How to debug for IE6 with multiple IE instances

Often when I find myself developing a new “something” for anyone, I have serious problems in IE, especially in IE6. As much as I would want IE6 to die in excruciating pain, I still have to develop and provide support for it.

Here is how you can have multiple instances of IE installed on the same machine, without the lack of productivity from IE8.
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20+ deviant inspirational design layouts

Often designers find deviantart to be one of the must trusted inspirational resources in the world. So here are 20 deviant inspirational design images to keep your gears running on your next project.

Inside deviantart, there are many graphic artists and designers who are willing to share their design ideas with others. so check it often when you are short of design ideas.
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How to make your very own CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA – a familiar term to some of us but also a weird word for others, nonetheless CAPTCHA is one of those thing everybody comes in contact somehow. Like the name tells it CAPTCHA is a acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Basically it`s whole purpose is to tell if you are a human or a bot.

The system is a security feature first implemented by Yahoo, and soon spreaded on a big number of systems to improve security. The CAPTCHA is a representative image containing squiggly words that asks the user to type the word inside a form. A thing that a machine cannot possibly do.
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25+ incredible Photoshop makeover videos

Everybody loves to be beautiful, but sometimes Photoshop makes the difference when you want to look good. Here are 25+ incredible Photoshop makeover videos and tutorials on some of the best models around.

These extreme makeover videos are the best when it comes to edit your photo in a cool and beautiful way. These videos covers color replacement, hair color replacement, imperfection correcting and many more. This is how you can make drastic changes to your appearance with the help of a simple image editing program.
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10 best of the best Joomla themes

A Joomla based web theme always comes in handy when you need it. It doesn’t matter if your are using it for a new Joomla based design or to get some nice visual inspiration, you are in a win-win situation. These themes are always a good start to a great Joomla website.

In this article we present 10 best of the best Joomla themes which you can install and use in your personal or commercial aspects of design. Note that some of the themes require a subscription before download and not all of them are free. but the exceptional design makes those few dollars worth while.
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How to set up a hotel reservation form in a WordPress page

A few days back I was asked by a client to set up a hotel reservation form in his WordPress powered website. The problem is easy to solve and implement. This tutorial consists of setting up a WordPress custom page template and some php for a Hotel reservation page.

By the end of this tutorial you will know hot to set up a hotel reservation page, a restaurant reservation page or anything that requires a reservation inside WordPress.
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WordPress Photoshop tutorials

In this showcase post you will find some of the best Photoshop tutorials for WordPress. These tutorials include sketching up a wordpress blog based on a Photoshop mockup, banner creation for WordPress, creating buttons, menus and images for your WordPress blog.

First off we will get off with some WordPress photoshop sketch tutorials. These tutorials will show you how to create a WordPress sketch using Adobe Photoshop.
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How to get new blog posts ideas using Google

Having to brainstorm new blog posts ideas every day is a pain. So here are some very quick tips on how to get new blog ideas by just typing a simple search inside Google.

Think of it as this, if you lack post inspiration, your blog probably doesn’t run smooth and you writing skills get rusty every day. Here are some great tips on how to find ideas for your posts based on actual live searches.
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Methods of getting your article Digged

Day by day more and more people use Digg to find their favourite stories. Web developers use is to submit their stories. And the success of a digged story stays as long as people digg them.

Here are some simple tips on how to get your stories Digged. You will need a Twitter account, a digg account, a nice representative pic and inspiration.

So here is how you can increase your article Digg rate

Darren over @ problogger.net said in one of his posts that he doesn’t personally submit his own articles on digg, for the fact that social networks tend to penalize a person if it diggs for the same domain. So, for this post, you will not submit your articles on Digg.

Tip #1. First off, go on Digg, to your nice category and find new users that post frequently on that subject, digg their articles and add them as friends. Try to find new users with few or no friends, they will likely add you as a mutual friend.

Tip #2. Try and digg on their stories as often as they post them, this build up trust between you and the user. Possibly the user out of consideration will also digg on your articles.

Tip #3. Visit their blog, profile etc, and add them on Twitter, let them know you are from digg and you are friends. The best is to send them a email informing them of it.

Tip #4. Retweet almost every article that they post on Twitter, the user grows more trustfully on you.

Tip #5. If you find users with Digg authority and friends, it`s even better, ask them trough an email if they would like to post your article on digg for you. Often they will accept it and you will get way more diggs than if you would post it.

Here is an actual example. I wrote a guest post for a user from digg after making those tips, if I would have submitted that article I have possibly reached 2-3 diggs. But when the user with my guest post submitted it to Digg it went to 190 diggs in 16 hours.

5 tips about successful blog commenting

Ask yourself this, why do I comment on other blogs. The answer is based on few thing like link gathering, beneficial responses, helpful interactions and more.

Here are 5 tips about successful blog commenting, and what you could get for commenting on other people`s blogs.
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