Now there's a completely new (user) Profile design after some profound changes, Facebook revealed at its f8 conference in San Francisco, on the 22nd of September 2011. At the f8 conference (which has been taking place every year, since 2007), Facebook announces new and interesting products. And this time, the main topic was about a major profile re-design, which is said to be one of the greatest changes since the inception of Facebook. …
A social meetup in Sri Lanka : Refresh Colombo
As it's mentioned on their website, Refresh Colombo is a community of web and technology enthusiasts/professionals who come together on a monthly basis to share ideas and meet like 'minded' individuals. These events are open to anyone, who wants to attend them; hackers, bloggers, coders, computer experts, journalists, techies, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are all welcome – you can even take your grandma. …
Have you heard of LinQ.lk?
LinQ.lk is a URL shortening service that was founded in 2010, by our friend Haneez Haroon (From Sri Lanka) It allows you to easily squeeze long URLs into short & memorable ones : ( Example: http://linq.lk/bc87 ) Isn't this easier to remember? That's the point! The core goal of LinQ is to provide secure and speed (quickly re-directing), short URLs that are easier to share, tweet, and email to friends... To date, LinQ has been online for over a year; it has been …
Creating 404 Pages!
A 404 page is basically another page that will show you nothing much, but an error. Are you confused? No, don't be! You will see a 404 page, when a file is not available on the server of a website. Here's an example: http://techhamlet.com/abcdefg/ (there's no such directory as techhamlet.com/abcdefg - so you'll rather see a 404 page.) …
Firefox 6 (beta) Released!
Currently, the most commonly used/popular web browser in the world is Firefox and, Google Chrome dwells next to that; take a look at the stats! Firefox is (technically) growing taller - faster, compared to other top web-browsers, people use today! We got Firefox 5 beta on May and in just two months we're said to have the beta of Firefox 6. We've not seen any web-browser company throw the newer version of their product this soon. Is this awesome? …
How to set up FTP in Dreamweaver
Setting up FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for Dreamweaver will make it easier for you to update your website. For those of you who don't know what FTP is, it's basically, a way of copying files from one host to another (uploading files from a computer to your web server). There are many free softwares that let you accomplish this work. One of the most commonly used FTP softwares nowadays is FileZilla - free and available to download! However, lets look at, how to use FTP on …
How to change the location of My Documents
There is a good reason as to why you would want to change the storage location of My Documents. Leave alone how-to, let's get to that later. Then why would you want to? It is a well-known fact that if your PC crashes or if you format your PC in a rush (least bothered about everything that is on My Documents, while backing-up the tiny stuff on your Desktop) everything on My Documents will be gone. Gone forever. That will keep you melancholic for a while and even lessen your …
How to Plan and Manage Your Work
You maybe just an "average Joe", awesome/cool or even very popular! No matter who you are and what your profession is, I personally think... Everyone should have to-do lists! Why? It really makes our lives easy! We won't forget anything (to-be-done). And there are two good reasons for us, to maintain a to-do list: Punctuality - less stress and Personal satisfaction …