Do you have any products like CDs or DVDs for your readers? Sometimes, you would like your readers know the actual look of the CDs or DVDs. However, It takes quite a bit of time to desgin a CD or DVD case. You do not have to worry about it now, because some of the talented Photoshop designers have created some stunning CD / DVD case templates in PSD format for us. You can customize them easily. You can download them and use them for your products, however, a link back would be appreciated.

1. DVD Case Template by Manicho

2. DVD Plastic Case Template by Manicho

3. Jewel Case Template by LeMarquis

Requirements: -
Demo: http://manicho.deviantart.com/art/DVD-Case-Art-PSD-file-61443492
Demo: http://manicho.deviantart.com/art/dvd-Plastic-Case-PSD-file-86546288
Demo: http://lemarquis.deviantart.com/art/JEWEL-CASE-PSD-FILE-69316052
License: License Free or Creative Commons License

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Perhaps you use rsync, Time Machine or similar backup software mirroring your files to external drives for your PCs on a regular basis. What about your remote web server? Webmoney has written an article - Back Up a Web Server, which taught us the ways you can backup the HTML files, stylesheets, application files and databases on your remote web host. The only thing you’ll need is a remote web hosting service allowing SSH connections to the remote shell. The followings are the main topics.

The Backup Tools
The first thing we’ll do is use tar and bzip2; two command lines tools for making compressed file copies, to back up HTML, CSS, Javascript or any other text files.

Automation
Now we have a couple of bash scripts we can invoke from our terminal prompt and backup our files. Great, but who wants to do it manually? Instead, let’s set them up to run automatically once a day.

Locking
Long-running scripts like backups started through cron have a common problem. A new one may get fired off before the previous one is complete. This problem can be solved using a simple lock file.

Logging
Automated scripts should keep a log of what they do in case things go awry. This is an example of writing to a log file, with a start and end time.

Fancier Automatic Backups
Want to get really fancy and have your home machine automatically log in to your server and download those backup files for safe, off-site keeping?

Finishing Touches
Now you should have a shell script set up and a way to log in to your remote server sans password (whether by the insecure method above or the ssh-agent method). The last step in our automation process is to create a cron job on our local machine.

Source: Back Up a Web Server

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PrettyCheckboxes is for people who wants to have a consistent look for checkboxes across browser or those who simply want them to look better. By using this script you wont loose any of the regular inputs usability. It has been tested and is known to work in Firefox 2+, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.1.1 and Internet Explorer 6+. This script is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5. So you can use it in all you projects even commercial ones.

Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyCheckboxes/
License: Creative Commons 2.5 License

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FlashGallery is a free, simple photo gallery built in Macromedia Flash 2004, that uses XML files to store the information about which images to display. The gallery is easy to configure and update since you need to change only the XML file. It supports Latin, Cyrilic, Chinese and any other language you can think of. Also, it is really lightweight with only 11KB. It may be used in any kinds of personal and or commercial projects.

Requirements:Flash 2004+
Demo: http://www.flashgallery.org/demo.html
License: License Free

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Web Standards have never been easier to learn. Everything you need to know is condensed into short, helpful tutorials that inform and inspire. Opera’s Web Standards Curriculum can help you brush up on things you know and maybe even teach you something you didn’t.

Opera’s Web Standards Curriculum, released in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network, is a complete a course designed to give anyone a solid grounding in web design/development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and background theory, and JavaScript basics.

It is completely free to use, accessible, and assumes no previous knowledge. It already has support from many organizations (including Yahoo! and the Web Standards Project) and universities. The first 23 articles are currently available, with about 30 more to be published between now and late September.

Source: Opera Web Standards Curriculum

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Sometimes when we are developing web applications, we would like to allow users using hotkeys to trigger some functions (e.g. Alt-d to delete a record). How can we achieve it easily? jQuery.Hotkeys plugin lets you easily add and remove handlers for keyboard events anywhere in your code supporting almost any key combination. It takes one line of code to bind/unbind a hot key combination. And it works with Safari, Opera, Firefox and IE.

Requirements:jQuery Framework
Demo: http://jshotkeys.googlepages.com/test-static.html
License: MIT License

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Flotr is the replacement of Solutoire Plotr which is a javascript plotting library based on the Prototype Javascript Framework and inspired by Flot. Flotr enables you to draw appealing graphs in most modern browsers with an easy to learn syntax. It comes with great features like legend support, negative value support, mouse tracking, selection support, zoom support, event hooks, CSS styling support and much more.

Requirements:Prototype 1.6.0.2+, excanvas.js (included in the Flotr zip file)
Demo: http://solutoire.com/flotr/docs/
License: MIT License

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Amazing Photoshop brushes come from talented designer Paul Willocks and Marielle. You can find some Line Brushes, Abstract Tech Brushes, Circle Brushes and a lot more in Paul Willocks Gallery. You can also find some Floral Brushes, Frames Brushes, Hearts Brushes and Dividers Brushes in Marielle Gallery. Most of them are licensed under Creative License. You might want to use them to decorate or design your websites.

Requirements:-
Demo: http://mouritsada-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/#Brush-Packs
Demo: http://paulw.deviantart.com/gallery/#Photoshop-Brushes
License: Creative Commons License

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Would you like to know the Search Volume for some keywords before start building your website / web application for a certain market? Google Adwords has released Keyword Tool to public recently, so that you do not need an account to access the tool now. Use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas. Enter a few descriptive words or phrases, or type in your website’s URL. Then, you can get a list of keywords for your market and their estimated search volume. This tool is very useful for keywords research, it will save you a lot of time if you use it wisely.

Requirements:-
Demo: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
License: License Free

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There are many different kinds of stunning logos. Some are aesthetic, some conceptual, and some cultural. It is also becoming disturbingly clear that logo design has become a public sport. As the public controls their own media more and more-Tivo-ing this, blogging that, YouTube-ing and Googling everything else-people are no longer satisfied to simply consume what is placed before them: They have opinions they want to share. So when a large corporation reveals its new identity, there are hundreds of internet sites flinging their opinions back at it. Even when the village board of Remote votes on a new logo for its two police cars, citizens take to the streets waving pitchforks and copies of their own designs. Committeecide seems to be rampant.

The full 2007 logo design trends report follows. Whether we are noting social, conceptual or aesthetic trends, remember that none of them exist in a vacuum or in a single moment in time. They are results of many trends before them and are developing taproots as we speak.

You can also look at more current Logo Design Trends here.

Source: Logo Design Trends Report 2007

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