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Creating your own images on-the-fly isn't hard at all, especially with the help of PHP and GD.

GD is a graphics library (http://www.boutell.com/gd/) , and PHP has an extension that gives easy access to the major GD functions, giving you the ability to use GD to generate images (JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, etc) on-the-fly. This tutorial is aimed at people who come across the need for dynamic images, discover that PHP can do it with GD, but have a hard time understanding how to use it.

The tutorial is offered in two versions, a video version, and a...
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Todd L'Herrou

At some time or another, most web designers struggle over the issue of how to display a specific font on a website. In general, for website text to display in a specific font face in a client browser, the client computer MUST have that font installed. Site visitors who do not have it installed will not be able to see the text in that face. Yet, good design (and paying clients) often require that a specific font be used.

There's no easy solution to this issue. However, there are ...
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The broadband era has fundamentally changed the way we consume media. As little as five years ago, video on a web site was reserved for a select few with access to unlimited bandwidth and disk space and no small amount of technical know-how. Things have really changed. There are a ton of resources available for novice and expert designers to quickly and cheaply add video. This guide is aimed at web designers who are unfamiliar with embedding video on a web site and will introduce you to concepts and tools to quickly and inexpensively get you started.

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Search Engine Optimization

It is important to understand that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a process, it is not a project. Search Engines are dynamic; their ranking algorithms are frequently changed, and other sites are being updated with new content or being optimized, both of these will change the search engines' rankings. Between the search engines updating their algorithms and your competitors modifying their websites, it is not enough to do SEO once, it must be continually refined and updated in order to improve your rankings. Since SEO is a process, results can take months to become apparent, so be patient, you won't be ...
 
 
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systemmanagement wrote a Best Practice! How to Run Scripts 11/05/09 03:02 AM
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jason1178 article is an Editor's Choice! Affordable Web Design: Adding Video to Your Site 11/04/09 05:43 AM
gr8gonzo article was EE Approved! [Video] Create Dynamic Images with PHP and GD 11/04/09 05:41 AM
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