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Handy RegEx Cheat Sheet


Other than the  voodoo of htaccess, one thing that can really get a web developers head in a knot is the dark art of Regular Expressions. Although they seem pretty complicated at first these strange little patterns can be used to automatically perform text-based tasks that could otherwise melt the mind. Thankfully, Added Bytes has put together a very handy little Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet to ease the learning curve.

RegEx Cheat Sheet

5 Great Box Graphic Resources


It’s just one of those things, at some point you’re going to need a good box graphic. Whether it’s for an icon pack, an installer icon or one of those trendy graphics with a box bursting at the seams with goodies… at some point you’re sure to need to get you hands on some decent resources for building something boxy. Well, fear not dear designer because here are the five best resources for doing just that.

Icon Lab’s Build Your Own Box kit is the perfect place to start.

neoaeduardorsSoftware Install Box Icon is really well done and comes as a fully editable layered Photoshop PSD file.

PhotoshopCandy’s nice and simple Cool Cardboard Box is also available as a layered PSD file.

va-deam offers us his rather nifty box template for developers as a full-scalable PSD template.

2Shi’s got a great DropBox Icon.

And as if all of that wasn’t enough to be getting on with, PSVibes have got a great tutorial for those of you who really want to go it alone and create a shiny 3D box icon from scratch.

Submit A Form Without Page Refresh


Here is a great tutorial showing you how you can easily submit an email contact form without refreshing the page using the magic of jQuery.

Handy htaccess Tricks


Putting together a good htaccess file is something of a dark art at the best of times. Thankfully the nice folks over at Perishable Press have compiled an exhaustive list of htaccess tricks.