool allows you to save the entire display on your screen as a PSD file. This tool is called Layers because each window that it captures is known as a layer. These include menus, dock, desktops and even icons.

Qarbon Viwelet Builder

This tool was formerly known as LeeLou. This tool is unlike other screen capture tools because you can create animated demos with the screens you have captured. These animated demos are known as ‘viewlets”. These viewlets can be played back in any java-enabled browsers without plug-ins. Windows and Linux users can also use this tool.

ScreenSend

The best feature about this tool is that is allows you to show-off something on your screen to anyone at any time. It is very user friendly. All you need to do is click your mouse a few times. To show-off what is on you screen all you need to do is select an area of your screen and post it. Just choose an easy to type URL and you are done!

ScreenShot Pro

ScreenShot Pro is another screen capture tool for Macintosh users. It allows you to capture a screen by using cross- hairs to select the area that you want. After that, all you need to do is preview the file and save it in any format you want. For example, JPG, PICT, BMP and TIFF.

ScreenShot Helper

This tool is specialized for Mac OS X users. It is almost similar to ScreenShot Pro. The only difference is that it is free and downloadable. Among its special features is the ability to show a full screen window with solid colors.

Screentool

This tool is also a favorite among Macintosh users. This is because it captures your screen and saves it as movie. The format of the movie is QuickTime and MPEG-4. Another special feature is that allows you to take screenshots

ScreenShot Plus

ScreenShot Plus is a screen capture tool is special for Macintosh OS X. This application uses Apple’s tools to capture a screen. It allows you too to scale the captured screen. Among the formats that you can use is PSD, JPEG and TIFF.

SnapClip

SnapClip for Mac is known for its quickness and its easy to use approach. It is used as a basic tool to capture a screen quickly. The screen shot that you take can be saved in various formats for your convenience. The screen shot can also be saved in to a Clipboard.

SnapNDrag

SnapNDrag is a screen capture tool for Macintosh OS X users. Users love to use this version because of the convenient ways to capture a screen. It is also a favorite because it is free and easy to download. The output of this application can be saved in a number of formats such as PNG, PDF and even JPEG.

SnapWeb

SnapWeb is a convenient application for Mac users. It creates screen captures of web pages. The special feature is that you can save web pages even if you screen is minimized. The entire page content can be showed at once. The formats for the output can be either JPEG or PDF files.

SnapzPro

This is another tool for Macintosh users. This tool could be your choice because your screen captures can be made into a movie via Quick Time Movie. Other formats for the output includes a wide choice between TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PICT and even PNG. Printing of screen captures is also made easy with this application.

EasyCopy

Like EasyCopy Gold, this tool also provides a wide variety of tools to manage graphics. It also allows advanced screen captures of windows or the entire screen.

PicPick

This tool is user friendly and very easy to use. You can resize and edit you screen capture the way you want it. There is also an array of editing tools that you can utilize. The best part is that any average user without any help can use these tools.

40 Places Where You Can Create Your Websites Online

Dicky — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:35:07 +0000

Website builders are tools that allow internet users to construct particular websites without manual code-editing. They are usually distinguished into two categories which are the online proprietary tools provided by web hosting companies, specifically intended for users to build their personal site; and software which runs on a computer, creating pages offline and which can then publish these pages on any host.

Online website builders usually require their users to sign up with the web hosting company. The range of services varies widely between creating basic personal websites or widgets to making e-commerce websites. These sites are usually either template based or on more flexible platforms which are totally design-free.

Listed below are the 40 places where you may create websites online for free.

Weebly

Weebly is a useful website builder where Internet users can create free website and blog with no technical skills required. Weebly provides an easy drag and drop interface with dozens of professional designs. Users are also able to drag on slideshows, forums, files, games, RSS feed, or any other HTML embeds code. It is also has a free domain hosting. As an added advantage, there are a variety of content elements provided such as adding pictures, videos, audio and music, maps, documents, and multiple columns.

Webs

Webs provide all the tools needed to create professional looking website within minutes. With Webs, users can add a blog, calendar, forum, photo gallery, video gallery and many more. The site can even be turned into a social network with the ability to add members and generate personal profiles. Your site can be changed into a community where family, friends, and colleagues are able to connect and collaborate.

Webnode

Webnode is a free and easy website builder. It is simple, free, and on-line. Users can also use their own domain. Webnode is ideal for one’s site and e-shop as it has hundreds of modern templates are tailored to everybody’s personal needs. It is an ideal solution for e-commerce, business, and personal websites. There are already more than one million companies, artists, students, and bloggers worldwide that are already Webnode’s satisfied users.

Jimdo

With Jimdo, users can pick a design and click to customize. Add text, photos and videos within seconds and edit your website online wherever you are. Users can also make their own online store with secure payments, a shopping cart, and other essential features.

Spruz

Spruz is a completely free website at enables one to build a website with fully integrated social features. Spruz allows users to create websites using their own domain name. This website builder also allows additional features such as forum, blog, photos, videos, and more.

Google Sites

With Google Sites, users are able to create free webpages in an easy way. Create rich web pages easily, collect all information in one place and control the list of people who can view and edit your site. Google Sites can also be used to plan club meetings and an activity, collaborate on a team project, share info on a secure company interest, and also allows people to stay connected with their close pals and family members.

Edicy

Edicy is a trouble-free tool to be used to create websites. All one needs to do is to just sign up and the site will be online within minutes. Users can then start to upload pictures, videos, texts, forms or almost anything else to their personal site instantly. Edicy is a fully functional and completely customizable tool.

Wikispaces

Wikispaces’ visual page editor is as simple to use as a word processor. It allows one to format text, upload files and images, add widgets, and add links to other sites using a simple toolbar interface. It allows effective collaboration with unlimited messages and pages, easy collaboration with others, page histories. The page histories enable users to monitor activity on their wiki easily.

Sauropol

Create an instant webpage with Sauropol which is free software for hosting and custom domain. Users may choose designs, change site title, and start their content editing. One may also publish blogs, bulletin boards, image folders, document folders and many more. Amost any feature will be able to be customized and changed.

Roxer

Everybody can now create stunning web pages online within minutes with Roxer. Roxer offers live editing feature which enables users to just visit their web page and make on –the-spot changes. No programming is needed in Roxer as one may create web pages that will turn out to be exactly up to their expectation, without bothering about HTML. Roxer is a complete builder as all works can be done in the web browser without installing anything. They even host it for free.

Viviti

Viviti provides hassle-free editing right in the web browser with lots of components to choose from. Make your web page stand out uniquely with more than 175 themes and flexibility to create custom themes. One could even start a blog with Viviti in no time and link the blog to Twitter and Facebook.

DevHub

DevHub enables users to turn their passion into business beyond blogging. DevHub is a free website builder and hosting which is easy and fun to use. Choose templates from their built-in templates feature or design your own web page template. As an added advantage, you could even earn money as a reward for your efforts.

SnapPages

SnapPages is a simple “drag-drop-done” web page builder with professionally designed website templates that are easily customizable. One may also create their own template so that they would not end up with another cookie-cutter website. SnapPages is flexible regardless of the website usage for an organization, small business, or personal use.

Yola

Yola is an absolutely dedicated site to help users build a web page effortlessly. They offer well acclaimed, web hosting, and user friendly tools all for free. Websites build from Yola are fast to build, customizable, absolutely free without banners and pop-up advertisements, and rich with top web services like Google Maps, Youtube and many more.

Moogo

Moogo allows people to create a professional and low cost, and easy to use web page with only three simple steps which are choosing a layout, creating a web address, and creating a Moogo account. Creating website using Moogo needs no experience in design or programming. One may have a website that has active support via email, website, blog, Twitter and also Facebook.

FreeWeb

FreeWeb offers free website creations with more than 300 attractive and professional designs available, Live-Mode feature to edit the website directly on a template, unlimited galleries, pages and more. It is also ‘search engine optimized’ for getting top results in search engines and agreeable to the requirements of modern web-design.

Flooha

Flooha allows users and also developers to create website in three simple steps by choosing a website application, picking themes and add-ons, and direct installation. Users have the ultimate control towards their site with unlimited possibilities and full featured applications.

HyperWebEnable

HyperWebEnable offers an absolutely free website with your own domain name. Various add-on scripts can also be added to your blog. Users will also be able to make money with their website via monetize. Additionally, HyperWebEnable provides unlimited webspace to host your website with unlimited bandwith, technical support via email for your website, tips to improve page traffic and rank, free domain renewal, and advertisements on the blog.

350 Pages

350 Pages allows website building within minutes with hundreds of professional designs, no technical skills requirement, and a drag-and-drop-objects interface. Users will also be able to sell theur products online using e-commerce features from 350 Pages.

Homestead

Homestead allows users to choose from over 2,000 detailed website templates to start with a complete functional site which includes images and texts. Users can fully take charge of their web page to edit anything. Besides providing users their own personalized website address, email addresses can also be personalized with one’s own company name. Track down and collect visitor’s information as an additional advantage.

Own Free Website

Own Free Website is a free service with very easy usage of needing no programming knowledge. Various professional designs are already integrated for users to choose. Users will be able to get their own short domain name. Other additional features include visitor counter, guestbook, survey function, and more.

WiX

WiX offers a simple but powerful platform to create flash website templates and more. You will be able to create websites, widgets, free MySpace layouts, banners, newsletters, and even flyers. WiX needs no downloads or programming. It has the point-click-drag-drop interface which is extremely fast and easy.

Bravenet

Bravenet provides both website hosting and web tools for website building. The huge selection of web tools from Bravenet include message forums, guestbooks, mailing lists, hit counter and statistics, photo albums, email forms, online calendars, web polls, blogs, journals, and even speaking characters. The web hosting features include tons of bandwidth, plenty of disk space, hosting up to 10 domains, unlimited email and FTP access, and more.

AngelFire

AngelFire is a web-on drag-and-drop site builder that allows one to create blogs and photo albums. It also has other site building and file management tools, and a disk space of 20 MB for free.

Terapad

Terapad has all the latest Web 2.0 features for users and user may even create their own domain name. Terapad also provides a built in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), E-commerce, access to their template library, internalization and accessibility and is perfect for SME’s and organizations. Terapad keeps your web page update and maintained 24/7 with 100% control and customizing freedom.

Nexo

Nexo offers custom website creations for families, friends, teen sport teams, schools, organizations and other events. It’s easy to personalize your website with Nexo as you will have a selection of unique designs and layouts. Share your pictures, videos, and blogs; add interactive calendars, polls, and to-do lists; and also invite members and set permissions.

Blink

Blink is suitable for those who are interested in creating professional website that sells without technical programming or web design skills. Users may easily accept credit card payments from their website and will be able to work from any corner of the world. There is no need of purchasing expensive web design software. Everyone can create an unlimited number of websites with simple drag-and-drop functionality.

Office Live Small Business

Make a free website quick and easy with no hidden fees and no technical skills needed with Office Live Small Business. Office Live provides free website hosting, free templates and user friendly tools, free email accounts, and also free online support.

Ucoz

uCoz is a free web page builder with unlimited space hosting which allows users to create own web pages and provides plenty of additional features such as blog, forums, guestbook, photo albums, and many other tools to build the web page. uCoz site builder is highly customizable by advanced users and is user friendly for newbies.

You Free Web

With You Free Web, users may create a free web page and blog with easy drag-and-drop interface. There are no technical skills required to create the web page as there are dozens of professional designs. You Free Web also provides free domain hosting for users.

My Tiny Baby

MyTinyBaby.com help parents to build a free website for their baby boy or baby girl with absolutely no programming and web design skills required. All one has to do is to just create a free account and share pictures, videos, and stories regarding their baby. Custom designed templates are also available.

eSitesBuilder

Create your own website for free regardless of your web design and web page development skills. You may create your website by choosing a turnkey website package out of eSitesBuilder’s eight packages, choose a website template from a wide collection, and just create your page by using eSitesBulder’s user friendly content management system (CMS).

WebStarts

WebStarts allows internet users to create a free website with their own domain name. Drag and drop photos, text, videos and more. Create professional looking websites with WebStarts from dozens of pre-designed layouts or users may even create their own ones. Get your personal website ranked on giant search engines as sites built with WebStarts are research engine friendly.

Clan Site Manager

Clan Site Manager is an easy, powerful and advertisement free site great for hobbyists, gamers, social clubs, micro social networks, church groups and to build website about one’s interests.

Moonfruit

Moonfruit offers a number of interesting features such as unparalleled design control, social media integration, the Moonfruit library, search engine optimization (SEO), integrated Google tools, flexible image tools, 3rd party widgets adding, and selling things on the site.

Ewisoft

Ewisoft website builder comes with an optional e-Commerce module to sell products online. It is suitable for beginners and professionals too. It is so easy to use that all one has to do to start a web page is insert images, edit text, and drag-and-drop.

Our Church

Our Church.com is a Christian website hosting service which is easy to build within minutes. They provide reliable family sites, safe from offensive advertisements and their website hosting services offer professional features for absolutely free.

DoTemplate

Looking for a good template for your website? doTemplate is a web template builder which offers a range of website themes you can personalize online before downloading it. There is no software needed and it is absolutely free.

WebSpawner

Create free websites with WebSpawner fast and easy with no programming or HTML skills needed. There is also a free customer support available to assist users 7 days in a week. It is a comprehensive website creation solution and includes a reliable free hosting with free resources to help users get the most of their website and maximize effectiveness.

Piczo

Piczo is specially created for teenagers all over the world to build personal communities, creatively express themselves, and share personal experience with their close ones in a safe environment. Piczo offers a truly customizable content, glitter text, colourful graphics, and photo plus video tools without technical skills requirement. Piczo also helps consumer brands build relationships with teens between ages of 13-18 worldwide.

65 Beautiful Typography Logos For Design Inspiration

Dicky — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:48:03 +0000

Beautiful and creative web design can immediately capture visitor’s attention, but logo is the company’s brand and representation. A good can help you to present your company to the public, and make visitors to remember your brand forever!

There are two types of logo, typography and symbol-based. While the vintage and retro becoming the trend in web design, typography is yet another art in logo design that we can’t neglect.

In this article, we are going to share 65 really creative and beautiful typographic logos that may inspire you. We hope these logos and bring inspiration to your future logo design projects.

1. Brett Anderson Art

2. Demipharma

3. Sub Zero Seafood

4. Microgreen

5. OJG design juice

6. Typograff

7. salvatore difranco

8. Tiny Fish Media

9. Paintz Murals And Custom Lettering

10. Sky tiger

11. Kadoo

12. Drip

13. Noon

14. Tanoshism

15. Bamboo

16. m1llion

17. Fuel Fitness

18. Killed Productions

19. EXiT

20. Twins

21. I look Like You

22. Spirit

23. UP

24. Minim

25. Shift

26. I.D

27. Fringy

28. Artiesoft

29. Jacob Bartholomew

30. Chayniy list (Tea leaf)

31. eyelevation

32. Info House

33. Handmade cafe

34. Coffee Cup

35. Goosebumps

36. MACAA Mid-America College Art Association

37. BIT

38. Pearl

39. Retro

40. shleep

41. HHJ

42. safe

43. Happy Pill

44. Marker Design Agency

45. Yohan Nebbout

46. modato

47. Sole Mio

48. Krola

49. Dan Sidor Photography

50. Feito por mim

51. crave lounge

52. Quater Lives

53. TenderNet

54. Elsalon

56. Rinke

57. ripple

58. hangouts

59. Mentiz

60. Aurea Jewelry and Fine Art

61. Explore the Luce Foundation

62. Natura

63. Scoot NY

64. Indi

65. Streakless

37 Beautiful Vintage And Retro Web Designs

Dicky — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:31:13 +0000

Vintage and Retro are becoming a new trend in web design. These old and retro styles tend to make the website stands out from the cloud and immediately attract visitors’ attention.

There are a lot of elements that are being used by vintage and retro designs. For example, old style typography, old posters, movies, handwriting fonts, old packaging and much more.

In this article, we are going to showcase 37 beautiful retro and vintage web designs. We hope these designs can bring inspiration to designers. Enjoy!

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