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Use Skype Like a Pro

Skype offers software with which you can talk, IM or make video calls. This article will show you how to download Skype, find contacts, and use the major features of this free program.

Published by Tricia Goss (10822 pts) on Nov 20, 2009 to
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A Look At Content Provider Advertisement Based Websites

There are a variety of different ways that websites make money. The most popular way is through advertising. This article takes a look at content websites that earn money through advertising.

Published by Nicholas (5864 pts) on Oct 29, 2009 to
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A Look At Subscription Based Websites

Websites make money in a variety of different ways. One very popular and traditional business plan, behind many sites, is subscription based content providing.

Published by Nicholas (5864 pts) on Oct 22, 2009 to
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Taming the Power of the Database Within Drupal

A content management system is a database. As such its power lies in the processing of data, in this case the content of the web site. Drupal provides the Views module to query the content of the database and generate bespoke datasets which can provided as pages, blocks or RSS feeds.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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Using the Mail Merge Facility in Word to Generate a Whole Web Site

Previous articles in this series have shown how Microsoft Word can be used to produce simple web pages. However, a site may contain many similar pages. Wouldn’t it be great to get Word to help you produce a whole site, and do much of the work for you? You just have to think a bit creatively.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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Getting Creative with Microsoft Word Part 1: Can Word Really Help With Web Development?

Microsoft Word has a bad reputation when it comes to web development. By default, Word produces HTML code which is bloated and non-standards compliant. For many people content management systems like Drupal, or sophisticated web development tools such as Dreamweaver are not an option.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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Creating A Simple Compliant Web Page

In spite of Microsoft Word’s bad reputation when it comes to web development, it can be used as a way of producing lean standards compliant HTML code. You just have to think a bit creatively. This article will show you how to produce simple high quality web pages in Word.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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How You Can Use Word To Create A Simple Web Page With Formatting Options

In previous articles in this series we have shown how Microsoft Word can be used to produce lean standards compliant HTML code. You just have to think a bit creatively. This article will show you how to produce high quality web pages in Word with some formatting options.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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Troubleshooting Thunderbird Email Client Quirks

Thunderbird is my email client of choice and I have always been happy with it. The trouble is, that Thunderbird has some strange quirks, leading to some strange error messages,which if you don’t know about them can drive you mad trying to overcome.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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XnView: a Freeware Image Editor

There are many image editing programs available from serious professional applications such as Photoshop through to the Paint application which has always been part of Windows. Free applications include the Gimp, but I have always found this difficult to use, so I prefer XnView.

Published by Profacgillies (8522 pts) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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