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With this purpose in mind, WhatFontis.com was born.

The website offers you a way to find out the name of a certain font by simply loading a picture with several letters. That done, you must simply identify a few letters to aid the system, and wait a fraction of a second before finding out the exact name of the font.

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Missing Children Europe (MCE) has teamed up with Child Focus to launch a new p... (read more)]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Notfound-org-Urges-Webmasters-to-Place-Missing-Persons-Ads-on-404-Error-Pages-294875.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Notfound-org-Urges-Webmasters-to-Place-Missing-Persons-Ads-on-404-Error-Pages-294875.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guide-to-Enabling-the-New-Integrated-Universal-Google-Navabar-237704.shtml Google has just unveiled a brand new look for the navigational bar which actually gets rid of it altogether. Its features are now integrated in the search/header section that used to be below it.

Google has been working towards unifying the looks and functionality of its sites, the new navbar is just an extension of that... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guide-to-Enabling-the-New-Integrated-Universal-Google-Navabar-237704.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guide-to-Enabling-the-New-Integrated-Universal-Google-Navabar-237704.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Get-the-Facebook-Timeline-for-Your-Profile-Now-223405.shtml By now you've probably heard about the new Facebook profile, the Timeline and want to try it out for yourself. It won't be rolled out for at least another week though which is a bummer if you're the type of person that actually likes new things and technologies and doesn't just automatically complain every time Facebook changes something.read more)]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Get-the-Facebook-Timeline-for-Your-Profile-Now-223405.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Get-the-Facebook-Timeline-for-Your-Profile-Now-223405.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Switch-to-Google-com-from-Local-Google-Search-Engines-in-Google-Chrome-222404.shtml After installing Google Chrome for the first time, the browser helpfully gives you a choice between Google, Bing and Yahoo to set as the default search engine.

Seeing that this is Google's browser, that's what most people opt for, however, Chrome has an annoying (for some) habit of setting the default s... (read more)]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:31:02 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Switch-to-Google-com-from-Local-Google-Search-Engines-in-Google-Chrome-222404.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Switch-to-Google-com-from-Local-Google-Search-Engines-in-Google-Chrome-222404.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/G-me-Chrome-Extension-Enhances-the-Google-Experience-213140.shtml If you're an avid Google+ user with a lot of followers, chances are a new extension called G+me could help you control the flood of incoming posts and significantly improve your experience on the service.

The extension has many features that arguably make Google+ better. For one, its toolbar icon shows G+ notifications in real-time... (read more)]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/G-me-Chrome-Extension-Enhances-the-Google-Experience-213140.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/G-me-Chrome-Extension-Enhances-the-Google-Experience-213140.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Search-Changes-Inspire-YouTube-Instant-155963.shtml Inspired by the new Google Instant features, a Stanford university student has created a website, which applies the same principles to YouTube search.

By now you're probably all too familiar with the enhancements recently introduced by Google to its Web search page.

The new features are collectively called Google Instant and no... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Search-Changes-Inspire-YouTube-Instant-155963.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Search-Changes-Inspire-YouTube-Instant-155963.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Control-Your-Music-Player-with-FoxyTunes-for-Yahoo-Messenger-125564.shtml Not wanting to let Google get all of the limelight, Yahoo is boasting some of its music services as well. On the one hand it’s touting the music search features it's had for over a year now, which are similar to Google's new service, on the other it's launching a FoxyTunes plugin for Yahoo Messenger on Windows.

&ld... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Control-Your-Music-Player-with-FoxyTunes-for-Yahoo-Messenger-125564.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Control-Your-Music-Player-with-FoxyTunes-for-Yahoo-Messenger-125564.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Tabs-Keyboard-Shortcuts-and-Tips-123402.shtml Google Chrome is shaping up to become a very strong contender in the “browser war” but it's still somewhat rough around the edges. Still, Google is focusing on the long run and is working on improving on every aspect of the experience. The stripped out interface stands out and usually gets the most attention but equally important are th... (read more)]]> Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Tabs-Keyboard-Shortcuts-and-Tips-123402.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Tabs-Keyboard-Shortcuts-and-Tips-123402.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Integration-in-Three-Easy-Steps-123106.shtml Facebook is betting hard on its Facebook Connect program and for good reason. The latter has already proven quite a success and this is just the beginning since, if the company has its way, you'll be seeing Connect on almost every website out there. Still, it has a long way to go so the social network has launched a new way of installing the code necessa... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Integration-in-Three-Easy-Steps-123106.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Integration-in-Three-Easy-Steps-123106.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Exclude-Shipping-Locations-on-eBay-121200.shtml The eBay developer program will roll out a new version for its Trading API, which will give developers incorporating eBay services the possibility to exclude users coming from a specific country and bidding on a product. The exclusion is achieved through settings done to the list of allowed shipping locations. These changes are going to be incorporated... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Exclude-Shipping-Locations-on-eBay-121200.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Exclude-Shipping-Locations-on-eBay-121200.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/sIFR-Using-Non-Standard-Web-Fonts-120185.shtml Mark Wubben and Mark Davidson, two JavaScript and Flash developers, came up with a unique technique back in 2004 of incorporating non-standard web fonts in modern-day Web 2.0 websites. Relying on a simple variable input inside a SWF file that contains an embedded font, developers can rapidly embed Flash objects instead of old, stylish images containing the desi... (read more)]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/sIFR-Using-Non-Standard-Web-Fonts-120185.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/sIFR-Using-Non-Standard-Web-Fonts-120185.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Copywriting-useful-tips-and-resources-118336.shtml SEO has changed not only the face of the Internet, but totally turned around the way online text was supposed to be written. From the old days of copy-pasting a text just to be there, these days, users and customers turn everyday for writing advice or complete services to a new breed of Internet experts: the copywriters.

For any successful copy... (read more)]]> Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Copywriting-useful-tips-and-resources-118336.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Copywriting-useful-tips-and-resources-118336.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Using-Native-Extensions-in-Google-Chrome-113042.shtml One of the things that make Firefox so popular is its support for user-created add-ons. These are so varied in functionality and features, depending on the browser, that the main development team couldn't possibly include all of them and in fact many users may not want certain features that others couldn't live without. Last week at the Google I/O... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Using-Native-Extensions-in-Google-Chrome-113042.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Using-Native-Extensions-in-Google-Chrome-113042.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Five-Reasons-To-Upgrade-to-Wordpress-2-8-112980.shtml Wordrpess has recently launched its latest beta version, 2.8 Beta 2, of the popular blogging platform, which comes with the usual set of new features tweaks and enhancements aimed at making the lives of bloggers using the platform easier. Blogger Clint Maher has made a list of some of the changes that he believes makes version 2.8 better than ever and we... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Five-Reasons-To-Upgrade-to-Wordpress-2-8-112980.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Five-Reasons-To-Upgrade-to-Wordpress-2-8-112980.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Scrobble-YouTube-Videos-to-Last-fm-112659.shtml Last.fm, a service with social networking components, has proved very popular with music fans who like to share their tastes with their friends, and one of the best parts about it is that it lets you scrobble your music. Scrobbling is a process that involves getting the song info and uploading it to Last.fm, and you can do it from almost any source, lik... (read more)]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 09:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Scrobble-YouTube-Videos-to-Last-fm-112659.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Scrobble-YouTube-Videos-to-Last-fm-112659.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-5-Most-Popular-Twitter-Add-ons-for-Firefox-112452.shtml Twitter, the micro-blogging service, has seen a surge in popularity in the last few months. In keeping with its real-time nature, people want to be able to access it faster and easier and have it be available all the time not just when they're using the site. So we've gathered the most popular Twitter add-ons for Firefox to keep you connected all t... (read more)]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 10:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-5-Most-Popular-Twitter-Add-ons-for-Firefox-112452.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-5-Most-Popular-Twitter-Add-ons-for-Firefox-112452.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sneak-Preview-of-Wuala-First-Peer-to-Peer-Online-Storage-Network-90334.shtml Wuala is a free desktop application, available for Windows, Mac and Linux, that will be launched, in Beta version, on August 14. Rumors talk about the utility and security of the application, but no one really knew what it was actually like.

The Swiss team behind the project decided to offer, besides the screenshots that... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sneak-Preview-of-Wuala-First-Peer-to-Peer-Online-Storage-Network-90334.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sneak-Preview-of-Wuala-First-Peer-to-Peer-Online-Storage-Network-90334.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Denisa Ilascu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/WYSIWYG-Plugins-For-WordPress-88749.shtml WYSIWYG editor allows the separation of content creation from website layout building. In case of WordPress content management system, the default WYSIWYG editor does not provide the opportunity to edit and create HTML tables in a visual manner.

When it is required to introduce or format a table in a post or a static page inside a website based on the Wor... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/WYSIWYG-Plugins-For-WordPress-88749.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/WYSIWYG-Plugins-For-WordPress-88749.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Automatic-Building-of-Joomla-Templates-With-WYSIWYG-Editors-88639.shtml The manual creation or customization of templates for Joomla! Content management system could be a complex task for beginners. The existence of template development tools that integrate with WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web authoring applications will definitely simplify the process of building custom templates for your Joom... (read more)]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Automatic-Building-of-Joomla-Templates-With-WYSIWYG-Editors-88639.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Automatic-Building-of-Joomla-Templates-With-WYSIWYG-Editors-88639.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Value-of-Duplicate-Content-88124.shtml The content of a website is considered duplicate if parts of an existing published content are repeated on a certain number of pages across many websites and domain names. Even if building a website that has content automatically generated sounds tempting, like in the case of RSS feeds publishing in HTML pages, the consequences of such a thing can often spell exac... (read more)]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Value-of-Duplicate-Content-88124.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Value-of-Duplicate-Content-88124.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Explosive-Mixtures-JavaScript-XHTML-and-CSS-Based-Menus-87812.shtml The navigation system features and the functionality of websites represent the key to having more visitors and to assuring clear directions of browsing for relevant pages or content. Practically, the menu of every website could be regarded as a "door" opener for visitors who want to get to pages situated on a certain level in the website s... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Explosive-Mixtures-JavaScript-XHTML-and-CSS-Based-Menus-87812.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Explosive-Mixtures-JavaScript-XHTML-and-CSS-Based-Menus-87812.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rapid-Recipes-for-Simple-Websites-Building-87701.shtml In the present days, the creation of a website on a basic level does not require programming or design knowledge. For anyone who wants an Internet presence, but does not know where to begin the process of website building, content publishing and website promotion there are many free rapid solutions.

Online website builders are automatic appli... (read more)]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rapid-Recipes-for-Simple-Websites-Building-87701.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rapid-Recipes-for-Simple-Websites-Building-87701.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Remote-Connection-To-WHM-87596.shtml Reseller hosting packages provided by almost every company offer customers various services in their own name. In this way, the reseller is able to provide custom web hosting plans (with custom prices), sell domain names, create and delete new user accounts and generally manage every detail regarding various aspects related to web hosting. The profit earned is not sha... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Remote-Connection-To-WHM-87596.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Remote-Connection-To-WHM-87596.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Simple-Liquid-Template-Example-87186.shtml Website creation is very simple when the content is separated from layout through templates. The appearance of published content will be determined by the position of various elements inside a certain template.

According to a certain web programming language, there are many types of templates available for free download and customization. Widely use... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Simple-Liquid-Template-Example-87186.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Simple-Liquid-Template-Example-87186.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installation-of-Diferior-on-Windows-86857.shtml We are always looking for applications that have a high performance, multiple features, and that are easy to install and compatible with all commonly used operating systems. As far as the particular case of CMS (content management systems) goes, various choices are available, from many free or commercial projects.

In case you are looking for a simple... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 16:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installation-of-Diferior-on-Windows-86857.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installation-of-Diferior-on-Windows-86857.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cheap-Websites-in-Three-Rapid-Steps-For-Beginners-86632.shtml In present days, almost any average Internet user can make a website and put it online due to the existence of software utilities that make automatic the basic operations necessary to be performed in order to create an online presence.


When you are determined to build a website and publish it on the Internet, the scope must be cl... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 15:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cheap-Websites-in-Three-Rapid-Steps-For-Beginners-86632.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cheap-Websites-in-Three-Rapid-Steps-For-Beginners-86632.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MD5-Passwords-Encryption-86520.shtml The strength of passwords, as well as their encryption mechanism, is crucial for the security of database driven applications. If you own a website constructed on a ready-made content management system architecture, the back-end administration password will always be protected by using a certain type of encryption mechanism.

In the case of the WordPress platf... (read more)]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/MD5-Passwords-Encryption-86520.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/MD5-Passwords-Encryption-86520.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Videos-Presentation-Alternatives-86191.shtml Video clips are maybe the most searched Internet resource because they contain information having a high degree of accessibility as compared to classic static images or text. If you want to include and display video content in web pages, various alternatives are available.

There is the possibility to embed in HTML web pages your own video file... (read more)]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 17:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Videos-Presentation-Alternatives-86191.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Videos-Presentation-Alternatives-86191.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Importance-of-Incoming-Links-Quality-86087.shtml The links existing on other websites and pointing to your website are called one way links or back-links. Their number is important for improving your website visibility both for visitors and search engine spiders.

In order to assure a better optimization of the website for the search engine and to increase the traffic, the "quality" of incomi... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 May 2008 15:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Importance-of-Incoming-Links-Quality-86087.shtml Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Importance-of-Incoming-Links-Quality-86087.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Bocanu)