Fade Image Within Sprite

Fading an image into another is pretty easy with CSS. Give the element a background-image, then on it’s :hover, change the background-image. It’s best practice to combine both images into one and shift the background-position rather than use two separate images, that’s the idea of CSS sprites. But changing the background position will result in a scroll effect. What if you need …

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How to deploy a PHP app to Heroku

1. Download and install Heroku Toolbelt: https://toolbelt.heroku.com/ 2. Install Heroku Push (because port 22 is blocked by University’s firewall) heroku plugins:install https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-push 1. Create an empty project and Git Repository mkdir heroku-php cd heroku-php git init 2. Commit to Git Place the PHP files in the created directory Now add to git: git add -A …

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Tweaks for TN Government Laptops

Windows 7 Pro and Linux BOSS come bundled with the laptops provided by TN Government. Let’s admit it, Linux BOSS occupying an entire partition of 100 GB is just annoying. To remove Linux BOSS, follow these steps: Boot the system and press F8 Choose “Repair your computer” Windows Installer will load the necessary files and …

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How to turn off the google safe search filter?

Many web filtering services such as FortiGuard sets the default google search preference as “Strict”. While safe search proves to be very useful, it is also annoying at times. So how do we turn it off completely? Simple. Go to https://encrypted.google.com/ There you go! No more Google filtering 😀 For those of you who don’t know about …

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How to download YouTube videos on Mac using Safari?

If you’re using Safari, there’s an easy way to download YouTube videos. Open the page with the movie and press Command-Option-A, which shows the Activity window. [If you’re also loading other sites, you’ll see a list of them: scroll until you find the YouTube page and click on the arrow to show details about what …

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How to bypass ISP block of any website?

Office and college WiFi usually block certain websites. And now, Internet service providers have started blocking torrent and file-sharing websites. Even websites that have almost nothing to do with file-sharing or piracy, such as pastebin.com, are being blocked. So what do we do now? Fortunately, there are ways to bypass the web filtering. 1. Novice method: …

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How to create transparent Background Patterns?

With transparent pattern image, users can easily customize the background color by altering the hex color. Photoshop Trick: Extracting Pattern This Photoshop trick works on most pattern images. For this demonstration, I’m going to use a tiled pattern image below. Follow the steps below to extract the pattern from the image. You will learn how …

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How to create custom forms in WordPress without using plugins?

Forms are an integral part of a website. While there are lots of wordpress plugins available to create custom forms, most of them are not up to the task. It is very easy to create a form in WordPress, provided you have a fair knowledge of php, html and js. Let me show you how …

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How to remove facebook timeline?

Facebook introduced the new timeline feature in September, 2011. Many people love it. Some don’t. According to Facebook Center, “You will not be able to switch back to the old design after upgrading to Timeline” However, if you hate the timeline so much, you can still switch back to the old facebook! Download and install the following …

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How to find direct download links for music and movies using Google?

Be it music, movies or apps, I love downloading stuffs. But being in a college hostel, I am restricted from using Torrents and also almost all the file sharing sites are blocked. So I began to search for a way to download movies and music without being blocked and the idea of direct download links …

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