Programming in PHP is fun and easy. It is a very powerful scripting language that takes simple HTML and turns it into a fully-interactive experience for the web user. Let's get started! Note: These tutorials assume that you have a working web server that's capable of displaying PHP code and that... (Read Full Tutorial)

If your application provides custom dialog-box features, menu items or other capabilities by making changes to the Windows Registry, you can deploy those capabilities to other computers simply by distributing an update or patch to the Registry. Updating the Registry involves nothing more than... (Read Full Tutorial)

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple menu using Flash, while the menu items themselves will be imported from an XML file called menu.xml. 1. Start by creating a new flash document which can be called anything you like as long as the size is set to 550 x 80 px and the frame rate... (Read Full Tutorial)

User input/output is a key component in the programs you write, yet most online tutorials just provide a quick-and-dirty method of grabbing data. In other words, it works right up until the point the user does something unexpected. In this tutorial you will learn how to avoid the common mistakes... (Read Full Tutorial)

In this tutorial you will learn how to turn your images into something more like a real photograph by simply adding a white frame to them. What’s more, the tutorial is easy enough for those new to Photoshop to be able to create something impressive, and create it quickly. First things first... (Read Full Tutorial)

Although forms are one of the most boring elements of any website, styling them can be a dangerous business. All too often it is forgotten that the way a form looks will impact greatly upon what the user uses it for. Change the style too drastically and the user might not recognize it as a form at... (Read Full Tutorial)

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a stylish looking content box for your website. Before you start, however, you will need to have two custom patterns which should each be from a 5*5px image that just has a pencil line drawn diagonally across it. You need to create one of these with the... (Read Full Tutorial)

This tutorial will teach you how to create a transparent navigation bar for your website, similar to the navigation at the Microsoft Vista website. 1) Start by creating a new image in Photoshop with a height and width of 700*70px. 2) Filling the first layer with a dark background makes working... (Read Full Tutorial)

This tutorial will enable you to create a tabbed navigation bar to use on your website. 1) Open PhotoShop and create a new document with the size 670*70px. 2) Grab the rounded rectangle tool and draw a rectangle on the canvas, you will need to set the radius to 5px. 3) Next you need to add... (Read Full Tutorial)

Debian Linux is what you might call very, very flexible because it runs on nearly any hardware configuration, from Motorola chips to PowerPC to the x86 structure. So whatever your machine is Debian Linux can most likely run on it. However, because installation is so different between different... (Read Full Tutorial)