phpThumb

phpThumb() uses the GD library to create thumbnails from images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc) on the fly. The output size is configurable (can be larger or smaller than the source), and the source may be the entire image or only a portion of the original image. True color and resampling is used if GD v2.0+ is available, otherwise paletted-color and nearest-neighbour resizing is used. ImageMagick is used wherever possible for speed. Basic functionality is available even if GD functions are not installed (as long as ImageMagick is installed). One demo file uses portions of Javascript API by James Austin.

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Facebook Timeline Design using JQuery and CSS.

I know what my readers are expecting from 9lessons blog, after long time I’m going to discuss about Jquery usage. Facebook timeline design makes big revolution in social networking world and it gives new feel to the user profile pages. In this post I want to explain how simple I had implemented this design with Jquery and CSS. Try this demo with modern browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Safari (IE is dead).

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Bulk Senders Guidelines

We’ve received inquiries from bulk senders who’d like more information on best practices to ensure that their mail is delivered to Gmail users. The way Gmail classifies spam depends heavily on reports from our users. Gmail users can mark and unmark any message as spam, at any time. To increase the inbox delivery rate of your messages, make sure that all recipients on your distribution lists actually want to receive the mail. Visit the following sections for some tips on how to make sure your messages are welcomed by Gmail users.

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Check Your Email Spam Score

Email Spam Checker

In Contactology, the Message Quality Score™ or MQS allows you to quickly determine message quality and test email deliverability on a scale from 0 (bad) to 100 (excellent). To check a message’s spam score, cut and paste the message details below, and click "Check Message."

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Change the default SSH port

The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol by default uses port 22. Accepting this value does not make your system insecure, nor will changing the port provide a significant variance in security. However, changing the default SSH port will stop many automated attacks and a bit harder to guess which port SSH is accessible from. In other words, a little security though obscurity.

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