Friday, September 2, 2011

Search websites Visually with Google


Now you can search websites visually with Google using Sites with Images option in the search results.
Rather than looking only text data from websites in search results you can also see thumbnail images in them, more like when you share a link in Facebook you see a small thumbnail along with it.
Here is the sample search for term Anna Hazare using Google Sites with images search option.
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As you can see in above, the results look more appealing adding a visual interest to overall search experience.

Create PDF Files on Ipad

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Ever wished that you have the ability to create PDF files on your iPad, now your wish can be fulfilled. Adobe has recently launched an iPad app named CreatePDF which creates high quality PDF files on your iPad, iPhone and other iOS devices.
The Adobe CreatePDF app for iPad app is very simple to use, you just open any documents in CreatePDF app via "Open in CreatePDF" option and it will create PDF files on the fly. See the screenshot below :
adobe createpdf app screenshot
This app supports wide range of file formats ranging from Adobe PSD to MS Word, Excel and Power point. All the links and bookmarks are preserved on the converted documents and you can also send converted documents to anyone as email in one touch.
At present the features of Adobe CreatePDF App for iPad are quite limited, you can print documents from it but cannot edit it, but this will improve in the coming versions and the app is priced at $9.99 which is a bit high for the simple functionality of printing PDF files.
Related: Remove Restrictions from PDF Files

Design Websites without writing Code

adobe muse screenshot
You are good at design but don't know how to convert that design into coded html/css layout. Then Adobe Muse is the tool for you. You Design the layout using visual tools and Adobe Muse will do its job to convert it into professional looking websites.
Adobe Muse is a photoshop like design tool but rather than creating images it creates fully validated html/css code. Using Adobe Muse, you can focus on designed rather than coding and can easily add images, text, videos and much more with great visual control which you don’t' have in any other tools like Dreamweaver or Sitegridner.
Watch the video below to know how easy it is to design profesinal looking websites without any coding in Adobe Muse.
If you already know how to work to in Adobe's page layout program called InDesign, then designing web layouts in Adobe Muse will be very familiar to you.
At present websites created in Muse are hosted on Adobe Business Catalyst but you can easily export the files to use it on any other platform by going to the File > Export HTML feature which creates the local copy of all the files for you and you can then use any FTP program to upload it to your web host.
Muse is the code name of the product and Adobe is offering it for free during public beta period. The final version of Adobe Muse will be released in early 2012 and then you need to purchases license if you want to continue authoring website using adobe muse.
Also Adobe Muse will be available through yearly or monthly subscriptions once the final version is ready because this will allow Adobe to add new features to Muse regularly and you will have access to the most up to date functionality.
Related: Create Flash like Animations in HTML5 using Adobe Edge

Share your Facebook Updates with Selected Friends

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FaceBook now added the ability to share updates with selected groups, you can select the group you want to share your updates by clicking the button beside post button.
You can also click on custom to share or hide your update with specific people, as you can see in the screenshot below.
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Beside this update FaceBook also added the option to select "who you are with" and "what is your location". Out of these three FaceBook changes two of them seem to be inspired by Google Plus. Selective share and sharing your location is already on Google Plus.
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Now the big social giants are inspiring by the features of one another, earlier FaceBook added the support for Video chat inspired by Google Plus. Let's see who wins the completion.
Learn more about how this new feature in FaceBook works.

Free PHP Code Protector


This PHP Code Protector will secure your PHP source code, limits your PHP code to run only on certain domains and you can also add an expire date to your script.

The interface is really easy to user and in a minute you can protect your PHP source code. 


Online CSS3 Generator31 August 2011 17:11Online CSS3 Generator can quickly generate CSS3 properties for your WebPages with live preview .

  Here’s a quick Demo:  Step 1:     
Select the CSS3 property you wish to modify.    
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Here I have selected Box Shadow    
online-css3-generator-2   Step 2:    
Fill in the values for CSS3 property, you will see a live preview along with it.    
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Step 3:     
Copy the generated code and paste it in your webpage.    
online-css3-generator-4   Using this online CSS3 generator you can quickly generate CSS3 property for your WebPages and it also shows you the browser compatibility just above the code.