Software Programs Everyone Should Have

14 Ways To Start Learning jQuery

Everyone learns things differently. As a designer, and more visually oriented learner, I have a hard time learning how to do things like programming. It took me a long time, a loooong time to wrap my head around Php, and even still I find that to be a challenge. I would love to learn it better so I could be one of those Php gurus out there, but it’s just not gonna happen people

A Fresh New WordPress Theme Design By Tweeaks

This is a new project I am working on, and it’s about time too! I have been meaning to start making Wordpress custom themes and designs for a while now, and never had the time to with all the other things I have going on. I had a reason to do it this time, and was motivated to make it the best I could, but within some requirements

44 Sites To Submit Links To Increase Site Traffic

If you have your own website then you would be interested in promoting it as many places as you can on the internet. If you provide useful content, and want to get more exposure of your website, then this list is a good resource.

You can start submitting your links to is right here on Tweeaks, Community Links. Your links will show up in the sidebar as well as on the links page

How To Make A Dynamic jQuery Feature Post Slider For WordPress

I finally finished getting my new custom jQuery featured post slider working as you can see in the header of the site. It took some trial and error but I eventually managed to figure out how to get it working. I ran into issues because I was first trying to use to get the posts, but then learned about WP_Query() and that solved all my problems.

15 Stunning Manipulated Photos – Masters of Design

I can make a hundred of these lists just from the amazing images I have seen on Behance, and I just might. There are some unbelievable designers on that site that I have to really give a lot of credit for the work they do. I’d say I have better than average design skills, but there are some people out there that really push the envelope.

This list of photo manipulations is so breathtaking, I don’t know how else I can better describe them besides simply astonishing. I collected this list a while back in just one visit to Behance, and it didn’t take long to find all of these either. I know you will enjoy these amazing works of art, and creative design masterpieces

800+ Vector Tutorials For Illustrator Photoshop and Flash

Since I haven’t yet posted on this yet I thought it was about time I do. I have created other mega lists before, that are also worth checking out and bookmarking if you haven’t done that already. Since I’m not nearly as skilled with Illustrator as I am with Photoshop, I know this list will be a great resource for me personally. Once I find the time to learn a little more about Illustrator, and vector design, this list will give me more than I need to get started

How To Block Ads Effectively, Safely and Easily + Other Annoyances

adblocke Everyone gets sick of all the thousands of advertisements seen on the internet, on just about every website you visit, at any given time. Some advertisements are so annoying and sometimes you just want them gone. You may be one of the 58 million Firefox users that have installed the extension, Adblock Plus, or maybe you still use Internet Explorer for some reason, and have installed the AdblockIE. Otherwise you may use Safari, and have installed PithHelmet to block ads on your Mac. Another addon I just found out about is Adsweep, but like the others it can block a lot of ads, but not of them.

How To Use WordPress Excerpts On Your Blog Homepage

wordpress-hacks I recently came to learn how useful using the excerpt feature that is built into Wordpress. You can use excerpts if you want to show a short blurb for each post on your blog’s homepage, which I have been wanting to do on Tweeaks for a long time now I just didn’t know how to do it. Since I was doing some layout modifications, and tweaks FINALLY, I figured I should find out how to use excerpts, and I am happy I did. It’s so easy

I just re-installed Windows on my laptop, because there was something seriously wrong with it, and I didn’t feel like trying to figure out what the problem was. So I just backed up my pictures, and a few other things, and then wiped everything out.

All I know about the problem my computer had was that Javascript wasn’t working properly, so certain programs wouldn’t run. For example I tried to open up the Services window, and it was just blank. I tried to do a System Restore, and when that window opened up, IT was blank. There were a few other programs that had this same issue, like Mcafee, which hadn’t been working properly for some time now. I was just too lazy to find a fix for it. Then came to realize it wasn’t just Mcafee that had the problem. I had been wanting to re-image my computer for a while now, since I haven’t done it in the 3 years that I’ve had the laptop. It was never a major issue of needing to do it, but I just wanted to because it had a lot of junk on it, and I didn’t need it. I am hoping I don’t regret wiping it without thinking twice about it, and only backing up a few things before doing so. I think I will be happy that I did it once I get all my programs re-installed again, and get it back to how I had it before.

So since I need to re-install all my software and I decided to make a list of the programs and things that I need to install. This list won’t be in any particular order. I will list them as I remember what I need, and find the download link to them.

Firefox – Download

Firefox is the most-used web browser, even more than Internet Explorer. Why do so many people use Firefox? Well, there are many reasons. First, Firefox comes with many security functions. For example, it warns you if you try to visit a known malware site. In addition, this web browser makes it easy to clear all your private data – with one click. Also included in this browser is a pop-up blocker. The second reason people like Firefox is the add-on database. Many companies and individuals have created add-ons that will customize your Firefox browser and make it work better. For example, you can download an add-on called Adblocker Plus that will block most website’s advertisements. For a full feature list visit the Firefox website.

Firefox Addons – Download

(Luckily I made a Post for this)
These 20 extremely essential Firefox addons will make your life as a graphic and web designer much easier!

Filezilla – Download

FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License

Support is available through our forums, the wiki and the bug and feature request trackers.

In addition, you will find documentation on how to compile FileZilla and nightly builds for multiple platforms in the development section.

Ad-Aware Plus – Download

Anti-Virus + Anti-Spyware in One Seamless Application
With the rapidly changing malware landscape of today, you need a solid solution that’s quick to respond and react. Ad-Aware Plus detects over 2 million known threats as well as unknown and emerging threats – to ensure your security.

Spybot Search and Destroy – Download

Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.

WinRAR – Download

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

Quicktime – Download

Whether you are creating content for delivery on cell phones, broadcast or the Internet, or a software developer looking to take your application to the next level, QuickTime provides the most comprehensive platform in the industry.

Flash Player – Download

This is a must have for anyone, if you go online.

Shockwave Player – Download

Shockwave isn’t as necessary as Flash player, but it is still a good thing to have. It is good if you like to play flash games too.

Tune-Up Utilities – Download

TuneUp Utilities 2009: Repairs, accelerates, cleans up! Complete optimization software for Windows Vista, XP, 2000.

I know there are more programs that I need, that I don’t need to pay for, but at this time I can’t think of them. If there are any programs that you would recommend to me, post a comment.

I’ll be updating this post when I remember what else I need to install. This will be good to have for future reference too, incase I need to re-install these again at some point.

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