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mfFilmed: Add a filmstrip around images with this Joomla 1.0.x mambot
2008-02-10 15:38:00
Joomla! (http://joomla.org/) is my favorite CMS. I created a mambot that allows you to easily add a filmstrip around your images. It's called mfFilmed and you can use it free of charge. Use this mambot to give some extra eye-candy to your images. It is very simple to use and uses unobtrusive javascript. Many advanced options are included. You don't need Photoshop or any other advanced and expensive programs to make beautiful filmstrips. Use mfFilmed and you're ready to go. Additionally, the original image will be kept intact. mfFilmed Download filmed.js Download (required)
More About: Images , Joomla , Ages

mfEdge: Add edges to images with this Joomla 1.0.x mambot
2008-02-10 15:26:00
Joomla! (http://joomla.org/) is my favorite CMS. I created a mambot that allows you to easily add cool Web 2.0 edges to your images. It's called mfEdge and you can use it free of charge. Use this mambot to give some extra eye-candy to your images. It is very simple to use and uses unobtrusive javascript. Many advanced options are included, such as adding own edge masks. You don't need Photoshop or any other advanced and expensive programs to make beautiful, cool, Web 2.0 images. Use mfEdge and you're ready to go. Additionally, the original image will be kept intact. mfEdge Download edge.js Download (required)
More About: Images , Joomla , Ages

mfCorner: Add corners to images with this Joomla 1.0.x mambot
2008-02-10 15:14:00
Joomla! (http://joomla.org/) is my favorite CMS. I created a mambot that allows you to easily add cool Web 2.0 corners to your images. It's called mfCorner and you can use it free of charge. Use this mambot to give some extra eye-candy to your images. It is very simple to use and uses unobtrusive javascript. Many advanced options are included. You don't need Photoshop or any other advanced and expensive programs to make beautiful, cool, Web 2.0 images. Use mfCorner and you're ready to go. Additionally, the original image will be kept intact. mfCorner Download corner.js Download (required)
More About: Images , Joomla , Corners , Ages

Proxy sites to browse the net anonymously - Reloaded
2008-02-08 11:27:00
Regular readers (http://feeds.feedburner.com/marcofolio) of my website know that I've written an article before listing 20 proxy websites (http://www.marcofolio.net/tools/20_proxy _sites_to_browse_the_net_anonymously.html ). There were a lot of comments in that article complaining about proxies that didn't unblock MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/), Hi5 (http://www.hi5.com/), Bebo (http://www.bebo.com/) or other websites from school or work. Because of this, I decided to give it a second go. Here is a huge list of proxy websites that you can use to access MySpace or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) from where ever you like. If it still doesn't work, a proxy just doesn't do it for you. You'll have to live with the fact that you can't access your favorite sites from the place you are.
More About: Sites , Proxy , Proxy Sites , Browse , Anon

Joran van der Sloot - "I know what you did last summer"
2008-02-07 11:45:00
Joran van der Sloot. A huge media hype (http://joranvandersloot.blogspot.com/) in the USA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat es), Aruba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba) and here, in The Netherlands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands ). Why? All because of the death of Natalee Holloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalee_Hol loway). If you still don't know what I'm talking about, consider reading the complete story (http://www.peterrdevries.com/complete-st ory.htm) or try to follow the news more often. Because of the new developments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalee_Hol loway#January-February_2008:_New_developm ents), the story is a hot topic these days. The confession of Joran (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtHZ-uDg 5U), taped by crime reporter Peter R. de Vries (http://www.peterrdevries.com/) with a hidden camera, has put everyone in shock. Especially the mother of Natalee is stunned (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYjZwop0Y 94) of the cruelty of Joran (http://...
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12 reasons why I hit the "Show next page" button directly
2008-02-04 18:06:00
Social bookmarking websites (http://www.marcofolio.net/reviews/love_f rom_social_bookmarking_sites.html) are great. They help you spread the word of your blog, website or article and you can discover new ones. Personally, I like StumbleUpon (http://ionox.stumbleupon.com/) the best. I like to stumble over the net, giving away many "Thumb up". However, there are always websites that I come across when stumbling, that I just have to give a "thumbs down (http://ionox.stumbleupon.com/bads/)", or just directly navigate away from. Why? I have 12 reasons why I hit the "Show next page" button directly. Leaving out the 404 error pages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_error) and servers being down, here are the reasons I press the "Show next page" button in random order. Remember these tips and don't make these mistakes on your own website. These tips are not only for users from StumbleUpon, but for all websites.
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Another point of view
2008-02-01 19:11:00
Time to give you another point of view. What would the world look like if you would turn things around? Take a look at the other side. Delicious children for sale. Will they melt like the ice cream?
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Promoting your feed to the max using a signature
2008-01-31 13:28:00
As a blogger, the main thing that you probably want is having many RSS feed readers (http://feeds.feedburner.com/marcofolio). Remember the 22 steps you must do after setting up a blog (http://www.marcofolio.net/tips/22_steps_ you_must_do_after_setting_up_a_blog.html) ? One of the tips in that article was: If you're a member of any forum, place the URL to your blog in your signature and reply to threads. Here is a nice little trick to optimize that signature, showing off your RSS feed. Attract more readers to your website and help spread the world. This technique uses the help from Feed burner (http://www.feedburner.com).
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[Imagedump] January 2008 - Part 2 [50 Images]
2008-01-30 20:01:00
Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from January 2008 . Don't forget to view part 1 (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/imag edump_january_2008_part_1_50_images.html) .
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How Evolution Happens - CG Video
2008-01-27 22:31:00
As a designer, I really love CG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_gr aphics). Especially the 3d stills (http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay .php?f=132&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=v oteavg) really take my breath away. But what always amazes me, is the beautiful CG used in movies. Here is a short movie full of CG showing the evolution of planet earth. Watch evolution unfold before you in this amazing video featuring fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, mammals, and primates. Even if you don't believe in the evolution, just sit back and enjoy the beautiful CG and music in this video.
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How to (and not to) take care of a baby
2008-01-25 16:29:00
This one goes out to all the new parents out there. Just a little guide on how to (and not to) take care of a baby. Very funny to read, but must be taken very seriously. You could print the images and bundle them to a little book that you could hold in your pocket just to be sure.
More About: Baby , Care

Whitesquid: a beautiful dark Joomla 1.0.x template
2008-01-23 23:00:00
Two great (web)design websites, Dezinerfolio.com (http://www.dezinerfolio.com/) and Marcofolio.net (http://www.marcofolio.net/), decided to team up to bring you something beautiful. The original dfTheme 2.0 (http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/06/21/d ftheme20/) made by Dezinerfolio was first released for Wordpress. After a while, they decided to make the theme for Drupal (http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/10/23/d ftheme-20-for-drupal/). Jackbook.com released it later for blogger (http://www.jackbook.com/2007/10/dark-blo gger-template.html). Now, Marcofolio.net brings you this beautiful dark web 2.0 theme to Joomla ! 1.0.x (http://joomla.org/). This template called Whitesquid (Named after the demo website of the Drupal version of dfTheme 2.0) will really amaze your visitors. Of course this template can be downloaded and used for free. Whitesquid Download Whitesquid Demo
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[Imagedump] January 2008 - Part 1 [50 Images]
2008-01-23 19:51:00
Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from January 2008 .
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Powerful music MP3 search engines
2008-01-22 00:02:00
Do you hate getting spyware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware) from P2P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-pee r_file_sharing) programs such as LimeWire (http://www.limewire.com/)?. And don't you want to download the full album through torrents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_ %28protocol%29) since you only want that one single or song? Here's the solution: A couple of HTTP search engines making life a little bit easier for you. I only placed the logo's and URL's to the websites, since they mainly do all the same thing: Bringing you your music for free.
More About: Music , Search Engines , Search , Engines

30 funniest and geekiest shirts
2008-01-18 21:26:00
There are many geeks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek) in the world. Many gadgets, such as the iPod (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod), are loved by everyone. Still, not everybody likes to be called a geek. But for those who do, show it to the world and be proud to be a geek. Here are a couple of very funny geek shirts that can help you spread the word. The above Mushroom Kingdom shirt can be purchased at 80s Tees (http://www.80stees.com/products/Mushroom -Kingdom-T-shirt.asp).
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5 wicked sound loop interfaces you want to have
2008-01-17 15:21:00
Music. Everybody loves it. Personally, I really like hardstyle music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardstyle) the most. Music loops are used all over the internet, mainly found in Flash animations. Those loops are created on a computer, but here are 5 very cool interfaces that allows you to create your own music loop. Of course you can also download buy software for this, like Fruity Loop s (http://www.flstudio.com/).
More About: Sound , Wicked , Interfaces

PHP Random Image Rotation
2008-01-15 20:23:00
Want some randomness on your website? Try out this PHP image rotator. This script will display a random image every time the user re-loads the page or starts navigating. A very nice effect that can help you make your website a little bit more interactive. This script can be perfectly used for a banner of header on your website. You can also use this in your signature or avatar on a forum. Additionally, you can rotate HTML and CSS files. Just make sure this script is placed on a PHP server, otherwise it will not work.
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50 of the worlds most creative ads
2008-01-10 18:31:00
Some of the online advertisement (http://www.marcofolio.net/reviews/top_5_ worst_forms_of_online_advertisement.html) forms really distract you from the actual content. Here are 50 offline ads that you'll don't mind when it draws your attention. They're so creative and some are so funny, that you'll remember the product they're selling for days. Maybe you've seen already some of these ads, but they're still really cool.
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Top 5 worst forms of online advertisement
2008-01-09 16:21:00
Since the beginning of this blog there were a lot of visitors (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffi c_details/marcofolio.net) and my website kept on growing. Because of that, several advertising websites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online _adve rtisement) contacted me if I was willing to put their clients ads on my website. I rejected them because they weren't in the best interest of my readers, which is very important for me. I did some research and created a top 5 worst forms of online advertisement that will surely keep your visitors away. This list is created from the users point of view. I think that if you add the number 1 on this list to your website, you'll probably receive more money. So it's up to you: Do you want more visitors and a high-quality website or do you want to fill up your website with loads of ads, keeping your visitors away? Let me start that I wont put the Pop-up advertisement in this article. Those are old and most people now have a pop-up blocker or...
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Use a custom font on your website
2008-01-07 16:51:00
Webdesigners always have to make sure that they use a common font (http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/Windo wsMacFont s.html) for their website, otherwise it'll display incorrect on browser that don't have the font installed. This can be really annoying if you want to use a nice custom font (http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/ulti mate_photoshop_design_resources.html#Font s). You could load the font in Photoshop and save it as an image, but this isn't dynamic and is not SEO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engi ne_optimization). Here are two solutions on how to make dynamic custom fonts. This is a dynamic custom font Using image replacement And is SEO proof The font used above is called Diavlo (http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/diavlo.h tml) and uses PHP Image Replacement. The other technique that you can use is sIFR. These can very good be used as attractive blog titles.
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Make long URL's short with these services
2008-01-04 20:59:00
Don't you hate it when someone sends you an e-mail or chat message with an URL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Res ource_Locator) that looks like this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geo code=&time=&date=&ttype=&q= Stadhouderskade+42,+Amsterdam,+The+Nether lands&sll=40.71451,-74.0071 4&sspn=0.625578,1.560059&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwl oc=addr&om=1 Or comments on your blog / website that have these huge links that will screw up your website layout? Set an example and use any of the services listed below that will make the URL short to re-direct someone to the correct website with the long URL. All short URL's lead to the main page (http://www.marcofolio.net/).
More About: Services , Make , Long , Short

22 tips on how to speed up Windows XP
2008-01-02 22:04:00
Oh no, not another (http://www.marcofolio.net/tips/22_steps_ you_must_do_after_setting_up_a_blog.html) 22 (http://www.marcofolio.net/css/top_22_css _tutorials.html) tips (http://www.marcofolio.net/webdesign/22_b eautiful_image_galleries_for_your_website .html) list (http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/top_ 22_photoshop_tutorials.html). Everyone knows how to use the defrag on a computer, but most will know that you wont see much changes in the performance. Here are 22 suggestions, other than defrag, that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of PC. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing. Don't forget to shrink the Windows directory to create space (http://www.marcofolio.net/tips/tips_to_s hrink_the_windows_directory_to_create_spa ce.html).
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33 favorite Marcofolio.net articles from 2007
2007-12-30 19:42:00
I started this blog in June of this year with the article about how to create a custom page title in Joomla! 1.0.x (http://www.marcofolio.net/how_to/create_ a_custom_page_title_in_joomla_1.0.x.html) . After a couple of articles, I took a brake while on vacation. But when I returned, I started writing articles in August again. This blog now has almost 100 articles, around 400 feed subscribers (http://feeds.feedburner.com/marcofolio) and over 1000 comments. I think this is pretty good for someone that hasn't had a blog before, didn't know anything about SEO or Social Bookmarking. I just wanted to share my knowledge, fun and interesting things with the world. I created an alphabetic list of my own favorite articles from 2007. I'm checking these articles often because of the interesting resources or just for fun. Which article of mine did you like the most or through which article did you get here? Of course you can expect more high-quality, interesting and fun articles from me in 200...
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Syobon: Most frustrating game ever
2007-12-30 12:30:00
Here's a nice little time-killer for you. The image you see below is a screenshot from Syobon, a Japanese Mario-look-a-like game. Doesn't look very interesting, does it? But I'm sure, that if you're going to play this game, you'll get pretty frustrated some times. But it'll be funny too, especially when you let others play. The video below will explain more. I wasted over 200 lives in this game, but couldn't get passed chicken in the castle level when you have the sword.
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[Imagedump] December 2007 - Part 2 [50 Images]
2007-12-27 10:09:00
Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from December 2007. Just like the imagedump from November, this article is separated in to two parts (because of page load). This time, I posted them a few minutes after each other. Make sure you check out Part 1 (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/imag edump_december_2007_part_1_50_images.html ) if you like this one.
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[Imagedump] December 2007 - Part 1 [50 Images]
2007-12-27 10:02:00
Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from December 2007. Just like the imagedump from November, this article is separated in to two parts (because of page load). This time, I posted them a few minutes after each other. ake sure you check out Part 2 (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/imag edump_december_2007_part_2_50_images.html ) if you like this one.
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Create a sticky sidebar or box
2007-12-24 19:39:00
After my previous article on how to create a peeling corner on your website (http://www.marcofolio.net/webdesign/crea te_a_peeling_corner_on_your_website.html) , I now give you another great thing for your website. I'll explain how to create a sticky sidebar or box that will scroll down with the user. Excellent to put your navigation in, promoting your RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/marcofolio) or placing advertisement. This technique uses CSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_S tyle_Sheets) and JavaScript (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript) . Works in IE7+, Firefox, Opera and Safari.
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Unusual transportation [50 Images]
2007-12-20 18:49:00
I own my drivers license for a couple of months now and it's really nice to have one. You can just drive around and go to places you want to. But on the street, you can find the most ridiculous co-travellers. Here are 50 images of transportation like you'll probably (hopefully!) never see on the streets again. How many signs would there be placed in the flyover from the image above?
More About: Transportation , Images , Ages

Crazy wannahave for Christmas: Splash pig
2007-12-18 20:04:00
Christmas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas) is coming up and you're searching everywhere to buy something cool for someone else. Thing is, you actually don't have time of all of this. Don't worry; Here's a nice little gift that will give joy to anyone. I don't know the English term, but I like to call it the Splash pig. He looks pretty normal (but cute) on the picture, but check out the video's below and you'll see why it's so cool. Oh, and of course you can give yourself one for the holidays.
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22 beautiful image galleries for your website
2007-12-16 23:35:00
I'm sorry folks, I don't know why this is. The number "22" has hit me and I don't know why. After my article with top 22 CSS tutorials (http://www.marcofolio.net/css/top_22_css _tutorials.html) and my previous article about the top 22 photoshop tutorials (http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/top_ 22_photoshop_tutorials.html), I now give you a nice collection of 22 beautiful image galleries for your website. This is a list with 15 JavaScript galleries and 7 Flash-based galleries. Best of all, these galleries are all completely free. Grab one and use it wisely for your website and your visitors will be stunned.
More About: Website , Beautiful , Galleries , Image