21 useful business tools brought to you by Smashing Apps

Here are 21 useful business tools brought to you by SmashingApps.com.

http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/07/08/21-free-business-web-apps-that-can-make-your-lives-easier.html

My favourites are:
https://invoice.zoho.com/
http://timeglider.com
http://apps.onyaka.com/
http://www.deferredsender.com/
http://www.syncplicity.com/
http://www.zapproved.com/
http://www.curdbee.com/

Enjoy!

How to move your Modx site to your server

At the time of writing this article, ModX v0.9.6 was used. I believe the procedure has altered somewhat since that version so please check the official documentation if in doubt.

I've been working with Modx recently, and it's a cool CMS system. One area that I initially struggled with is getting a local site working on a hosting server. So here are my observations on what to do, or try, to get it working for you:

1. Create the database on your server
2. Upload all the site files to your server
3. In 'manager/includes' folder, make sure the 'config.inc.php' file is amended to suit your server database details
4. In 'assets/cache' folder, delete the 2 (probably) 'siteCache.idx.php' and the 'sitePublishing.idx.php' files.
5. Login in to the manager.
6. Go to 'Tools / Configuration' and select the 'Interface & Features' tab.
7. There, amend the 'Resource path' value to reflect your servers site path to the 'asset' folder. Then save.
8. Once saved, click the 'File Manager' tab
9. There, amend the 'File Manager Path' to reflect your servers site path to the web folder. Then save.

Your website should now work.

Nice tabbed JQuery tabs

This is cool:

http://cse-mjmcl.cse.bris.ac.uk/blog/jQueryNestedMenus/nested.html

Michael Jackson, 50, dies after suffering a cardiac arrest

Still hard to believe this, but I learnt this evening that Michael Jackson has died! First Farrah and now Michael on the same day. This is a sad day.

Whatever has been said and thought about Michael over the last few years, no one can deny his music has touched us all in some way.

From me, I can only say "Thank you Michael, for the great music you gave us all for many years".

Farrah Fawcett, 62, dies after 3 year battle with cancer

Today, I am shocked and sad to learn that Farrah Fawcett has died after a 3-year long battle with cancer.

Rest in peace Farrah.

JQuery and PHP | Drag and drop

Check out this useful code; using JQuery to enable drag and drop, but it also uses PHP to store the order state into the database. Look here for more info:

http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/dynamic-dragn-drop-with-jquery-and-php/

Louise Cliff - model

Great look from model Louise Cliff, see more of her work here:
http://louisecliffemodel.com/

Cool form validation

Here's some nicely executed form validation using JS, check out the demo here:

http://tetlaw.id.au/view/javascript/really-easy-field-validation

Nick Vidler : Photographer

Good work from Nick Vidler, check out his work here:
http://www.nick-vidler.com
http://www.purestorm.com/profile.aspx?id=Nickcv

IE8 and IE7 compatibility mode

If you are experiencing problems with IE8 rendering a website correctly, then you may find that forcing the browser to use IE7 compatibility mode may be the solution.

I recently tried this on a website and it works; simply add the following code into the header:

meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"

NB. the opening < and the closing /> have been removed to allow posting.

This code will force IE8 to run in IE7 mode even if the browser is set to run in IE8 Standards mode.

JQuery Tools : the missing UI library for the web

Here's a great supplement to JQuery, and it's only an additional 5.8Kb! Check out the website, and in particular, the demos page.

Click here to visit the JQuery Tools website

Internet Explorer tester software

For all you web developers out there, a friend recommended some software which allows you to test your web pages in several flavours of Internet Explorer.

It's called IETester, and is free to use. Click here to visit the website.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Favourite icon

If you're looking to add a favourite icon beside the domain name in your browsers address bar, then this works for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox:

Simply add it between the HEADER tags in your web pages (between the < and > characters)

link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="images/favicon.ico"

Note:
For some reason the ico file must go into the 'images' folder for it to work; anywhere else and IE doesn't show it.

Photoshop tutorials for digital photography

Here's a great selection of tutorials for any digital photographer - everything from how to change the colour of hair to adding eye make-up, great stuff so be sure to check some of these out.

Click here to go to the tutorials

I really like this chaps photography - stunning work:

http://www.richardbakker.com/