How to run Skype and WAMP together

When working with WAMP, sometimes we come across a situation where the WAMP icon, in the notification area, remains orange and we usually find that this is because of Skype already running. 

How to Install Package Control in Sublime Text 3

We all know about Sublime Text (hopefully) so I'm not going to waste your time introducing this text editor. My aim for this post is to let you know how you can install the Package Control in Sublime Text 3. 

Quick Tip: Photoshop Crashes When PNG File is Opened (Solved)

The other day I was working on a website in Photoshop and everything was working fine until I tried to open a PNG icon file. 

PNG file I tried to open

Part 2: Adding Arrows in Carousel Using CarouFredSel

This is part 2 of the series on using the CarouFredSel plugin. If you haven't read Part 1 of this series, then I would recommend you to go through it before you continue with this post.

So, today we're going to look at how to add "Next" and "Previous" buttons to our carousel using CarouFredSel. 

Part 1: How to add Carousel (Slider) to a website using CarouFredSel

In web design industry, carousel refers to a scrolling list of items in either horizontal or vertical order. The scrolling items can be anything like videos, images text etc. where they can be moved back and forth automatically or by user interaction.

Quick Tip: PrintScreen Only the Selected Window

Almost all of us know that the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key on our keyboard is used to take a screenshot of our entire screen in Windows. What most people don't know is how to capture the view of only the selected window. When I didn't know this trick I used to take screenshot of the whole screen by using the Print Screen key and then cropping it in any software (like Photoshop or MS Paint) which is obviously a tedious thing to do. But here's what you should actually be doing.

What is Specificity?

I must say, it's really difficult to explain this topic but anyway, here goes nothing.

Specificity (it's a tongue twister really!) is one of the most important concepts in CSS. A lot of times when we see that our CSS rules have no affect, we think that there's a bug in our code, but actually, in most cases, it is Specificity that we usually ignore while coding. Here's what it is.

Quick Tip: How to Take Screenshot of a Complete Webpage

Today I want to tell you about how to take screenshots of a webpage (I know I've just repeated the post title). So, for this, you have to have Mozilla Firefox installed in your computer because to take screenshots of a webpage there's a plugin in Firefox named Abduction (not sure if it is available for Chrome or Safari) that I'm going to tell you about.

How to run WAMP Server on Windows 8

Updated - 14th April 2013: (Solved)

As you might know that the post I made previously was just a way to get around this strange problem. After a long time, I've finally managed to find out the actual reason for this problem, which I want to share with all of you.

CSS Rules and Selectors

You might already know that CSS is used to style HTML documents. In order to write CSS, we define something called "CSS Rules".  A "rule" is a statement that tells browsers how to represent HTML on a page. 

How to install Emmet (Zen Coding) in Sublime Text 2

Sublime Text 2 is an amazing text editor that provides plethora of great features. One thing, which I was very curious to see in Sublime Text 2 (ST2), was Zen Coding. I've spent hours and hours on finding a way to install Zen Coding in ST2 but didn't find any solution.

After searching for about 6 or 8 months, I've finally found a way and managed to install Zen Coding in my Sublime Text Editor. Here's how you can do it as well. Oh, by the way, I'm a Windows 7 (32-bit ) user.

HTML: Writing Your First Webpage

An Extremely Brief Introduction to HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the base for building all web pages. HTML is written via using HTML tags which are enclosed in angled brackets. Eg. <p> is a paragraph tag. 

All HTML tags have a start and end tag. Eg. <p> is the start tag for paragraph and </p> is the end tag for it.

HTML is not a case-sensitive language. In simple words, uppercase (capital letters) and lower case letters (small letters) have the same meaning when used in HTML. Also, HTML doesn't render whitespace characters (return, tab, space etc)

Photoshop's Essential Shortcut Keys To Speed Up Your Design Workflow

With the passage of time, graphics is becoming an essential part of every organization. People are constantly entering into this field, making the competition even tougher.

It is often said that "Time is Money". If you see this from the design point of view, you need speed and efficiency if you ever want to survive in this field. So to separate yourself from the rest, one thing that can help you get an edge over others is the number of shortcuts you use in your day to day designing. Really, if you use shortcuts while you design, you can save even hours.

That's why today I want to share some important Photoshop shortcuts with you guys.

Here we go!!!!

Hey everyone. After a long time, I've now decided to really do something about my blog and that means I'll be posting regularly (hopefully).

Well umm...First of all, let me just tell you what to expect from this blog. Over here, up till now, I've decided to post information related to HTML/CSS (mainly), jQuery, cross-browser compatibility issues, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and some other graphics related tips and tricks and maybe a little bit of PHP and MySql tutorials. So basically I'll be focusing on the web and graphic design stuff because that's something I feel I'm good at (besides laziness).

I'll also try to post some links of the websites I'll find useful for designers. It could be inspirational stuff or tutorials' websites.

Hopefully that explains enough about the posts I'll be making. So, if you think that this kind of stuff can benefit you in anyway, then do check out my blog for some really cool and exciting posts. See ya