Hopefully, by the time my 6th grader gets out of high school, his teachers will be using a web-based learning management system (LMS) like Moodle to receive and track student assignments. There are LOTS of reasons a LMS can make life easier for both teachers and students. A big one is it can eliminate student [...]

Configuring GRE tunnels on Cisco routers is relatively easy – all it takes is a few simple commands. Here’s an example of a simple configuration:
ROUTER A
interface Ethernet0/1
ip address 10.2.2.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.4.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Tunnel0
ip address 1.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
tunnel source Serial0/0
tunnel destination 192.168.4.2
ROUTER B
interface FastEthernet0/1
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.4.2 255.255.255.0
!
interface Tunnel0
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
tunnel [...]

The email newsletter is a powerful marketing and communication tool that has various useful functions. It reminds your users about you; it informs users about your products; it tells them what you have been up to; and it helps you build a unique relationship with them. Users like email newsletters if the newsletters [...]

When you hear the word “creative”, what type of profession comes to mind? Maybe a graphic designer, painter, sculptor, illustrator, or writer? It’s unlikely that you would consider a “programmer” when thinking of creative fields of work. But programmers have the potential to be creative and come up with ideas or concepts that [...]

Here are a couple of social icon sets that you can feel free to download and use on your site. If you don’t mind, post a link to your site where you use the icons so we can see them in action.
Here is a preview of the Bubble set:

Here is a preview of the Gears [...]

I see a lot of broken sites. It seems like the leading cause for simple breaks in a site is a missing closing tag. It happens to everyone from time to time, but there really is a simple solution that can make life much easier: Proper structure.
Sure, you can have ugly html and still have [...]

I see a lot of broken sites. It seems like the leading cause for simple breaks in a site is a missing closing tag. It happens to everyone from time to time, but there really is a simple solution that can make life much easier: Proper structure.
Sure, you can have ugly html and still have [...]

Finally, presenting the winner of theme battle #3. Tasty Showcase was a template designed by Brad of DemusDesign, who also coded it in XHTML/CSS/JS. I then took the coded template and ported it to WordPress. It has a ton of widgetized areas, including widgetized footers (plural).

Read on to see the features, including [...]

As you can see in the header, we are shining a brand new logo identity that helps us define better on what we do. We’ve contacted Gopal Raju, an experienced web designer and creative director from our home country – India. With this post, we are announcing a new identity for our site and here’s [...]

Hi,
2010 is the year we dive into open source design. We’ve dipped our toes in this pool before (icon contest, graphic design component for Trac tickets, header refresh contest, etc.), but this year we’re going to cannonball and make a big splash. Here’s what you need to know if you want to get involved.
A list [...]