You can’t have a website without a web host. It’s like having a house without having any land to build it on. Until you get that virtual real estate, all you have is a design and a plan. Before you go shopping for a web host, you should be aware that there are different kinds of web hosting, with different benefits and different price ranges. Here’s a breakdown of what different types of web hosting mean, so you can decide exactly what you need before you get into a hosting contract.

Back in 2009 I wrote a post on how to display twitter posts on your site. I went back to it recently and decided to tweak it further. As you see it is now updated to include ‘time since’ post. Check my sidebar for an example. I would like to thank JR over at IF Not True Then False for the handy PHP function.

Have you got more than one email account? Maybe you are fed up of having to access your email through a web interface or you just simply want to access all of your emails through a desktop application. Here are the settings that will enable you to do so!

Do you ever find running multiple computers, Operating systems and browsers tedious? Especially now that most people have access to 2 computers or more. Maybe you are using one main computer and need access to certain files from another or you are using portable software or even your mobile phone. Here are a few tips on how to keep organised with a combination of software and web apps.

First of all I would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year. Now that the festive period is over and winter has set in I thought that I would round up a nice little collection of seasonal graphics that would look nice in any design. I have hand-picked a selection of icons, photos, vectors, fonts and Photoshop brushes from around the web. All the graphics are free for personal use, some are free for commercial use. I hope you enjoy them.

There are lots of resources out there for displaying your latest twitter posts in your website. Some of them require plugins or some may require javascript to work. After trying a few scripts I came across a little PHP script from The Lylo Files that displays up to 20 of your posts on your web site. After using it for a little while I decided to make it more functional.

In this second part of tools for a web trade we feature CSS optimisers, cleaners and frameworks. Font testers, burners and converters. Browser testing suites and online tools.

This is the first part in a series of posts that shows some very useful tools and resources for the web. In this part we feature colour tools, cheat sheets and bookmarklets.