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Free! - A 3D Pie Chart in Seconds

In this video Frank In this movie we'll show you how easy it is to create a 3D Pie Chart with DMXzone Google Charts.

 

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Free - Reporting XML data using Crystal Reports

Reporting on data sources such as: MS Access, SQL Server and Oracle, is common with Crystal Reports (CR). How about XML as data source? Well, sure, you might be wondering how to do that? Is it even possible? Well, with help of this article I’ll show you how to use the XML data source and report on it using CR.

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Free - 10 ways to orientate users on your site

Imagine you're driving along and due to a road closure you have to follow those conspicuous yellow detour signs. You're now on an unfamiliar road, but because of the signs you confidently proceed, comfortable in trusting the arrows to tell you where you need to go.

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Free - Improving Accessibility for Motor Impaired Users

The unique requirements for motor impaired web users can often be overlooked or poorly implemented. Motor impairments can be caused by a stroke, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a physical disability or even a broken arm. This group of users essentially have limited or no ability to use a mouse.

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Free - Eye tracking: Eye candy vs. I can do

Eye tracking has been around for decades but has only become commercially available over the past few years. It's been heralded as the next big thing in user research, 'the closest thing to mind reading'!

 

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Free - Split A/B testing

Following on from any website usability study a number of usability problems are usually found. There can often be debate within any organisation as to the best solution for each problem, with no one really knowing the optimal solution. Rather than letting the person that shouts the loudest get his or her own way, a better solution can be to test 2 solutions in a live environment. Whichever performs the best is clearly the superior solution. Welcome to split A/B testing!

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Free - Reporting on Hierarchical Recursive data using MS Reporting Services

I will start with a question here.  How many of you had chance to interact with Employee table from sample database Northwind?  There you go… I can imagine countless hands in air, and why not it is one of the standard databases comes with both Access and SQL server.  All right, are we going to discuses Northwind database here? NO. Is Employee table is something special? I would say YES to this.  Why special? Well, if you pay a close attention, it is just like any other standard table, however, two fields from the table, “EmployeeID” and “ReportsTo” are related to each other in an interesting way! Yes, you got it right; I am talking about Hierarchical relationship which we also call commonly as Recursive data.  I am trying to shade some light on reporting of data which is recursive in nature.

 

 

 

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Free - Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages > Making the search results more user friendly

Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages > Making the search results more user friendly

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Tutorial # 35   What happens if the search yields no results? Rather than just saying: "Here are your results - 0 records"   We should provide a more user friendly notice. I.E. Sorry, your search did not have any results, please try another search.

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Free! - Creating samples for your clients with Photoshop and Fireworks

If you have clients that you need to send site samples to, then you won't want to miss these 2 movie tutorials! I always do all my site designs in Fireworks. You can design multiple variations and even completely different designs by using the Frames panel in Fireworks.

 

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Free! - Dynamic XML for Active Slideshow Pro

This tutorial shows you how to create dynamic XML that contains filenames stored in a database. The tutorial creates a dynamic XML file for Active Slideshow Pro and enables you to add images from a database.

Note: the generic method used here for creating Dynamic XML files with Dreamweaver apply actually for most database driven xml files. So you can use it not only for the Active Slideshow Pro but also for other xml driven applications like Flash Album Generator and Active Slideshow Basic.

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Free! - Secure - Dreameaver Record Update Wizard

If you use the Dreameaver Record Update Wizard on a membership site - Look out!

Scenario, you have classified ads website where users can update their ads or their user profiles.

 

Dreamweaver uses a hidden form variable for associated Primary Key
Since it's a hidden variable:

  • a user can download the page and change it.
  • use Firefox with the Web Developer Toolbar and change it right on the site

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Free! - Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar

Testing a website for accessibility can be a time-consuming and laborious process. The free Web Accessibility Toolbar can do most of the hard work for you though and is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in accessibility.

The toolbar is not an automated testing tool so does require manual work from you. It's therefore able to avoid the many problems with automated accessibility testing tools. It doesn't require any technical knowledge so even the biggest technophobe can check their website for accessibility!

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