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Andres Jaimes

10 WordPress plugins you should have

This time I would like to make a list of recommended WordPress plugins. They are alphabetically sorted and have many different purposes. The descriptions shown were taken right from the WordPress description.

Here we go:

1. Comment Rating

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Coding An HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

HTML5 and CSS3 have just arrived (kinda), and with them a whole new battle for the ‘best markup’ trophy has begun. Truth to be told, all these technologies are mere tools waiting for a skilled developer to work on the right project. As developers we …

CSS – Attribute selectors

Attribute selectors allow you to select CSS elements based on their attributes or values.

For example, if you want to select an image named “great.gif” you can do it by using the following rule:

1img[src="great.gif"] { border: 3px solid #000; …

How to create a simple gradient in C#

Creating a simple gradient using two colors is very simple:

1Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);
2LinearGradientBrush lgb = new LinearGradientBrush(rect, Color.White, Color.Blue, 90);
3e.Graphics.FillRectangle(lgb, rect);

This code will …

Printing in C# – The easy way

Believe me, it is easy. As with any class, before we can use any of the Classes, Events and Objects available to us in the .Net Framework we need to import the Namespaces we need. For this we need 3 namespaces. VB.Net users only required 2 because …

How to choose a printer using C#

You can assign a printer and other settings by using the basic PrintDocument and PrintDialog controls properties. Look at the next example:

1if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
2    printDocument.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = …