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How to make dropdown menus show over Flash in IE

I recently upgraded a clients site to have a cool flash header under the dropdown navigation, a design that moved the nav bar up out of the way to create a cleaner, more trendy look; drawing attention to both the  header and the links.  Everything was going smoothly, (too smoothly if you know what I mean..) until  a browser check…
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List your categories as links and put them in a page

I recently created a website/blog with an extensive listing of members & services. All of the companies had a post-listing that could be accessed under a main category with multiple sub-categories. This was pretty good, but the "listees" wanted a full listing of links on a page that could be clicked to go directly to their post-page. I tried quite…
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An easy way to copy images from your computer screen

  • November 12, 2010
Would you like a faster way to copy/paste images from your computer into your graphics projects in Photoshop or Illustrator? Instead of the tedium of copying the jpg, pasting it into a photo editor, saving it somewhere (usually cluttering up your desktop) and then copy/pasting it or placing it in your file add nauseum, you can copy the image right…
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How to make the background of a YouTube player transparent

Create a custom multiple player. Get rid of the white margins of the YouTube video player. If you have a website and you want to embed a YouTube player on a colored background at a particular size, you may find it rather frustrating. When pasting the code supplied by YouTube you will get a player at a specific size (probably…
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Using SlideShowPro for online portfolios

SlideShowPro is a photo and video sideshow player that can be embedded at any web site. SlideShowPro is distributed as a component for the Flash authoring application, as a web gallery extension for Adobe Lightroom, and in standalone form for embedding / customizing without the need for a third party application. I have recently used this software to create an…
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How to embed a YouTube video in your blog

This post updated 4/5/10 Ever wanted to add a movie to your topic to embellish your brilliance? The clever marketing wizards at YouTube have made it childishly easy for the blogger (or shameless web designer) to link to their site and therefore forward their relentless pursuit of world domination. We can assist their evil plan and promote our own selfish…
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