Custom Fonts on your website: Fast, Free and Cross Browser compatible, with TTFGen

December 7th, 2009

Definitely worth checking out, TTFGen provides a great way to embed custom TTF (true type) fonts on your website. The TTFGen script uses a PHP image renderer and your TTF giles to generate the image. The generated image takes parameters from your CSS file, and even includes support for rollover images.

It’s Fast Because it Displays Rendered Images, not Flash Objects

I used SiFR for a long time and the reason I didn’t stick with it was because of the amount of system resources and load time associated with the flash objects.

Fully SEO Complaint

Because it replaces text found within HTML tags, it is fully SEO compliant.

Tight CSS Integration

All of the parameters that generate the image are modeled after the standard CSS font parameters. So any styling that you do in your CSS will be reflected in your image.

WordPress Integration

For the not so technical, the is also a WordPress version. I’ve been using TTFGen on this website for a while and I recently switched to the WordPress version because it’s easier to manage.

Font Caching

Going back to my SiFR argument, once the image is generated, it is stored in a font cache folder on your webserver.

Benefits of the TTFGen WordPress Plugin Interface

  • Ability to Upload and Manage Fonts via a web interface
  • Ability to define and manage CSS associations without knowledge of jQuery
  • Make changes on the fly
  • Easily specify the replacement of div IDs, classes or full elements
  • Ability to easily whether or not the text is a link, and your desired rollover color

Where to get it?

TTFGen is a free download, available at www.ttfgen.com


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Use Aptana’s PHP Development Environment with Aptana 2.0 +

November 13th, 2009

The team at Aptana must have heard our cries, because now with version 2.02, they have allowed the use of their original PHP 1.1 Development environment with the latest version of their software.

PHP Install Location

http://update.aptana.com/install/php/

Installation Instructions

In order to use Aptana PHP development environment:

  • Go to Help > Install New Software
  • Click the Add Button
  • Enter http://update.aptana.com/install/php/ as the location and PHP as the name
  • Press OK, Select the PHP addon, Install.

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Thunderbird 3 Tag CSS Background Colors Styling with Stylish

November 2nd, 2009

I used to use Thunderbird for my email but the lack of a proper label and tagging system forced me back to Exchange for the last year. Now with Thunderbird 3 beta 4 out, I’m slowly working my way out of Exchange and back to Thunderbird.



Instructions using Thunderbird and the Stylish Add on

An old trick that I learned a while back was how to re-style the Thunderbird labels to make them stand out. TwisterMC created a great tutorial and CSS fix which change the background color of the message line, rather than the text iteself.

http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/04/10/thunderbird-labels

Complete Color Labels CSS

Once you have the stylish add-on installed, the full CSS color customization file can be downloaded here:http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfjv5pwk_54gw6njjdb


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My Favorite Social Networking Icon Pack

October 23rd, 2009

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With so many sites out there giving you the top 5 or top 50 best social networking icon pack websites, I thought I would cut to the chase and give you my favorite pack.

Komodo Meedia has developed over 80 refined, amazing social networking icons for the top networks around.

Download the icon pack here

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Reading XML with jQuery

October 23rd, 2009

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Hands down the best tutorial I’ve read for learning how to process XML data using jQuery. Provided by Think2Loud.

Click here to view the tutorial.

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50 Awesome Icon Sets for Mac OSX

October 23rd, 2009

Mac Icon SetsRe-post of a great article that I found on mac.appstorm.net: 50 Unusually awesome Icon Sets for Mac.

” Icons provide the basic means of interaction on your Mac. A well designed set can ensure you always know what to click on, and at the same time experience an attractive visual interface. Icons are extremely easy to customize on a Mac, so we’ve gathered together a collection of 50 exceptionally beautiful sets.”

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URL to HTML Hyperlink Converter

October 9th, 2009

Create a clickable HTML link from a URL so you can save the files to your computer.

How many times do you receive a link from someone and can't click on it because it automatically tries to play the item? Haven't you ever wished that there was a way to just right-click (or ctrl-click) on the link so you can save it? Enter the URL below and press submit, and you will receive a hyperlink.

Enter your URL

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