Top 5 reasons websites load slow

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by xDragonZ.

Slow loading websites are still the number one reason why people leave a website before buying, here are some flags for what might be slowing down your website.

The top 5 reasons a website loads slow:

1. The amount and size of resources on the web page like widgets, link lists, images, videos. The browser has to rethink for each item so it is better to use a similar theme for each web page.
2. Images and Videos that are not properly optimized and re-sized is a very close second. There is free tools online if you do not have a program to compress your videos and images.
3. The database search executed while the site loads. Static pages always load faster then database driven web pages so try to use as many static web pages as possible. Most blogs have a plug-ins to make their pages static just for this reason and because static websites is more reliable then a database driven site.
4. Flash driven sites are known for lagging and sometimes crashing browsers, try to only use flash for videos, tutorials, banners, headers, and examples. Full flash sites will put you in the lowest loading speed category quick.
5. Overloaded servers can cause site slow downs. If you have a dedicated server you might want to keep your high resource sites to about 5 to server around there the speed of the server can be effected. Also contacting Baithost to have us look over the server for free is a good way to make sure the server is as fast as possible. Be careful with mass budget hosting, they tend to overload their servers to make up for their cheap costs.

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[GUIDE] How to make really big emoticons in MSN Personal Message

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by xDragonZ.

How to make really big emoticons in MSN Personal Message

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1. Copy this symbol into your MSN username or to your PM: ⃡ ͋
2. Put an emoticon or smiley (use your favorite, like ) in the middle of the symbol that you have just copied. It should look like this:

Cant see?
HERE:

⃡:) ͋



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Installing AppLocale in Windows 7

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by xDragonZ.

AppLocale is a program that helps you run a non-unicode program in a different locale to what user’s windows system is currently running. For example, if you are using a version of Japanese version of Windows system, but you are trying to run a Chinese Version of particular software, AppLocale can help you on this regard.

1. Click Start, type “cmd” in search box.
2. Right click the “cmd” icon, and select “run as administrator”
3. Copy the apploc.msi into c:\ in DOS command. (e.g. Copy f:\program\apploc.msi c:\)
4. Run “appLoc.msi” by type it in DOS command.

You have to make sure that you opened the DOS command mode in administrator, otherwise it won’t let you copy the file into C drive.

If cant try this :

Here’s how to install AppLocale on Windows 7:
1. Place the AppLocale installer (apploc.msi) in your C: drive.
2. Go to your start menu, type cmd in the search box.
3. Hold down crtl+shift and click on cmd.exe.
4. Select Yes when a dialog asks if you want the program to make chances to your computer.
5. The command prompt should show C:\Windows\System32.
6. Type cd\ and press enter to navigate to the C: drive.
7. Type apploc.msi and press enter, the installer will appear.
8. Install the application.

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Free Winzip 14 Pro Serial Number: Serial Number (works 13 March 2010)

Posted on 07. Nov, 2009 by xDragonZ.

Free winzip 14 serial number without keygen

How To Get Winzip 14 Pro Free – (No Keygens Needed)

Serial Number Only!

How to get winzip 14 pro without the use of a malicious keygen
1. Download Evaluation Setup

Link for evaluation download -
http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm
(you do not need to enter email address)

2. Install the evaluation

3. Registered to : scotlandthebrave12

4. Registration Code :
KP3L0-ZXGJK-9UD8Q-96319-HEATT-AC59X

Thanks To : http://www.youtube.com/user/scotlandthebrave12/

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Slider With Progress Bar: Presentation Cycle

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by xDragonZ.

Cycle is a script that supports image presentations to easily display multiple images. This script supports a lot of effects and the cycling of html elements.

Presentation Cycle is a variation on the functionality of Cycle. Instead of generating a list of numbers that are clickable Presentation Cycle generates a progress bar that shows when the new slide will appear.

In this article I’ll explain how to implement this on your web page and give you some tips on how to adjust the looks of the cycle elements and progress bar.

Gaya Design is featuring a very nice tutorial (with source) on creating an image slider with a progress bar.

The slider uses the powerful jQuery Cycle plugin (see WRD post) which can rotate images with various effects.

The progress bar is created automatically to reflect the number of images that wi,ll be displayed.

Besides the look & feel of the slider, variables like speed of the slideshow & transitions can be set too.

Here are several examples provided to better findout how it functions.

Requirements: jQuery, jQuery Cycle Plugin
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://www.gayadesign.com/diy/presentation-cycle-cycle-with-a-progressbar/
Demo: http://www.gayadesign.com/scripts/presentationCycle/index.php?style=0

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How to Create a Google Wave-like History Slider

Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by xDragonZ.

Making a Google Wave History Slider

We’ve all seen the videos of Google’s latest product – Wave. Although not “ground-braking” and “revolutionary” as we’ve imagined, it still features some great UI that will surely inspire at least a few developers to implement some of it in their works.

Tutorialzine was one of those inspired people, he showed us how to create a Google Wave-like History Slider. Using it, we will enable our visitors to go back and forth in time to view the changes that take place on a comment thread.

The technologies we are using include PHP as a back-end, MySQL as data storage, jQuery, CSS and XHTML for the front-end with AJAX in between. The slider itself is a component created with jQuery UI.

Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://demo.tutorialzine.com/2009/10/google-wave-history-slider-jquery…
License: License Free

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Make A Stunning & Free Flash 3D Image Slider Using CU3ER

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by xDragonZ.

What is CU3ER?

CU3ER is a free Flash 3D image viewer that can even amaze the users who don’t prefer to use Flash.

It is an easy-to-use slider which can be customized via XML & offers beautiful 3D transitions.

CU3ER – flash 3D image slider you will love! It is:

• FREE
• EASY to set up
• CUSTOMIZABLE via XML
• TAILORED to provide a UNIQUE look & feel
• INSPIRING
• FUN-to-USE

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Creat A Beautiful Thumbnail Hover Effect Using Mootools

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by xDragonZ.

Thumbnails of photos is very common part of any website. We have seen a lot of innovation and beautiful representation of thumbnails. Recently Nitin Hayaran has demonstrated how to create a beautiful hover effect on thumbnails using Mootools.

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Compress JPG, GIF & PNG Images using punypng

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by xDragonZ.

punypng is a free web-based application which can seriously compress JPG, GIF & PNG images without any loss of quality.

The application first analyzes the content of your image and figures out the best image format to use. If necessary, converts the format automatically.

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Turns Your Handwriting Into A Font By Using FontCapture

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by xDragonZ.

FontCapture is a simple & free web application with an impressive function: it turns any handwriting into a font.

At fontcapture.com you can create a font from your very own handwriting. There’s no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner. Simply fill in the font template, scan and upload it to our website, and download your completed font. The fonts you create using fontcapture.com can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.

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