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Creating scan lines
This tutorial will describe the steps you will need to take to spice up your images in Photoshop using TV Scan Lines. This technique is extremely useful and easy to perform by people at all levels.

Layout and Presentation Tricks
Ever wondered how those snazzy presentation and layout tricks are achieved? HTML is certainly no longer the way to go (not to mention Javascript!), but what is the way to go? CSS is your answer. If you're not familiar with CSS yet, be sure to read Tara's excellent introductory tutorial which will soon fill you in on what you've been missing.

Rounded corners on your tables
This tutorial will attempt to show you how to make a basic box with a round cornered border. Once you have mastered the basic concept the possibilities are endless.

Installing phpPgAdmin
This article will show you how to install the latest version of phpPgAdmin (currently 2.3) which allows you easier maintenance of your database.

Backup your mySQL Database
To backup your database, you will need to use phpMyAdmin. Most hosts have this script pre-installed. If you can't find it, contact your host.

Using your own Local Test Server with the works
Wouldn't it be great if you could turn your own computer into a mini web server of its own, that would allow you to use your browser just like a real site to test it? Well, get ready folks, you can.

Control File Defaults in Apache
Apache allows webmasters to create special files called .htaccess and .htpasswd with which access control and a range of defaults can be managed. This tutorial will first of all show you how to create a .htaccess file, and then how to use it to control error reporting, default filenames, and password protection.

Creating Custom Error Messages in Apache
The .htaccess file is a file found in Apache servers that allows you to manipulate the behaviour of the server. A very common use is to create custom error messages for server errors. Examples of such errors are "404 Not Found" (say when you click on a broken link), and the "500 Internal Server Error" (a script failed). Most hosts allow you to have your own .htaccess file, and so now we will look at only one of the things we can do with a custom .htaccess.

Password Protection
This section shows you how to use .htaccess to do this. It assumes, that you want the effect to apply to the whole site. The .htaccess file specifies the extent of the protection - it does not contain the passwords. These are stored in a separate file called .htpasswd.

Rewriting URLs with mod_rewrite
In this tutorial you will learn about rewriting URLs with mod_rewrite.

Anatomy of a SQL Statement: Part 1
The purpose of this tutorial is to break down the basics of a SQL SELECT statement. We intend for this to be the start of a series of hopefully interesting, entertaining, and just plain useful tutorials on relational databases and how they work, and how to work with them.