Web Mockups with Pencil

Discovered Pencil today, a nifty free/open source mockup tool. Initially I wasn’t going to try it because it is advertised as a Firefox extension, and I didn’t want yet another firefox extension installed. But then I found you could download a standalone version. So far, it works pretty good, my only complaint is that I [...]

May 3, 2010 | In Software, Web Development | 1 Comment

Web Development with NotePad++

I’ve started using NotePad++ as my primary editor for web development – HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. Notepad++ gives you everything you need, but you do have to turn on a few settings.
Autocompletion.
This will prompt for you to complete repeated or known text for the relevant language you are working with:

Settings > Preferences > Backup/Auto-Completion

Tick [...]

April 30, 2010 | In Software, Web Development | 1 Comment

NotePad++ Run in Various Browsers

By default, NotePad++ has a number of browsers included in the Run menu including:

Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome

However, depending on where these browsers are installed on your computer they may not work. For example, I have Firefox Portable installed, so, the command to launch it is D:\Programs\Firefox\FirefoxPortable.exe.
To update the shortcuts listed on the Run menu, you need to [...]

April 22, 2010 | In Software, Web Development | No Comments

StatPress Analytics in Wordpress

I’ve been trying StatPress for a week now and its going pretty well. Its an alternative to analytics software such as Google Analytics to give you information about visitors to your wordpress site.

April 14, 2010 | In Software, Web Development | No Comments

Minimalist Gmail Firefox Extension

Matt Constatine has come up with a fantastic Minimalist Gmail Firefox extension which cuts out all the guff in Gmail and leaves you with the bare essentials. The other day I was using Gmail without the extension and noticed that Gmail has actually got quite cluttered. If you like it, a donation is the best [...]

March 18, 2010 | In Software | 4 Comments
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