Designer's & Developer's Toolbox

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"When we are designing a website, or even a web application, we always need some pretty icons in order to complete the design. There are over hundred thousands of icons available on the internet. However, how many of them are nicely designed and suitable to you? I am sure you will find “The Best Free Web Icons for Different Purposes” useful to you." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"In the spirit of the holidays I’ve made a list of some amazing Christmas Icon sets. The best part of this list is that all of the collections are free!" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"20 super nice abstract backgrounds with high resultion 4000×3000 pixels. you can use this backgrouds where you want this is customized to fit in any backgrounds, elements, videos and more… you can resize it without losing any quality. 20 super cool colors i .jpg and .psd format. this 20 web 2.0 abstract backgrounds is in high quality every .jpg file is 1 to 3 mb. you can easy change/add objects,shapes and colors." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"This month’s free file of the month comes courtesy of JimmyMe. Please join me in thanking him for providing us with this single page template! This is a simple, clean and professional template, great for freelancers, photographers and any professionals who want to showcase their work. This theme has it’s own design PSD and also a separate PSD for the logo for easy customization. Template Features - Working AJAX Contact Form - Valid XHTML /CSS - Tableless Layout - Page Scroller - PNG fix for IE6 - jQuery lightbox - One page theme - Awesome Documentation. " - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Christmas comes early on ActiveDen! It’s the start of a brand new month which means it’s time once again for a fresh, fabulous, FREE ActiveDen file! In addition, we’re giving away one free file on each of the other marketplaces ( ThemeForest, AudioJungle, GraphicRiver, and VideoHive). Author: Barisintepe File: Magic Christmas Star Features * It’s magic * It’s full of holiday cheer * Santa likes it * It’s 100% vector making it totally resizable * It’s only 3kb" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"This is a contract between a coder and a company; it has lots of options and variables but we still need to add some more (for example covering licensing terms for produced software, etc). Note how it uses an auto numbering system to number the sections consecutively no matter which ones you include." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Pensive and retrospective, this electronic-fueled track courtesy of Darkroom discharges an array of emotions. Both technological and magnetic, this sensational track is very suited for film, video and/or gaming. Impress your audience and/or customers with this high quality and melodic electro production. This free audio from AudioJungle continues our series of free files we offer each month. Perfect for Web, video, podcast, or game productions, this audio will sound great in your next creative project. Be sure to download for FREE any time throughout November 2009!" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Please welcome this fantastic Project File video display titled Reflect Media by YoCreative!! YoCreative’s files are always exceptional, this one is no different. The color scheme is vibrant, the pace is fast, and the design is top notch. Providing 5 pre-made spots for your own assets, with the ability to add more if needed. Tons of text possibilities, and a composition specifically for a logo, this hard hitting pop themed project hits on all cylinders. Get it while its still free!!" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Nova is a simple and clean PSD template that is most appropriate for a portfolio or business." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"KenSHinH brings us a super-handy Free File of the Month this month, with his Fiber Backgrounds. Be sure to grab his textures and check out his other great files!" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

Here is my challenge to all of you with some coding skills. Join me in pledging to release a new program/utility/game on JANUARY 1st, 2010 to celebrate the new year! It doesn't matter how big it is, but it must go live to the public as freeware/donationware between Dec 31 and Jan 1st, 2010. We will give out fun prizes (custom dc mugs celebrating the event or something like that), for all coders who live up to their pledges. Ground rules: * You have to state you are participating well before the actual date (you shouldn't just wait until Dec 31 to reveal whether you decided to participate or not); ideally announce by posting a reply on this thread before dec 7, if possible. DECEMBER 7 is our goal to have the pledges. * This can't be an update of an existing program - has to be a new program. * You can post the program on your own website, etc. - you don't have to be affiliated with DonationCoder.com - you still get to announce it as part of the N.A.N.Y. Challenge. * The key thing here... more... - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

I have participated in this every year, since it started. It is always a lot of fun. - April Russo (app103)

I have had this brush for at least 6 years and I can't remember where it came from and can't find the documentation on it. I have searched Google and can't locate a copy of it. My version of the brush is for Paintshop Pro, but it may have been converted from a Photoshop brush. If you know who made this brush and where I can find the original, it would be a big help to me. - April Russo (app103)

Finally solved this mystery. The original seems to be not a brush at all. It's the character "M" from this font: http://www.dafont.com/cats-cs... - April Russo (app103)

"This is a clean, web 2.0 design for website / server error pages. It is flexible and very easy to customize. It comes with 5 of the most common error pages (404, 403, 401, 500 and 503) but it’s very easy to add more if needed. All text is real text so adding more pages is a breeze, no image editing required. Easy setup and configure PHP version now included (configuration not necessary unless you want to customize it further)" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Webitect" - Cindy Gan from Bookmarklet

"The JavaScript Framework Matrix shall give you an overview of popular JavaScript frameworks and their functions. There are various examples for the frameworks and every snippet contains links to the official documentation. The choice of a framework depends on many factors and can't be made of this document only. The matrix shall solely demonstrate the different API styles and functionalities of the JavaScript libraries." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"20 unique design symbols set. The pack includes PSD + AI + EPS + PDF" - AJ Batac from Bookmarklet

"Description: This calm and introspective piano melody is beautifully arranged in this lovely track courtesy of tomh. Give your listeners the feeling of warm and tender emotions with this endearing and fully loopable song! This free audio from AudioJungle continues our series of free files we offer each month. Perfect for Web, video, podcast, or game productions, this audio will sound great in your next creative project. Be sure to download for FREE any time throughout September 2009!" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Description: 20 unique design symbols set. The pack includes PSD + AI + EPS + PDF" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"You’re a great PHP programmer, but you find that your web applications aren’t visually appealing? In that case, Ultimate Admin Theme provides the perfect solution! * Tableless; * Full CSS and xhtml design; * Dropdown menu; * Two color schemes! * jQuery magic * jQuery calendar(datepicker) * editable textarea with markitup * layered PSD included; * valid XHTML 1 .0 Strict" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"For September, we’re giving away a totally customizable, XML-driven news file by FlashJunkie! Summary of features: # XML driven # Unlimited categories # Unlimited news # Unlimited content per post # Posts can be fully contained in the viewer, or if you wish you can leave out the full post and just link the list item to an external URL # Users have cookies stored in their browser and upon returning to your site they are notified of any new news items and categories since their last visit # HTML Formatted Text fields using CDATA # Supports SWF ’s and Images with an expansion animation upon rollover # Easy to set up, use, and customize" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

Wicked. Thanks - Johnny Worthington

"Logos are visual images of the brands they represent. Having the right logo that delivers THE MESSAGE and that people recognize is really important. Good Logos are not easy to create or get hold of at all as it requres great knowledge of the business domain and target group to do it right. Logos must be relevant, timeless and perfectly aligned with the strategy and the products and or services offered. In this article you will find a huge collection of Tutorials, Logo Inspirations and Online Tools and services that you may use to develop your brand and create the perfect Logo. This is the Logo Designers Huge Essential Toolbox that I’m planning to update now and then as I stuble upon new interesting resources." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"The Web Book is a complete 330-page book that tells you how to create a Web site from scratch. It covers everything from registering a domain name and renting some hosting space, to creating your first HTML page, to building full online database applications with PHP and MySQL. You can download The Web Book as a PDF file completely free of charge for personal use. If you want to use The Web Book for commercial purposes, licences are available at around 10% of what you'd typically pay for a book such as this. Commercial purposes include: * As a student textbook in a web design course * As a user guide for customers of a web hosting company" - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

"Virus writers have gone old school with the creation of a virus that infects Delphi files as they are built. When a Delphi file infected with Induc-A virus is run, it searches for Delphi programming installations on an infected machine and attempts to infect this installation. More specifically, the malware attempts to infect SysConst.pas, which it then compiles to SysConst.dcu. Once this process is completed the SysConst.dcu file is programmed to add the Induc-A virus to every new Delphi file that gets compiled on the system." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

More info: this malware targets only versions 4 thru 7. It's payload is to infect Delphi, get compiled into an app, seek out a copy of Delphi on the machine of anyone that runs it, repeat. Typical end users wouldn't be affected by it even if they received an infected file and ran it...average people don't have Delphi installed. - April Russo (app103)